The Music news at St George's Bristol
National Lottery #ThanksToYou: 50 Half Price Tickets for ‘Chiaroscuro Quartet…’
Posted: November 23, 2018
National Lottery #ThanksToYou 50 Half Price Tickets for ‘Chiaroscuro Quartet and Kristian Bezuidenhout’ on 7 December 2018 at 7.30pm. Quote…
READ MORECelebrate Christmas 2018 at St George’s Bristol
Posted: October 29, 2018
Celebrate Christmas 2018 at St George’s Bristol St George’s Bristol is getting into the festive spirit, with glorious music…
READ MORECelebrating Debussy’s Centenary
Posted: October 15, 2018
100 Years of Claude Debussy A Blog from Classical Bristol’s Charlotte Perkins Debussy: the name conjures lush harmonies, immense…
READ MOREThe 24-Hour Flash Sale is back for AW18!
Posted: September 4, 2018
#CultureFlashSale – 24-Hour Culture Flash Sale from 10am Thursday 6 Sept to 10am Friday 7 Sept #CultureFlashSale 24-Hour Culture Flash Sale…
READ MOREFantastic offers and discounts at St George’s this season!
Posted: August 22, 2018
From concert series to ice cream, we’ve got some fantastic offers and discounts available at St George’s this season! We’re…
READ MORENHS discount at St George’s Bristol
Posted: July 31, 2018
St George’s Bristol is delighted to offer a 10% discount for all NHS tickets across selected concerts this season As…
READ MORECentenary: 100 years of Claude Debussy
Posted: July 23, 2018
2018 marks 100 years since the death of Debussy – join us this autumn to celebrate his life and work…
READ MOREIntroducing Bristol Keyboard Festival
Posted: July 17, 2018
We’re delighted to introduce our inaugural Bristol Keyboard Festival. Photo courtesy of Steinway & Sons Bristol Keyboard Festival Tuesday 30…
READ MOREBusiness Award Win for St George’s Bristol!
Posted: June 22, 2018
STAFF and volunteers at St George’s Bristol are celebrating after winning Bristol Business Awards ‘Leisure and Tourism Business of the…
READ MOREPaul Lewis: Beauty, Truth and Laughter
Posted: May 15, 2018
Paul Lewis explores the delicious wit and wild humour of Haydn’s piano sonatas, together with works by Beethoven and Brahms,…
READ MOREBach at the centre of Solomon’s Knot 10th anniversary year
Posted: May 9, 2018
Mass in B minor and a new Motet project Solomon’s Knot gives two final performances of their acclaimed B-minor Mass…
READ MOREThe Hall on the Hill returns May 21
Posted: May 2, 2018
A CAST of 200 returns to the stage at St George’s Bristol for a new community opera ‘The Hall…
READ MOREBristol New Music 2018
Posted: March 28, 2018
Bristol New Music – the UK’s international contemporary music biennial Fri 20 – Sun 22 April 2018 Please note: the…
READ MORERiver Town is back!
Posted: March 22, 2018
First wave of artists announced for RIVER TOWN, Bristol’s 4th annual Americana festival For the fourth year running, Colston Hall…
READ MORESir David Attenborough in Conversation
Posted: March 20, 2018
TELEVISION icon Sir David Attenborough will be ‘in conversation’ with friend and colleague, Mike Gunton, to help raise funds for…
READ MOREConcerts postponed
Posted: March 1, 2018
CONCERTS POSTPONED Due to the extreme weather conditions, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone ‘The Hall on The…
READ MOREClassical concerts that everyone can afford…
Posted: February 15, 2018
Classical Bristol is all about inspiring people to explore the world of classical music. We want to make it as…
READ MOREFilmic 2018
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Filmic, our ongoing exploration of the creative connections across film and music returns in March and April for an…
READ MOREAn Evening of Brilliance…
Posted: February 14, 2018
How do you celebrate the realisation of a dream and bring people together to share in it? With An Evening…
READ MOREInterview: Yola Carter
Posted: January 24, 2018
Read Acoustic Magazine’s interview with Bristol’s star-on-the-rise, Yola Carter Yola Carter’s unique take on soul/country music is earning her a…
READ MOREThe 24-Hour Flash Sale is back for 2018!
Posted: January 16, 2018
Culture Flash Sale for Bristol and Bath Culture fans can save money on thousands of tickets across Bristol and Bath…
READ MORENew Year: New Music!
