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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
PART 1 Gerontius Jesu, Maria – I am near to death,And Thou art calling me; I know it now,Not by the token of this faltering breath,This chill at heart, this […]
Chester Bach Singers’ large-scale work this year is a joint enterprise with Chester Philharmonic Orchestra and Cantiones in a performance of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius at Chester Cathedral. We […]
Every year CBS welcomes singers from across the North (they come from as far afield as Newcastle and Aberystwyth!) to work on a major choral piece for a day, followed […]
We welcome all singers to our Open Rehearsal on 10th January, when we will be starting work on Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius'. Please arrive at 7.15 for a 7.30 start. […]