The Choir - The Bach Choir Profile

Aled Jones talks to members of The Bach Choir, an ensemble founded in Victorian London and subsequently imitated by many others around the world. Aled chats to current members Ellie Bacon and Shane Connolly about life in today's choir, and explores the past with former member Dr Basil Keen, author of a recent book about the choir's first 100 years. Playlist: Johann Sebastian Bach St Matthew Passion 1) Come, ye daughters, share my mourning The Bach Choir, The Boys of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir andThames Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Sir David Willcocks DECCA 475 7987, track 1 Benjamin Britten War Requiem - Libera Me Soloists Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), The Bach Choir, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, and Highgate School Choir, Melos Ensemble and London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten DECCA 00289 475 7511 Herbert Howells Sir Patrick Spens Katy Butler (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) with The Bach Choir and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Hill NAXOS 8.570352, track 1 Harry Gregson-Williams The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - The Wardrobe The Bach Choir conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams DISNEY 0946-3-47667-2-2, track 3 Carl Rutti: Requiem - In Paradisum Olivia Robinson (soprano) and Edward Price (baritone). The Bach Choir and Southern Sinfonia conducted by David Hill with Jane Watts on organ NAXOS 8.572317, track 7