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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Monmouth Choral Society performs Handel’s Messiah with Bristol Ensemble, conducted by Steven Kings
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.