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Portsmouth Guildhall Square Lights Up: Two Open-Air Concerts with Full Orchestra this August
Music fans are preparing to celebrate summer with live music in Portsmouth Guildhall Square, in two new events featuring the full Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and
26 June, 2025
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Festival of Chichester launches: interviews with Phil Hewitt
To mark the launch of the Festival of Chichester today, here are links to various recent interviews with Sussex Newspapers Arts Editor Phil Hewitt: Discover
15 June, 2025
Review
Review: Eva Doroszkowska at the Menuhin Room
Read preview notes. Eva Doroszkowska, Menuhin Room, Portsmouth, June 14 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads. Well, after a brief season of Romantic rhapsody and
15 June, 2025
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Preview: “Miserere Mei” by the Renaissance Choir
Miserere Mei, Church of the Holy Spirit, 12 July The Renaissance Choir presents a diverse collection of unaccompanied religious works on the theme of reflection, salvation
14 June, 2025
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Review: Pilgrim Cello at Lunchtime Live!
Pilgrim Cello, Portsmouth Cathedral, June 12 Kenneth Wilson is cycling round the 42 English cathedrals and playing his cello at nearly all of them, having
14 June, 2025
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Preview: Eva Doroszkowska at the Menuhin Room
On Saturday 14 June at 12.30pm, Eva Doroszkowska is presenting a programme entitled Musical Moods at the Menuhin Room in Portsmouth Central Library. She talks
9 June, 2025
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Profile: Pavlos Carvalho, cellist, and his three Festival of Chichester 2025 concerts
Pavlos Carvalho is playing in three events at the festival, all at St Paul’s Church in Chichester: The Bach Cello Suites: Reflection, Catharsis, Jubilation –
9 June, 2025
Review
Review: Idlir Shyti & Mateusz Rettner in Chichester
Idlir Shyti & Mateusz Rettner, Chichester Cathedral, June 3 Debussy and Chopin went head-to-head in the discipline of Cello Sonata today in Chichester. I made
7 June, 2025
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Preview: Orlando Gibbons and his contemporaries concert, by Portsmouth Baroque Choir
Exactly a month after the 400th anniversary of the death of Orlando Gibbons, Portsmouth Baroque Choir presents a concert featuring his music along with some
6 June, 2025
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Review: David Alexander at Chichester
David Alexander, Chichester Cathedral, May 27 The Chichester Cathedral lunchtime programme always diligently advises us to recycle it. I always defy the guidance and keep
30 May, 2025
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Review: Angelina Kopyrina at “Lunchtime Live!”
Angelina Kopyrina, Portsmouth Cathedral, May 22 Some of us have barely recovered from Angelina Kopyrina’s recent performance of Prokofiev which formed part of what so
23 May, 2025
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Chichester Symphony Orchestra is seeking a new Leader
Chichester Symphony Orchestra is seeking a new Leader with effect from September 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to lead an enthusiastic amateur orchestra which
22 May, 2025