Next concert
Spiritual Sounds
Saturday 18 May 2013 at 7.30pm
Clifton Cathedral, Bristol
with tenor Alexei Winter and percussionist Jeremy Little
In the vibrant acoustic of Clifton Cathedral, City of Bristol Choir presents a concert that explores a mystical and ethereal sound world. The choir is joined by professional percussionist Jeremy Little for this concert of music for choir, organ and percussion in works by Morten Lauridsen, James Whitbourn, Edward Bairstow, Anton Bruckner and John Rutter.
Recent concerts & seasons
Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert
Saturday 2nd March 2013 at 2.15pm
Colston Hall, Bristol
with the Big Buzzard Boogie Band
City of Bristol Choir joins forces with singers from Exultate Singers, Bristol Schools Chamber Choir and Kidderminster Choral Society to form a chorus of 180 voices to perform Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert. With the Big Buzzard Boogie Band, vocalist Yolanda Quartey and tap dancer Annette Walker all under the direction of conductor David Ogden, this promises to be a memorable concert.
Read the reviews of this concert:
Christmas Spectacular
Friday 21st December 2012 at 7.45pm
St George's Bristol
with the Bristol Ensemble
A stunning evening of Christmas celebration given by City of Bristol Choir in collaboration with professional orchestra The Bristol Ensemble
Belshazzar's Feast / Hymnus Paradisi
Saturday 10th November 2012 at 7.30pm
Colston Hall, Bristol
with the Bristol Ensemble and Exultate Singers
Howells Hymnus Paradisi
Walton Belshazzar's Feast
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
With the bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu
and the violinist Callum Smart
Belshazzar's Feast is one of the most dramatic words in the choral repertoire and this concert promises to be an unmissable evening, bringing together City of Bristol Choir, Exultate Singers and the Bristol Ensemble under the baton of conductor David Ogden. The choir and full symphony orchestra is joined by rising star bass baritone, New Zealand-born Jonathan Lemalu and the violinist Callum Smart, string finalist of the 2010 Young Musician of the Year competition, who plays Vaughan Williams' ever-popular work The Lark Ascending.
A celebration for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Saturday 26th May 2012 at 7.30pm
St Alban's Church, Westbury Park, Bristol
Music from royal occasions - weddings, coronations and state funerals - sung by City of Bristol Choir accompanied by the magnificent organ of St Alban's Church, Westbury Park, Bristol.
Read the The Post's review of the concert
J.S. Bach: St John Passion
Sunday 11th March 2012 at 7.30pm
St George's Bristol
With the Bristol Ensemble
The St John Passion is the most personal and meditative of Bach's Passion settings, telling the Easter story in music of simple beauty and power. Christ's final days are dramatized with real intimacy, centred on the Evangelist who narrates the story in the words of the gospel. In this bilingual performance, the words of the Evangelist will be sung in English providing clarity and heightening the drama. Arias and chorales in the original German provide reflections throughout.
Read the Evening Post review of the concert
Christmas Spectacular with The Bristol Ensemble
Wednesday 21st December at 7.45pm
St George's Bristol
Eternal Light
Saturday 12th November 2011 at 7.30pm
St George's Bristol
With the Lochrian Ensemble
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Saturday 18th June 2011 at 7.45pm
Clifton Cathedral, Bristol
with His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts
J.S. Bach Mass in B minor
Saturday 19th March 2011
St George's Bristol
Come and Sing: Songs from the Shows
Saturday 22nd January 2011
St George's Bristol
Christmas Spectacular with The Bristol Ensemble
Tuesday 21st December 2010
St George's Bristol
Remembrance Sunday: Duruflé's Requiem
Sunday 14th November 2010
St Alban's Church, Westbury Park
Mozart's Requiem / Bernstein's Chichester Psalms
Saturday 2nd October 2010
Colston Hall, Bristol
Haydn's Creation
Saturday 22nd May 2010
St Alban's, Westbury Park, Bristol
City of Bristol Choir and the Flowers Brass Band
Saturday 6th March 2010
Colston Hall, Bristol
From Darkness to Light: an Advent Concert
Saturday 28th November 2009
St George's, Bristol
Christmas Spectacular with the Emerald Ensemble
Monday 21 December 2009
St George's, Bristol
Sounds Inspiring: Gala Choral Concert in aid of The Prince's Trust
Saturday 19th September 2009
St George's, Bristol
Carmina Burana
Sunday 14th June 2009
The Red Maids' School, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Handel 250 Festival: Rejoice
Sunday 17th May 2009
St Alban's Church, Westbury Park, Bristol
Handel: Dixit Dominus; Gloria; The Water Music
Handel 250 Festival: Hallelujah - Come and Sing Messiah
Saturday 2nd May 2009
Victoria Rooms, Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol
Run by the University of Bristol Lifelong Learning programme
Handel 250 Festival: Celebration
Saturday 28th February 2009
St Alban's Church, Westbury Park, Bristol
Handel: Zadok the Priest; Music for the Royal Fireworks
Christmas Spectacular with The Emerald Ensemble
Tuesday 23rd December 2008
St George's, Bristol
War Requiem for Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 9th November 2008
Colston Hall, Bristol
With Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra, Exultate Singers, St Mary Redcliffe & Temple School, The Red Maids' School and Westbury-on-Trym Parish Church Choir
Performance for the Opening of Cabot Circus
Thursday 25th September 2008
Cabot Circus, Bristol
In every corner sing
Saturday 21st June 2008
St Michael's Church, Lyme Regis
Handel Israel in Egypt
Saturday 17th May 2008
St George's, Bristol with Emerald Ensemble
Gloria! Music for choir and brass by John Rutter
Saturday 8th March 2008
St Alban's Church, Westbury Park, Bristol
Raise the Roof 6: Come and sing Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert
Saturday 26th January 2008
St Matthew's Church, Kingsdown, Bristol
Christmas Spectacular with Emerald Ensemble
Saturday 22nd December 2007
St George's, Bristol
Elgar The Kingdom
Sunday 11th November 2007
Colston Hall, Bristol
Cabot Circus Cantata
Sunday 14th October 2007
St James' Priory, Whitson Street, Bristol