Emily Hodkinson
We are delighted to announce Emily Hodkinson as the winner of the Liz Chant Bursary Award 2018.
On receiving her award Emily comments
“I shall use the bursary to support my studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and this will…
A grandly dignified richness of sound, laying before the audience with judiciously paced clarity some of the oratorio’s major themes
Review by William Ruff
Nov 24, 2018
If you’re not religious (and even if you are) it could have been a bit daunting to open the Nottingham Bach Choir’s programme for Elgar’s The Apostles and see the nine pages of words which…
Incisive, high-energy music making which gripped from the outset
William Ruff, Nottingham Post
Mar 24, 2018
Nottingham Bach Choir deliver ‘one of their best performances of recent years’ at St Mary’s Church
Bach’s Passions, his musical settings of the events of Good Friday, are the nearest things to operas that he wrote. The compelling biblical narrative…
They sang as if Bach’s notes had been swirling in their bloodstream for years
Review by William Ruff, Nottingham Post, November 2016
Nov 26, 2016
In late 1734, and in his eleventh year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, Bach composed a major new cycle of six cantatas. The cantatas were to be performed at the Thomaskirche and the Nikolaikirche on six feast days from Christmas…
The biggest feather in the choir’s cap was their premiere of David Machell’s Gloria, clearly inspired by Vivaldi but speaking in its own distinctive voice and exploding in a starburst of energy
Review for Nottingham Evening Post
Jun 23, 2012
AS befitting a Diamond Jubilee concert, there was a lot to celebrate.
First of all, Her Majesty’s glorious reign, so it was right and proper that the Bach Choir opened with a full-throated setting of the National Anthem and ended with a specially…
The choir’s deep knowledge of this music expressed itself in crisp articulation and never-flagging commitment
Review for Nottingham Evening Post
Mar 24, 2012
EVEN before the first note of the Nottingham Bach Choir’s performance on Saturday the audience knew that the narrative was paramount.
Suspended above the choir in Southwell Minster was a huge screen on which were projected translations of every…
