Edinburgh Royal Choral Union joins forces with the Brussels Choral Society for Poulenc & Bruckner in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Royal Choral Union joins forces with the Brussels Choral Society for Poulenc & Bruckner in Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union (ERCU) will be part of forces with the Brussels Choral Society for a collaborative live performance on the Usher Corridor in Edinburgh on 15 March 2025, bringing collectively some 200 singers for music on a grand scale. Michael Bawtree, ERCU’s refrain director since 2005, will conduct the choirs together with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera in Francis Poulenc’s Gloria and Anton Bruckner’s Mass in D minor. Solo roles can be carried out by the Sòlas Ensemble, a younger vocal quartet fashioned on the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

The collaboration follows a bought‑out efficiency of the identical programme by ERCU and Brussels Choral Society on the famend Bozar live performance corridor and humanities venue in Brussels in December 2025, which obtained a rapturous response from the viewers.

Based in 1979, the Brussels Choral Society is Belgium’s largest beginner symphony choir, comprising round 100 singers from over 25 totally different nationalities and recognized for its wide-ranging repertoire from Baroque masterpieces to up to date works. Based in 1858, the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union ( is considered one of Scotland’s oldest choral societies. A blended choir of round 120 voices, it’s best recognized for its annual New 12 months efficiency of Handel’s Messiah on the Usher Corridor, a convention established in 1888 and continued with out interruption, even by way of two World Wars, alongside an formidable programme of large-scale choral works and worldwide collaborations.

Additional particulars and tickets from Tradition Edinburgh web site.