Bristol Ensemble

Fitzhardinge Consort & Bristol Ensemble
2022-12-15 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Suite for Viola
Valiant-for-Truth
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Lord, Thou Has been Our Refuge
Serenade to Music
Charterhouse Suite
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Thomas Tallis Tunes from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter
St George’s Bristol rounds off its celebration of Ralph Vaughan Williams in his 150th anniversary year with a special choral and orchestral tribute performed by Bristol Ensemble and the Fitzhardinge Consort.
The programme explores different influences on the composer, from his love of metrical psalms which is clearly evident in his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Lord, Thou Hast been Our Refuge – including a performance of the original psalm settings to demonstrate this – to his detailed research around English folk-melodies which form the basis of his popular Fantasia on Christmas Carols, an opportunity to hear some seasonal music in a different guise.
The programme also includes the rarely-performed Charterhouse Suite, a charming set of dances in the English style, and the sublime Serenade to Music, for sixteen solo voices, setting words from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. Rachmaninov was at the first performance of the work and was so overcome by the beauty of it that he wept.
Tickets are £10 to £30, available from St George’s Bristol box office online and by phone on 0117 929 4929. A 5% booking fee applies online and over the phone. A £2 postage fee is charged where applicable.

Christmas with the Choir of Royal Holloway
2022-12-09 19:30 - 21:30
Join Bristol Ensemble and the Choir of Royal Holloway in the stunning surroundings of the college chapel for a concert full of festive favourites, with excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, mince pies and of course, a little carolling…

Cosmos and Preludes Christmas concert
2022-12-08 19:30 - 21:30 | St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom
Children from St George’s ‘Cosmos Choir’ project (based at Oasis Academy Connaught) team up with four primary schools from Bristol Ensemble’s ‘Preludes’ project (Perry Court, Four Acres, Somerdale and Ilminster Avenue) to sing a fabulously festive selection of songs, accompanied by a live band of musicians – what better way to start the seasonal festivities!
Admission is free with a retiring collection to support the continuation of these fantastic projects. Audience seating is in the gallery.

Bath Choral Society
2022-12-03 19:30 - 21:30
Bath Choral Society
Bristol Ensemble
Handel Messiah
Bath Choral Society returns to Bath Abbey for its annual performances of Handel’s Messiah, the dramatic oratorio that tells the familiar story of Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection. It is full of glorious choruses and intricate arias that build to the overwhelming majesty of the final Amen.

Cirencester Choral Society
2022-12-03 19:30 - 21:30
Handel Coronation Anthems
Mozart Coronation Mass K.317
Marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 and the 70th anniversary of the Coronation in 2023, Cirencester Choral Society is joined by Bristol Ensemble to perform music by Handel and Mozart under the baton of conductor Carleton Etherington.
Handel’s Coronation Anthems were composed for the coronation of King George II in 1727, the year in which Handel was granted British Citizenship. The best known of the four anthems, Zadok the Priest, has been sung at every British coronation since.
Tickets available from Cirencester Visitor Information Centre (Corinium Museum, 01285 654180).

Stardust: A Musical Journey
2022-12-02 19:30 - 21:30
Following two hugely successful performances in Bath Abbey, Voices for Life brings Stardust to Wiltshire Music Centre!
Join 80 local primary school children as they take you on a musically magical journey through space accompanied by the Bristol Ensemble, narrated by Jon Monie (Bath pantomime) and directed by Greg Hallam (London Youth Choir). Stardust tells the tale of 6 friends who, after a disastrous turn of events, each end up drifting alone through space. We follow their journey as they find their way back to planet Zarg, discovering all the emotions they experience on their adventure.
Written by Jools Scott and Sue Curtis, Stardust was commissioned by Voices for Life in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a series of school workshops, the children have explored these emotions through wellbeing activities and music. Proceeds from ticket sales will go towards future Voices for Life projects, helping children be happy and confident through singing.

Tea-Time Concert: String Serenade
2022-11-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Christ Church, Newmarket Road, Nailsworth, GL6 0DQ, United Kingdom
Schubert String Trio in B flat D 471
Phillip Glass String Quartet No. 2 ‘Company’
Mozart String Quintet in G minor K.516
This programme of music for 3, 4 and 5 players is a fascinating exploration of the versatility and inventiveness of chamber string ensemble repertoire. Schubert’s Trio was an unfinished work, set aside by the composer at the age of 19 partway through the second movement and never completed. Schubert’s generosity of theme and melody contrasts with the minimalism of Philip Glass’s String Quartet. Mozart adds a second viola to the quartet for his rich and melancholic String Quintet, written in his ‘tragic’ key of G minor.
Tea and home made cakes served at 4pm.
Tickets £15 (£13 for those on low incomes), available on the door. Under 18s free of charge.

