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Concerts

For the concerts on 18th May, 29th June and 7th September you can buy tickets online or by sending a cheque payable to The Consort of Twelve together with a stamped addressed envelope to Sonia Schofield, 103 Stubbington Avenue Portsmouth PO2 0JE. Tickets for Consort of Twelve concerts are £20, £5 (students) and £1 (children).

Tickets will be available at the door for all concerts, except where the concert is sold out beforehand.

You may wish to bring cushions to our concerts. All seats are unreserved.

The concert is being held on Sunday 18th May 2025 at the St John's Chapel, Chichester at 3:00 pm.

Concerti Spiritosi

Julia Bishop will be directing this concert

Vivaldi       Bassoon concerto in e minor RV 484

Albinoni    Concerto for two oboes Op 9 No 3 in F

Vivaldi       Concerto for strings in G  RV 151

Torelli        Concerto for violin in d minor  P.A.2.3.10 

Corelli       Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 1 in D 

The concert is being held on Sunday 29th June 2025 at the St John's Chapel, Chichester at 4:30 pm.

An Excursion to Vauxhall Gardens

Alison Bury will be directing this concert

Soloists  Charles Harrison (organ)   Rebecca Leggett (mezzo-soprano)

A programme inspired by the music played at London's Vauxhall Gardens which will include the following:

Handel        Organ concerto Op 7 No 3 in B flat HWV 308

Handel       Aria "Ombra mai fu" from Serse and another aria tbc

Arne           Symphony No 1 in C

Songs by Arne and others   tbc  

Handel      Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 5 in D  movts 1-3

INTERVAL

Cultural historian David E Coke in conversation with musicologist Professor Roger Parker.

Handel       Selection from the Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351 - Bouree, Siciliano and two Minuets

John Gay   "Over the Hills and Far Away" and another ballad tbc

Handel       Symphony: Dead March from Saul

Handel       Hornpipe for Vauxhall Gardens, 1740

Handel       Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 5 in D  movts 4-6

 

Before the concert local architectural historian Alan Green will be leading a walk entitled "Elegant Entertainment in Georgian Chichester".

The concert is being held on Saturday 12th July 2025 at the St Peter and St Mary Church Fishbourne Chichester at 3:00 pm.

Bach and Tea

Baroque cellist Lynden Cranham will present a programme of movements from Bach's cello suites, and writer and broadcaster Roger Parker will discuss Bach and these ever fascinating compositions.

Tickets at £10 available from Jennie Christie, 40 Barker Close Fishbourne PO18 8BJ (please enclose an SAE), cheques payable to St Peter and St Mary PCC. Contact 01243 532642 or jennifer_christie_uk@hotmail.com 

or from The Festivities Box Office at The Novium on 01243 816525 or 01243 775888 or online at www.thenovium.org/boxoffice

 

Tea and cake in St Peter's Place afterwards with donations welcome.

All proceeds in aid of St Peter and St Mary Church where Lynden recorded the cello suites. Copies of the CDs will be on sale at £10 per CD.

The concert is being held on Sunday 7th September 2025 at the St John's Chapel, Chichester at 3:00 pm.

The Italian Connection

Ashley Solomon will be directing this concert

Avison/Scarlatti   Concerto Grosso No 5 in d minor

Galuppi                  Flute concerto in D

Geminiani              Concerto Grosso in d minor "La Follia"

Vivaldi                    Concerto for strings in g minor RV157

Locatelli                 Concerto Grosso Op 1 No 9 in D

Corelli                     Trio Sonata Op 3 No 5 in d minor

Vivaldi                    Flute concerto Op10 No 2 in g minor  RV 439 "La Notte"

The concert is being held on Saturday 18th October 2025 at the St Paul's Church, Chichester at 7:00 pm.

A Concert by Portsmouth Baroque Choir

 

Alessandro Scarlatti  St Cecilia Mass

Handel                          Dixit Dominus HWV 232

 

Performed by Portsmouth Baroque Choir and the Consort of Twelve Chamber Ensemble conducted by Malcolm Keeler

For tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir or www.portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk

Past Concerts

The concert is being held on Sunday 12th May 2024 at the St John's Chapel, Chichester at 3:00 pm.

L'Europe Galante

Director Ashley Solomon Ada Witczyk will be leading this concert.

 

  1. Handel              Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 5 in D
  2. JS Bach            Sinfomia to Cantata BWV 42
  3. Pergolesi          Flute Concerto in G
  4. Telemann         Suite La Bizarre in G  TWV 55:G2
  5. Lully                   Pasacaille from Armide
  6. Rebel                 Les Caracteres de la Danse (arranged Pisendel)

Tickets for this concert are £15 (adult) and £5 (student). 

The concert is being held on Sunday 7th July 2024 at the St Paul's Church, Chichester at 6:30 pm.

Handel: Saul with Portsmouth Choral Union conducted by David Gostick

Ada Witczyk will be leading this concert.

 

Handel: Saul

Soloists

Charlotte Bowden soprano

Joseph Bolger       countertenor

Kieran White          tenor

Jamie Woollard    bass

 

Tickets for this concert are £20 (adult) and £5 (student).

The concert is being held on Sunday 8th September 2024 at the St John's Chapel, Chichester at 4:30 pm.

Catherine Martin will be leading this concert.

Soloist   Timothy Ravalde  organ

Handel                 Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 2 in B flat

Boyce                   Symphony No 3 in C

Handel                 Organ Concerto No 15 in D minor HWV 304

Avison                  Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 8 in E minor

Arne                      Overture No 6 in B flat

Mudge                  Organ Concerto in F

Pepusch               Concerto Grosso in E minor

Tickets for this concert are £15 (adult) amd £5 (student).

The concert is being held on Friday 25th October 2024 at the St John's Chapel, Chichester at 7:30 pm.

Organ Recital by Margaret Phillips

 

The opening recital by international recitalist Margaret Phillips of the newly restored pipe organ in St John's Chapel. Part of the design of the original building, and built in 1816 by the renowned Georgian organ builder George Pike England, the organ has been dismantled and unplayable for the past forty years.  The programme will include works by Handel, Samuel Wesley, the Chichester composer John Marsh and other English composers contemporary with the building of the organ.

Tickets for this recital are £10 and are obtainable by sending a cheque payable to The Pallant Charitable Trust together with a stamped addressed envelope to Jonathan Randall, 22 Orkney Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3UE  or from the Chichester Box Office, The Novium,Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1QH (01243 775888).