Category: Diary

Saturday 19 December, St George’s Bristol

Join in with the 100 voices of City of Bristol Choir to sing some of your favourite carols, accompanied by professional orchestra the Bristol Ensemble. Festive orchestral music and beautiful carols sung by the choir are interspersed with uplifting traditional Christmas carols for audience members to sing, directed by David Ogden and Roger Huckle.

“Wonderful atmosphere with a great mix of classical music, carols and fun.” Audience member

Tickets available from St George’s box office online, by phone on 0117 929 4929, and over the counter at St George’s.

Thursday 17th and Friday 18th December, St George’s Bristol

David Ogden conducts Bristol Ensemble, City of Bristol Choir and Exultate Singers in these annual feasts of beautiful Christmas music, combining lighthearted joyfulness with atmospheric and moving carols and orchestral music.

Tickets available from St George’s Bristol box office

Wednesday 9 and Saturday 12 December, St James Priory, Bristol

Exultate Singers returns to perform the choir’s much-loved Christmas Christmas concerts in the candlelit setting of the medieval church of St James Priory, the oldest building in Bristol.

The concerts will be given on Wednesday 9th December at 7.30pm (finishing 9.40pm), and Saturday 12th December at 4.30pm (finishing at 6.40pm), with an interval when refreshments will be served.

Tickets available from buytickets.at/exultatesingers

David conducts Mozart’s Requiem in the Vienna with Baroque orchestra and professional soloists on the night of 4 December, the anniversary of Mozart’s death in 1791.

More details available from www.runbysingers.org/mozart

City of Bristol Choir travels to Salamanca for a tour during which they will perform in the old and new cathedrals of the city, and travel to Medina de Riosecco to give a concert.

Mass in Salamanca New Cathedral – Sunday 25 October at 12 noon
Concert in Salamanca Old Cathedral – Sunday 25 October at 8pm
Concert in Medina de Rioseco – Monday 26 October at 8.15pm

Saturday 17 October at 7.30pm, St George’s Bristol

Travel the British Isles in song with Exultate Singers, conducted by David Ogden. A captivating and vibrant programme explores the musical traditions of the British Isles, pairing grand choral masterpieces of the past with lyrical contemporary works and beautifully crafted arrangements of traditional songs.

At the heart of the programme is Tallis’ spectacular 40-part masterpiece Spem in Alium, performed in the round.

Tickets £16 to £25 plus booking fees, available from St George’s Bristol box office.

Saturday 20 June at 7.30pm, Bristol Beacon

Experience the overwhelming dramatic power and sublime beauty of Verdi’s Requiem performed by 140 voices and a full symphony orchestra, fusing operatic drama with profound emotional depth and spiritual intensity. City of Bristol Choir and Exultate Singers join Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra and a line-up of soloists from the operatic stage at Bristol Beacon under the direction of David Ogden and Tim Harrison.

Buy tickets online at bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/verdi-requiem

12 to 19 April, Ljubljana

David leads a singing break in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana, with visits to different parts of the region including the massive fortified church of Biertan, Viscri, King Charles’ favourite Transylvanian village (where he owns property), and the opportunity to sing in one of the oldest Saxon churches in Europe, a domed Orthodox church and a large Lutheran church in the heart of the Citadel. There is also the opportunity to visit the caves at Postojna.

The course runs from Sunday evening with a dinner, to the following Sunday morning, with a final concert on the Saturday night.

www.runbysingers.org/ljubljana

Friday 20 March at 7.45pm, All Saints’ Clifton

Join David and City of Bristol Choir for an uplifting Friday evening concert that offers space to pause and reflect, and be refreshed, uplifted, and inspired through the power of choral music. Experience the mighty sound of a choir of 100 voices and full organ in All Saints’, Clifton.

Drinks and light refreshments served from 7pm, included in the ticket price.

www.cityofbristolchoir.org.uk/product/that-friday-feeling-2026/

Saturday 28 February at 7pm, St George’s Bristol

David conducts Exultate Singers and Bristol Ensemble Baroque in a performance of one of the most moving works ever written – J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion.

Telling the story of Christ’s final days in music of drama, beauty and deep compassion, this masterpiece combines vivid storytelling with moments of profound reflection.

With Peter Davoren (Evangelist), Frederick Long (Christus), soprano Jenna Brown and alto Martha McLorinan.

www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/exultate-singers-st-matthew-passion/