Posted: December 14, 2017
2018 is bringing Bristol a host of new concerts, venues and ensembles: and even some brand new music. Both Colston…
READ MORENew Season Classics
Posted: December 11, 2017
Classical at St George’s – Spring/Summer 2018 While we may be looking a little different in 2018 (okay, quite a…
READ MORECOSMOS CHILDREN’S CHOIR SPARKLES FOR FREE FESTIVE CONCERT
Posted: December 6, 2017
COSMOS Children’s Community Choir is taking to the stage at St George’s Bristol for a free Christmas concert at 1pm…
READ MOREBlack Friday / Cyber Monday SALE
Posted: November 24, 2017
25% off … Grab a Bargain! We are joining in the annual ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’ sale tradition…
READ MORECHINEKE! BRINGS WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS TO CHILDREN MOST IN NEED
Posted: November 19, 2017
WORLD-CLASS musicians from Europe’s first majority BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) orchestra Chineke! performed to some of the most deprived…
READ MOREIt’s a Classical Bristol Christmas!
Posted: November 15, 2017
It’s a Classical Bristol Christmas! There’s nothing quite like the magic of Christmas. With the lights twinkling in the streets,…
READ MOREMalkit Singh with full live band
Posted: October 18, 2017
Begin the Christmas season with the ultimate feel good party! Bhangra legend Malkit Singh will be live on stage at…
READ MORETwo weeks until Something Good Design Festival …
Posted: September 27, 2017
Two weeks to go until Something Good; an exciting new two-day design festival including Anthony Burrill, Morag Myerscough, Snask,…
READ MOREThe 24-Hour Flash Sale is back!
Posted: September 8, 2017
Culture Flash Sale for Bristol and Bath! Culture fans can save money on thousands of tickets across Bristol and Bath…
READ MOREMaking a Grand Entrance
Posted: August 17, 2017
Simon Farley (Head of Fundraising and Development, St George’s Bristol), Suzanne Rolt (CEO, St George’s Bristol), Helen Wheatley and Nick…
READ MORE‘Play Me, I’m Yours’ piano lessons pop up at St George’s…
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‘Play Me, I’m Yours’ piano lessons pop up at St George’s… with Chopin for shoppers and Bach for dog walkers!…
READ MOREMassive Attack, Banksy and St George’s Bristol…
Posted: August 10, 2017
What’s the connection between Bristol’s favourite band, the world famous outlaw artist and St George’s? As a social media…
READ MOREPlay Me, I’m Yours… Artists Revealed
Posted: July 20, 2017
Public get chance to see artists transform pianos for Play Me, I’m Yours First designs revealed and artists confirmed for…
READ MORELast Tango in Berlin… Ute Lemper at St George’s
Posted: June 29, 2017
Senior Programme Producer Phil Johnson looks forward to the visit of Ute Lemper There are, as the saying goes, a…
READ MOREPlay Me, I’m Yours is BACK!
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First pianos will be delivered for Luke Jerram’s Play Me, I’m Yours street pianos project in Bristol as sponsors are…
READ MOREBristol music venues awarded £1.3 million to boost music in the city
Posted: June 28, 2017
Bristol Music Consortium – Bristol Music Trust, the independent charity responsible for Colston Hall, and St George’s Bristol – have…
READ MOREThe Bella Union Takeover
Posted: June 26, 2017
by Louise Orchard I was a precocious child. A C86 fan when my teenybopper contemporaries were into Kylie Minogue and…
READ MORENot your average pianist…
Posted: June 22, 2017
You wouldn’t be alone in thinking classical music is not for you, and one man is working hard to change the perception of a genre of music often thought of as elitist or unfathomable. Meet James Rhodes…
READ MOREFolk is the preacher…
Posted: June 5, 2017
Senior Programme Producer Phil Johnson reflects on folk music and why it sounds great in St George’s, and previews a…
READ MORESummer Closure
Posted: June 1, 2017
Tickets for the new season are still available online, and by phone during weekday opening hours (Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm) Book now……
READ MOREMusical Connections to the Deep South
Posted: May 18, 2017
Roger Griffith, author of ‘My American Odyssey’ shares his thoughts on Music of the Deep South — in response to…
READ MORECarleen is coming! (and all that gospel)
Posted: May 7, 2017
Carleen is coming! (and all that gospel) By Phil Johnson, Senior Programme Producer You can keep Adele and even Beyonce….
READ MOREChineke! Orchestra at St George’s…
Posted: April 24, 2017
CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA BRINGS DIVERSITY TO BRISTOL ON ST GEORGE’S DAY DIVERSITY is…
READ MOREComposer in Focus – Shostakovich
Posted: April 21, 2017
Composer in Focus – Dmitri Shostakovich Name: Dmitri Shostakovich Dates: 1906-1975 Country of Birth: Russia (former Soviet Union) Musical Era: 20th Century …
READ MOREA brief history of FILMIC…
Posted: March 29, 2017
by Phil Johnson, Senior Programme Producer Bristol’s FILMIC festival, which began in 2012, had its origins in the friendship between myself…
READ MOREMark Springer
Posted: March 22, 2017
___________________________________________________________________________ When I began producing concerts for St George’s in 2002, one of my early dates was a double bill…
READ MOREComposer in Focus: Monteverdi
Posted: March 10, 2017
Composer in Focus – Claudio Monteverdi Name: Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Dates: 1567-1643 Country of Birth: Italy Musical Era: Renaissance/Baroque Monteverdi was a…
READ MOREA brief introduction to Qawwali music – Music of the mystics
Posted: March 7, 2017
Ahead of the UK tour this month with Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, Soni Kaur, Asian Arts Agency’s Marketing and Events Assistant,…
READ MOREMULTI-MILLION POUND EXTENSION WORK STARTS AT ST GEORGE’S
Posted: February 27, 2017
MULTI-MILLION POUND EXTENSION WORK STARTS AT ST GEORGE’S CONSTRUCTION work is starting on a £6 million project to transform…
READ MOREThe final countdown …
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The final countdown … The construction works at the heart of our Building a Sound Future project are now underway….
READ MOREWhat is a prepared piano..?
Posted: February 15, 2017
Well prepared… Getting ready for John Cage’s ‘Sonatas and Interludes’ Later this month we welcome the acclaimed pianist David Greilsammer,…
READ MOREShake the Chains
Posted: February 13, 2017
A unique celebration of music and its role in social change and resistance From the industrial revolution, universal suffrage and…
READ MOREComposer in Focus – Debussy
Posted: February 10, 2017
Composer in Focus – Claude Debussy Name: Claude-Achille Debussy Dates: 1862-1918 Country of Birth: France Musical Era: Early 20th Century While…
READ MOREAn interview with… Dobrinka Tabakova
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It was in a daytime talk by Jonathan James that St George’s Bristol CEO Suzanne Rolt first discovered the music…
READ MOREFilmic 2017
Posted: February 7, 2017
We are delighted to be teaming up with Watershed and Colston Hall for Filmic 2017 – our annual look at the…
READ MOREMusings from a Senior Programme Producer…
Posted: January 24, 2017
St George’s Senior Programme Producer Phil Johnson, tells us about some of the artists and shows he’s booked for the…
READ MORENicholas McCarthy Interview
Posted: January 18, 2017
An interview with Nicholas McCarthy, pianist If you’ve watched the BBC Proms or Leeds Piano Competition on television in the…
READ MOREStrange Face…
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Adventures with a lost Nick Drake recording… A ‘lost’ version of the classic Nick Drake track ‘Cello Song’ provides the jumping-off…
READ MORE24-hour Flash Sale! 19 January from 10am
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Bristol’s biggest music, theatre and art venues will again unite to offer discounted tickets in a 24-hour flash sale…
READ MOREComposer in Focus – Haydn
Posted: January 9, 2017
Composer in Focus – Franz Joseph Haydn Name: Franz Joseph Haydn Dates: 1732-1809 Country of Birth: Austria Musical Era: Classical…
READ MOREST GEORGE’S NEW SEASON ON SALE – FROM THE OAE TO OMAR
Posted: December 2, 2016
WORLD-CLASS music covering classical, folk, jazz and world, plus family and spoken word events, feature in the new season at…
READ MOREInnovation 216 at St George’s
Posted: November 30, 2016
A grand finale for ‘The Art of Flight’ We may have seen something of a record here at St George’s…
READ MOREComposer in Focus – Handel
Posted: November 25, 2016
Composer in Focus – George Frideric Handel Name: George Frideric Handel Dates: 1685-1759 Country of Birth: Germany Musical Era: Baroque Handel…
READ MOREBRISTOL’S BIGGEST ARTS CROWDFUND LAUNCHES
Posted: November 24, 2016
MUSIC-LOVERS are being asked to support the city’s biggest and most ambitious arts crowdfunding appeal to date, in aid…
READ MOREHappy Birthday Trevor Pinnock!
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Trevor Pinnock CBE Trevor Pinnock is one of the UK’s most accomplished and loved conductors and harpsichordists, and we are…
READ MOREExhibition takes flight…
Posted: November 14, 2016
A fantastic exhibition of aviation inspired art has opened in our Doric Room gallery, as part of our year-long ‘Art of Flight’ series. Acclaimed Wiltshire artist…
READ MOREGraham Fitkin on ‘Wing’
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We are delighted to have been able to commission a brand new work by composer Graham Fitkin for ‘The Art…
READ MOREThe Best of The West Arrives in Bristol
Posted: October 31, 2016
The team behind Best of Britannia (BOB) heads to St George’s Bristol on the 5 and 6 November. BOB is a celebration…
READ MOREComposer in Focus – Schumann
Posted: October 21, 2016
Composer in Focus – Robert Schumann Name: Robert Schumann Dates: 1810-1856 Country of Birth: Germany Musical Era: Romantic Never to…
READ MOREA Double Anniversary…
Posted: October 6, 2016
40 Years of Music… 30 Years of Evening Concerts This month sees St George’s reaching not one but two important…
READ MOREThe Troubadour 50th gallery
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The Troubadour in Waterloo Street, Clifton, has been described as the most famous and influential folk club outside London. Running from Friday…
READ MORELaura Wade on ‘Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer’
Posted: September 29, 2016
Passion ~ Music ~ Murder Laura Wade on Kreutzer vs Kreutzer Did she or didn’t she? Only you can decide….
