April 2023 - Sharon Crawford
Second alto Sharon Crawford shares her choices for the BCC Desert Island Discs, inspired by her rich range of musical experiences. Read...
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Desert Island Discs
Meet the members of the Bristol Chamber Choir and find out what makes their list...
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- Aug 9, 2022
- 3 min
August 2022 - Steph Hares
After a hiatus Steph trumpets the return of DID! But what did she choose?
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- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
September 2021 - Elena Antoniou
Leading us into our first term back as a full choir, Soprano Elena re-injects some verve into BCC DID.
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- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
MD Interview Special
At interview we asked each candidate for one piece of choral music they absolutely couldn't do without. Here's what they chose.
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- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
June 2021 - John Merriman
Following Jack as a bass we now have John the Jack, continuing the trend of fascinating and illuminating DID choices.
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- May 1, 2021
- 3 min
May 2021 - Charlotte Obolensky
Our first female Chair, Soprano Charlotte invites us to her Island with a wonderfully varied and tempting selection of music.
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- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
April 2021 - Anne Colley
Continuing with the Colleys, Anne takes the reigns of DID for April and steers us to somewhere very interesting!
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- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
March 2021 - Jack Colley
One half of BCC power couple the Colleys, Jack is the second of our beloved basses to make us a list of five.
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 5 min
February 2021 - Victoria Owens
Author Victoria is our first Alto taking part in the BCC DID saga. What pieces will she fascinate and delight us with?
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- Jan 1, 2021
- 7 min
January 2021 - Jessica Bruno
Ringing in (hopefully) a better year for everyone, the choir's only female Tenor takes a shot at DID.
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- Dec 13, 2020
- 3 min
2020 Christmas Special
In lieu of our Christmas performances this year the BCC committee were invited to choose a favourite carol each to make up this BCC DID...
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- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
December 2020 - Alice Bingham
Superstar first Soprano Alice is the first under-thirty to be stranded on BCC's island in the South China Sea. What would she take with her?
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- Nov 1, 2020
- 6 min
November 2020 - Gordon Pullin
What does our esteemed MD listen to on his own time?
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- Sep 29, 2020
- 2 min
October 2020 - Simon Taylor
Kicking off this great endeavour is first bass Simon Taylor. What five discs would he be marooned with for evermore?
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