An Oxford Elegy – RESCHEDULED

Part of Bristol Choral Society concert season 2019/20

Venue:

Bristol Cathedral
Time:

19:30
Date:

Sat 12 Jun 2021
Price:

£11.00 to £28.00 incl. booking fee

We regret that this performance is postponed. However, we are pleased to let you know that we have rescheduled this event for Saturday 12 June 2021. All existing tickets will be valid for the new date.

We are grateful for your patience and support during this time. We look forward to sharing the joy of music with you again soon and will update our website with information, announcements and plans as they develop.

For more information please read our FAQs here.

Bristol Choral Society finish up their 2019/20 season with Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five Mystical Songs’; a choral work that’s familiar to many. The Society’s other nod to the prolific composer is perhaps less well-known. ‘An Oxford Elegy’ is an atmospheric meditation, located tantalisingly just beyond the ‘dreaming spires’. To narrate the performance the Choral Society welcome actor, stalwart of BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’, and Bristol Choral Society choir member, John Telfer.

Keeping Vaughan Williams company is his friend Gerald Finzi whose delectable ‘Romance for String Orchestra’ raises the curtain with a nostalgic idyll-in-miniature evoking a bucolic Eden.

This is a Bristol Choral Society concert taking place at Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TJ

Programme

Vaughan Williams – An Oxford Elegy
Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs
Finzi – Romance for String Orchestra
Finzi – Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice

Hilary Campbell – Conductor
John Telfer – Narrator
TBC – Piano/Organ
TBC – Baritone

Ticket Discounts

Under 25s £5.00 incl. booking fee

Seniors 10% discount

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Bristol Choral Society

Bristol Choral Society is one of the South West’s premier symphony choruses and has been performing at Colston Hall since the choir was founded in 1889. The ensemble has a membership of approximately 160 auditioned singers, and always presents an exciting programme of music, while teaming up with world renowned soloists and professional orchestras under the direction of their conductor, Hilary Campbell. In the past the choir has accepted engagements from the Philharmonia Orchestra and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

As a society the ensemble contributes significantly to the Bristol music scene through their ‘come and sing’ events, community outreach and apprentice scheme, which aims to develop the skills of young singers, exposing them to a wide range of music. BCS also regularly stages concerts for children, showcasing classical choral music in an informal and accessible way.

British Sinfonietta

The British Sinfonietta is one of the UK’s leading independent professional orchestras, with bases in Cardiff and London. The orchestra is involved in a variety of engagements including classical concerts, choral concerts, televised events, studio recording sessions and film screenings with live soundtracks.

In recent years the orchestra has performed extensively in England, Scotland and Wales as well as visiting Western Europe. Highlights include the televised world premiere of ‘Adiemus Colores’ by Karl Jenkins at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod (conducted by the composer), screenings of ‘Casablanca’ at the Royal Opera House in London, ‘Video Games Live’ in Glasgow, Manchester & London, screenings of ‘Home Alone’ in Denmark, and the London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs at a sold out Royal Albert Hall in London.