READ MORESisters With Voices sing out at St George’s Bristol
Posted: September 23, 2016
AN ALL-FEMALE line up of local artists pays tribute to Bristol civil rights leaders with an event presented by Ujima…
READ MORENew Music for Concorde…
Posted: September 14, 2016
NEW MUSIC FOR CONCORDE (AND BRISTOL’S AVIATION PAST) A brand new music composition inspired by Concorde’s final flight, and Bristol’s…
READ MOREComposer in Focus – Tchaikovsky
Posted: September 9, 2016
Composer in Focus – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Name: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Dates: 1840-1893 Country of Birth: Russian Empire Musical Era: Romantic…
READ MOREBristol International Piano Duo Festival
Posted: September 8, 2016
The Bristol International Piano Duo Festival is back! With less than two months to go, final preparations are taking place…
READ MORE24-Hour September Flash Sale for City Arts
Posted: September 5, 2016
BARGAIN hunters looking to save money on music, theatre, cinema, art, exhibitions and more, can take advantage of…
READ MOREBeyond the Barline: Autumn 2016
Posted: August 24, 2016
Classical Music at the Movies with Jonathan James, David Bednall and Michael Beek ‘Beyond The Barline’ returns this coming…
READ MORESearch is on for one of the lesser starts of The Troubadour Club… An old wooden cartwheel!
Posted: August 23, 2016
ORGANISERS of a major folk reunion concert are calling on people to check sheds and gardens for the old wooden…
READ MOREComposer in Focus – Telemann
Posted: July 29, 2016
Composer in Focus – Georg Philipp Telemann Name: Georg Philipp Telemann Dates: 1681-1767 Country of Birth: Germany Musical Era: Baroque Telemann was something…
READ MORESt George’s Sets Build Start Date After Major Grant Award
Posted: July 12, 2016
BUILDING work is set to start on the St George’s Bristol £5.5 million extension on September 5, following the award…
READ MORETuning in for Mandolin Masterclass with Avi Avital
Posted: June 28, 2016
SUPERSTAR Avi Avital is giving a Mandolin Masterclass to locally-based amateur players before he takes to the stage at…
READ MOREAvi Avital – Between Worlds
Posted: June 23, 2016
“Today, the mandolin is seen mainly as a folk instrument. I wanted to return it to its classical roots. It…
READ MORESt George’s Bristol named as Finalist in Bristol Post Business Awards
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We are thrilled to announce that St George’s Bristol has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Leisure and…
READ MOREFOLK STARS THE UNTHANKS ON A SYMPHONIC JOURNEY FOR ST GEORGE’S
Posted: June 15, 2016
FOLK STARS THE UNTHANKS ON A SYMPHONIC JOURNEY FOR ST GEORGE’S STARS of folk The Unthanks join forces with…
READ MOREAutumn 2016 on sale now!
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Autumn 2016 is jam packed with amazing concerts, fantastic family events, and inspiring talks. With a fresh new look,…
READ MORENew Season… On sale soon!
Posted: June 3, 2016
On-sale dates Mon 6 June – Patrons Tues 7 June – Benefactors Wed 8 June – Gala Friends Thu 9…
READ MOREComposer in Focus: Beethoven
Posted: May 20, 2016
Composer in Focus – Ludwig van Beethoven Name: Ludwig van Beethoven Dates: 1770-1827 Country of Birth: Germany Musical Era: Classical/Romantic Swift on the…
READ MOREMeet Bristol Symphony Orchestra
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Meet Bristol Symphony Orchestra This month sees the launch of a brand new orchestra for Bristol right here at St…
READ MOREComposer In Focus: Mozart
Posted: April 22, 2016
Composer in Focus – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Name: Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart Dates: 1756-1791 Country of Birth: Austria Musical Era: Classical …
READ MOREPostponed: Michael Crawford: Visual Comedy Legend
Posted: April 7, 2016
The Slapstick Festival team are very sorry to have to postpone the ‘visual comedy legend’ event we were…
READ MOREBristol Americana Weekend 2016
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Bristol Americana Weekend is back! 15-17 July 2016 Following on from last year’s fantastic long weekend of Americana (which featured…
READ MOREBristol New Music 2016
Posted: April 6, 2016
Expect the unexpected… Keeping the eyes of the international, new music community firmly fixed on Bristol following the remarkable events…
READ MOREHISTORIC TIMES FOR ST GEORGE’S WITH HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND GRANT
Posted: March 22, 2016
LONG-FORGOTTEN stories of St George’s Bristol will be retold as part of an ambitious project supported by the Heritage Lottery…
READ MOREMeet Clare Hammond
Posted: March 18, 2016
Clare Hammond Pianist Clare Hammond is fast becoming one of Britain’s brightest piano stars, indeed she has received much acclaim…
