Bach - A Family Affair | Epsom Chamber Choir

Epsom Chamber Choir perform a programme exploring the music of JS Bach, his forebears and others who influenced him. The choir will be performing under guest conductor Jack Apperley, who is currently studying for a Masters in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music.

Two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s finest and most dramatic motets will be at the heart of the concert: ‘Komm, Jesu Komm’ and ‘Jesu meine Freude’. Also being performed are works by three other Bachs (Johannes, Johann Christoph and Johann Michael), and music by two further composers who influenced the great man: Heinrich Schütz and Johann Kuhnau.

This concert delivers a unique perspective that pays tribute to the music of the men on whose shoulders JS Bach stands. JS’s own influence continues, and the choir will also sing a 20th century re-imagining of a Bach chorale by Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt.