Concerts:
2022
 
 
Sir Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace
Commissioned by the Royal Armouries to mark the transition from 1999 to 2000 The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace reflects on the passing of "the most war-torn and destructive century in human history" and looks forward in...
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Orff - Carmina Burana
Fortune spins her wheel. Who will win, who will lose? Our third major work of the season is Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, composed in 1935/6 and setting words from 24 secular (in some cases very secular) poems from medieval literature...
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In Sacred Spaces :
Choral Evensong (Peterborough Cathedral)
The music selected for the service of Choral Evensong at Peterborough Cathedral is Ascension-themed, the Ascension having being kept in the church’s calendar just two days earlier...
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The Jubilee Proms
Our final concert of the season marks the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and brings together full orchestra, wind band, soprano Katherine Crompton, and another guest chorus alongside our own choir. We are delighted to present a concert of Royal favourites...
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In Sacred Spaces :
Choral Evensong (St Albans Cathedral)
The music selected for the service of Choral Evensong at St Albans Cathedral is largely the same as at our earlier visit in 2022, which is to Peterborough Cathedral on Sunday 29 May...
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Mozart & Martines : Masses of Masses
Marianna Martines was an accomplished composer of oratorios, masses, sacred choral works and secular cantatas, as well as works for orchestra and keyboard. By 1761, Martines had composed three large masses and a motet for performance at Michaelerkirche, the imperial court church in her home...
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St Crispin’s Day Evensong Service
Back in the Summer of 2006 our Musical Director arrived in Northampton, leaving his previous organist position at York Minster. He took up the prestigious position of Director of Music at All Saints’ Church, Northampton, which during his time had large and separate choirs for boys, girls, men...
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Fanfares & Carols
The Northampton Bach Choir are delighted to extend a welcome to Adele Hudson and Rushden Town Band for their third concert together following their critically-acclaimed performance of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts in June 2019, and their first Fanfares and Carols performance at The Cripps Hall...
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