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    Petersfield Musical Festival: Gemini Consort with SouthDowns Camerata

    St Peter’s Church, Petersfield The Square, GU32 3HS

    Read preview notes.Lucy Humphris, Gemini Consort director Sara Deborah Timossi, SouthDowns Camerata artistic directorBritish music by local composers including Flint, Macaulay, Osgood and Timossi plus Holst's Seven Part Songs. These hugely popular groups will present a programme of British music including local composers.Finzi - Prelude for String OrchestraFlint - Water SketchesMcDowall - Mark How one ... Read more

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    Symphony in Art: Royal Academy of Music concert at Pallant House

    Pallant House Gallery 9 North Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TJ

    Join us as we celebrate the talent and creativity of young composers and performance students from the Royal Academy of Music in London.  Enjoy this musical performance exploring the wonderful connections that can be made between music and art. Working alongside Art Historian Michael Bird and Head of Composition Philip Cashian, five composition students have ... Read more

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    Petersfield Musical Festival: Youth Concert 2: Badgers, Hedgehogs and Heroes

    Petersfield Festival Hall Heath Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    With singers and instrumentalists from local schools and youth music organisations.Including Festival of Young Composers winners. Local schools and youth music organizations will be demonstrating the talent of their students on the concert platform.  The Combined Schools Choir will sing three groups of songs interspersed by items for the Combined School Wind & Jazz Bands, ... Read more

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    Lunchtime Live! at Portsmouth Cathedral: Georgina Duncan, piano

    Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral High Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    By Portsmouth Cathedral music events.Visit the series web page.The final recital of our Lunchtime Live Spring series is given today by pianist Georgina Duncan. This recital will be in St Thomas's Chapel.Free entry – post recital donation greatly appreciated; no booking required.  

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    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Mahler’s Fifth

    Portsmouth Guildhall Guildhall Square,, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    With the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.Haydn composed his second Cello Concerto in 1783 for Antonín Kraft, a cellist in the Esterházy court orchestra. It was for many years thought to be the work of Kraft (who presumably offered help in the writing of the solo part) before the rediscovery in 1954 of the autograph manuscript, which ... Read more

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    Petersfield Musical Festival/Petersfield Orchestra: Bernstein, Gershwin and Rachmaninov

    Petersfield Festival Hall Heath Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    Bernstein: Candide OvertureGershwin: Piano Concerto in FRachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Karen Kingsley, piano soloistRobin Browning, conductor (pictured) This programme traces a vibrant arc through 20th-century orchestral music, where classical tradition meets the rhythms and spirit of the modern world. Bernstein’s lively satire, Gershwin’s jazzy energy and Rachmaninov’s sweeping drama. Free pre-concert talk at 6.30pm.Visit the PMF ... Read more

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    Petersfield Musical Festival: Red Priest – Truly, Madly Baroque

    Petersfield Festival Hall Heath Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    Piers Adams, recordersJulia Bishop, violin Angela East, celloDavid Wright, harpsichord This dynamic and versatile ensemble present a lively programme of Baroque masters, including Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Telemann and Corelli in their own unique arrangements and with a fun, modern interpretation.Vivaldi – Concerto in A minor RV580 from L’Estro ArmonicoBach – Adagio in Bb (theme from ... Read more

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    Petersfield Musical Festival: Verdi – Requiem

    Petersfield Festival Hall Heath Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    Read preview notes.Festival Chorus: Fernhurst, Petersfield and Rogate choral societies Madeleine Perring, sopranoCharlotte Clapperton, mezzo-sopranoHarry Jacques, tenorRedmond Sanders, bassSouthern Pro MusicaPaul Spicer, conductor Verdi’s powerful exploration of mankind’s spiritual place in the universe, with its soaring melodies, dramatic orchestration and rousing choruses, is one of the pinnacles of Western choral music. For singers and audience ... Read more

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    Havant Chamber Orchestra: Bright Sparks

    Hayling Island Community Centre Station Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, United Kingdom

    Havant Chamber OrchestraConductor: Robin BrowningIncluding music by Mozart and MendelssohnTickets £5-£20.  

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    Chichester Symphony Orchestra: The Barry Goodchild Memorial Concert

    St Paul’s Church, Chichester Churchside, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

    Read preview notes - the life of Barry Goodchild.Programme: Verdi’s Nabucco overture; Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei with soloist Simon Wilkins; Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5 in E Minor; and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade opus 33. Tickets are available on the door, or from TicketSource. Chichester Symphony Orchestra (CSO).

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    Chantry Quire: JS Bach St John Passion

    Boxgrove Priory Church The Street, Boxgrove, PO18 0ED

    With Peter Allwood, conductor of Chantry Quire. Tickets £20 from the Chantry Quire website or on the door.  

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    Charity Concert by the Portsmouth Philharmonic Orchestra in aid of Spark Community Space

    Church of the Resurrection, Drayton Penrhyn Avenue, Drayton, PO6 2AP

    The Portsmouth Philharmonic Orchestra presents a charity concert in aid of Spark Community Space. Featuring works by Brahms, Bruch, Smyth and Haydn. Come along and enjoy a feast of classical music. Adults £10 (includes complimentary programme). Accompanied Children Free (booking fees apply).