Celebrating Bach

A special to mark the 300th anniversary of Bach’s Johannes-Passion, the second cycle of church cantatas, Bach’s 275th Anniversary (1750) St. George’s Hanover Square Foundation 300th (1725). Today is also the anniversary of Mendelssohn’s death at Leipzig in 1847.

An invitation to join with the British-German Association for an event in the London Bach Society’s 2025 Bachfest is too good to miss, and to acknowledge together the musical anniversaries that fall this year, is a truly mouthwatering prospect. St. George’s Church Hanover Square, where the composer Handel was a parishioner is marking the 300th anniversary of the foundation. So, we shall be enveloped in a rich musical heritage and make new friends.

We have invited Prof. Dr Michael Maul, Artistic Director of the Leipzig Bachfest, to deliver the address complete with Q and A, and the recital surrounding will be a new programme that includes music by Bach and Brahms devised by the young prizewinning German Baritone Florian Störtz. All are very welcome. We are promise a lively
evening.