St Mary Crawley, spiritual home of the Bach Winchester Voices © Hassocks5489, 27 May 2021

Past events

 
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Wachet auf!

Sunday 7 December 2025, 16:00
St Peter's Stockbridge, SO20 6HE
Tickets £25, under-18s £5

Bach Winchester Voices & Orchestra
Andrew Hayman, director
Katharine Fuge, soprano
Peter Hicks, alto (replacing Tamsin Jones)
Sebastian Hill, tenor | Evangelist
Ben Hendry-Watkins, baritone

The Bach Winchester Voices make their Stockbridge Music debut with cantata Wachet auf! (BWV 140), motet Der Gerechte (BWV 1149) and parts II and V of the Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248). The BWV's baroque band performs Air on the G String (BWV 1068.2).

 
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Rejoice, Joyful Voices!

Sunday 7 September 2025, 15:45
St Paul's Winchester, SO22 5AB

Bach Winchester Voices & Orchestra
Andrew Hayman, director
Maryam Wocial, soprano
Tamsin Jones, alto
Sebastian Hill, tenor
Ben Hendry-Watkins, baritone

With the bright glow of trumpets and the exciting rumble of timpani, the Bach Winchester Voices sing cantatas BWV 30, 34 and 120.

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Bread of Life

Sunday 15 June 2025, 15:45
St Mary's Crawley, SO21 2PZ

Bach Winchester Voices & Orchestra
Andrew Hayman, director
Daisy Livesey, soprano
Tamsin Jones, alto
Albert Soriano, tenor
John Johnston, bass

The Bach Winchester Voices return to their spiritual home, St Mary's Crawley, for an informal performance of cantatas BWV 7, 39 and 180.

 
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St John Passion

Monday 14 April 2025, 19:00
Winchester College Chapel, SO23 9NA

Bach Winchester Voices & Orchestra
Andrew Hayman, director
Sebastian Hill, tenor | Evangelist
Malachy Frame, baritone | Jesus
Ben Hendry-Watkins, baritone | Pilate

The Bach Winchester Voices perform the St John Passion (BWV 245) in support of the Southampton Centre for Cancer Immunology.

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Bread of Life

Sunday 9 March 2025, 18:00
St Mary-at-Hill, London, EC3R 8EB

Bach Winchester Voices & Orchestra
Barbara Höfling, director
Katharine Fuge, soprano
Tamsin Jones, alto
Archie Inns, tenor
Ben Hendry-Watkins, baritone

An exciting pop-up event in Central London – cantatas BWV 4, 38 and 68 with, as an encore, the beautiful chorale Jesu, wahres Brot des Lebens from cantata BWV 180.

 
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Christmas Oratorio

Sunday 19 January 2025, 16:00
St Paul's Winchester, SO22 5AB

Bach Winchester Voices & Orchestra
Andrew Hayman, director
Jemima Price, soprano
Joy Sutcliffe, mezzo-soprano
Sebastian Hill, tenor | Evangelist
Ben Hendry-Watkins, baritone

The Bach Winchester Voices perform parts III to VI of the Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) in support of Gift of Sight.

 
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St John Passion

Friday 29 March 2024, 19:00
Winchester College Chapel, SO23 9NA

Bach Winchester Voices
Musica Poetica
Andrew Hayman, director
Sebastian Hill, tenor | Evangelist
Alex Bower-Brown, baritone | Jesus
Ben Hendry-Watkins, baritone | Pilate

The Bach Winchester Voices perform the St John Passion (BWV 245) in support of Gift of Sight.

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Christmas Oratorio

Sunday 7 January 2024, 15:45
St Paul's Winchester, SO22 5AB

Crawley Bachistas & Orchestra
Andrew Hayman, director

The Crawley Bachistas take on parts I, III and V of the Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) with solos taken by members of the choir.

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Mass in B Minor

Saturday 9 July 2022, 16:30
St John the Evangelist Oxford, OX4 1EH

Crawley Bachistas & Orchestra
Oxford Bach Soloists
Tom Hammond-Davies, director
Melissa Talbot, soprano
Jessica Gillingwater, alto
Sebastian Hill, tenor
Ben Hendry-Watkins, baritone

Bach's Mass in B Minor (BWV 232) performed with the Oxford Bach Soloists and directed by Tom Hammond-Davies – the spectacular result of a week-long workshop with the Crawley Bachistas.

Bach weekends

In addition to these concerts, there have been many "Bach weekends" at St Mary's Church in Crawley – where the Bach Winchester Voices are informally known as the Crawley Bachistas. They've sung some 75 of Bach's cantatas so far, with many more to follow!

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