by BCS Admin | Nov 17, 2019 | Reviews
Concert Date: Sunday, 17th November 2019 I have never thought that a concert commencing at 7.30pm is the ideal time to start listening to a concert, see a show, go to the ballet, or whatever – do you eat beforehand, probably in a rush, or after the event and...
by BCS Admin | Nov 12, 2019 | Reviews
Concert Date: Tuesday, 12th November 2019 The advanced publicity promised a large scale opening to the new season but, unfortunately, Elgar’s The Apostles has been postponed. However, the somewhat lighter weight mix of English and French music, including a stunning...
by BCS Admin | Jun 2, 2019 | Reviews
Those who attended Bury Choral Society’s performance of Handel’s rarely sung oratorio Judas Maccabaeus at All Saints Church, Stand, enjoyed a real treat. The choir of about sixty (a few more tenors would be helpful), with good diction, and most attentive to the...
by BCS Admin | May 12, 2019 | Reviews
Performed: 16th March 2019 Following the 20th Century English music of Bury Choral Society’s concert commemorating the ending of the First World War and the joyful bagatelle of the Christmas Festivities, the choir demonstrated their versatility with a concert of...
by BCS Admin | Jan 27, 2019 | Reviews
Amidst all the tawdry tat which bedevils so much of the Christmas season there are one or two gems to be found. One such was at Bury’s United Reformed Church, where the Bury Choral Society gave their Christmas concert. And what a gem it was! There were too many to...
by BCS Admin | Jan 27, 2019 | Reviews
For their first concert of the season at Bury Parish Church, Bury Choral Society chose to mark the centenary of the signing of the armistice of the Great War with a very carefully and appropriately assembled programme. Music was interspersed with poetry, narrative and...
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