BCfm radio interview
Thank you so much to Margaret Harris who did a brilliant interview on The Saturday Edition before our summer 20190 concert. Listen from 15.55 minutes from the “10.00 – 08/06/2019” line here.
Celebrating our sell-out Mozart and Handel concert
Well done all for our hugely successful, sold out concert at Bristol Cathedral last Saturday. It was a real treat to sing in front of such a good quality choir. Nina Bennett, Soprano soloist I had a wonderful time coming to sing with you – the choir were absolutely brilliant! Edward Price, Bass soloist It …
Hugely successful Come & Sing event
The Come & Sing, The Armed Man, by Karl Jenkins was a huge success. It was sold out, great fun and the music we made together was glorious. Our musical director, Hilary Campbell was on her usual sparkling form. The day started with 150+ of us getting to know each other by learning an amazing bluesy …
Comments on Messiah
“My neighbour was bowled over- he and his family have booked up for the Mozart already!”
Messiah Review – “a performance of the highest quality”
As usual, the choir were on sparkling form: totally committed, sonorous and engaging, with outstanding articulation and razor-sharp precision in all parts.
Farewell to Arms review
Bristol Cathedral was the venue for a most imaginative and satisfying programme to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War.
Comments from audience and soloists on Farewell to Arms concert, 27th October 2018
“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 …
York Minster letter of thanks
Click here York Minster to read letter of thanks received from the officials at the minster.
Choir in Residence at York Minster 10th& 11th August
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 …
Singing Mahler 8 at the Proms 22nd July 2018
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 …