Forthcoming Events

Following our packed-out return to St George’s Hall in April 2023 and our beautiful evening of choral music at Bradford’s Ukrainian Centre in the summer, we look forward to our 2023-2024 season. We start with Will Todd’s Mass in Blue and music by Duke Ellington, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and a world premiere by Lillie Harris, followed by our hugely popular Christmas concert with the award-winning Rothwell Temperance Band.
In March 2024 we return to St George’s Hall with the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s epic oratorio – Elijah.
Tickets for all events organised by BFCS can be purchased through Ticket Source. Head to Bradford Theatres website for St George’s Hall tickets.
Adult tickets: £20, Over 60s: £18. Reduced ticket prices for groups of 5 or more, FREE for people under 18, with concessions for under 30s or those on a low income (self-assessed – no one will review your ticket selection).

Concession tickets are available via the Ticketsource link below and on the door – no explanation or proof of status is required.

Join us for some wonderful evenings of choral music!

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Mozart: Requiem

April 29, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Mozart Requiem
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Mozart: Requiem
Handel: Coronation Anthems
with Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra
Black & white head shots of soloists for Mozart Requiem
Lorna James – Soprano
Hannah Mason – Alto
Joseph Doody – Tenor
James Creswell – Bass
Conductors – Ben Crick & Thomas Leech
St George’s Hall
29 April 2023
 
Bradford Festival Choral Society and Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra come together to bring you a sublime evening of classical masterpieces
 

Mozart’s Requiem is an iconic masterpiece – much-loved and justifiably famous.

Written during the final weeks of Mozart’s life, its magnificence and beauty are extraordinary, full of emotional contrasts from the drama of the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) to the heart-rending Lacrimosa.  It’s a sublime experience, whether you have heard the work many times or are hearing it for the first time.

Another choral classic opens the concert – Handel’s Zadok the Priest – a choral wall of sound, followed by a second coronation anthem, The King shall rejoice.  Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro ends the first half of the performance – a multi-layered symphonic poem for string orchestra, displaying the orchestra’s brilliance.

 

More information about Bradford Festival Choral Society and Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra.

Bradford Festival Choral Society have a great historic connection with St George’s Hall.  The choir was founded in 1856, after being put together as a temporary group for the hall’s opening in 1853.  With around 120 singers, the choir is directed by Thomas Leech, and programmes the classic choral works that are such an important part of the choir’s heritage while also exploring exciting new music by living composers.  Recent performances have included Bach St Matthew Passion, Elgar Dream of Gerontius, Mahler Symphony 2, Paul Mealor The Farthest Shore, Purcell Dido and Aeneas, and programmes including ‘A wondrous sound’ celebrating music by women, and ‘Cloudburst’ featuring works by Boulanger, Esmail, Esenvalds, Paulus and Whitacre.

BFCS are very proud to support Bradford Friendship Choir – the city’s choir for asylum seekers, refugees and their friends – and are committed to singing in the community, with a programme of workshops and learn to sing courses.

The Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra is an ensemble proud of its Yorkshire roots and heritage and constantly striving to be an artistic voice for the North of England. It is a reincarnation of an ensemble that disbanded in the 1950s and in the two years since its rebirth has performed concerts with Lesley Garrett, Wynne Evans, Sir Willard White and Aled Jones. Comprising some of the north of England’s finest orchestral musicians and with a passion for collaboration with both musical ensembles and across other art forms it seeks to be a regular fixture in concert seasons and events throughout the region for years to come.

 

Details

Date:
April 29, 2023
Time:
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/yorkshire-symphony-orchestra-bradford-festival-choral-society

Venue

St George’s Hall, Bradford
BD1 1JT United Kingdom + Google Map

Details

Date:
April 29, 2023
Time:
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/yorkshire-symphony-orchestra-bradford-festival-choral-society

Venue

St George’s Hall, Bradford
BD1 1JT United Kingdom + Google Map