Preparing our 170th Season brochures for posting tomorrow. Inside: our new season, a message from @thomasleech.com and a look back across 170 years of music, people and places. Copies available via our website, Mechanics’ Institute, City Park Library, plus Bradford Alhambra and St George’s Hall.

Basses, we need to talk… 👀 Our Come & Sing guest list is shaping up nicely — but we could definitely use a few more basses! 😱 Don’t worry: you’ll be joined by plenty of BFCS singers too. 🎶 Sat 17 Oct, Titus Salt School 🎟️ ticketsource.co.uk/bfcs Know a bass? Send them our way! @thomasleech.com

Not long to go! 🎶 On Sat 17 Oct @thomasleech.com will lead a lively afternoon of singing, exploring movements from three contemporary pieces: Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light, Cecilia McDowall’s Ave maris stella and a movement from Tarik O’Regan’s Triptych. Book your place: www.ticketsource.com/bfcs

After Saturday’s Heritage Open Days event, a mystery remains: the Averdieck garden party group photograph outside Knottfield House in Rawdon. We know it existed. We know all choir members were gifted a copy in the 1880s; that’s over 250 copies! Please contact us if you have any leads!

Thanks to everyone who came yesterday — and to Chris for a brilliant talk. So many memories, photos and “that’s me!” moments. 🧵Add your tag: what music should still be sung in 100 years? Displays remain up on the 2nd floor at Bradford Mechanics Institute Library.

Yesterday’s T&A shares our search for a 1880s garden party photo linked to Hermann Averdieck, an early BFCS president. Join us for our Heritage Open Day at Bradford Mechanics’ Institute Library 9.30am-1pm to learn more about our rich history. www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2653873...

Open Rehearsal tomorrow! Experienced singers welcome — no Victorian scoring system required 🎶

If you love singing and want a choir that will challenge, inspire and welcome you, come and try Bradford Festival Choral Society as we celebrate our 170th season under the expert musical direction of @thomasleech.com and @kurisup.bsky.social Find out more on our website 🕸️🎶

We’re back for the first rehearsal of our 170th anniversary season next Wed 2 Sep — with our experienced and inspirational musical team @thomasleech.com and @kurisup.bsky.social Thinking about joining us? We’re always pleased to hear from singers looking for a friendly choir with high standards.

To celebrate the start of our 170th Season we are taking part in Heritage Open Days with a display and talk! 170 Years: Music, People and a Changing City 📅 Sat 12 Sep 📍 Bradford Mechanics’ Institute Library 🕰️ 9.30am–1pm (drop‑in) 🎟️ Free @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social

Tonight’s match reminds us how powerful shared anticipation can be — slow build, a surge of sound. Experience that feeling at St George’s Hall on 1 Aug with Handel’s Zadok the Priest at the first‑ever Yorkshire Proms! Football drama tonight, musical drama next month. Tickets: Bradford Theatres

Grateful to everyone who made 2025–26 so special—singers, audiences, guest musicians partners, volunteers and our amazing musical team @thomasleech.com @kurisup.bsky.social Your support shaped our year. Roll on our 170th Anniversary Season! 💙🎶

Help keep classical music thriving in our community 🎶 Support our 20 June concert at Skipton Town Hall (only 14 tickets remaining!) with options available from £25, and be acknowledged in the printed programme if you get in touch by 10 June. #bradford #yorkshire @bradfordculture.co.uk

On Saturday 20 June we head to Skipton Town Hall for our summer concert: Vivaldi’s Gloria — alongside Charpentier’s Te Deum and music by Claudio Monteverdi, Maria Peruchona and Barbara Strozzi. Tickets: skiptontownhall.co.uk/whats-on/bra...

A warm thank you to everyone who supported our Swap Your Shop week for The Anchor Project 💚 The total has now reached £1369 — around £1700 with Gift Aid. The donation page remains open if anyone would still like to support it: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sys...