READ MOREComposers in Focus: Mendelssohn & Ginastera
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Composer in Focus – Felix Mendelssohn Name: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Dates: 1809-1847 Country of Birth: Germany Musical Era: Romantic Mendelssohn…
READ MOREUniversity Partnership Sounds Sweet Note of Success
Posted: March 10, 2016
We are delighted to be formally announcing a partnership which boosts learning and music in Bristol! St George’s Bristol and…
READ MOREComposers in Focus
Posted: February 19, 2016
Composer in Focus: J S Bach Name: Johann Sebastian Bach Dates: 1685-1750 Country of Birth: Germany Musical Era: Baroque J…
READ MOREThe Art of Flight
Posted: February 16, 2016
A celebration of fugue and flight in 2016… Melodies that chase each other from one side of the page to…
READ MOREFILMIC 2016
Posted: February 9, 2016
Filmic is back… Our annual celebration of all things ‘filmic’ returns with gigs and screenings that highlight the symbiotic relationship between…
READ MORE‘The Fringe’ at St George’s
Posted: February 3, 2016
Fringe Benefits… Friday 12 & Saturday 13 February 2016 St George’s Bristol is delighted to be part of ‘The Fringe’,…
READ MOREEd Cooke: Grand Memory Master
Posted: January 25, 2016
The Musical Memory Palace | Friday 5 February, 7pm Aurora Orchestra returns in February with another thought-provoking evening of music;…
READ MOREThe Mechanics of Throat Singing
Posted: January 22, 2016
Anda Union | The Mechanics of Throat Singing To understand how throat singing works, one must first understand some basic…
READ MORE24 Hour Flash Sale – Fri 15 Jan
Posted: January 13, 2016
#Flashtag 24 Hour Flash Sale – Friday 15 January 2016 St George’s joins forces with other music venues, theatres, art galleries,…
READ MOREFilmic 2016
Posted: January 7, 2016
Filmic does The Bristol Sound 2016 is a big year for ‘The Bristol Sound’: 25 years since the release of…
READ MORESlapstick Festival 2016
Posted: November 6, 2015
St George’s Bristol is delighted to be partnering with the Slapstick Festival, presenting a selection of unique comedy events over the festival weekend (23-25 January).
READ MORENatalie Clein Update
Posted: October 28, 2015
Natalie Clein is just eight weeks away from having her second child and this is affecting her performance abilities earlier than she had anticipated.
READ MOREPoised to listen… …. .
Posted: October 19, 2015
Everyone here at St George’s is feeling thoroughly zen after our wonderful Alexander Technique sessions with Gudi Schepokat last week. A number…
READ MORESt George’s secures funding for new music…
Posted: October 14, 2015
St George’s Bristol is delighted to confirm that it has secured funding from the PRS Music Foundation for the commission of a new work from one of the UK’s leading composers, Graham Fitkin.
READ MORELaunching Apollo
Posted: October 5, 2015
A unique sound wave sculpture spearheads the final stage of St George’s Bristol capital fundraising appeal Building a Sound Future….
READ MOREAn interview with Catrin Finch
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It’s wonderful to have her back! Here Catrin Finch answers our questions before her concert on Friday 9 October. You…
READ MOREAn Interview with Barb Jungr
Posted: September 14, 2015
We caught up with Barb Jungr this week to talk music, politics and seizing the day. Here is our interview with her, exclusively for you.
READ MOREAndrew Lloyd Webber Funding!
Posted: September 1, 2015
We are delighted to announce that The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has chosen to support an exciting new education project which we will be launching in the Spring in partnership with New Music in the South West (NMSW).
READ MOREMusic Mentors Continues…
Posted: August 27, 2015
We launched our MUSIC MENTORS scheme last season with a masterclass for three lucky cellists (by the scheme’s patron Julian Lloyd Webber). This coming season we are thrilled that Xuefei Yang and Craig Ogden have each agreed to run a masterclass for a number of lucky young guitarists during their visit here on Friday 18 September.
READ MOREBach Doubles
Posted: August 13, 2015
Our new series offers all the drama and instrumental contrast of the Bach Double but with two players sharing their love of Bach in their own solo concert each evening – the first at 7pm and the second at 9.15pm.
READ MOREMud Morganfield / Sunday 12 July
Posted: May 15, 2015
One Friday evening when I was 14 an older schoolfriend called for me to go and see Muddy Waters at the People’s Theatre, Jesmond. I can’t remember if there was a prior arrangement because people just did things then. Anyway, my mother wouldn’t give me the 5 shillings for the ticket (25p in “the new money”) so I didn’t get to go. It’s true that I never quite forgave her. I never did see Muddy Waters, who died in 1983, either.
