Florilegium

St Matthew Passion with The Bach Choir
2026-03-08 11:00 - 16:15 UTC | Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX
The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Florilegium, sung in English, is a much-anticipated fixture in London’s musical calendar.
The St Matthew Passion features some of Bach’s most beautiful and poignant chorales, alongside rousing and striking choruses.
This is a work that The Bach Choir is renowned for performing annually to an exceptionally high standard.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of The Bach Choir, which was formed in 1876 to give the first UK performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor.

Performers
Florilegium
David Hill conductor
Toby Spence tenor, Evangelist
Simon Shibambu bass, Christ
Lucy Crowe soprano
Carolyn Dobbin mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Christopher Purves bass

Telemann Old and New
2026-03-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP
Florilegium’s fruitful immersion in the music of Georg Philipp Telemann has opened fresh perspectives on the work of a German Baroque composer who bridged the gap between past styles and new musical fashions and cultivated an eclectic ‘mixed taste’, nourished by ideas from France, Italy and elsewhere. Discover Telemann’s seductive blend of old and new in a programme complete with his dramatic cantata Ino, which Elizabeth Watts recently recorded with Florilegium.

Georg Philipp Telemann, Overture: Suite in F TWV55:F16
Georg Philipp Telemann, Concerto in E minor for flute, recorder and strings TWV52:e1

INTERVAL

Georg Philipp Telemann, Cantata: Ino TWV20:41
Georg Philipp Telemann, Conclusion in E minor TWV50:5

Bach Easter Oratorio and Ascension Oratorio
2026-05-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, 6 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EF
Florilegium joins Salisbury Cathedral Choir and conductor David Halls for a programme of Bach’s music for the Easter season, pairing two celebratory sacred works with one of his most familiar orchestral pieces.

Bach's Complete Brandenburg Concertos
2026-05-18 18:30 - 20:30 | St James Church, Church Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6JG
The Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046–1051) by Johann Sebastian Bach are widely regarded as some of the greatest orchestral compositions of the Baroque era. Director, Ashley Solomon, presents the concertos in reverse order, so that the number of players increases with each work.
BACH JS: Brandenburg 6 BMW 1051
BACH JS: Brandenburg 5 BMW 1050
BACH JS: Brandenburg 4 BMW 1049
INTERVAL
BACH JS: Brandenburg 3 BMW 1048
BACH JS: Brandenburg 2 BMW 1047
BACH JS: Brandenburg 1 BMW 1046

Bach's Mass in B minor with The Bach Choir
2026-05-26 19:30 - 21:45 | Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX
The Mass in B minor is a remarkable work which combines all of Bach’s monumental gifts as a composer.
It contains solos, duets, trios and incredible choruses in as many as eight parts, combining joy, sadness, melancholy but, above all, inspired melodic writing throughout.
The lightness and control that The Bach Choir possesses makes this ensemble the perfect match for one of Bach’s most heralded works.

Florilegium
David Hill conductor
Nardus Williams soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Sam Furness tenor
Neal Davies bass
The Bach Choir