Monmouth Choral Society
2022-11-19 19:30 - 21:30
Monmouth Choral Society performs Handel’s Messiah with Bristol Ensemble, conducted by Steven Kings

Henleaze Concert Society: An American Landscape
2022-11-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Bristol, BS9 4BT, United Kingdom
Gershwin Concerto in F
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Phillip Glass Mishima
Copland Hoedown from Rodeo
Viv McLean piano
Viv McLean returns to perform Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, a jazzy, optimistic, richly-textured work packed full of fabulous tunes and toe-tapping rhythms. It was commissioned by Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, the day after he had heard the premiere of Rhapsody in Blue, which is also part of this programme. Philip Glass’s breakthrough work, music for the iconic film Mishima, and Copland’s lively and evocative work Hoe Down complete this distinctively American programme.
Tickets
Season ticket for six series concerts £85 including membership
Annual Society Membership £12
Tickets for members £15
Tickets for non members £18
Under 25 year olds £5
How to book
Book tickets online now at Eventbrite
Tickets are available from Henleaze Post Office.
You can also book by sending a cheque payable to Henleaze Concert Society, covering note and SAE to 2 Saville Mews, Kingsdown Parade, Bristol BS6 5UL
Season Tickets and Annual Society Membership
Season tickets are only £85 including Society Membership and admission to all six concerts from October to June. Alternatively, becoming a member of Henleaze Concert Society for £12 entitles you to book tickets for individual concerts at the members’ discounted rate. Season tickets and membership are available to buy by post by returning the Ticket Order Form with your payment and a stamped addressed envelope.

Stroud Choral Society: Messiah
2022-11-19 19:30 - 21:30
Stroud Choral Society
Bristol Ensemble
Simon Bell conductor
A performance of Handel’s Messiah at St George’s Church, Nailsworth.
Tickets £20 for adults, £10 for children aged 12 to 17 years (plus booking fees), free for children under 12 years of age. Book online at www.ticketsource.co.uk.

Viva Vivaldi by Candlelight
2022-11-16 19:30 - 21:30 | St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom
Bristol Ensemble
Fitzhardinge Consort
Raffaele Esposito – mandolin
Sally Bartholomew – bassoon
Roger Huckle – violin
Simon Kodurand – violin
Imogen Triner – oboe
Vivaldi
Gloria
Bassoon concerto in E RV484
Mandolin Concerto in C RV425
Oboe & Violin Concerto RV 548
Violin Concerto – Winter
St George’s is transformed into a candlelight auditorium taking us back to the Chiesa di Santa Maria Della Pieta in Venice where Antonio Vivaldi worked and performed many of his compositions.
100 candles will adorn the stage and the Bristol Ensemble along with the Fitzhardinge Consort will perform some of Vivaldi’s greatest works including the stunning Gloria and concertos for Bassoon, Mandolin and of course Winter from the Four Seasons.
Tickets from £15, available from St George’s box office

Music of Remembrance
2022-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom
City of Bristol Choir
Bristol Ensemble
David Ogden conductor
Amy Dickson saxophone
Richard Johnson piano
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones mezzo soprano
Felix Kemp baritone
Richard Blackford Pietà
Ralph Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem
Anatoly Avdievsky Ukrainian Lullaby
With its dramatic, visual quality, gripping narrative and vividly descriptive scoring, Pietà by Richard Blackford is a beautiful setting of the Stabat Mater text interspersed with poems from the Ukrainian born poet Anna Akhmatova.
Described as a modern masterpiece, this intensely moving work was inspired by Michelangelo’s sculpture in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome and explores a mother grieving for her son. Since its premiere in 2019 the work has received an Ivor Novello award, and City of Bristol Choir is proud to be the first choir to bring this intensely moving and remarkable work to Bristol, joined by the internationally renowned saxophonist Amy Dickson, Bristol Youth Choir and the strings of the Bristol Ensemble.
The acclaimed tenor Jonas Kaufmann writes of Pietà: “Richard Blackford has created an outstanding choral work: a passionate and personal tribute in memory of all who suffer from violence, suppression and political persecution, which has deeply impressed me. A modern composer who is not afraid of writing beautiful and touching music!”
Marking the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth, the choir performs Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem, a cry for peace which sets texts from the Bible and Walt Whitman to warn against the inevitability of an impending conflict. The composer’s service in the First World War gave him first-hand experience of the futility and suffering of war which he weaves into this dramatic and powerful piece.
City of Bristol Choir is pleased to present these two intensely moving pieces with their themes of consolation, peace, and reconciliation on Remembrance Sunday. Completing the programme is an arrangement of a tender Ukrainian Lullaby for saxophone and orchestra, remembering the casualties not only of World Wars but also of recent conflicts.
Tickets £18 to £25 (half price for students in full time education and under 18s) available from City of Bristol Choir box office, and St George’s box office.

