by Christopher Clark | Feb 19, 2026 | Background notes, Blog post, News, Rehearsal aids
Portsmouth Baroque Choir’s concert Bach Family Motets at Portchester Methodist Church on March 14th 2026 opens with O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht BWV 118: Oh Jesus Christ, my life’s light, My refuge, my comfort, my hope, On Earth I am only a stranger 1 And the...
by Christopher Clark | Feb 11, 2026 | Background notes, Blog post, News, Rehearsal aids
Imagine you were the neighbour or the nearest and dearest of Johanna Maria Kees, the widow of Leipzig’s Chief Postmaster, who had requested in her will to have something everyone can sing at her funeral, the popular chorale Jesu, meine Freude (Jesu, my joy), and...
by Christopher Clark | Apr 18, 2025 | Background notes, News, Rehearsal aids
Mention the word ‘requiem’ and the first words that spring to mind are likely to be judgement, dread, terror and, perhaps, the possibility of salvation. The Requiems of Mozart, Berlioz and Verdi definitely play on those religious connotations. Very...
by Christopher Clark | Jan 15, 2025 | Background notes, News, Rehearsal aids
Portsmouth Baroque Choir will once again be shining a performative light on niche Baroque repertoire at its concert in Fareham on March 22nd: cantatas by Buxtehude and Kuhnau and an arrangement of Kuhnau by Bach. Performances of works by these composers side by side...
