A Celebration of Bach
Online Access
The concert will be available at 7.30pm on Thursday 27 August, and for 30 days following.
A programme of some of Bach’s most beautiful and virtuosic choral motets on themes of religious longing, comfort and praise, intertwined with the haunting Suite for Cello No 4 and the celebrated Suite for Cello No 1.
To help to get the most out of the performance, we are also delighted to offer a complimentary programme for the concert, with more details of the performers and works included. Download the full programme here.
Programme
J.S. Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
J.S. Bach – Suite for Cello No 1 in G
Prelude – Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Minuet I / II – Gigue
J.S. Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm
J.S. Bach – Suite for Cello No 4 in E flat
Prelude – Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Bourrée – Gigue
J.S. Bach – Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
Performers
St Martin’s Voices
Adrian Bradbury Cello
Ben Giddens Organ
Gabriella Noble Director
Zeb Soanes Presenter
Our thanks to supporters of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust, who have funded the St Martin’s Summer Online Festival.
As the impact of COVID-19 takes hold, we need people like you to keep supporting us and helping the musicians we work with. Each concert in our festival costs around £2,000 to produce. To help us keep playing on, please consider making a donation today.
Please note that this concert is pre-recorded in the church with no audience present, and has been edited together before broadcast. The performers and technical crew carefully adhere to all current government regulation on social distancing.
Contact
Should you encouter any issues, please email box.office@smitf.org.