Dorset Bach Cantata Club
Welcome!
The Dorset Bach Cantata Club meets for three weekends each year. Our meeting in May 2025 will be at the D'Urberville Centre, Wool, BH20 6DL. In October 2025, we return to Sturminster Newton High School, DT10 1DT.
The Club provides a unique opportunity for amateur choral singers to study, rehearse and perform these inspiring, deeply spiritual, joyous works. There is no audition.
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We sing Bach in German. You do not need to be a German speaker. Help is given with pronunciation and diction, and translations are available. Choir sections sing all recitatives and arias.
The choir rehearses intensively on Saturday, with expert direction and keyboard accompaniment. An invited orchestra joins the choir on Sunday. The weekend culminates in an informal performance for friends and family, from 16:30 to 17:30
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We meet on the second weekends of February, May and October.​​​
2025/6 Programme
May 10/11 2025 At the D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL
Bach
Cantata 118: O Jesu Christ, mein’s lebens Licht
Cantata 146: Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal
Motet BWV 230: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
It's a very special weekend as we honour the retirement of one of our founders, Chris Brown. Bring and Share lunch on Sunday!
Cantata 118
Cantata 146
Motet BWV230
Cantata 118 special note: the vocal score contains references to antique brass instruments...as we're short of a lituus or two, we're performing with strings and woodwind.
October 11/12 2025 At Sturminster Newton School
Bach
BWV 99: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
BWV 116: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ
BWV 126: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort
February 14/15 2026 At the D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL
Bach
BWV 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
BWV 153: Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind
BWV 196: Der Herr denket an uns
May 9/10 2026 At the D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL
Bach
BWV 36: Schwingt freudig euch empor
BWV 45: Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist
The Hundred Club
The 100 Club is a restricted lottery (i.e. open only to singers and orchestra) which yields vital income for DBCC while rewarding subscribers with cash prizes. Draws are held regularly. Join the 100 Club to help ensure our future.
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