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St George's was built for use as a church in the Clifton area of Bristol, England, between 1821 and 1823 by the architect Sir Robert Smirke, who designed it in the Greek Revival style. It was a "Waterloo church", the only one in Bristol to receive government money from the first grant under the Church Building Act of 1818. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II * listed building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕 In 1999, the church underwent extensive renovations to make it suitable for use as a full-time concert venue and it re-opened that October under the name by which it is now known, St George's Bristol.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/about-us/ )〕 ==Concert venue since 1999== In 1976 St George's Music Trust was formed and in succeeding years they established the church as a major concert venue, initially known as St George's, Brandon Hill. The main body of the church seats 562 people and the crypt has been transformed into a bar and recording studios which are regularly used by the BBC.〔 〕 The 1999 renovations were extensive. They included replacing the auditorium pews with padded chairs, making the pews in the gallery more comfortable for concert seating, creating a box office and removing the font which was donated to the Church of St Mary on the Quay. St George's Bristol is particularly known for presenting classical, jazz, folk, world music and opera and stages more than 200 events every year, regularly attracting artists of international note including Angela Hewitt, Nicola Benedetti, Mark Padmore, plus The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (in Spring/Summer of 2010)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://issuu.com/stgeorgesbristol/docs/brochure_spring_summer_2010 )〕 and Viktoria Mullova, Stephen Hough, Paul Lewis, Christian Blackshaw, Janis Ian, Abdullah Ibrahim and Marc Almond (in Autumn 2011).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://issuu.com/stgeorgesbristol/docs/sgb__classical_concerts__autumn_2011_brochure._web )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://issuu.com/stgeorgesbristol/docs/sgb__contemporary_gigs__autumn_2011_brochure._webs )〕 In addition, regular performances are given by local professional groups such as the Bristol Ensemble and amateur orchestras and choirs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St George's Church, Brandon Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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