Bristol Choral Society: Symphony of Psalms
2022-11-05 19:30 - 21:30
Bristol Choral Society
Bristol Ensemble
Hilary Campbell – conductor
Steven Kings – piano
Marija Struckova – piano
Vanessa Bowers – soprano
Jamie W Hall – baritone
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Fauré Requiem
Not for Fauré the Requiem ‘shock and awe’ of a Mozart, Berlioz or Verdi. Refined over a decade, his Mass for the Dead sustains an abiding solace discharged in the luminescent hope and reassurance of the concluding In Paradisium.
First though there’s profound spirituality of a different order as glittering woodwind, brass, two pianos and harp queue up to reflect the laser-sharp light of Stravinsky’s triptych ‘symphonising the singing of Psalms’.
It’s prefaced by more Stravinsky, his time in black and white: his wartime Sonata for two pianos, a work shot through with crystalline neoclassicism.
Tickets from £11 to £28, under 25s £5. Seniors 10% discount. Available online from Bristol Beacon box office

La Création du Monde
2022-10-22 19:30 - 21:30 | St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom
Milhaud La Création du Monde
Max Richter Nature of Daylight
Haydn Symphony no 6 Le Matin
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Copland Appalachian Spring
This performance opens with Milhaud’s La Création du Monde, a jazz-inspired ballet and ends with a celebration of nature with Copland’s Appalachian Spring. In between, the ensemble explores more complex human emotions with Richter’s On the Nature of Daylight and the wonderful Siegfried Idyll by Wagner, all whilst audience members are enveloped gorgeous lighting and images.
Tickets from £15, available from St George’s box office.

Tea-Time Concert: Vaughan Williams at 150
2022-10-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Christ Church, Newmarket Road, Nailsworth, GL6 0DQ, United Kingdom
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 Viola has three movements – an arpeggiotic Prelude develops into a soaring lyricism, and a simple Carol is followed by a hearty and celebratory Christmas Dance. The song cycle On Wenlock Edge, in which Vaughan Williams sets poetry from A.E. Housman’s quintessentially English collection A Shropshire Lad, completes this celebratory concert.
Tea and home made cakes served at 4pm.
Tickets £15 (£13 for those on low incomes), available on the door. Under 18s free of charge.

Thornbury Autumn Concert
2022-10-15 19:30 - 21:30
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 Viola has three movements – an arpeggiotic Prelude develops into a soaring lyricism, and a simple Carol is followed by a hearty and celebratory Christmas Dance. The song cycle On Wenlock Edge, in which Vaughan Williams sets poetry from A.E. Housman’s quintessentially English collection A Shropshire Lad, completes this celebratory concert.
Tickets £18 (including a drink) are available from 01454 850933 or by email from AAGThornbury@gmail.com

Henleaze Concert Society: German Orchestral Classics
2022-10-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Bristol, BS9 4BT, United Kingdom
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. 1, the composer’s first foray into the form which was described at its premiere as a work of ‘considerable art, novelty and wealth of ideas’.
Tickets
Season ticket for six series concerts £85 including membership
Annual Society Membership £12
Tickets for members £15
Tickets for non members £18
Under 25 year olds £5
How to book
Book tickets online now at Eventbrite
Tickets are available from Henleaze Post Office.
You can also book by sending a cheque payable to Henleaze Concert Society, covering note and SAE to 2 Saville Mews, Kingsdown Parade, Bristol BS6 5UL
Season Tickets and Annual Society Membership
Season tickets are only £85 including Society Membership and admission to all six concerts from October to June. Alternatively, becoming a member of Henleaze Concert Society for £12 entitles you to book tickets for individual concerts at the members’ discounted rate. Season tickets and membership are available to buy by post by returning the Ticket Order Form with your payment and a stamped addressed envelope.

