St Albans Chamber Choir Concert - Bach and Beyond

St Saviour's Church, Hertfordshire, AL1 4DF

Saturday 17th October 2026

Join St Albans Chamber Choir for a concert of music composed and/or and inspired by J S Bach and family

Modern pieces responding to J S Bach includes Gjeilo's Serenity and Nystedt's Immortal Bach, and the Bach family music includes Jesu, meine Freude

Full programme:

Fürchtet euch nicht - Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf - Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
Cello partita I & II - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Jesu, meine Freude - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Serenity - Ola Gjeilo
Immortal Bach - Knut Nystedt
Nun hab ich ūberwunden - Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
Cruelty Has a Human Heart (after St Matthew Passion) - Gavin Higgins
Ich lasse dich nicht - Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
Cello partita II-VI - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

The concert is followed by refreshments and the opportunity to meet and socialise with fellow concert-goers, members of St Albans Chamber Choir, and its Musical Director, John Gibbons.