The Swansea Bach Choir was formed in 1965 with the aim of presenting the very best choral works from the past five centuries, to as wide a public as possible, and in as professional and authentic a manner as possible. Many of its forty members are trained singers, music students, and teachers of music.

The choir is renowned for its performances of Baroque music, in particular the major works of Bach. Its performance of the Matthäus-Passion, given with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, was the first time this great masterpiece had been heard in Wales accompanied by a period orchestra. Other such ‘firsts’ include performances of Bach's Johannes-Passion and Mass in B Minor, Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, Purcell's King Arthur, Messiah, and several of the late masses of Haydn, all accompanied by London-based period orchestras.

At the other end of the historical spectrum the choir's performance of the Rachmaninov Vespers, the first by a Welsh choir, was highly acclaimed. It has also performed many twentieth century works, including major compositions by Pizzetti, Frank Martin, Howells, Britten, Duruflé and works by several Welsh composers.

Côr Bach Abertawe 

Ffurfiwyd Côr Bach Abertawe ym 1965 gyda’r nod penodol o gyflwyno gweithiau corawl gorau’r pum canrif diwethaf, i gynulleidfa mor eang â phosib, mewn dull mor broffesiynol a dilys â phosib. Mae llawer o’r deugain aelod yn gantorion hyfforddedig ac yn athrawon cerddoriaeth.

Mae’r côr yn enwog am ei berfformiadau o gerddoriaeth Faróc, yn enwedig gweithiau mwyaf Bach. Ei berfformiad o’r Matthäus-Passion, gyda Cherddorfa Oes yr Oleuedigaeth, oedd y tro cyntaf i’r campwaith mawreddog hwn gael ei glywed yng Nghymru i gyfeiliant cerddorfa gyfnod. Bu’r perfformiadau o Johannes-Passion Bach a’i Offeren yn B Leiaf, Gosber 1610 Monteverdi, King Arthur Purcell, Messiah, a nifer o offerennau hwyr Haydn hefyd yn torri tir newydd, gan eu bod i gyd i gyfeiliant cerddorfeydd cyfnod.

Ym mhen arall y sbectrwm hanesyddol, derbyniodd perfformiad y côr o’r Gosber gan Rachmaninov, y cyntaf gan gôr o Gymru, ganmoliaeth aruchel. Mae’r côr hefyd wedi perfformio llawer o weithiau o’r ugeinfed ganrif, yn cynnwys cyfansoddiadau pwysig gan Pizzetti, Frank Martin, Howells, Britten, Duruflé a gweithiau gan nifer o gyfansoddwyr o Gymru.