“My neighbour was bowled over- he and his family have booked up for the Mozart already!” “My friends knew it was sold out, but were offered seats somewhere at the side. It didn’t matter to them that they couldn’t see. They felt it was absolutely stunning, the best concert we’ve done.” “The effect of telling the story …
Displaced from the Colston Hall for their traditional Christmas concert, Bristol Choral Society chose Clifton Cathedral as the venue for a memorable performance of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ on Saturday evening. Even the atrocious weather could not lessen the appeal of this masterpiece, and the Society performed to a capacity and hugely appreciative audience. ‘Messiah’, like all …
Bristol Cathedral was the venue for a most imaginative and satisfying programme to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War.
“It was all very good, but Dona Nobis Pacem was something special, as you could probably tell from the long silence at the end when no-one wanted to be the first to break the spell.” “The Dona Nobis was a revelation! Never heard of it, a wonderful work, and a magnificent performance: the pace …
Click here York Minster to read letter of thanks received from the officials at the minster.
Another fantastic opportunity for us members of the choral society – this time to sing at York Minster. We shared the weekend with Hilary Campbell’s other Choral Society – Chiswick, so that BCS did Friday and Saturday evensong, with just 6 of us staying on for Sunday services to supplement the Chiswick singers. BCS’s Justin McInroy …
A large group of BCS singers sang with the BBC National Chorus of Wales in the spectacular 8th Symphony by Mahler last Sunday. There is a great following for this mighty work and it was the first Prom to have sold out this year. “The forces required to perform this vast symphony are almost without parallel …
Twenty nine present and past members of Bristol Choral Society were amongst the 185 singers who took part in a sold-out performance of the Grande Messe des Morts by Hector Berlioz at the Cheltenham Festival on Saturday 14 July. Prepared and conducted by the Choral Society’s former conductor of 17 years, Adrian Partington, the South Cotswold Big Sing Group …
This was just the right venue for this music, and Bristol Choral Society are to be congratulated for bringing this music, which is so seldom heard, to this fine building.
These scholarships are ideal for aspiring professional singers wishing to develop their choral singing and sight-reading, or in preparation for university choral scholarships, and as a means of broadening repertoire knowledge. The scholarships will run from the October 2018 until June 2019 and are worth £750 each.