A concert of this stunning work, sung in Russian, in St George's Bristol. The programme will include movements from cello sonatas by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich performed by the sensational cellist Richard May and concert pianist Olena Shvetsova.
Exultate Singers return to St Nicolas Church, Newbury, to sing a concert in aid of local cancer charities.
"The Bristol-based Exultate Singers, conducted by David Ogden, are exceptional. They combine a beautiful balance of voices with vocal colour: warm, vividly blended harmonies with a full, rich tone..." Newbury Today, December 2009
This years's Carols by Candlelight concert takes place in the beautiful setting of Clifton College Chapel, Bristol.
An evening of Christmas entertainment in St George's Bristol with the Bristol Ensemble. A sparkling evening to get you into a festive mood!
A special episode of Songs of Praise presented by Aled Jones meeting the people behind the music. Aled was filmed meeting the choir at one of its rehearsals and the programme included interviews with David Ogden and bass Mike Osborn.
A sell-out jazz concert in Westbury-on-Trym Parish Church, Bristol with the Andy Williamson Buzztet.
A concert organised by Gloucester Rotary Club in its 90th year, supporting local charities including Gloucester's Multiple Sclerosis Information and Treatment Centre.
Exultate Singers sang weekend services in the magnificent setting of York Minster.
A concert in St Peter's Church, Kington Langley, Wiltshire given in support of Christian Aid
A concert at St George's marking the debut of the Exultate Chamber Orchestra in a programme including Morten Lauridsen's Midwinter Songs and John Corigliano's Fern Hill and Mozart's 'Great' Mass in C minor. Read the Bristol Evening Post review of the concert
Holy Week concert in the chapel of St Monica's including performances Howells' Requiem and parts of Rheinberger's mass for double choir.
Exultate Singers appears on BBC TV's Songs of Praise singing arrangements of All my hope on God is founded, Father hear the prayer we offer, Make me a channel of your peace, the Irish Blessing and Spirit of God, descend upon my heart.
A concert of flamboyant music for brass and choir in Bristol's Colston Hall with City of Bristol Choir and Gloucester's renowned Flowers Band, one of the UK's leading brass bands.
A sell-out concert of sensational choral music in St George's, Bristol including Tallis's remarkable 40-part motet, Spem in Alium.
A return visit to Salisbury Cathedral to sing a weekend of services, including Panufnik's Westminster Mass at Sunday Eucharist. On Sunday afternoon the choir was joined by cellist Richard May to perform Roxanna Panufnik's All Shall Be Well at Evensong.
The annual glittering Christmas Spectacular with the Emerald Ensemble in St George's, Bristol.
A Welsh Christmas for 2009 with soprano Angharad Thomas in the wonderful acoustic of St Bonaventure's Church, Bishopston.
A concert in Newbury Parish Church, Berkshire for Christmas Cancer Care. Tickets £18 available from Carter Jonas Market Place in Newbury or Celia Rose on 01635 200874.
Marking 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, this concert of Eastern European music in Clifton Cathedral included the world premiere of Roxanna Panufnik's All Shall Be Well, commissioned by Exultate Singers for the occasion.
Exultate Singers' tour included concerts in Krakow and Prague, and singing Langlais' Messe Solonelle in St Vitus Cathedral, Prague at High Mass on All Saints' Day.
A rousing evening of music in a gala choral concert at St George's, Bristol in aid of The Prince's Trust. ![]()
Bristol's Colston Hall re-opened with an evening of musical performances including a new commission by Richard Barnard.
Exultate Singers sang Choral Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral including Howells' Gloucester Service and Sumsion's They that go down to the sea in ships, for the feast of St James the Apostle.
Singing pieces based around a theme of courage, Exultate Singers made another appearance on Songs of Praise. Recorded in St Alban's Church, Westbury Park, the pieces included David Ogden's beautiful arrangements of Dear Lord and Father of mankind and Be still my soul.
A return visit to St Patrick's Church in Redfield, Bristol to give the final concert in the 2008/9 series.
A programme of Italian Renaissance music including music by Monteverdi, Croce, Gabrieli and Rigatti.
A concert of music by Ian Carpenter celebrating the 40th birthday of the composer (and Exultate Singers' tenor) at All Saints' Church, Clifton, Bristol.
Following two very successful appearances in Amberley in 2003 and 2005, Exultate Singers returned to give another concert in the parish church marking the 20th anniversary of Steve Goodwin's appointment as organist there.
An electrifying performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor at St George’s, Bristol with the tenor James Gilchrist, soprano Nicki Kennedy, mezzo Catherine King and baritone Martin Le Poidevin. One audience member said, "We were left speechless by the stunning quality of Saturday’s Bach B minor Mass. Thanks for uplifting us for Holy Week."
