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Combined choral rehearsals: 10 November to 2 March at Petersfield Methodist Church, Station Road, Petersfield, GU32 3EB. From 14 March at Petersfield Festival Hall, Heath Road, Petersfield GU31 4EA. Mozart Mass in C minorFri. 10 Nov. (7.30 pm); Sat. 27 Jan. (10.30 am); Thu. 8 Feb. (7.30pm); Sat. 2 Mar. (2 pm); Thu. 14 Mar. … Read more

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Elgar: Serenade for strings Dyson: Hierusalem Ireland: Downland Suite Rutter: Magnificat Festival chorus, with Petersfield and Rogate Choral Societies Milly Forrest, soprano (pictured)Nova Foresta Classical PlayersPaul Spicer, conductor Sir George Dyson was a composer, teacher, broadcaster and author, and the driving force behind the National Federation of Music Societies (now Making Music), to which the … Read more

With the National Youth Jazz Orchestra sextet. One of the giants of jazz, drummer Art Blakey with his Jazz Messengers enjoyed international celebrity and launched the careers of numerous jazz musicians from the 1950s to the 1980s. The National Youth Jazz Orchestra’s sextet draws on some of our most talented young jazz players to perform … Read more

Robin Browning, conductorJamie Cochrane, piano (pictured) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 Smetana: BlaníkDvořák: Symphony no. 8 In this showpiece concert, Robin Browning conducts the Petersfield Orchestra in three classic works from eastern Europe. Smetana’s Blaník, the last of his six tone poems depicting his native Bohemia, evokes the mountain beneath which, according to legend, St … Read more

Richard Pearce lives in Liss, and has a distinguished international career as organist, pianist and accompanist. He records and broadcasts regularly with the BBC Singers and performs at many leading venues, including the Promenade concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Richard has appeared for the Festival in the Queen’s Jubilee concert in 2012 (when he … Read more

Award holders from the Michael Hurd Fund for Young Musicians. Biennial lunchtime recitals by recipients of grants from the Michael Hurd Fund for Young Musicians have become a popular feature of the Festival. The 2024 recital will be given by cellist Rebecca McNaught accompanied by Emily Hoh, and soprano Rachel Newberry accompanied by Mark Dancer. … Read more

Singers and instrumentalists from local schools and youth music organisations. With a choir of around two hundred 8–11-year-olds, together with a hundred or more instrumentalists from local senior schools, the Festival’s Youth Concerts provide a focus and showcase for music-making in schools in the Petersfield area. Items for choir and combined school wind and jazz … Read more

Singers and instrumentalists from local schools and youth music organisations. With a choir of around two hundred 8–11-year-olds, together with a hundred or more instrumentalists from local senior schools, the Festival’s Youth Concerts provide a focus and showcase for music-making in schools in the Petersfield area. Items for choir and combined school wind and jazz … Read more

Musical director: Lucy Humphris This concert in memory of Ann Pinhey, the consort’s founder and former director, will be directed by her successor Lucy Humphris, a former student at Churcher’s College and now a rising star in the world of trumpet playing. The multi-talented members of the group will present a mixed programme of vocal … Read more