Date: November 10, 2023
Categories: Concerts, Family
Tags: bristol ensemble, fitzhardinge consort, wiltshire music centre

Friday November 10, 7.30pm at Wiltshire Music Centre Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon, United Kingdom

Bristol Ensemble
Fitzhardinge Consort
Peter Wagstaff conductor

Vivaldi
Autumn from the Four Seasons
Concerto for Two Trumpets RV537
Concerto for Two Cellos RV531
Concerto for Piccolo RV433
Dixit Dominus RV 595

Enter a candlelit auditorium, and be transported back to the Chiesa di Santa Maria Della Pieta in Venice where Antonio Vivaldi worked and performed many of his compositions. Adorned by candles, the Bristol Ensemble and Fitzhardinge Consort will perform some of Vivaldi’s greatest works including the stunning Dixit Dominus alongside concertos for piccolo, cellos, and trumpet.

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Date: November 15, 2023
Categories: British Composers, Choral, Concerts, Family
Tags: RPO, Rutter, st pauls cathedral

Wednesday 15 November, 7.30pm at St Paul’s Cathedral, London

Rutter Lord thou hast been our refuge
Rutter St Cataldo – Music for an Italian cathedral (UK premiere)
Rutter Ukrainian Prayer
Rutter Requiem

John Rutter Conductor
Lucy Cox Soprano
The Bach Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

John Rutter conducts his life-affirming Requiem under the great dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, returning with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Bach Choir for this entrancing concert of music by one of the world’s most cherished living composers.

Alongside the stirring choral work Lord thou hast been our refuge is the Ukrainian Prayer, a work that moves the listener in its plea for protection and courage.

Hear the UK premiere of St Cataldo, a new work that charts the journey of the Irish saint to Taranto, Italy, and is inspired by the beauty of the city’s cathedral that is named after him.

John Rutter’s widely-acclaimed Requiem draws from the traditional Latin text as well as English Psalm settings, and mediates between their themes of death, faith and spiritual ascension with a rich and tender lyricism.

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Date: November 18, 2023
Categories: Choral, Concerts, Family
Tags: bristol ensemble, mendelssohn, stroud choral society

Saturday 18 November, 7.00pm at St John the Baptist Church, Cirencester.

Stroud Choral Society
Bristol Ensemble
Conductor Simon Bell with soloists
Julie Cooper (Soprano)
Louise Innes (Alto)
Ruairi Bowen ( Tenor) and
Stephen Whitford (Bass)

Mendelssohn Elijah

Mendelssohn’s glorious oratorio telling the life of the prophet Elijah, first premiered in Birmingham in 1846.

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Date: November 23, 2023
Categories: British Composers, Experimental, Family, New Work
Tags: kings place, NW Live Arts

Thursday 23 November, 8.00pm at Hall 2 Kings Place, London

Hyelim Kim Taegum Flute
Colin Alexander Cello
James Larter Percussion
Suntou Susso Kora
Tuulia Hero Violin
Catharina Feyen Double Bass
Adaya Peled-Malka Soprano
William Bracken Piano
Musicians and storytellers come together to consider the impact of climate change in an evocative programme of words and music.

NW Live Arts’ dynamic musicians explore the sounds of our planet – music of the air, sea, sky, forests and landscapes – in a programme of Bach, Bartok and Messiaen, free improvisation, new composition and music from West Africa and South Korea. Sharing the stage, creative storytellers from the local community join the musical conversation asking us to value our connections to nature and find a way to let the planet restore.

“I’m delighted that NW Live Arts has created a mission to actively create platforms where social themes and ideas can be delivered in engaging ways – directly into the hearts of communities by talented artists and musicians.”

Kuljit Bhamra MBE

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Date: December 2, 2023
Categories: Choral, Concerts, Family
Tags: amici, bach, bristol ensemble

Saturday 2 December, 7.30pm at King’s College Chapel South Road, Taunton, Somerset.

Amici
Bristol Ensemble
Andrew Trewhella and Gareth Dayus-Jones musical directors

Music by man to inspire God – words taken from Aidan McGee’s poem Ode to Bach’s Mass in B Minor, in which he describes the work as “…a shocking, shaking megatone polyphonic bomb of a wondrous Kyrie Elation”. Amici will be performing this stunning work on Saturday 2nd December in King’s College Chapel, with Bristol Ensemble and prestigious soloists.

Tickets £18 for adults, students £9, under 12s free, available from Taunton Visitor Centre or BOOK HERE