Choir Repertoire
CHOIR REPERTOIRE:
Always learning new music, the choir’s repertoire is extensive and continually expanding.
Most recent performances of major works include:
J S Bach:
B Minor Mass , St Mark Passion, St John Passion, &, Christmas Oratorio
Beethoven:
Mass in C
Byrd:
The Great Service
Duruflé:
Requiem
Fauré:
Requiem
Handel:
Messiah & Dixit Dominus
Macmillan:
Seven Last Words from the Cross
Rachaninov:
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Spicer:
Unfinished Remembering
Stravinsky:
Symphony of Psalms
Rossini:
Petite Messe Solennelle
Vaughan Williams:
Fantasia
Victoria:
Tenebrae Responsories
Other pieces:
In addition over the past 10 years the Choir has performed numerous other pieces including by the following composers: Britten, Dove, Finzi, Howells, Kodály, Lauridson, Langlais, Leighton, MacMillan, Matthias, Phinot, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, Rutter, Scarlatti, Shearing, Schnittke, Villette, & Whitacre.
For a full list of Repertoire:
Download printer-friendly PDF of Repertoire (68k).
Download printer-friendly PDF of Christmas Repertoire
COMMISSIONS AND PREMIERES
The choir regularly performs and sometimes commissions new works.
Since 2014 one major choral symphony, two new Christmas pieces, various descants and one arrangement, by Paul Spicer plus one new piece by Eleanor Alberga have been given their first performances by the Choir:
Everyone There - Joe Cutler
Dedicated to Birmingham Bach Choir:conductor:Paul Spicer
First performed Dec 2017.
Now is the time of Christmas
Commissioned by Michael Palmer, first performed on 20 December 2015. - Paul Spicer.
Descants to Hark the Herald, Come thou Redeemer, Hark a thrilling voice is sounded, O come all ye faithful, While shepherds watched, Once in Royal David’s city, It came upon the midnight clear and O little town of Bethlehem – Paul Spicer.
Commissioned by Merryn Lloyd, first performed in December 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2019.
Silent Night - arrangement with tenor solo – Paul Spicer.
Commissioned by Merryn Lloyd, first performed on 21 December 2014.
A Shared Singing – Paul Spicer.
Commissioned by Kate Crocker, first performed on 13 September 2014 (with Unfinished Remembering).
Unfinished Remembering – Paul Spicer.
Commissioned by Birmingham Bach Choir with financial assistance from The John Feeney Charitable Trust, first performed on 13 September 2014.
For a full list of commissions & premieres:
Download PDF of Commissions and First Performances here.
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