Welcome to the home page of The Reading Bach Choir.
We are a dynamic choir of 40 to 50 auditioned voices based in Reading, performing everything from Renaissance masterpieces to bold contemporary works. Under the inspiring direction of Daniel Mahoney, the choir is known for adventurous programmes and expressive, high-quality concerts.
On these pages you can find details of our upcoming events, sign up for our occasional newsletters and find information on joining the choir.
Join us for our first event of the new season
Come and Sing Workshop - Mozart Mass in C Minor
Saturday October 18th 10am - 4.30pm Caversham Heights Methodist Church
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Reading Bach Choir dives into the Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427 for this season’s workshop. We will sing through this unfinished music that Mozart left at the time of his death.
Even in its unfinished state, the Mass is a significant work. Had Mozart finished composition, the complete work would rival Bach’s Mass in B Minor.
We will explore the history of the work and its context within the style of Mozart’s sacred music. We will also learn to apply the technical skills required to sing this music with historically informed practice.
Additionally, we will discuss the various attempts by musicologists to present their own completions of the Mass, mirroring the rich tradition associated with the Requiem.
This workshop will be an exciting opportunity to spend time with one of the great pieces of the choral-orchestral canon.
Caversham Heights Methodist Church, 74 Highmoor Road, Caversham RG4 7BG
10am - 4.30pm October 18th 2025
Tickets £25 which includes tea/coffee and music. Under 18s £5. Please bring your own lunch (no alcohol). Tickets also available on the door.
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Made Holy by Their Dreams
Saturday November 8th 2025 - 7.30pm All Saints Church, Downshire Square, RG1 6NN
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Marking Remembrance Sunday, Reading Bach Choir presents Gerald Finzi’s deeply moving Requiem da Camera.
On 18 September 1918, Second Lieutenant Ernest Farrar was killed at the Battle of Éphy. Before enlisting, Farrar was the teenage Finzi’s first composition teacher. The tragic death of such an influential figure on the young composer led Finzi to memorialize him and all those “who went ungrudgingly, and spent their lives for us….” in the Requiem.
Two decades later, Finzi wrote Lo, the full, final sacrifice for the consecration of St. Matthew’s Church, Northampton. This festival anthem is a reflection on the translations of St. Thomas Aquinas by 17th-century metaphysical poet and cleric Richard Crashaw.
J.S. Bach’s motet Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 completes and complements this programme. The richly varied double-chorus work highlights the Baroque master’s inventive musical ideas alongside his rich faith.
Kindly sponsored by Finzi Friends
All Saints Church, Downshire Square, Reading RG1 6NN
Tickets £18 in advance, £20 on the door. Under 18s £5
We are recruiting
On 18 September 1918, Second Lieutenant Ernest Farrar was killed at the Battle of Éphy. Before enlisting, Farrar was the teenage Finzi’s first composition teacher. The tragic death of such an influential figure on the young composer led Finzi to memorialize him and all those “who went ungrudgingly, and spent their lives for us….” in the Requiem.
Two decades later, Finzi wrote Lo, the full, final sacrifice for the consecration of St. Matthew’s Church, Northampton. This festival anthem is a reflection on the translations of St. Thomas Aquinas by 17th-century metaphysical poet and cleric Richard Crashaw.
J.S. Bach’s motet Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 completes and complements this programme. The richly varied double-chorus work highlights the Baroque master’s inventive musical ideas alongside his rich faith.
Kindly sponsored by Finzi Friends
All Saints Church, Downshire Square, Reading RG1 6NN
Tickets £18 in advance, £20 on the door. Under 18s £5
We are recruiting
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