I’ve only been to Bath Spa University’s Michael Tippett Centre a handful of times. Not long after I moved to Bath I had a disastrous audition there, and I seem to recall rehearsing the Millennium performance of Mahler 8 there too. I returned with the choir of Christ Church to sing Choral Evensong.
We weren’t actually in the auditorium, but in the foyer. This resembles Bath’s crematorium chapel in giving you the illusion of being outside, with farmland visible through the large expanses of glass. The handsome cattle there seemed appreciative; at any rate, they moved nearer during the service.
We had a piano nearby but chose unaccompanied repertoire by Gibbons and Grayston Ives. The foyer actually has a pleasant acoustic. Maybe next time I perform there I’ll have graduated to the main space.