ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF CHORAL TEXTS
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Rehearsals
We rehearse on Sundays 7.30-9.30pm with a tea/coffee break (£1 proceeds to the choir funds). Please keep an eye on News for specific rehearsal schedules and any changes in timings as we approach concerts.
NOTE! If you can’t make a particular rehearsal please tell our Secretary (Carolyn) and Music Director (Tim)
Members should attend no fewer than 60% of rehearsals for each concert. (If any less it is at the discretion of the Musical Director whether you can sing in the concert.)
Important Documents
This space is reserved to share important documents belonging to the Bournemouth Bach Choir.
Practice Files
From time to time we publish practice files gathered from the internet. If you find better versions, please let Thalia know. To hear midi files you will need Windows Media Player, Real Player or Quicktime. All can be downloaded free.
Here are some websites with collections of midi files:
Notes on performing Messiah
We use the Novello Watkins Shaw edition and copies are NOT provided, so please provide your own copies.
It is most important copies are marked up:
Christmas Carols
When performing carols, we use 100 Carols for Choirs. There are a handful of loan copies, but ideally please bring your own.
Translations
Previous Concerts
List of Concerts since 1987: BBC-performances-March-2024
Works performed since 1987: BBC-Works-March-2024
Alphabetical list of Composers and their works performed since 1987
| Allegri | Miserere |
| Bach JS | Ascension Oratorio |
| Bach JS | Brandenburg Concerto No 4 |
| Bach JS | Brandenburg Concerto No 5 |
| Bach JS | Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 |
| Bach JS | Der Geist Hilft, BWV 226 |
| Bach JS | Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 |
| Bach JS | Ein feste Burg, BWV 80 |
| Bach JS | Furchte dich nicht, BWV 228 |
| Bach JS | Herz und Mund, BWV 147 |
| Bach JS | Jauchzet Gott, BWV 51 |
| Bach JS | Jesu Meine Freude, BWV 227 |
| Bach JS | Komm Jesu Komm, BWV 229 |
| Bach JS | Lobet den Herrn, alle heiden BWV 230 |
| Bach JS | Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 |
| Bach JS | Lutheran Mass in A No 2 |
| Bach JS | Magnificat, BWV 243 |
| Bach JS | Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 |
| Bach JS | Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 |
| Bach JS | Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225 |
| Bach JS | St. John Passion, BWV 245 |
| Bach JS | St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 |
| Bach JS | Wachet Auf, BWV 140 |
| Bach JS | Wir danken dir Gott, BWV 29 |
| Beethoven | Mass in C major |
| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
| Brahms | Geistliches Lied |
| Brahms | How lovely are thy dwellings |
| Brahms | Liebesliederwalzen |
| Brahms | Requiem |
| Britten | A Boy was Born |
| Britten | Ceremony of Carols |
| Britten | Hymn to St. Cecilia |
| Britten | Hymn to the Virgin |
| Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb |
| Bruckner | Sacred Choruses |
| Byrd | Hodie Christus Natus est |
| Durufle | Requiem |
| Elgar | Ave Verum Corpus |
| Elgar | For the Fallen |
| Elgar | Give unto the Lord |
| Elgar | Great is the Lord |
| Faure | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| Faure | Requiem |
| Goodall | The Lord is my Shepherd |
| Handel | Arrival of Queen of Sheba |
| Handel | Dixit Dominus |
| Handel | Israel in Egypt |
| Handel | Laudate Pueri |
| Handel | Let God Arise |
| Handel | Let the bright seraphim, Let their celestial concerts all unite |
| Handel | Let Thy hand be strengthened |
| Handel | Messiah |
| Handel | My Heart is Inditing |
| Handel | Nisi Dominus |
| Handel | The King shall Rejoice |
| Handel | Zadok the Priest |
| Haydn | Creation |
| Haydn | Insanae et vanae curae |
| Haydn | Little Organ Mass |
| Haydn | Mass in Time of War |
| Haydn | Nelson Mass |
| Haydn | Te Deum (Marie Therese) |
| Haydn | Te Deum in C |
| Haydn MJ | Requiem in Cmin |
| Howells | Take him earth for cherishing |
| Hummel | Mass in B min |
| Ireland | Greater love hath no man |
| Jenkins Karl | Armed Man: A Mass for Peace |
| Kuhnau | Magnificat |
| Lotti | Crucifixus |
| Lotti | Missa Sapientiae |
| Mendelssohn | Hear my Prayer |
| Mendelssohn | Verleih uns Frieden |
| Monteverdi | Beatus Vir |
| Monteverdi | Vespers of 1610 |
| Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus, K 618 |
| Mozart | Coronation Mass, K 317 |
| Mozart | Dominican Vespers K321 |
| Mozart | Epistle Sonata 19 |
| Mozart | Exsultate Jubilate, K165 |
| Mozart | Mass in C min (Great), K427 |
| Mozart | Mass in C Minor |
| Mozart | Regina Coeli |
| Mozart | Requiem, K 626 |
| Mozart | Solemn Vespers K339 |
| Mozart | Sparrow Mass, k 220 |
| Mozart | Te Deum, K 141 |
| Orff | Carmina Burana |
| Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens |
| Parry | I was glad |
| Pergolesi | Magnificat |
| Poulenc | Litanies a la Vierge Noire |
| Purcell | Come ye sons of art |
| Purcell | Funeral Music for Queen Mary |
| Purcell | Hail, bright Cecilia |
| Purcell | O Lord, hear my prayer |
| Rootham | For the Fallen |
| Rossini | Petite Messe Solonnelle |
| Rutter | Anthems |
| Rutter | Gloria |
| Rutter | Magnificat |
| Salieri | Te Deum |
| Schubert | Mass in G |
| Stanford | Three Motets |
| Sweelinck | Hodie Christus Natus est |
| Tavener | Funeral Ikos |
| Tavener | Song for Athene |
| Tippett | 5 Spirituals from “Child of Our Time” |
| Various | Anthems |
| Various | Carols |
| Various | Christmas Music |
| Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony |
| Vaughan Williams | Antiphon |
| Vaughan Williams | Mass in G Minor |
| Vivaldi | Dixit Dominus |
| Vivaldi | Gloria |
| Vivaldi | Magnificat |
| Wesley SS | Blessed be the God and Father |
| Wesley SS | Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace |
| Willcocks J | Magnificat |
| Zelenka | Magnificat in D |
| Zelenka | Miserere |