A celebration of the music of William Herschel
2022-09-30 19:30 - 22:00
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 Rauzzini and Benjamin Milgrove. We include music intended for the home, for the church and chapels, for the Assembly rooms, and for the Pleasure Gardens. Instrumental items are intermixed with vocal pieces, both unaccompanied and accompanied, to produce an introduced varied programme that charts the musical life of William Herschel.
William Herschel: Symphony di Camera no.4 in D minor (1760), Allegro moderato; Adagio ma non troppo; Allegro moderato
William Herschel: Three movements from 24 Capriccios for solo violin (1763), nos. 1, 11, 17William Herschel: Service Music – Te Deum in G major
William Herschel: Solo for harpsichord in G major, from Sei Sonate per il Cembalo (1769): allegro grazioso
Charles Avison: trio sonata no.2, op.1, in G minor: Andante, Adagio, Allegro
Thomas Linley: Song with English guitar, ‘No flower that blows’;
William Herschel: Song with Eighteenth-Century Spanish guitar ‘Ah! non lasciami’;
Thomas Linley: Madrigal, ‘Let me careless and unthoughtful lying’
Venanzio Rauzzini – Opera Aria ‘Infelice! In tant orror’ from Pyramus and Tisbe (1775)
William Herschel; Serious Glee in three parts with band ‘We sing of love’; Duetto –‘with thee my Strephon; Pleasure Garden Patriot Song – ‘Let humble faithless France’ (1778)
William Herschel: Unaccompanied catches ‘You’r tipsy Tom’; ‘Pray let us sing a merry catch’; ‘Today I am just 29’;’ Echo catch’ (1778)
Benjamin Milgrove: ‘Funeral Hymn on the death of George Whitfield’; ‘The rose had been washed’ – pleasure garden song with band
William Herschel: Symphony no. 9 in F (1761): Allegro assai, Andante assai, Allegretto
Tickets at £14 may be purchased from Bath Box Office or at the door and are available now.

Tea-Time Concert: Piano Trios
2022-09-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Christ Church, Newmarket Road, Nailsworth, GL6 0DQ, United Kingdom
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 the cello and violin, whilst the piano part is both characterful and passionately virtuosic. Frank Bridge’s Miniatures were composed in the early 20th century, delightful cameos full of sparkling detail.
Tea and home made cakes served at 4pm.
Tickets £15 (£13 for those on low incomes), available on the door. Under 18s free of charge.

If Opera: Dido and Aeneas
2022-09-02 19:00 - 21:00
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 working with leading Baroque specialist and former Iford Arts regular Christian Curnyn. Intimate in scale, this timeless tale of love and anguish, sorcery, war and betrayal punches well above its weight and includes one of the most beautiful arias in all Baroque opera – When I am Laid in Earth.
Tickets
Members’ pricing: £24 – £55Non-members’ pricing: £29 – £60Under 18s go free – enquire at box office, children aged 7 and older welcome

If Opera: Rita & Il Segreto di Susanna
2022-08-27 19:00 - 21:00
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 tyrannical inn-owner and wife of Peppe is shocked by the return of her former husband Gasparo whom she had thought dead by drowning (he had run away to far-off lands). Gasparo is back to acquire Rita’s death certificate so he can remarry – because he, in turn, thought she had died. In the middle is poor Peppe who wants out, and perhaps Gasparo’s return provides the opportunity? The opera is a comedy of deceit and ill-manners (it was originally called The Beaten Husband which tells you something of Rita’s inclinations) but it glitters with Donizetti’s trademark vivacity, formed around eight core musical ‘numbers’ connected by spoken dialogue. The opera has, in the past few decades, become one of the most frequently performed of Donizetti’s short operas.
Il segreto di Susanna (Susanna’s Secret) is a simple comedy of confusions. Conte Gil returns home to the smell of tobacco – and suspects his beautiful wife Susannah has a lover. The outrageous ways in which Gil seeks to discover the existence of another man whilst his wife tries desperately, with the help of their servant, to conceal her real secret, produce a riotous evening suffused with some absolutely gorgeous music. Wolf-Ferrari shot to fame with this perfect little opera and it remains a popular part of the repertoire across the world.
Tickets
Members’ pricing £39 – £74
Non-members’ pricing £44 – £79
Under 18s go free – enquire at box office, children aged 12 and older welcome
Book online at www.bathboxoffice.org.uk