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The final concert in the mediaeval church of St James' Priory in central Bristol before it closes for restoration - a programme of a capella music explored links between architecture and music, including a performance 'in the round' of Pearsall's Lay a garland.
Exultate Singers and Emerald Ensemble's annual sparkling concert of Christmas music which this year included a festive rendition of the Twelve Days of Christmas - with actions!
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The nativity story was beautifully narrated through readings read by Professor David Thomas and choruses from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Magnificat, performed by Exultate Singers with Bristol’s professional chamber orchestra, the Emerald Ensemble.
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Exultate Singers’ atmospheric concert of Christmas music in the mediaeval priory church in central Bristol, conducted by David Ogden. This year the choir was joined by the harpist Kate Watt, and the programme included Britten’s Ceremony of Carols.
A free hour-long concert in the magnificent setting of the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building, given by Exultate Singers as part of the University's Colston Research Symposium.
Broadcast of excerpts filmed earlier this year for BBC TV's Songs of Praise including David Ogden's arrangements of the hymns Lord for the years, Take this moment, King of glory King of peace and Bernadette Farrell's O God you search me.
Marking the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, a moving performance of Britten's powerful work, the War Requiem, in Bristol's Colston Hall.
A liturgical performance of Haydn's St Nicholas Mass with Emerald Ensemble conducted by Nicholas Cleobury at All Saint’s Church, Weston-super-Mare for the All Saints Festival.
A French theme for this year's St Mary Redcliffe Autumn concert, with music by Duruflé, Langlais, Messiaen and Poulenc.
A wonderful weekend of services at one of England's most beautiful buildings.
An English theme for this year's exhilirating concert including performances of Vaughan William' A Vision of Aeroplanes and Walton's The Twelve and Where does the uttered music go? at the annual Music Festival in the magnificent setting of St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol.
A Sunday afternoon recital at John Wesley’s Chapel in Broadmead including the first performance of a suite of pieces by Lyn Lloyd Jones setting Charles Wesley texts.
An al fresco concert by Exultate Singers in the beautiful - but slightly grey and damp - surroundings of Vyvyan Terrace garden in the heart of Clifton.
Exultate Singers sang services at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, including Howells Preces & Responses and his St Paul's Magnificat and Nunc dimittis.
A concert of music for Easter In the beautiful setting of the mediaeval church, St James’ Priory. Exultate Singers performed Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, MacMillan’s anthem O bone Jesu, John Sanders’ stunning setting of the Good Friday text, The Reproaches, Howells’ anthem Take him earth for cherishing and anthems by Thomas Tallis.
An exhilirating concert of these two very different masterpieces, performed by Exultate Singers with the Exultate Chamber Ensemble. Described by one audience member as "Quite suberb - the MacMillan was just an amazing experiance and beautifully performed; the Scarlatti was a great joy and a wonderful way of individual members of the choir being heard."
A festive concert of sparkling music for choir and orchestra in the wonderful acoustic of St George's, Bristol with Bristol's professional chamber orchestra, Emerald Ensemble.
Exultate Singers' traditional of Christmas music in the exquisite setting of St James' Priory.
A stirring performance of Elgar's mighty work for the final concert in the Elgar series with City of Bristol Choir and full symphony orchestra. Colston Hall, Bristol.
Exultate Singers' first overseas tour included the following concerts
Thursday 25th at 8pm - concert in Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
Friday 26th at 8pm - concert in Nikolaikirche, Potsdam
Saturday 27th at 8pm - concert in the Dom zu Brandenburg
Sunday 28th at 6pm - service in Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Exultate Singers celebrated its fifth brithday with a concert at St Alban's Church in Westbury Park, one of their favourite venues. The programme included a new commission by the composer Philip Moore, specially written to celebrate the anniversary.
A concert of choral music from Britain and America, given in collaboration with the USA's Stanford Chamber Chorale, as part of St Mary Redcliffe Music Festival. The choirs performed a variety of pieces separately, and joined forces for some memorable performances of Whitacre's i thank You God for most this amazing day, MacMillan's A Child's Prayer and Tallis' 40 part motet. St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol
The programme followed a journey down the River Avon, which flows through the historic Wiltshire towns of Malmsbury and Bradford-on-Avon and then on to Bath and Bristol, discovering discovers how the river has shaped both the physical and spiritual landscape and continues to inspire people today. Music sung by Exultate Singers included the hymns I cannot tell and I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say.
A concert of popular choral music, given in the glorious acoustic of All Saints' Church, Weston-super-Mare.
A spectacular concert in Bristol's Colston Hall given as part of City of Bristol Choir's Elgar Festival 2007. Exultate Singers teamed up with City of Bristol Choir, the magnificent tenor Paul Charles Clarke of Welsh National Opera, soprano Juliette Pochin, bass Martin Le Poidevin and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for a performance of this cornerstone work in the choral repertoire.