This week’s Swap Your Shop challenge (living on £30 per week for food) has now raised £1129 — rising to around £1400 with Gift Aid for The Anchor Project 💚 Thank you to everyone who has donated. If you would still like to support the campaign, you can donate here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sys...

📷 An audience view. Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for Haydn’s The Creation with Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, outstanding soloists, and an appreciative audience. Thanks to our MD @thomasleech.com for leading with energy, clarity and vision. “Goose bumps from beginning to end.”

One week from today, Bradford’s magnificent St George’s Hall fills with Haydn’s The Creation. Over 120 voices, full orchestra, three outstanding soloists. A lovely idea if you’re looking for something special to share for Mothering Sunday weekend. 🎟️ Tickets available now from Bradford Theatres

@thomasleech.com leads us with Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra next Saturday at St George’s Hall for Haydn’s Creation. 120+ singers, orchestra, and the blazing “And there was light.” After our recent Messiah, one audience member said it was “utterly glorious.” Join us 🎶 @visitbradford.bsky.social

For over 150 years, Haydn’s Creation has been part of Bradford’s musical life — from Victorian Hallé performances to next week’s with Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra in St George’s Hall. Sat 21 Mar: the tradition continues. Join with generations of audiences to experience the sound live 🎶

Rehearsal last night at St George’s Hall. We can’t wait to fill this hall with the glorious sound of Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, a huge choir and exceptional soloists for Haydn’s The Creation on 21 March. This is music that needs to be heard live in this beautiful building. 🎟️ Bradford Theatres

📚 World Book Day Haydn’s Creation turns Genesis and Paradise Lost into pure musical drama. That blazing “Let there be light!” moment? Unforgettable. Experience it live: 📍 St George’s Hall, Bradford — 21 March 🎟 bradford-theatres.co.uk @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social @visitbradford.bsky.social

🔥 A super afternoon with 170 voices singing Haydn’s The Creation and choirs from Yorkshire and beyond joining us. 🎶 Huge thanks to everyone who sang, to MD @thomasleech.com, to @kurisup.bsky.social on the keys, and to our amazing volunteers who make it all happen. Next: St George’s Hall, 21 March!

Saturday is coming! 🌍The sound of over 150 voices is going to be really special. 🔥We can’t wait to welcome our guest singers and members for an inspiring afternoon of music‑making under the brilliant leadership of our musical team @thomasleech.com @kurisup.bsky.social 🎶Join us tomorrow.

Nice moment for BFCS in the Yorkshire Post’s Culture Diary this week. Haydn’s The Creation is such a luminous piece, and bringing it to St George’s Hall with the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra next month feels like a real celebration of Bradford’s musical life. 21 March is going to be a big night.

Delighted to welcome three exceptional artists to St George’s Hall for Haydn’s The Creation on 21 March. Pasquale and Satriya are currently appearing with Opera North in Peter Grimes, and we’re thrilled to bring them to Bradford alongside John for this masterpiece. 🎟 Tickets via Bradford Theatres

Lovely to spot our Creation advert out in the world today — appearing in both the Yorkshire Post and the Telegraph & Argus. With just a few weeks to go, it’s wonderful to feel the excitement building for this monumental music at St George’s Hall. @visitbradford.bsky.social @thomasleech.com

Haydn didn’t just compose music — he imagined the birth of the world in sound. On 21 March, 130 voices and a full orchestra bring The Creation to life at St George’s Hall. 🎟 Tickets via Bradford Theatres. @visitbradford.bsky.social @bradfordmusicscene.bsky.social @thomasleech.com

Darkness. Light. Sea. Sky. Creatures of earth and air. Haydn didn’t just compose music — he imagined the birth of the world in sound. On 21 March, 130 voices and a full orchestra bring The Creation to life at St George’s Hall. 🎟 Tickets via Bradford Theatres 📞 01274 432000

Some concerts are simply heard. Others are felt. 📆 Sat 21 Mar, we join forces with Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra to bring Haydn’s life-affirming masterpiece The Creation to St George’s Hall. 🎻 130 voices and full orchestra, conducted by @thomasleech.com 🎟️ www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/yor...