The Dorset Bach Cantata Club meets for three weekends each year. Our meeting in October 2024 will be at Sturminster Newton High School, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton DT10 1DT. Rehearsals are also planned in Wool - see below.

 

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.

 

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October 12/13 2024 Back in Sturminster!

 

Bach           Cantata 29             Wir danken dir, Gott 

                        Cantata 63           Christen, ätzet diesen Tag

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February 8/9 2025 At the D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL

 

Bach           Cantata 61              Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland 

                        Cantata 182          Himmelskönig, sei willkommen

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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

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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. . Download the form here:

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