Described as 'musically and spiritually moving'; 'a triumph', 'remarkable' and 'the best Gerontius I've ever heard' by various members of a wonderfully attentive audience.
Read a review of the concert here.
A concert at New Room, Horsefair, central Bristol - the oldest Methodist chapel in the world - marking the 300th anniversary of the birth of Charles Wesley.
Read the Evening Post review of the concert here
A journey in music across Italy to Norway, including Scarlatti's and Nystedt's settings of Stabat Mater, the latter with solo cello, and Allegri's Miserere mei.
Read the Bristol Evening Post review here.
A concert of music from England, Ireland, Spain, Poland, the Philippines and America given as part of a series of concerts staged in St Patrick's Church, Redfield, Bristol.
A wonderful start to City of Bristol Choir's Elgar Festival 2007. The series opened with this workshop day, concluding with a 'sensitive and purposeful' performance of The Apostles.
A special concert marking the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery, including a performance of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert with acclaimed jazz vocalist Jacqui Dankworth, Mercury Music Prize shortlisted pianist Zoe Rahman and the Big Buzzard Boogie Band. Described by one audience member as, "The best £15 I ever spent!"
Read the Bristol Evening Post review here.
Exultate Singers teamed up with Bristol's professional chamber orchestra, Emerald Ensemble, for a sparkling concert of music for Christmas in St George's, Bristol.
Exultate Singers' traditional of Christmas music in the exquisite setting of St James' Priory; this year with percussion provided by Jeremy Little and Katy Hebditch.
This concert included performances of some rarely heard choral works in Russian, Estonian and English, including the first ever performance outside London of Shostakovich's Two Russian Folksongs, and the first performance in the UK in Russian of some of Shostakovich's Ten Russian Folksongs. One audience member emailed to say, "Every time I go to St Mary Redcliffe I am stunned by its beauty, and last night the music matched it - as ever - with its mix of skill, variety in the programme and sense of both ease and quality."
Exultate Singers teamed up with Andy Williamson and his Buzztet jazz quartet to perform jazz arrangements at the closing concert of this year's St Mary Redcliffe Music Festival.
A broadcast of Sunday Worship on Sea Sunday from St Stephen's Church, central Bristol.
A concert themed around the mediaeval Swansea altar piece. The concert was given as part of Arts Week festival in St Mary's Church, Swansea.
A concert of music for Holy Week, Passiontide and Easter given in the beautiful setting of St James' Priory, Whitson Street, Haymarket, Bristol.
Exultate Singers sang Saturday Evensong, Sunday Eucharist and Sunday Evensong in the beautiful cathedral church in Salisbury.
A concert celebrating the 200th anniversary of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, when Exultate Singers and Emerald Ensemble premiered Martin Kiszko's new cantata, A Radius of Curves. The orchestra and choir was joined by BBC 2005 Young Chorister of the Year Sam Adams Nye to perform excerpts from Britten's Ceremony of Carols and Tippett's Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time.
Read the Bristol Evening Post review of the concert here.
In their first collaboration, Exultate Singers and Emerald Ensemble joined forces to give a sparkling performance of Handel's exhilirating work Dixit Dominus, described by one audience member as, "exquisite, out-of-this-world, uplifting". St Alban's Church was filled with the rich textures of Roxanna Panufnik's Westminster Mass. Members of the audience were given a complimentary programme, and interval refreshments of olives, and foccacia topped with pesto and Italian cheese were served.
The fourth annual carol concert in the beautiful setting of St James' Priory, featuring music from Exultate Singers' newly released CD Visions of Peace.
A concert of carols and readings in St Mary Redcliffe Church, organised by Cancer Research UK.
An exhilirating evening's entertainment of some dramatic English choral music, from the challenging and descriptive 'A Vision of Aeroplanes' by Vaughan Williams, to Tavener's serene anthem 'The Lamb'. Interval refreshments of home-made lemonade and scones with jam and cream were enjoyed by a large audience, who commented on the choir's committed and communicative singing.
An incredible evening of jazz and jazz-inspired pieces was enjoyed by a packed audience at this concert, given as part of the Connect 2005 festival. The choir was joined by members of the jazz band Stekpanna who played some amazing sets. The mix of styles ranged from Leighton and Messiaen to Rutter, King's Singers, Gershwin, Duke Ellington and traditional spirituals. Click here for more links to find out more about the players.
