City of Bristol Choir: Saints Alive!

Saints Alive

Saturday 18 November at 7.30pm, All Saints’ Church, Clifton, Bristol

A concert of music inspired by the saints, performed by City of Bristol Choir, conducted by David, with the tenor soloist Ben Thapa and organist Richard Johnson. The programme includes music by Howells, Harris, Britten, Stanford and Finzi, and Kodály’s Missa Brevis, a dramatic and emotional prayer for peace.

Tickets £15 (under 18s and students £5) from www.cityofbristolchoir.org.uk and by phone on 0117 950 7055 or from Opus 13 music shop on 0117 923 0164.

Exultate Singers: Into the World of Light

Into the World of Light

Sunday 12 November at 7.30pm, St George’s Bristol

David conducts Exultate Singers in a concert of ethereal and powerful music featuring two world premieres by leading British composers.

Sicut Cervus is a brand new anthem commissioned by Exultate Singers from the celebrated composer Sir James MacMillan. Wanderlust, a work commissioned from Toby Young, explores feelings of loss and homelessness across different cultures. Through first-hand stories, original poetry, and haunting music the work explores the pain of those away from home, whether fighting on the front line or seeking refuge, as well as the strength and resilience shown by humanity all over the world. British choral gems by Tavener, Harris, Parry, Elgar and Howells complete the programme.

Tickets £12 to £22 from St George’s box office online and by phone on 0845 40 24 001

Exultate Singers in Sicily

Sunday 22 and Tuesday 24 October 2017, Taormina and Noto, Sicily

David conducts Exultate Singers in concerts at the Duomo di Taormina on 22 October and Chiesa San Carlo, Noto on 24 October. Entry to the concerts, which begin at 8pm, is free. The choir will sing Sunday mass at the Duomo di Taormina at 11am.

BBC Radio 4 broadcast from Westbury-on-Trym parish church

BBC Radio 4

Sunday 1 October, Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol

David conducted a live broadcast of Sunday Worship for BBC Radio 4, sung by the parish church choir of Westbury-on-Trym Parish Church with the organist Richard Johnson. The service was led by Father André Hart and the preacher was Canon Bruce Saunders. The service featured a new anthem written by David specially for the broadcast, Harvest Blessings.

The service can be heard on BBC iPlayer until 30 October 2017