READ MORESounds Inspiring – 14-27 June 2015
Posted: May 11, 2015
We’re pleased to have teamed up with Bristol Plays Music to present the first ever Sounds Inspiring Festival, over two weeks of events involving thousands of Bristol’s young people. Taking place in venues across the city, the festival celebrates everything about young people’s music-making: their energy, talent and imagination.
READ MORESounds of spring and enchanting Mozart…
Posted: May 5, 2015
On Saturday 16 May, Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra teams up once again with pianist Tom Poster, recognised as a versatile and sensitive musician whether he is performing as a soloist, chamber musician or accompanist.
READ MOREBristol Folk Festival – FREE Events!
Posted: April 24, 2015
The Bristol Folk Festival returns to St George’s Bristol for two full days of fantastic live music from some of the genre’s most accomplished artists. Across the festival St George’s Bristol has programmed a range of FREE activities for all to enjoy!
READ MORE10% Off at Boston Tea Party!
Posted: April 23, 2015
We’ve teamed up with our friends at Boston Tea Party and St George’s audiences can now enjoy 10% Off* food and drink at the company’s flagship cafe on Park Street.
READ MOREBristol Americana Weekend
Posted: March 25, 2015
Feat. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Larkin Poe, Police Dog Hogan and more!
Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 July 2015
Julian Lloyd Webber Interview
Posted: March 23, 2015
Julian Lloyd Webber, one of the world’s most influential classical musicians, was forced to step down from public performance in 2014 due to a neck injury. On Monday 11 May he visits St George’s for a special evening. Joined by his cellist wife Jiaxin Lloyd Webber and pianist Pam Chowhan, Julian will take his audience on an historical and musical journey, giving an insight into his extraordinary life.
READ MOREAppeal Funding News…
Posted: March 13, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: St George’s Bristol today announced it has secured initial support* for a £750,200 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as part of its current ‘Building a Sound Future’ appeal, a £5.5 million capital project to reconfigure and extend the world class music venue.
READ MOREThe Clarinet and Jazz
Posted: March 4, 2015
The Clarinet and Jazz It is no accident that New Orleans is widely credited with being the birthplace of jazz….
READ MOREExhibition: Journey into Exile
Posted: February 23, 2015
Art Refuge UK – Journey into Exile Exhibition Journey into Exile: Part 1 The art in this exhibition is taken…
READ MOREA Digital Future for Indian Classical Music
Posted: January 28, 2015
“I can’t remember a particular day that I was initiated into the world of music,” Amjad Ali Khan says. “It was a part of me from as early as I can remember.”
READ MOREHighly Strung… An Interview with Thomas Gould
Posted: January 27, 2015
He has become something of a familiar face at St George’s of late and this Friday (30 Jan) violinist Thomas Gould returns to the stage, this time without Aurora Orchestra following his lead.
READ MOREThe Piano Man: Ulrich Gerhartz
Posted: January 22, 2015
“Is this the most powerful man in classical music? In an all but invisible way, Gerhartz is probably the single most important figure in the entire piano world, at least to pianists and to concert halls.”
READ MOREHang-ing with Manu Delago…
Posted: October 30, 2014
Most famous for playing the Hang, Delago is back with a new sense of musical freedom. His new album ‘Bigger Than Home’ incorporates the soothing timbre of the hang with the boundless possibilities of electronic music.
READ MORESCENE NORWAY PLUS
Posted: October 16, 2014
I’d been playing Norwegian music on BBC Radio 3 whenever I could, being pretty much the only UK radio exposure this music was getting. As my experience grew and I became involved with festivals and venues, working with different musicians, it was a privilege to ‘spread the word’.
READ MOREReview: Friday 3 October – Bill Laurance Project
Posted: October 6, 2014
what I found inspiring about this performance was its freshness and vitality, its “can-do” delight in taking on a serious challenge and winning, and the evident regard the musicians held for the experience of the audience. There was real sharing going on, and you could see it in the faces of both players and listeners as the music seemed to float on a cloud of mutual appreciation and goodwill.
READ MOREA Great Quartet
Posted: September 24, 2014
Emerging from the North East of England in the mid 1970s, the Brodsky Quartet today represents the very best, and over the years they have engaged audiences with ambitious programmes and creative collaborations, proving itself to be so much more than a Classical ensemble.
READ MOREThe Return of Nic Jones
Posted: September 22, 2014
Nic, who started his musical career in Essex, had emerged among the second generation of 1960s folk revivalists at the end of the decade. His debut album Ballads & Songs was released in 1970 and I clearly remember it arriving in Bristol’s then folk mecca, the Troubadour Club in Clifton, where we nearly wore it out on the club’s elderly Dansette. Suddenly, here was a new performer to rank with other current icons of English folk music like the great Martin Carthy.
