Conducting

Leslie has been conducting opera and choral works in and around Bristol since 1986. He is co-founder the AMICI Chamber Group and from 1990-1997 was Musical Director of the Bristol Opera Company. He is currently Musical Director of the Bristol Phoenix Choir and for them has recently conducted Verdi's Requiem, Tippett's A Child of our Time, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Handel's Messiah and Elgar's Dream of Gerontius.

A recent performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion at St.George's, Bristol received the following review from the Bristol Evening Post :

The warm intimacy of expression in the chorales was spellbinding and it contrasted with the almost crazed rabble in the crowd scenes. The choir also put both these feelings over to the audience with a great deal of skill. The Emerald Ensemble were excellent accompanists, with strong obligato playing, and Leslie Bunt, the conductor, led his large forces with a wonderfully human approach which brought out all the emotional feelings within the work.

For details of forthcoming concerts please visit Bristol Phoenix Choir or go to the News Page.