Updates
Petworth Festival offers twin voyages of discovery
Artistic director Stewart Collins is delighted to report it’s pretty much back to normal for this year’s Petworth Festival which offers twin journeys, one real,
17 July, 2023
Past events
Southern Cathedrals Festival returns to Chichester
A splendid celebration of choral music is the promise as the Southern Cathedrals Festival – which rotates between Chichester, Winchester and Salisbury – returns to
14 July, 2023
Review
Review: Chichester Symphony Orchestra summer concert
8 July 2023, St Paul’s Church, Chichester 1st review St. Paul’s Church in Chichester was the location for the annual summer concert by Chichester Symphony
11 July, 2023
Review
Review: Portsmouth Baroque Choir and the Consort of Twelve “Messiah” in Chichester
St Paul’s, Chichester, July 9 Handel, and Messiah in particular, is one of the Wonders of the Musical World. One can admire David Bowie but never love
10 July, 2023
Review
Review: The Renaissance Choir “Byrd Song”
Southsea, 8 July There was much to take away from The Renaissance Choir’s “Byrd Song” programme which proved to be so much more than a
9 July, 2023
Review
Review: Valentina Seferinova and Catherine Lawlor at Lunchtime Live!
Valentina Seferinova and Catherine Lawlor, Portsmouth Cathedral, July 6 Two of the most memorable musical events across the region so far this year have featured
9 July, 2023
Review
Review: Ida Pelliccioli at Chichester
Ida Pelliccioli, Chichester Catheral, Jul 4 It is often for the best for a concert programme to have a theme or thread like today’s ‘journey
7 July, 2023
Past events
A baroque bonanza with the Sussex Song Makers
Making their first visit to West Sussex, Sussex Song Makers with the Sussex Ensemble are promising a baroque bonanza when they make their Festival of
4 July, 2023
Past events
Sussex Young Musician of the Year joins Festival of Chichester
Winning the Sussex Young Musician title in 2022 brought important and unexpected lessons for Zoe Barnett who returns to the county to give a guitar
4 July, 2023
Review
Review: Portsmouth Baroque Choir in Gosport
Portsmouth Baroque Choir warmed up for next week’s Messiah with a programme of anthems From Lent To Easter, their appetite for such music needing large helpings of it to
3 July, 2023
Review
Review: Stanford University Chamber Chorale in Portsmouth
Stanford Chamber Chorale, Portsmouth Cathedral, Jul 1 Horace, Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick are among those best known for encouraging us to ‘carpe diem’, seize the
3 July, 2023
Review
Review: Danny Driver at the Menuhin Room
Danny Driver, Menuhin Room, Portsmouth, July 1 A few weeks ago on the wireless Danny Driver was described as a ‘cerebral’ pianist and soon after,
2 July, 2023