READ MORER.I.P. Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014)
Posted: September 19, 2014
The great trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler, who died yesterday, appeared a number of times at St George’s, where his unmistakeable flugelhorn sound – simultaneously full-bodied and half-formed, plangent (that inevitable trumpet adjective), melancholy, always distinctive – found a perfect complement in the hall’s celestial reverb.
READ MOREAn Evening with Roger McGuinn
Posted: August 29, 2014
Just to say that Roger McGuinn performs these songs, however, doesn’t even get close. He’s such a star turn, and so expert a guitarist for solo shows like this, that the songs are no by-rote versions buoyed up on a wave of sentimental goodwill.
READ MORESo many strings to his bow…
Posted: August 19, 2014
From bestselling albums and intoxicating live performances, to books, films and charitable projects, Daniel Hope is so much more than a violinist…
READ MOREAll That Jazz
Posted: July 15, 2014
This autumn’s International Jazz Series continues the story while fulfilling two increasingly vital functions: introducing St George’s jazz audience to important new acts, and presenting the music in as natural a way as we can, with performers playing acoustically, without a PA, wherever possible.
READ MOREWith Great Pleasure…
Posted: July 14, 2014
On Thursday 24th July the show will feature the favourite works of our beloved actor, Simon Callow. Simon will be joined by Patricia Hodge (Miranda’s hilarious Mother in BBC 1 TV comedy show MIRANDA) who will be reading works by Shakespeare, Dickens, Fitzgerald and more.
READ MORER.I.P Bobby Womack, 1944-2014
Posted: June 30, 2014
No recording artist has meant more to me than Bobby Womack, who died on Friday aged 70. Certainly there have been better and more important singers – better soul singers, even – songwriters, guitarists and producers, but no one touched me the way Bobby did.
READ MOREAmericana
Posted: June 27, 2014
Originally developed as an alternative radio format to mainstream country music in the USA, what we call Americana has now become a genre in its own right, encompassing popular US ‘roots’ music from country to folk to blues, and from lone singer-songwriters playing Martin acoustic guitars to rocking boogie bands plugged into the mains.
READ MOREDawn Cooper: The Artist Behind The Art
Posted: June 20, 2014
This is second season we have used an illustrated cover for our seasonal brochure and this time we wanted to support Bristol talent. Bristol is very well known for its street artists, illustrators and animators. So what about the freelancers this cultural city is home to? Cue Dawn Cooper.
READ MOREThe Treorchy Male Choir Returns To St George’s
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Treorchy have sung popular songs by artists such as Queen and Bob Marley and tonight the choir will sing a variety of crowd pleasers. Perhaps the most potent song choice from this shows diverse lineup is ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, an incredibly powerful song on record but even more so sung with the strength and passion that Treorchy have.
READ MOREThe Buskaid Story
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2014 marks the 20th Anniversary of Democracy in South Africa. Of the 28 young musicians playing on 11 July, it is worth noting that six were born in the 1980s and can clearly recall life in the township pre-democracy, ten belong to the so-called ‘born-free’ generation, and the remainder were just a few years old in 1994. The Buskaid Ensemble, founded in 1997, therefore represents two very distinct eras in South Africa’s recent past.
READ MOREBuskaid Soweto String Ensemble
Posted: May 30, 2014
An evening with Buskaid always closes with some heart-warming kwela, the infectious and lilting rhythms of township song and dance. When you hear those kids surrender to the sheer joy of playing the old tunes they grew up on, it’s not difficult to see why they can bring the same deep feeling and exuberance to playing Rameau or Bach.
READ MORETowards Silence – Soul Music
Posted: May 23, 2014
I’m often asked how far in advance I plan our classical music season. It can be anything between 3 months and 2 years, but I can now add that one event has been almost exactly 5 years in the planning: the two performances of Sir John Tavener’s Towards Silence on Thursday 10th July.
READ MORE‘It Began With The Music..’ – Taraf de Haidouks Exhibition
Posted: May 20, 2014
In December 2008 the Taraf de Haidouks visited Bristol for the first time and played here at St. George’s. I met some of the musicians on my way in and they were warm and friendly, the evening was amazing and I had an idea… Eight months later on 18th July 2009 they returned to the UK to play at my wedding. Their presence and music made for a joyous and magical day.
READ MOREMatthew Halsall – Thursday 29th May, St George’s – Soul Global
Posted: May 19, 2014
Listening to ‘When The World Was One’, the new album by Matthew Halsall (to be released on the Monday following…
READ MORETaraf de Haidouks – Sunday 25th May, St George’s – Soul Global
Posted: May 15, 2014
Taraf de Haidouks seen live are an experience you will remember forever. They’ve played St George’s once before, in late 2008, when they launched our landmark Migrations series, and it was awesome. Arriving later than expected, with the Crypt bar already jam-packed for the sold-out show, the band sat down at a long table for their pre-gig meal surrounded by eager onlookers, like some weird version of Leonardo’s Last Supper. Food attended to, and following an extended fag-break outside the box office door, the band took to the stage looking relatively sedate, even nonchalant, as people who’ve modelled for Yamamoto have a right to. After all, they’ve entranced Johnny Depp, impressed Yehudi Menuhin and the Kronos Quartet, and played most of the world’s larger halls.
