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 | Apr 19, 2018 | Reviews
A Batty Night at the Operetta! A curious title for what was, in fact, a semi-staged performance of the younger Johann Strauss’s scintillating operetta, Die Fledermaus (The Bat) but with added entertainment performed by Bury Choral Society at Stand Parish Church on... 
by BCS Admin | Dec 12, 2017 | Reviews
For this reviewer, Bury Choral Society’s Christmas concert is an event much looked forward to, as it is invariably a source of many good, seasonal things musical. This year’s was as good as, if not better than, ever. Musical Director Juan Ortuno’s cheerful exuberance...