Past Performances

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Orchestral Heroines: International Women’s Day

Sat, 7 Mar 2026

Jennifer Higdon Blue Cathedral
Dobrinka Tabakova Cello Concerto
Amy Beach Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”

Birgitta Elisa Oftestad cello
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

St George's, Bristol


Liszt Piano Concerto with BBCYM winner Ryan Wang

Sat, 8 Nov 2025

Adrian Sutton War Horse Suite
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1
Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3 ‘Pastoral’

Ryan Wang piano
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

St George's, Bristol


Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius

Sat, 17 May 2025

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

Soloists: Mark Le Brocq, Rebecca Afonwy Jones, Edmund Danon
Tom Williams
Conductor
Nailsea Choral Society
Bristol Symphony Orchestra


Clifton Cathedral, Bristol


Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 with Isata Kanneh-Mason

Sun, 30 Mar 2025

Ravel Mother Goose (suite)
Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

St George's, Bristol


Bruckner, Wagner & Sibelius

Sat, 23 Nov 2024
Bruckner Overture in G minor
Wagner Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Sibelius Symphony No 2 in D major Op 43

Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra 

St George's, Bristol


Beethoven's Emperor concerto

Sat, 5 Oct 2024

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 (Emperor Concerto)

Peter Hewitt piano
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

St George's Bristol


Ravel, Mahler & Tchaikovsky at the Clifton International Festival of Music

Sat, 15 Jun 2024

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Mahler Rückert-Lieder
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Pathétique)

Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

Clifton Cathedral, Bristol


Beethoven, Wagner & Pickard (Concert world premiere)

Sat, 2 Mar 2024

Wagner Lohengrin Prelude to Act I
John Pickard Binyon Songs (Orchestral version - Concert World Premiere)
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, (Pastoral Symphony)

Gareth Brynmor John baritone
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

St George's, Bristol


Brahms, Dvořák & Herbert

Sun, 19 Nov 2023
Herbert Elegy: In Memoriam – Stephen Lawrence
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor
Brahms Symphony No 2 in D

Jonathan Rees cello
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

St George's, Bristol

Strauss, Prokofiev & Stravinsky

Sat, 8 Jul 2023

Strauss Don Juan
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Stravinsky Firebird Suite

Emily Davis violin
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

Clifton Cathedral, Bristol


Tchaikovsky, Strauss & Sibelius

Sat, 4 Mar 2023
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Strauss Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) Op 24
Sibelius Symphony No 5 in E Flat Op 82

Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

St George's, Bristol

Dracula (1931): In Concert

Sat, 19 Nov 2022
Dracula (1931) in Concert
Music by Sam Foster

Robert Weaver Conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

Director Tod Browning 
Cast
Bela Lugosi
Helen Chandler
Edward Van Sloan
Dwight Frye
David Manners
Herbert Bunston

St George's, Bristol

Dvořák, Mendelssohn & Brahms, with Jennifer Pike

Sun, 26 Jun 2022
Dvořák Slavonic Dances (Op.46) Nos. 1&2
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (Op.64)
Brahms Symphony No.4 (Op.98)

Jennifer Pike violin
Robert Weaver conductor
Bristol Symphony Orchestra

Trinity United Reformed Church, Henleaze
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