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Lecture-recital by Angela Zanders, including a complete performance of the work. Angela Zanders, pianoCatherine Lawlor, violinMikhail Lezdkan, cello Angela Zanders’ lecture recital will explore the composer’s fraught relationship with the Soviet authorities and include a complete performance of this intense and dramatic work. Free entry. Retiring collection in aid of the Michael Hurd fund for … Read more

Singers and instrumentalists from local schools and youth music organisations. The Festival’s annual sell-out Youth Concerts bring together hundreds of young musicians between 8 and 18, in a collaboration that shows the strength of the music-making in our local schools. Seats £10/£7*, £5/£3* (*with schools’ discount). Also on Monday 20 March at 7pm.

Singers and instrumentalists from local schools and youth music organisations. The Festival’s annual sell-out Youth Concerts bring together hundreds of young musicians between 8 and 18, in a collaboration that shows the strength of the music-making in our local schools. Seats £10/£7*, £5/£3* (*with schools’ discount). Also on Wednesday 22 March at 7pm.

with SouthDowns CamerataDirector: Sara Deborah Timossi With dancers from Petersfield Academy of Dance, Director Terry Butcher The theme will be ‘Dancing through Time’, with dance music from different periods from Tudor to the present. Children will love this tour of dance music from pavane to tango, presented by the string players of SouthDowns Camerata and … Read more

Festival chorus, with Petersfield and Rogate Choral Societies Southern Pro MusicaConductor: Paul Spicer Clara Orif, soprano (Iphis) RAMRachel Newberry, soprano (Angel)Anna Patterson, mezzo-soprano (Storge) RAMMatthias Daehling, countertenor (Hamor) RCMMagnus Walker, tenor (Jephtha) RAMAlexander Bower-Brown, baritone (Zebul) RAM Written in 1752, Jephtha was Handel’s last oratorio, and undoubtedly one of his greatest. The outline of the … Read more

Musical Director – Mike Pennicotte-Henriewith Petersfield Community ChoirMusical Director – Carolyn Robson These two popular local groups were prepared to perform at the 2022 Festival when they became a last-minute casualty of Covid. We are delighted that they will be bringing their lively programme back for 2023. Seats £12 (tiered), £10 (flat), £5 (18 and … Read more

An open choral workshop directed by Paul Spicer. Accompanist: Mark Dancer Paul Spicer is one of today’s most distinguished choral conductors. Paul conducts the Birmingham Bach Choir and is a Professor of Choral Conducting at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Paul has been the resident conductor at PMF since 2005. Read a review of the 2022 … Read more