Musical Director David Hill

“Probably the finest independent choir in the world”
(Evening Standard)
The Bach Choir in the Press

The Bach Choir The Colours of Christmas (Daily Mail, 19 December 2011)
Review of Christmas CD with John Rutter conducting The Bach Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, released on 28 November 2011

The Colours of Christmas (Telegraph, December 2011)
Review of Christmas CD with John Rutter conducting The Bach Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, released on 28 November 2011

Handel Messiah (Newbury Today, December 2011)
Review of concert given by The Bach Choir Voices in St Nicolas's Church, Newbury, on Thursday 1 December 2011

Novello Best of British (The Times, 20 September 2011)
Review of the Best of British - Celebrating 200 Years of Novello on Tuesday 20 September 2011

Novello Best of British (classicalsource.com, 20 September 2011)
Review of The Best of British - Celebrating 200 Years of Novello on Tuesday 20 September 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (thisislondon.co.uk, 18 July 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (classicalsource.com, 19 July 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (ft.com, 19 July 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (blogs.telegraph.co.uk, 19 July 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (berkshirereview.net, 21 July 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (wordpress.com, July 18 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (operatoday.com, July 19 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (telegraph.co.uk, July 18 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (guardian.co.uk, July 18 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (independent.co.uk, July 18 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Brian Gothic Symphony (theartsdesk.com, July 18 2011)
Review of BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 17 July 2011

Bach St Matthew Passion (musicomh.com, April 14 2011)
Review of concert in the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 10 April 2011

Bach St Matthew Passion (theartsdesk.com, April 11 2011)
Review of concert in the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 10 April 2011

Vaughan Williams A Cambridge Mass (The Times, March 7 2011)
Review of concert in the Fairfield Halls, Croydon on Thursday 3 March 2011

Vaughan Williams A Cambridge Mass (The Guardian, March 7 2011)
Review of concert in the Fairfield Halls, Croydon on Thursday 3 March 2011

Vaughan Williams A Cambridge Mass (classicalsource.com, March 5 2011)
Review of concert in the Fairfield Halls, Croydon on Thursday 3 March 2011

Vaughan Williams A Cambridge Mass (The Telegraph, March 4 2011)
Review of concert in the Fairfield Halls, Croydon on Thursday 3 March 2011

Vaughan Williams A Cambridge Mass (Inside Croydon, March 4 2011)
Review of concert in the Fairfield Halls, Croydon on Thursday 3 March 2011

Bach St John Passion (The Student Journals, February 4 2011)
Review of concert in the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 3 February 2011

Red Priest - Philip Wilby A Brontë Mass (Choir & Organ, January/February 2011)
Review of The Bach Choir's latest CD, released in October 2010

Red Priest - Philip Wilby A Brontë Mass (4barsrest.com, December 15 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's latest CD, released in October 2010

Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem (Fanfare Magazine, August 12 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in March 2010

Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem (The Flying Inkpot, August 12 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in March 2010

Brahms Requiem (Hampshire Chronicle, July 15 2010)
Review of concert in Winchester Cathedral on Friday 9 July 2010

Carl Rütti Requiem (Church Music Quarterly, June 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Bach Mass in B minor (MusicOMH.com, June 2010)
Review of concert in the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 22 June 2010

Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem (International Record Review, May 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in March 2010

Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem (Choir & Organ, May/June 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in March 2010

Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem (The Observer, May 2 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in March 2010

Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem (BBC Music Magazine, May 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in March 2010

Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas / Dona nobis pacem (Gramophone, May 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in March 2010

Bach St Matthew Passion (Catholic Herald, March 29 2010)
Review of concert in the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 28 March 2010

Carl Rütti Requiem (Audiophile Audition, March 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Carl Rütti Requiem (Neue Luzerner Zeitung, January 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Carl Rütti Requiem (Fanfare Magazine, March/April 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Carl Rütti Requiem (Choir and Organ, Jan/Feb 2010)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Carl Rütti Requiem (Gramophone, December 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Carl Rütti Requiem (BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009, Vol 18, No 4)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Carl Rütti Requiem (Insidecatholic.com, Autumn 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Carl Rütti Requiem (Buffalo News, 6 December 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

Delius's A Mass of Life (Delius Society Journal 146, Autumn 2009)
Review of concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 21 May 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (klassik.com, November 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

Carl Rütti Requiem (Observer, Sunday 11 October 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's CD, released in October 2009

The People Shall Hear! (Musica, October 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (American Record Guide, September/October 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (Fanfare Magazine, September/October 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (Musicweb International, August 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

Berlioz Te Deum (Evening Standard, August 3 2009)
Review of BBC Prom at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 2 August 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (Diverdi, July/August 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

Haydn's The Seasons (Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, July 20 2009)
Review of concert at the Frauenkirche, Dresden, on Saturday 18 July 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (CD Review, BBC Radio 3, July 4 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (Scotland on Sunday, June 28 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (Diapason, June 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (Codaex, May/June 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (www.crossrhythms.co.uk, May 28 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

The People Shall Hear! (Klassik Heute, 20 May 2009)
Review of The Bach Choir's Great Handel Choruses CD, released in April 2009.

Delius's A Mass of Life (classicalsource.com, May 2009)
Review of concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 21 May 2009.

Delius's A Mass of Life (musicomh.com, May 2009)
Review of concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 21 May 2009.

Mahler Symphony No 2 (Guardian, March 27 2009)
Review of concert at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday 24 March 2009.

Vaughan Williams and Howells (Sunday Telegraph, December 7 2008)
Review of concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 27 November 2008.

Vaughan Williams and Howells (Music and Vision, December 2 2008)
Review of concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 27 November 2008.

Music for Choir and Organ (Isle of Wight County Press, October 23 2008)
Review of concert at Newport Minster on Saturday 11 October 2008.

