Bristol Phoenix Choir is a friendly choir which focuses on the classical repertoire from the past up to the 21st century. Our choir members sing for the love of singing and also work hard to make sure we give performances we can be proud of and communicate the composers' work to the audience. The choir gives at least three concerts a year, in a variety of venues across Bristol. Our Music Director since 2012 is Paul Walton, Assistant Organist at Bristol Cathedral.
We work with local singers as soloists and with local orchestras and musicians. We always try to employ young artists at the beginning of their careers, in order to encourage and sustain music-making in the area. We also regularly invite the Bristol Cathedral Consort to join us for major concerts, giving these young singers the opportunity to sing major works with a full orchestra.
We have a strong relationship with Bristol Classical Players, having worked with them on performances of a number of major pieces including Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony, Verdi’s Requiem and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius.
Other recent performances have included Brahms German Requiem, Bach’s St John Passion at St George’s, and the Bristol premiere of Neil Cox’s Requiem Canticles (with the composer present).
Choir picnic at Kingsweston House before a summer concert
Concert Listings 1976 onwards
The following links are to lists you can download of Bristol Phoenix Choir's concerts from 1976 onwards. We hope this will bring back happy memories to past and current choir and audience members. Many thanks to Jenny Aldridge for working through her collection of past programmes.
