Carnival of Carols

The Carnival Band

Bristol Ensemble
The Carnival Band
Roger Huckle director

The Carnival Band and Bristol Ensemble join forces to boldly go beyond the spirit of Christmas, to the spirit of people the world over getting together to celebrate and have fun. A melting pot of shawms, bagpipes, fiddle, guitars, bass, drums, melodica, recorders – plus string quartet, clarinet, trombone, accordion and lots of singing! A sound world spanning five centuries and five continents!

Tickets available from the box office on 0845 40 24 001 and online at www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

‘This is a five-man group full of vivacity, originality and wit. Their music is almost impossible to categorise; one number started as an old Swedish waltz and ended up to the left of Lonnie Donegan. The five play at least fifteen instruments, as well as singing in accurate close harmony, and they make it all look very easy.’ (BBC Stoke and Staffs)

Bristol Ensemble, 225 Canford Lane, Westbury-on-Trym Bristol BS9 3PD • info@bristolensemble.com • 07766 105491

Bristol Ensemble gratefully acknowledges financial support from Arts Council England, Bristol City Council, Denman Charitable Trust, D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Nisbet Charitable Trust, Paragon Music Trust, Mark Masons Benevolent Fund, PRS for Music Foundation, Quartet Community Foundation, Scops Arts Trust, Souter Charitable Trust, and the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust. We are grateful to Ronnie Scott’s Charitable Trust for its funding of the Preludes jazz project.

National Lottery Bristol City Council D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust  Garfield Weston FoundationMark Master Masons   PRS for Music Foundation Quartet Community Foundation  Ronnie Scott's Charitable Foundation  Scops Arts TrustVaughan Williams Charitable Trust