by Christopher Clark | Sep 25, 2026 | Blog post, News, Stories
Earlier this year, Sue Stone announced that she wished to swap the accompanist’s piano stool for a seat in the Portsmouth Baroque Choir altos. I’d say that 1800 weekly rehearsals with barely a break is enough for anyone. Even so, it took us all by surprise...
by Christopher Clark | Aug 14, 2026 | Blog post, News, Rehearsal aids, Reviews
A short postscript to Portsmouth Baroque Choir’s performance of three works by William Billings last July in the Festival of Chichester. Performances of his music are rare in the UK – in sixty-five years of singing I’ve only had the pleasure twice...
by Robert Campbell | Jul 20, 2026 | News, Stories
The Warbleford and Emstead Choral Society has been established for twenty-five years. Back in the nineteen-eighties it splintered out from the larger Havanton Choral Union. Many members of the choir were unhappy at the musical direction under Peter Weaver, not the...
by Malcolm Keeler | Jul 12, 2026 | News, Programme notes
It is a great pleasure to be returning to St. George’s Church in Whyke for our contribution to this year’s Festival of Chichester. Last year, when I selected the 4th of July as the best date for our concert this summer, it seemed an obvious choice to present a...
by Christopher Clark | Jun 9, 2026 | Background notes, Blog post, News, Rehearsal aids
I measure myself Against a tall tree. I find that I am much taller, For I reach right up to the sun, With my eye; And I reach to the shore of the sea With my ear. Nevertheless, I dislike The way the ants crawl In and out of my shadow. Wallace Stevens, Six Significant...
by Pru Bell-Davies | May 25, 2026 | Background notes, Blog post, News
My family moved to Virginia USA in August 2001, for a three-year NATO posting. Two weeks after our arrival the shocking attack of 9/11 took place. In the aftermath the whole of the USA came together perhaps as at no other time in its history, though the seeds of the...
