As its name suggests the English Baroque Choir's spiritual home is in the rich music of the Baroque period. Such pieces as Bach's Mass in B Minor, St John Passion and St Matthew Passion, and Handel's Messiah form the core of its repertoire. However the English Baroque Choir sings music from the 15th century to the present day and has performed Monteverdi's Vespers, Charpentier's Te Deum and Telemann's St Luke Passion as well as more modern pieces by composers including Britten, Duruflé, Howells, Poulenc, Stravinsky and Vaughan Williams.
EBC's reputation as one of London's leading amateur choirs continues to grow with performances that demonstrate its high quality and versatility. Whether performing Baroque masterpieces to packed audiences in St John's, Smith Square and St Martin-in-the-Fields, 20th century English and American music in The Atrium Vintners Place, Evensong in England's finest cathedrals or Christmas music at th V&A and on C4's Richard & Judy, EBC's collective dedication to the highest standards of musicality shines through under the baton of musical director Jeremy Jackman.
Brandenburg Baroque Soloists is one of the exciting new orchestras playing on period instruments.It was created as an offshoot of the highly successful Brandenburg Sinfonia for a performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio in 2004. The orchestra is a judicious mixture of regular Sinfonia players who play on both modern and original instruments with some of the finest period instrument specialists drawn from the same pool as Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Gabrieli Consort.The repertoire of the orchestra has expanded steadily to include the standard baroque choral classics including Handel's Messiah, the Bach Passions, numerous oratorios and of course the Brandenburg Concertos.
This concert forms part of the Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival 2012