John Rutter Gloria and others (Chichester Observer, July 7 2008)
Review of concert at Chichester Cathedral on Saturday 5 July 2008.

Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony and others (Hampshire Chronicle, July 7 2008)
Review of concert in Winchester Cathedral on Friday 4 July 2008.

Fauré Requiem and others (The Glebe Weekly, April 3 2008)
Review of concert at the Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney on Wednesday 26 March 2008.

Verdi's Requiem (The Australian, April 7 2008)
Review of concert at the Hamer Hall, Melbourne on Saturday 5 April 2008.

Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrim's Progress (Australian Stage Online, March 29 2008)
Review of concert at Sydney Opera House on Thursday 27 March 2008.

Bach's St Matthew Passion (www.classicalsource.com, March 13 2008)
Review of concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 9 March 2008.

Bach's St Matthew Passion (www.classicalsource.com, February 26 2008)
Preview of concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 9 March 2008.

World Premiere of Carl Rütti's Requiem (The Independent, February 25 2008)
Review of concert at Winchester Cathedral on Saturday 16 March 2008.

World Premiere of Carl Rütti's Requiem (Church Times, February 22 2008)
Review of concert at Winchester Cathedral on Saturday 16 March 2008.

Haydn's Creation (Saechsische Zeitung, Dresden, October 22 2007)
Review of concert at the Frauenkirche, Dresden on Saturday 20 October 2007.

Howells Hymnus Paradisi and Sir Patrick Spens (The Times, June 2 2007)
Review of CD - The Bach Choir - Howells - NAXOS.

Bach's St Matthew Passion (Evening Standard, April 2 2007)
Review of concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 1 April 2007.

Britten's War Requiem (Sunday Times, November 26 2006)
Review of concert at Westminster Cathedral on November 17 2006 (last two paras only).

Britten's War Requiem (The Times, November 22 2006)
Review of concert at Westminster Cathedral on November 17 2006.

Handel's Messiah (Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, December 2005)
English translation of review of concert at the Frauenkirche, Dresden.

Handel's Messiah (Saechsische Zeitung, December 2005)
English translation of review of concert at the Frauenkirche, Dresden.

Harry Gregson-Williams' soundtrack to Kingdom of Heaven (Gramophone, October 2005)
Review of the soundtrack of Kingdom of Heaven in which The Bach Choir played a major part

John Rutter's Requiem and Mozart's Solemn Vespers (Chichester Observer, 21 July 2005)
Review of Chichester Festivities Concert on Saturday 16 July 2005

Diana Burrell's And so the Night became and Tippett's A Child of our Time (Guardian, 16 May 2005)
Review of Royal Festival Hall Concert on Wednesday 11 May 2005

Richard Blackford's Voices of Exile and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast (The Times, 22 April 2005)
Review of Royal Festival Hall Concert on Wednesday 20 April 2005

Richard Blackford's Voices of Exile and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast (The Daily Telegraph, 22 April 2005)
Review of Royal Festival Hall Concert on Wednesday 20 April 2005

Richard Blackford's Voices of Exile and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast (Evening Standard, 21 April 2005)
Review of Royal Festival Hall Concert on Wednesday 20 April 2005

Delius, Holst and Elgar at the Proms (The Sunday Times, 25 July 2004)
Review of BBC Promenade Concert on Monday 19 July 2004

Delius, Holst and Elgar at the Proms (The Sunday Telegraph, 25 July 2004)
Review of BBC Promenade Concert on Monday 19 July 2004

Delius, Holst and Elgar at the Proms (Guardian, 21 July 2004)
Review of BBC Promenade Concert on Monday 19 July 2004

Delius, Holst and Elgar at the Proms (Daily Telegraph, 20 July 2004)
Review of BBC Promenade Concert on Monday 19 July 2004

Delius, Holst and Elgar at the Proms (Evening Standard, 20 July 2004)
Extract from a review of two BBC Promenade Concerts on Monday 19 July 2004

Beethoven Missa Solemnis at the Winchester Festival (Daily Echo, Southampton, 12 July 2004)
A review of the opening concert of the Winchester Festival on Friday 9 July 2004

Beethoven Missa Solemnis at the Winchester Festival (Hampshire Chronicle, 16 July 2004)
A review of the opening concert of the Winchester Festival on Friday 9 July 2004

Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms (Evening Standard, 21 May 2004)
Review of The Bach Choir's Royal Festival Hall performance on Wednesday 19 May 2004

Bach's St Matthew Passion (The Times, 30 March 2004)
Review of The Bach Choir's Royal Festival Hall performance on 28 March 2004

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (The Catholic Herald, June 2003)
This article, by John Gummer, which first appeared in The Catholic Herald Newspaper, discusses the importance of fine music to Christian worship with particular reference to The Bach Choir's centenary performances in Westminster Cathedral on June 5 and 6 2003

Bach's St Matthew Passion (Church Times, 11 April 2003)
Review of The Bach Choir's Royal Festival Hall performance on 6 April 2003

Bach's St Matthew Passion (Evening Standard, 7 April 2003)
Review of The Bach Choir's Royal Festival Hall performance on 6 April 2003

Handel Birthday Concert (The Times, 1 March 2003)
Review of The Bach Choir's Royal Festival Hall concert on 26 February 2003

Radio 3 CD Review Transcript (Radio 3, 19 December 2001)
Transcript of the Radio 3 CD Review of The Bach Choir's 'Noel!' CD.

Classical Review - The Bach Choir (Mail on Sunday, 10 June 2001)
Review of the 125th anniversary concert at the Royal Opera House.

Teaching the World to Sing (Evening Standard, 21 May 2001)
Article on The Bach Choir celebrating its 125th anniversary.