Winchester Gig Guide
Winchester Festival Opening Concert
Friday 06 July 2012 -- EVENT HAS PASSED
Venue: Winchester Cathedral map
Address: Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LS
Telephone: 01962 857275 (box office)
Winchester Festival Opening Concert The Festival's traditional large-scale opening concert features one of the undoubted masterpieces of classical music, Bach's Mass in B Minor BWV 232. JS Bach's monumental setting of the Mass offers music of praise, mediation and sheer drama, which cannot leave any listener untouched. It is also the work that Bach Choir was founded to preform and they make a welcome return to the Festival with David Hill. Joined by four eminent soloist and Southern Sinfonia, the region's chamber orchestra, this will be another Festival opening to remember. Helen-Jane Howells, soprano David Allsopp, counter tenor William Kendall, tenor Edward Price, bass The Bach Choir Southern Sinfonia David Hill, conductor Tickets: £33, £27, £21, £16, £12 available online from the Cathedral Box Office or by phone on 01962 857275
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