Candlelight at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Posted on: 21 Feb 2022Enjoy some of the greatest soundtrack in the history of film at one of Bristol’s most iconic venues.
The work of some of Hollywood’s most brilliant musical minds – including Ennio Morricone and Hans Zimmer - will be performed at the Bristol Museum this week.
The event will take place this Wednesday (23 February) at 19:00, tickets can be purchased from the event page.
With a busy programme and beautiful setting, attendees can enjoy an intimate light in one of the city’s most impressive venues - all the while bathed in stunning candlelight.
A gifted string quartet (yet to be announced) will perform iconic movie soundtracks to a socially distanced audience, all the while surrounded by the impressive architecture of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery – lit up like you’ve never seen them before.
The night’s extensive programme includes performances of legendary tracks, including:
‘Cinema Paradiso’ (Ennio Morricone), ‘Pink Panther’ (Henry Mancini), ‘The Good, The Bad & The Ugly’ (Ennio Morricone), ‘Moon River’ (Henry Mancini), ‘Skyfall’ (Adele), ‘Phantom of The Opera Main Theme’ (Andrew Lloyd Webber) and ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ amongst others.
This music will be brought to life in a sublime performance by organisers Fever, who have put on a host of ‘Candlelight’ concerts already: candlelit concerts performed by live musicians in some of Bristol’s most iconic venues.
Taking place at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery on 23 February between 19:00 and 21:00 with the concert lasting an hour and doors opening 30 minutes before the event begins.
The concert is suitable for children over the age of 8 but anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets for this ‘Candlelight’ event on Wednesday 23 February are £35.00 and can be found on the Fever website.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery offers a range of accessibility services with level entry, a platform lift at the main entrance, adult-sized wheelchairs for loan, staff on all floors and wheelchair accessible toilets
To find out more about what’s coming up at the Museum and Art Gallery, head to the website now.
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Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.