READ MOREFilmic 2014 Review: Jocelyn Pook Ensemble
Posted: May 13, 2014
Following Cath Rymell’s excellent review of the first Filmic 2014 show, ‘O Bro: A Musical Celebration of the Coen Brothers’, which you can read further down this page, it doesn’t seem fair to let the second go without a brief mention, too. Mainly because it was so awe-inspiringly great.
READ MOREAn Interview with Leonard Elschenbroich
Posted: April 29, 2014
Earlier this year cellist Leonard Elschenbroich came to St George’s for a few days of recording… We caught up with him during a break for a quick chat about this week’s return visit, which sees him performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Bridge’s Oration with Bristol Ensemble as part of our series THE WORLD CHANGED.
READ MOREREVIEW: O Bro
Posted: April 28, 2014
This was one of those rare occasions when you have no idea what to expect from a gig. ‘O Bro:…
READ MOREEars wide open
Posted: April 24, 2014
Jocelyn Pook Ensemble – Filmic 2014 – Friday 9 May, St George’s Bristol, 8pm. After receiving an Olivier Award for…
READ MORESoul Global
Posted: March 18, 2014
Along with J S Bach and John Coltrane, my favourite music is soul. I remember as a kid seeing Otis Redding live on ‘Ready Steady Go!’, and I bought the 70s albums of Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin – for me the two greatest singers ever, in any genre – as they came out.
READ MOREIn search of the perfect piano…
Posted: March 12, 2014
Would I be willing to travel to the ends of the earth in pursuit of ‘just the right’ piano for St George’s? Maybe, just maybe…
READ MORETord Gustavsen Ensemble
Posted: March 10, 2014
When ‘Changing Places’, the debut album by the trio of Norwegian pianist and composer Tord Gustavsen, came out in 2003, it nearly passed me by. It took a telephone call from David Fraser, ECM’s British press person, who’s the most unpushy PR imaginable, to tactfully advise me that I needed to give it a listen.
READ MOREKLEZMER VS. CLASSICAL
Posted: March 6, 2014
What happens when you combine the UK’s most creative and innovative orchestra with “Britain’s best Klezmer and Balkan music band”? “Electric fizz and pungent colours” was the way The Times described the creative collision of two seemingly disparate musical genres – and that’s what makes Aurora Orchestra stand out from the crowd…
READ MOREGuitarists…
Posted: February 21, 2014
But Renbourn, who’s close to the nicest musician I’ve met, and – unusually for his calling – interested in music other than his own, kept on developing, adding bluegrass picking and Merle Travis-a-billy to the storehouse of styles. His brilliance is also not without effort, and one of the many pleasures of a Renbourn performance is seeing him dig in and wrestle with his muse.
READ MOREQ&A with Christian Wallumrød
Posted: February 20, 2014
Performing as part of the Bristol New Music Festival on Sunday night read on for a feel of the Christian Wallumrød Ensemble concert…
READ MOREChristian Wallumrød…
Posted: February 14, 2014
When it comes to music, some things grab you straight from the off, asserting their particular effect immediately. Others take time and familiarity before you even recognise what it is you are listening to, never mind learn to appreciate it. So it was with me and Christian Wallumrød.
READ MOREThe Royal Academy.. Small ensemble, BIG sound.
Posted: February 10, 2014
The sound coming from the hall during these three days was truly glorious: wave upon wave of full-bodied, passionate playing that made me think there must be at least a symphony orchestra in situ downstairs.
READ MOREPolice Dog Hogan
Posted: January 27, 2014
The one thing most people know about Police Dog Hogan, if they know anything at all, is that Guardian Weekend columnist Tim Dowling is in it…
READ MOREThree Cane Whale
Posted: January 21, 2014
It was probably seeing them in concert on a rain-misted afternoon (Saturday June 2, 2012, I checked) in the beautiful setting of the small but perfectly formed 11th century church of Partrishow in the Black Mountains that did it for me.
READ MOREO Brother… Music for the Coen’s
Posted: January 10, 2014
It was the Coen Brothers’ debut, ‘Blood Simple’, seen at Watershed (and didn’t we call it ‘The Watershed’ then?) on its first run. After the opening sequence plays out, a black bartender in a redneck tavern puts a record on the jukebox and we hear ‘It’s The Same Old Song’ by The Four Tops, a solid-gold Tamla Motown classic.
READ MOREOlivia Chaney
Posted: January 6, 2014
Since I booked her for the gig on the strength of great word of mouth and a few youtube clips that showed beyond doubt that she was a fantastic new talent, Olivia has been signed to a prestigious contract by classy Nonesuch Records and been nominated for two BBC Folk Awards.
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