City of Bristol Choir & Onyx Brass: Fanfare

Friday 15 March at 7.30pm, St Alban’s Church, Westbury Park, Bristol

David conducts City of Bristol Choir and the top notch ensemble Onyx Brass in a thrilling programme of ceremonial and celebratory music including music by Handel, Naji Hakim, John Rutter, brass specialist Philip Wilby, Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir and a performance of that most iconic of royal anthems, Hubert Parry’s I was glad. Tickets £18 for adults, £5 for students/under 18s, from Opus 13 music shop 0117 923 0164 and online at www.cityofbristolchoir.org.uk.

Exultate Singers: A European Easter

Saturday 30 March at 7.30pm, St George’s Bristol

Exultate Singers and the internationally renowned early music ensemble His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts  join forces for a celebration of baroque choral and instrumental music from the powerhouses of Europe including music by Gabrieli, Schutz, Zielenski, de Vivanco and Ximenez. Tickets £12 to £24 from St George’s box office on 0845 40 24 001 and online at www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

Sense of the Divine: Love and Harmony

Sense of the Divine

Saturday 9 February at 6pm, St George’s Bristol

Warm up a winter’s day with an early evening concert on the theme of love. Exultate Singers is delighted to be joined by the esteemed Alberni String Quartet to perform passionate music for choir and strings by British and American composers influenced by the sensual words, songs and sounds of other cultures. The programme includes three wedding anthems by David, as well as works by Eriks Ešenvalds, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Toby Young, Bob Chilcott, Gerald Finzi, With an early start at 6pm, there’s even time for dinner à deux afterwards, as the concert will be finished by 8pm.

Tickets and more information from St George’s Bristol, by phone on 0845 40 24 001 or over the counter at St George’s