by Christopher Clark | Nov 2, 2024 | Background notes, News
How lovely are the messengers that preach us the gospel of peace. To all the nations is gone forth the sound of their words… are transcendental lines from Epistle to the Romans that hold the key to Portsmouth Baroque Choir’s Music for Advent and Christmas,...
by Christopher Clark | Apr 20, 2024 | Background notes, News, Rehearsal aids
Felix Mendelssohn celebrates the times and seasons (the theme of our Summer concert) in Sechs Lieder op. 59 Im Freien singen (To be sung outdoors) with settings of four early Romantic poets – Helmine von Chézy, Goethe, Eichendorff and Uhland. One wonders, and...
