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3 Jun

Bach's Mass in B Minor has been called the 'greatest musical artwork of all times and peoples', and is also very difficult to sing! We're performing it with the Consort of 12, Sunday 7 July, 6 pm, St Paul's, Chichester. Book through our brand-new website: https://t.co/P5ddUlOqpx

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30 Apr

We have a new President! Ian Schofield is a previous conductor of the choir and has been a good friend to us ever since, reviewing many of our concerts. He is well known as a composer, lecturer and music editor, and we look forward to singing two works by him later this year.

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7 Mar

LIGHT's a major theme in our concert at All Sts Portsmouth, 23 March. Lauridsen's evocative 'Lux Aeterna' has references to light from various Latin texts; Mondonville's 'De profundis clamavi' ends with a magnificent fugue on the words 'Et lux perpetua luceat eis'. Book tickets!

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10 Feb

Exciting yesterday to perform a Mozart Mass (Missa Brevis in F major) in a liturgical rather than a concert setting, at the Patronal Festival service for St Agatha's, Portsmouth, with strings and trumpets. Full steam ahead now for our next concert,All Saints Portsmouth, 23 March.

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30 Jan

Our next concert is on Saturday 23 March at All Saints Church, Portsmouth, featuring music by the 18th-century composers Marcello, Bononcini and Mondonville, as well as Laurisden's 'Lux Aeterna'. Tickets available at https://t.co/XkL9RrZ3ak

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4 days ago

Tickets are selling well for the Festival of Chichester this year. So while you can usually buy tickets on the door for our concerts, you are advised to book in advance for our Festival concert, Bach's Mass in B minor with the Consort of 12 on Sunday 7 July. You can book via the Consort's Ticketsource page:
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7 days ago

A highlight of Bach's Mass in B minor - which we are performing at St Paul's, Chichester on 7 July - is the 6-part Sanctus, described by the musicologist C S Terry as follows: 'For glory of utterance, the Sanctus stands by itself ... The movement is of overwhelming sublimity.' It was originally composed for performance on Christmas Day 1724 at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where Bach is buried. See www.thomaskirche.org/r-index-en.html ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

An unusual instrument can be heard at our concert on 7 July in Chichester (Bach's Mass in B minor), the 'Baroque horn', to be played by period hornist Isaac Shieh - see isaacshieh.com/ ... See MoreSee Less

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3 weeks ago

J S Bach's colossal Mass in B Minor has been called the 'greatest musical artwork of all times and peoples', and is also very difficult to sing! Come and enjoy this remarkable work on Sunday 7 July at St Paul's Church, Chichester, 6 pm. Book through our new website: www.portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk
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