If Opera: La Rondine
2022-08-26 19:00 - 22:30
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 al tuo fresco sorriso’ (I drink to your beautiful smile).
Magda is our ‘rondine’ , the bird who flies towards the sun, and Ruggero is the shy country boy who eventually becomes her lover. We witness their relationship unfold in the colourful locales of Paris and the balmier climes of southern France. The love ‘quadrangle’ is made complete by Prunier, a centre-of-attention poet and Magda’s fiery maid, Lisette. Amidst waltzes, foxtrots, and soaring melodies, join us for an unmissable evening of sophistication and glamour in the enchanting surroundings of Grade 1 listed Belcombe Court.
Tickets
Members’ pricing £40 – £90Non-members’ pricing £45 – £95Under 18s go free – enquire at box office, children aged 7 and older welcome
Book tickets online at www.bathboxoffice.org.uk

The Walled Garden Concerts
2022-06-19 14:00 - 16:00
Mozart Divertimento in D
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Albinoni Oboe Concerto
Vivaldi Summer from the Four Seasons
Piazzolla Summer from the Four Seasons
Join us in the Walled Garden of the stunning Belmont Estate for an afternoon of open-air music and food in the summer sun.
Located just a stone’s throw from Bristol in the North Somerset countryside, discover the idyllic setting of Belmont Estate and soak up the atmosphere all afternoon with street food including wood-fired pizza and plenty of wine, local organic cider, soft drinks and Bristol-brewed beers on offer.
Music comes from Bristol Ensemble, comprised of experienced professional musicians who under the direction of artistic director and violinist Roger Huckle will serenade and delight with pieces by Mozart, Elgar and Vivaldi, joined by Oboe soloist Imogen Triner.
The perfect chance to gather with friends and family for a unique, relaxed outdoor concert experience.
Ticket price includes admission, with food and drink sold separately.
Ages: All ages, under 18s accompanied by an adult
Event times
Gates open: 12 noon
Music starts: 2pm
Finish: 4pm
Presented by Bristol Beacon in partnership with Belmont Estate

Voices for Life: Stardust Oratorio
2022-06-16 19:30 - 20:30
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 and directed by Francis Faux.
The concert will include the premiere of We Are Every Child, a new Voices for Life commission written by Francis Faux and Jamila Gavin in celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee.
“The musical arrangement was excellent – first class. We were delighted to be able to support this event. To see the children take part in such a wonderful concert in such a great venue must have been a real treat for all. Well done on a great job!” The Roper Family Trust, 2021
Tickets from Bath Box Office

Tea-Time Concert
2022-06-12 15:00 - 16:00 | Christ Church, Newmarket Road, Nailsworth, GL6 0DQ, United Kingdom
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 Preludes. Tickets £10 on the door.

Bristol Choral Society: Schubert
2022-06-11 19:30 - 21:30
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 A flat. It’s a beautiful piece, full of heart and awash with melodies. On this occasion it is coupled with another lyrical, romantic piece of orchestral music which will be more familiar to some – Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture. You will be singing to yourself as you step outside Bristol Cathedral, into a warm June evening.

Henleaze Concert Society: Summer Serenade
2022-06-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Bristol, BS9 4BT, United Kingdom
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
Pre-concert talk with David Bednall at 6.45pm
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 Preludes.
Tickets
Season ticket for six series concerts £75 including membership
Annual Society Membership £12
Tickets for members £13.50
Tickets for non members £16.50
Under 25 year olds £5
How to book
Buy tickets now
Tickets are available from Opus 13 music shop, by telephone on 0117 923 0164, and from the shop at St Michael’s Hill, Bristol. Card payments accepted. The shop is open from 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Saturday.
Tickets are also on sale at Henleaze Post Office.
You can also book by sending a cheque payable to Henleaze Concert Society, covering note and SAE to 2 Saville Mews, Kingsdown Parade, Bristol BS6 5UL
Season Tickets and Annual Society Membership
Season tickets are only £75 including Society Membership and admission to all six concerts from September to July. Alternatively, becoming a member of Henleaze Concert Society for £12 entitles you to book tickets for individual concerts at the members’ discounted rate. Season tickets and membership are available to buy by post by returning the Ticket Order Form with your payment and a stamped addressed envelope.

University of Bristol lunchtime concert
2022-06-08 13:15 - 14:00
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 in the most famous monologue from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: ‘Death, the undiscover’d country from whose bourne no traveller returns’. Free entry, retiring collection.

Sadie Harrison recording
2022-05-23 09:00 - 15:00

Taunton School
2022-05-20 19:30 - 21:30
Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Dvorak Piano Quintet No.2 in A
Bristol Ensemble’s professional musicians perform Dvorak’s Piano Quintet together with Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. One of the master composer’s best-loved works, it was written to showcase the clarinet’s beautiful tone and lyrical quality.
