50th Anniversary Concert

Handel, Dixit Dominus, Zadok The Priest

JS Bach, Magnificat, O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht

Keele Bach Choir, Neil Taylor, Brayside Orchestra and soloists

Terence Ayebare, Charlotte Baker, Lizzy Humphries, Dominic Morgan, Rosa Sparks, Joyce Tindsley

(Latest:) We will be joined by members of Keele Voices, Student choir.

(Our tickets prices for this concert are supported by a donation. Prices would be much higher for such a performance without this kind donation. Thank you, whoever you are!)

2025 is Keele Bach Choir’s 50th anniversary year and we've got some great music lined up to celebrate this exciting event. For our March concert, we’re delighted to welcome professional soloists with Manchester's Brayside Orchestra who’ll be accompanying the choir in Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Zadok the Priest, plus J.S.Bach’s O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht and Magnificat. Zadok needs no introduction and the powerful entry of the choir is always good value. Dixit Dominus is perhaps not so well known, but this early Handel work doesn’t disappoint: expect bravura choral set-pieces interspersed with sweetly tuneful solos and duets. And then we have some magnificent Bach. The relatively little performed funeral chorale O Jesu Christ features an unusual and sonorous brass accompaniment, complementing the unmistakable Bach signature - the dignity, the grace, the tunefulness, the intensity, the humanity. With Magnificat Bach regales us with glorious choral movements, varied solos and duets, deeply felt emotion and razor-sharp intelligence. The rolling entries as the choir sing the Gloria are just wonderful. And there are so many other superb moments. Do come and hear: this concert will be a feast for the ears and food for the soul.

Parking is free and available throughout campus (including permit areas) on Saturday. Please aim to arrive early as we expect high numbers and you may have to park some way from the chapel.

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