Bach Festival 2010

The seventh Bach Festival in Bath,

promoted by Elizabeth Bates and the Chantry Singers, will take place this autumn in the Abbey, the Guildhall and the Assembly Rooms.

The programme starts with a choral workshop conducted by David Hill on 11th September at the Wiltshire Music Centre, and then the Festival itself begins on 16th October with the St Matthew Passion.  There are 11 more events, an interval supper and a final celebratory dinner.

ANDREW MARR

launches Bach Festival in Bath

The well-known journalist, author and broadcaster has agreed to be the FESTIVAL PATRON for our October Bach Festival, and came to Bath on Thursday March 25th,

to start the build up for the Festival.

In conversation with Catherine Bott, Ruth Waterman and Professor Jonathan Cross around the theme 'Bach and Music for Our Time', the four held the audience entertained and informed throughout a wonderful evening. A number of interesting questions from the audience provoked more insights from the panel, which was guided with masterly skill by Andrew Marr himself.

The audience went away feeling that the Festival had been marked up in an original and stimulating way.