Chester Bach Singers are always keen to hear from potential new members, so if you’d like to experience what singing with us is like, you can join us at our open rehearsals on Wednesday 18th November 2026 and Wednesday 26th May 2027. We'll give details of times and locations nearer the time. In the meantime, […]
Chester Bach Singers Fundraiser Concert Sunday 21st June: Fairview Vineyard, Bickerton An afternoon of music, wine, and countryside charm.... Soloists from Chester Bach Singers... Set in the beautiful surroundings of a local vineyard.... A relaxed unique fundraising event. What to expect:3:00pm: Enjoy the views and a stroll in the vineyard3:45pm: Live Choir Concert.Afterwards: Wine • […]
We are very excited about our 2026-7 season as we prepare to celebrate 50 years of music-making as Chester Bach Singers. 17th October 2026: The Lark AscendingRalph Vaughan Williams: “The Lark Ascending” in Paul Drayton’s arrangement for choir and solo violin, plus music by Anton Bruckner, Will Todd, Jessica Curry, Oliver Tarney and Sarah Quartel. […]
On the afternoon of Saturday 14th June 2025, Chester Bach singers performed their Summer Concert - "Taking Flight" - at the Wesley Church Centre in Chester. This was our first concert under the baton of our new Musical Director, Emma Baker.
On the evening of Saturday 22nd March 2025, Chester Bach Singers were joined by the 18th Century Sinfonia (www.18thcentury.co.uk) to perform Bach’s Mass in b minor at St John's Church in Chester. This sell-out concert was also the final concert to be conducted by Chester Bach Singers’ Musical Director, Martin Bussey, who has now retired from […]
Chester Bach Singers’ Musical Director, Martin Bussey, will be retiring from CBS after 38 remarkable and busy years at the helm. His final concert will be Bach’s Mass in b minor on 22nd March 2025. As a choir, we all see and understand Martin’s dedication to CBS. We see his hard work, his careful planning […]
The breadth of styles in CBS programmes has long delighted audiences. Particularly dear to the hearts of members are the major works with orchestra that we perform. None approaches Bach’s Mass in b minor in terms of scope, ambition and impact. Essentially, Bach wrote this work as a compendium of his many compositional styles. Its […]
4:00pm, Wesley Church Centre, Chester ‘Darest thou now, O Soul, walk out with me towards the unknown region?’ The opening of Vaughan Williams’ setting of Walt Whitman’s non-religious text sets the mood of Chester Bach Singers’ exploration of ‘Journeying On’. This concert reflects the idea of the human journey in its broadest sense, with an […]
Come and join us as we explore the Sounds of the Fifties. You might be surprised! The last in the CBS series of concerts tracing choral music through the twentieth century takes us into the 1950s – the new ‘Elizabethan Age’ as it was called at the time in the UK. The era of Elvis (who […]
Here's some behind the scenes footage of Chester Bach Singers’ joint performance with Chester Philharmonic Orchestra and Cantiones - Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius at Chester Cathedral. You'll also hear our three prestigious soloists in action – Kathryn Rudge, James Platt, and Joshua Ellicott. It's the day of the concert, and final rehearsals are in full swing ...
