For Faire is the Heaven: Masterpieces of English Music
7:30pm, Sat, 27 Jun 2026
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Henry Balfour Gardiner: Evening Hymn William Harris: Faire is the Heaven Herbert Howells: Like as the Hart Herbert Sumsion: They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See Cecilia McDowall: Standing as I Do Before God Edgar Leslie Bainton: And I Saw a New Heaven Gustav Holst: Two Psalms Bristol Choral SocietyImogen Russell - Soprano Richard Moore - Organ Hilary Campbell - Conductor Join us for an evening of essential English choral music, with a programme ranging from the atmospheric Evening Hymn by Balfour Gardiner to the majestic double-choir harmonies of William Harris’s Faire is the Heaven. It is a unique opportunity to hear the power and beauty of the English sacred tradition in one of Bristol’s finest acoustic spaces. You’ll also hear Gustav Holst’s Two Psalms and Vaughan Williams’s O Taste and See – both pieces are highlights from the choir’s 2025 CD, Praise Him with Trumpets |
