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6.00pm

City of Bristol Choir: Summer Jazz & Soul - A Choral Celebration

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Tickets

From £16

A 9% booking fee applies online and over the phone. A £2.50 postage fee is charged where applicable.

Suitable for ages 10+

Main hall

The 100 voices of City of Bristol Choir present an uplifting and high octane celebration of singing, featuring the first performance of Summer Jazz Cantata by jazz virtuoso Iain Farrington.


Farrington Summer Jazz Cantata (world premiere)
Shearing Songs and Sonnets
Mercury Don’t stop me now
Shaiman You can’t stop the beat
Ellington Come Sunday
Ellington Take the A Train
Weill Mack the Knife
Waller Ain’t Misbehavin’

Expressing the joys of summer, this glorious piece sets popular poems fusing swing, funk, late-night blues and gospel styles.

Completing the programme are lively settings of Shakespeare by jazz legend George Shearing, arrangements of well known jazz standards and fast moving pop songs that will get hearts racing and raise the roof.