Category: Society Events

  • BCGS Winter Concert 2023

    BCGS Winter Concert 2023

    Thu 7 December 2023, 20h00 Anthony Mulholland Meditation from Thais – J Massenet (arr. B Mermikides) Steve Moran Suite Antigua – B. Cataluyud Robert Gough The Frog Galliard – John Dowland WAGO Hiking Boot Blues – Ivan Andrews Francisco Correa Pasillo Uno – Daniel Saboya Tony Lewis and Tim Rigley Après Un Reve – G.…

  • Guest Artist – Luke Bartlett (06/22)

    Visiting Artists series:Luke BartlettThursday 9th June 2022Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square The BCGS is proud to sponsor Luke Bartlett in his studies in Guitar at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama under Helen Sanderson. He is currently finishing his second year and is visiting us this evening to present and share the music he…

  • Guest Artists – Bristol Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble

    Thursday 14th October 2021Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square It was a great pleasure to welcome our sister ensemble, the Bristol Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble, to our October meeting for the second of our Visiting Artist recitals. We have had close links with the BMGE for many years, and several BCGS members are also members of that…

  • 2021 Winter Concert

    Thursday 9th December 2021Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square It was wonderful to be able to stage this year’s Winter Concert after missing the 2020 edition due to the Covid restrictions, and even more so to do so in a room packed with friends, family and brand new acquaintances to share the evening and a full programme…

  • Guest Artists – The Griffin-Turner Duo (11/17)

    Thursday 9 November 2017 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square What a great evening. First we had the pleasure of Amanda Johnson’s short talk on the Spanish pianist-composer Enrique Granados, to whom the classical guitar repertoire is so grateful for his Spanish Dances and Goyescas, and who was to meet a tragic end in the English Channel.…

  • 2018 Winter Concert

    Thursday 13th December 2018 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square The BCGS was delighted this evening to welcome an appreciative and good-sized audience of friends and family and to treat them to our annual winter concert, showcasing the work throughout the year of the Ensemble and smaller playing groups and individual members; regaling them with music that…

  • Guest Artist – Evangelos Nikolaidis (04/19)

    Visiting Artists series Thursday 11 April 2019 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square We were delighted to welcome back to the Society Evangelos Nikolaidis, graduate of the RWCMD and a performer and teacher with a busy national and international concert schedule, as well as being a leader of the South Wales Guitar Society. Evangelos presented an attractive…

  • Guest Speaker – Brian Whitehouse (05/19)

    Visiting Artists series Thursday 9 May 2019 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square Brian Whitehouse is leading light of the UK guitar scene. Former Head of Guitar at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, examiner, publisher and currently Patron of the Consortium for Guitar Research at the University of Cambridge, he is the Director of the Classical Guitar Centre…

  • Guest Artist – Harris Becker (06/19)

    Visiting Artist series: Harris Becker recital & masterclass Thursday 6 June 2019 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square Thanks to some skilful juggling of schedules on both sides, we were delighted to be able to welcome back to the Classical Guitar Society US teacher, festival director and concert artist Harris Becker after more than 10 years, to…

  • Guest Artist- Luke Bartlett (10/19)

    Thursday 10th October 2019 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square  Luke did two great things for us tonight. Firstly, he made himself available to perform for the Society at short notice, and secondly, and more importantly, he presented a wonderful programme of music in advance of his auditions for music college over the coming period. The programme…