J.S. Bach Mass in B minor Bath Choral Society Bristol Ensemble Ruth Provost soprano Gwen Martin mezzo soprano Hugh Cutting countertenor Nick Pritchard tenor Darren Jeffery bass Shean Bowers conductor Bach’s Mass in B Minor is the high point of his musical art. It combines dramatic choruses in four to eight parts and full orchestration with subtle […]
Recording student compositions at the University of Bristol.
Pre-concert talk with David Bednall at 6.45pm
Exultate Singers
Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Sadie Harrison recording
Bristol Ensemble Emma Tring soprano John Pickard conductor John Pickard Verlaine Songs (premiere) Anthony Payne The Undiscover’d Country Lim Kang Ning Hues (premiere) Bristol Ensemble performs new works by John Pickard and Lim Kang Ning as part of the University of Bristol’s lunchtime concert series. The programme also features Anthony Payne’s work of 2010, inspired by words […]
Roger Huckle violin
Schubert Mass in A flat Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Bristol Choral Society Bristol Ensemble Imogen Russell soprano Angharad Lyddon alto Thomas Elwin tenor Thyemba Mvula bass Hilary Campbell conductor Michael Butterworth organ This summer concert with Bristol Choral Society and Hilary Campbell will be an unforgettable experience. Schubert wrote such wonderful music for singers, and this is a rare chance to hear his Mass in […]
Roger Huckle violin Paul Israel piano Beethoven Sonate for Violin and Piano No.5 ‘Spring’ Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca S.161 Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel Gershwin Three Preludes Monti Csárdás A programme of music for solo violin and piano ranging from Beethoven’s zesty ‘Spring’ sonata to Pärt’s hypnotic Spiegel im Spiegel and Gershwin’s bluesy Three […]
Jools Scott and Sue Curtis Stardust Oratorio Directed by Francis Faux Jon Monie presenter Following the hugely successful 2021 premiere of Stardust, Voices for Life returns to take you on this musical journey through space written by Jools Scott and Sue Curtis. 200 local primary school children will perform accompanied by the Bristol Ensemble, narrated by Jon Monie […]
Mozart Divertimento in DElgar Serenade for Strings
Giacomo Puccini La Rondine Bruno Ravella director La rondine (The Swallow) is a moving tale of young love and heartbreak – and what else, you may ask, is opera about? Arguably Puccini’s most modern opera, La rondine was premiered in Monte Carlo in 1917, and includes one of Puccini’s most gorgeous creations, the quartet, ‘Bevo […]
Gaetano Donizetti Rita (in English) Directed by Lysanne Van Overbeek Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Il Segreto di Susanna (in Italian) Directed by Daisy Brown This duo of one act comedic operas presents a glorious representation of married life in one form or another – each with their own dark shadows lurking in the background. Rita, the somewhat […]
Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas Libretto by Nahum Tate If Opera concert performance with guest conductor Christian Curnyn and the Bristol Ensemble. The course of true love runs far from smooth for Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Trojan hero Aeneas in Purcell’s famous opera. We are thrilled that our If Opera Company singers will be […]
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor Frank Bridge Miniatures In 1839, when Mendelssohn produced his Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49, Robert Schumann immediately proclaimed it ‘the master trio of the age’. The beloved chamber work has a classical-era structure but is unmistakably Romantic, with its extended lyrical themes, often a dialogue between […]
Bristol Ensemble Baroque The Vauxhall Players Introduced by Dr Matthew Spring This programme intermixes music composed by William Herschel during his years in Bath (1766-82) and in the six years he spent in the North of England, with music by those who worked with him and whose music he knew: Charles Avison, Thomas Linley, Venanzio […]
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Bruch Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No.1 Emil Huckle-Kleve violin Mendelssohn’s lyrical and dramatic Hebrides Overture (also known as Fingal’s Cave) opens this concert of music by German composers. Bruch’s iconic Violin Concerto is one of the most popular in the genre, full of sustained emotion, stunningly beautiful melodies, and romantic themes. The concert’s finale is Beethoven’s sparkling Symphony No. […]
Ralph Vaughan Williams Suite for Viola – Group 1 The Lark Ascending On Wenlock Edge Marking the 150th birthday of one of England’s best-loved and most distinctive composers, this programme features one of the nation’s most treasured works, The Lark Ascending, in an arrangement for solo violin, piano and string quartet. The ravishing and wistful Suite for […]
Ralph Vaughan Williams Suite for Viola – Group 1 The Lark Ascending On Wenlock Edge Marking the 150th birthday of one of England’s best-loved and most distinctive composers, this programme features the nation’s most treasured work, The Lark Ascending, in an arrangement for solo violin, piano and string quartet. The ravishing and wistful Suite for […]
