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September 2021
Join us to sing in 2021 – open rehearsal
Looking for a choir? Come and try us out at our open rehearsal on Wednesday September 8th - or come along to any rehearsal on a Wednesday during term time.
Find out more »November 2021
Cloudburst – music to delight and beguile
Join us for a concert of shimmering beauty; the Northern Lights inspired sound world of Eriks Esenvalds, the perfumed intensity of Lili Boulanger, Eric Whitacre's incredible Cloudburst, Indian and Western music blended in Reena Esmail's TaReKiTa and one of our favourites, Stephen Paulus' The Road Home. We'll be joined by soprano soloist Alicia Cadwgan, pianist Christopher Pulleyn, and flute and percussion. In addition, we will be premiering a new video collaboration with Bradford Friendship Choir, Bradford's choir for refugees and…
Find out more »December 2021
Christmas with BFCS
Join us for a traditional Christmas concert, packed with carols and accompanied by a fabulous brass band! Featuring the brilliant Rothwell Temperance Band. Programme coming soon...
Find out more »February 2022
Vocal Workshop and Performance – Bach St Matthew Passion
Join Bradford Festival Choral Society to sing Bach St Matthew Passion on Saturday 12th February 2022 at the Bradford Ukrainian Centre on Legrams Lane, BD7 2EA. Tom Leech, our inspiring Musical Director will lead a workshop from 2pm to 5pm, which will lead to an informal performance of the Bach masterpiece from 6pm - invite your friends and family! Our ‘Come and Sing’ events have been praised for combining a friendly and informal atmosphere with brilliant musical content. You’ll…
Find out more »March 2022
Bach – St Matthew Passion
Join us for the performance of this sublime Bach masterpiece! Bradford Festival Choral Society will be accompanied by Baroque in the North on period instruments, joined by our amazing team of soloists and the Bradford Catholic Youth Choir, all led by our inspirational Director of Music, Thomas Leech.
Find out more »June 2022
Faith / Passion / Betrayal
Consoling faith, tempestuous passion and fatal betrayal - it's all in our summer concert, held in the beautiful surroundings of Bradford's Ukrainian Cultural Centre. Barbara Strozzi wrote many sets of madrigals in Venice - we present a selection of this brilliant music, sung by soloists and the choir. Telling the story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and her ultimate betrayal by the Trojan hero Aeneas, Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas is a monument of Baroque music - fast paced, full…
Find out more »September 2022
Come and Sing: Handel’s Messiah
Embrace the thrill of choir in our afternoon vocal workshop. In an informal and relaxed atmosphere, choral expert and BFCS Musical Director Thomas Leech will take us through Handel's masterpiece. Some basic music-reading ability and a little choral experience will help you get the most out of the afternoon but isn’t essential. ***Change to refreshments*** Soft drinks will be provided, please bring a flask with your own hot drinks if you would like something hot to drink. There will be…
Find out more »November 2022
Handel’s Messiah
Join us for this performance of Handel's glorious oratorio - with a team of outstanding soloists and a wonderful professional orchestra. Handel wrote the whole oratorio in only 24 days - when he finished writing the famous Hallelujah chorus he said 'I thought I saw all of heaven before me'.
Find out more »December 2022
A Christmas Concert: Choir and Brass
Join us for our Christmas Concert - we will have a feast of Christmas joy to fill your ears, and you'll be invited to join in with some of your favourite carols. ...and we can't have a Christmas Concert without some brass - Rothwell Temperance Band will be joining us to really make it feel like Christmas! Join us for our wonderful Christmas Concert!
Find out more »March 2023
Come and Sing Mozart’s Requiem
Come and Sing Mozart: Requiem with us!
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