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Today is Advent Sunday. Take a moment to listen to a setting of Martin Luther's hymn "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62, performed at Leipzig 300 years ago on 3 December 1724. youtube.com/watch?v=7vXvTY5i…

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What a wonderful evening of Bach @StBartholomews last night. 4 hugely talented singers made a Prize Final to stay long in the memory.....and the winner is.... the tenor Sebastian Hill. @BBCRadio3 @BBCInTune @ClassicFM
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This wk at LBS Bachfest: Tues 19th Nov Singers Prize Final, 7pm £15 at door Fri 22 Nov Bach concert: Cantatas BWV 26, 133, Violin Concerto BWV 1052R Tkts at the door £25, £20 £15 from 6.15pm. 18-30s FREE. bachlive.co.uk St. Bartholomew-the-Great. West Smithfield EC1
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We have four finalists for the LBS Bach Singers prize at 7.00pm on Tuesday next 19 Nov @StBartholomews Tickets £15, 18-30s FREE at the door. Sebastian Hill, Louisa Stuart-Smith, Merce Brughera Abello, Peter Edge @RoyalAcadMusic @RCMLondon @guildhallschool @BBCRadio3 @ClassicFM
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Tonight at 7pm @mayfairparish the semi final of the LBS Bach Singers Prize. Jury : soprano Julia Doyle, Director & Keyboardist Christopher Bucknall & violinist Rodolfo Richter. The 8 semis will each sing a recit & an aria from a Bach Passion. Tkts £15 at the door, 18-30s Free
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LBS Bach Singers Prize, 7pm Fri 15 Nov @mayfairparish Come and cheer them on..... only £15.00, or free for 18-30s
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Fri 15th Nov 7.00pm LBS Bach Singers Prize Semi Final Tkts £15 at the door from 6.15pn, 18-30s free. The semi finalists are listed on the LBS website bachlive.co.uk. Final at 7.00pm on 19 November @StBartholomews @guildhallschool @RCMLondon @RoyalAcadMusic @BBCRadio3
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9 November 1989. On this momentous day the infamous Berlin Wall fell, uniting Germany, families, businesses...and music. A whole new life began this day. @GermanEmbassy @GermanAmbUK
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LBS Bach Singers Prize competition Update: 8 Singers go through to the Semi Final on Fri 15 Nov at 7.00pm @mayfairparish Come and cheer them on. Tkts £15 at door from 6.15pm. 18-30s FREE.
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This week at Bachfest:The Felix Ensemble debut at Wax Chandlers Hall, 6 Gresham Steeet EC2, 7.00pm on Wed 6 Nov tkts £20, 18-30s free. At the door from 6.15pm. Thurs 7 Nov from 10.30am, 1st Rd Bach Singers Prize (private). 17 entries vie for place in semi-final.
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Beat the budget blues at LBS Bachfest on 31 Oct @mayfairparish @RichardCBJones tkts@bachlive.co.uk "Ein feste Burg..."BWV 80 will be performed, small scale. Here is the original...
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Update: 18 Entries received for the LBS Bach Singers Prize....now on to the Rounds.😆
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"For me one of the best programmes on @BBCRadio3 is "Through the night". Wonderful music featured. The perfect cure for insomnia as my mind is constantly at work listing all I have to do to bring our Bachfest alive again after a break of 2 years."! #LBS Margaret Steinitz
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A new group at LBS Bachfest: A London debut for The Felix Ensemble playing Bach Bbg 3 & Art of Fugue plus Mendelssohn's great Octet. 7pm, 6 Nov Wax Chandlers Hall EC2 Tkts £20 bachlive.co.uk 18-30 Bach Club tkts FREE. Pic is Group Founder Jane Gordon
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The deadline for entry to the LBS Bach Singers Prize competition is by 11.59pm TODAY. Forms on bachlive.co.uk @RCMLondon @guildhallschool @RoyalAcadMusic @BBCRadio3 @ClassicFM
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The deadline for entry to LBS Bach Sngers Prize is by 11.59pm TODAY. bachlive.co.uk
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Only 10 days to B'fest opening concert on 31 October @mayfairparish . Cantatas 62, & 80 "Ein feste Burg.." on Reformation Festival Day. @GermanEmbassy @GermanAmbUK @BritGerAssoc @BBCRadio3 @BBCRadioLondon Tkts go to bachlive.co.uk
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Do take a moment to read this....
David Hill@davidhconductor
16 Oct 2024
I couldn’t agree more and music is a part of all this. Let’s hope the PM can deliver this for our young. If there are State Schools (my grandson is in one in S London) which properly deliver The Arts, why not all? It’s not even aspirational, it’s surely mandatory.
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LBS Bach Singers Prize deadline for entry is Monday 21 October. Go to bachlive.co.uk for details. Bach Factfile: Anna Magdalena Bach was a very fine soprano and trusted copyist.
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LBS Bachfest 2024: Tkts from bachlive.co.uk for concerts on 31 Oct, 6 Nov & 22 Nov. Bach Singers Prize comp 15 & 19 Nov. Bach Club Free tkts for 18-30s. Reserve your freebies in advance by Email lbs@lonbachsoc.co.uk or at the door from 6.15pm
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