The theme of this service was the reflecting of God as the divine presence, seen in everyday objects, situations and encounters. The music included a beautiful choral work by the American composer Whitacre, Lux Aurumque, as well as pieces by Margaret Rizza and John Bell, David Ogden's setting of I see his blood and his new arrangement of For the beauty of the earth, for choir and string quartet . Exultate Singers were joined by the Lochrian Ensemble for the recording.
The concert was well received by an enthusiastic audience. Several pieces received their UK premiere, including Mundi Renovatio by the Romanian composer Gyorgy Orban, and Ama Namen by the Filipino composer Gynong Lee. The journey around the world began locally with David Ogden's Jubilate, written for the RSCM Cirencester course in 2004, and concluded with A Spotless Rose by Howells, written in Gloucester. The choir also sang music from Germany, Russia, Austria, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico, Spain, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, USA and Ireland, altogether in more than ten different languages.
A powerful and moving performance of Bach's extraordinary telling of the Passion using the words of St Matthew's Gospel. Exultate Singers were joined by the tenor Benjamin Hulett in a magnificent performance as the Evangelist, the soprano Rachel Skinner, alto Leigh Woolf and baritone Martin Le Poidevin as Jesus. Exultate Chamber Ensemble accompanied the concert which was enjoyed by a large, appreciative audience.
Exultate Singers joined New Bristol Sinfonia for a performance of Holst's Planets, one of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire. The programme also included Debussy's beautiful Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune and Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1. The soloist was BBC Young Musician of the Year winner Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne.
A concert of music for Candlemas, based around the text of the Nunc Dimittis, which included Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, Rachmaninov's Bogoroditste Dyevo and concluded with a rousing performance of the spiritual Goin' home to God.
Francisco Valls' lively Mass Scala Aretina was the central work in this concert with period-instrument ensemble Bath Baroque. Read the Bath Chronicle review here.
The third of Exultate Singers' magical Christmas concerts in St James' Priory, for which they were joined by Flamenco guitarist Kevin Byrne for a programme of music with a Spanish flavour.
Exultate Singers were joined by players from Bath Philharmonia and soloists Fflur Wyn (soprano), Penelope Davies (alto), Jeremy Finch (tenor), Stephen Foulkes (bass) for a chamber performance of Handel's Messiah in the picturesque setting of Lacock parish church.
Broadcast of Sunday Worship from the Great Hall of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, featuring music for Advent, including pieces with brass by Praetorius.
A programme of choral music through the ages.
Spanish and Latin American choral music including James MacMillan's Cantos Sagrados, Alberto Ginastera's Lamentations of Jeremiah. With Ian Ball (organ).
A whistlestop musical tour around in the world.
Exultate Singers were joined by the 18-piece Big Buzzard Boogie Band and members of the BBC Daily Service singers for the broadcast, live from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. The broadcast can be heard by clicking on the link here.
Music for Holy Week and Easter including Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, Finzi Lo, the full final sacrifice and Leighton's Crucifixus pro nobis.
Choral masterpieces from the composers of Venice including works by Gabrieli, Monteverdi and Vivaldi.
Beautiful carols sung by candlelight in the oldest building in Bristol. Essential Christmas listening.
Choral music through the ages from 12th century plainsong to 21st century James MacMillan sung in the oldest building in Bristol. Including Allegri's Miserere and Bach's motet Singet dem hern.
A performance of these cornerstones of the choral repertoire with full orchestra. Exultate Singers joined up with City of Bristol Choir for the concert in St George's Bristol.
Exultate Singers gave the first performance in the South West of James MacMillan's Seven Last Words From The Cross in two remarkable performances with string orchestra in Christ Church, Bath and St Alban's Church, Bristol.
Amberley Parish Church, Wiltshire
The first of Exultate Singers' exquisite Christmas concerts at the beautiful priory church.
Exultate Singers' inaugural engagement, a live broadcast from the historic church in the heart of Bristol, which included pieces accompanied by harp.
Mozart Mass in C minor / Lauridsen Mid-Winter Songs / Corigliano Fern Hill - 8th May 2010
Carol concert in aid of cancer charities, Newbury - 5th December 2009
Beyond the Wall concert on 8 November 2009 - The Guardian
J.S. Bach Mass in B minor - 4th April 2009 - Bristol Evening Post
Christmas Spectacular - 22nd December 2008 - Bristol Evening Post
A Bach Christmas - 20th December 2008 - Bristol Evening Post
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, 9th June 2007
Charles Wesley 300th anniversary concert - 25th May 2007 - Bristol Evening Post
Holy Week concert, Wednesday 4th April 2007 - Bristol Evening Post
Duke Ellington Sacred Concert - 24th February 2007 - Bristol Evening Post
Brunel 200 anniversary concert - 31st March 2006 - Bristol Evening Post
From Bloomsbury to Barcelona with Bath Baroque - 22nd January 2005 - Bath Chronicle
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