Event Category: Past

Basingstoke Chamber OrchestraStephen Scotchmer, conductor Royalty of all kinds can be expected at Basingstoke Chamber Orchestra’s Family Concert, from the Queen of Sheba to Frozen’s Elsa and Anna, via Handel’s Water Music (first played in a barge on the Thames for King George 1), William Walton’s Crown Imperial march (from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth … Read more

Read a review. Read a message from Jonathan to the singers. Symphony no. 40 in G minor Sofia Ticciati, sopranoClara Orif, sopranoGeorge Curnow, tenorGiles White, bass Festival chorus, with Fernhurst and Petersfield Choral SocietiesWith Southern Pro Musica. Jonathan Willcocks, conductor When Mozart married Constanze Weber – famously in defiance of his father’s wishes – he … Read more

Read a review. Josh Robinson, director with guests Legends. Encore Choirs are thriving community choirs in Petersfield and Alton, run by their enthusiastic director and vocal coach, Josh Robinson. Meeting weekly under the motto ‘Let the power of singing connect us all’, and singing in a range of styles from pop, rock, and soul to … Read more

Directed by Jeremy BackhouseAccompanist: Mark Dancer Please download the leaflet for further details and how to book. Read more about the workshop in our interview with Jeremy and in another article. Read a review. Bob Chilcott’s accessible and tuneful style has made him one of Britain’s most popular contemporary choral composers. Works such as the … Read more

Stanford: Songs of the FleetGrieg: ‘Peer Gynt’ SuitePuccini: Messa di Gloria Festival chorus, with Fernhurst and Petersfield Choral SocietiesSamuel Stopford, tenorEdward Ballard, baritone  Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra          Conductors: Paul Spicer and Stephen Scotchmer Paul Spicer and Stephen Scotchmer conduct the Festival Chorus and Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra in a programme of picturesque music from across Europe, with Ed Ballard and … Read more

With the GSA Singers from GSA (Guildford School of Acting) Guildford, University of Surrey.Musical Director: Peter Roberts Talent and exuberance overflow in the performances by the GSA Singers from the University of Surrey’s Guildford School of Acting, a 24-strong company of performers selected from the Musical Theatre and Acting courses. Their fully choreographed repertoire includes … Read more

Read a review. Soloist: Cordelia WilliamsConductor: Robin Browning Mendelssohn Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous VoyageSchumann: Piano concerto in A minor op. 54Elgar: Variations on an original theme (‘Enigma’) op.36 Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm. Cordelia Williams, the soloist in Schumann’s Piano Concerto, is a rising star who has been praised for her ‘consummate artistry’ and who … Read more

Roussel: Divertissement Op.6Mozart: Piano quintet KV.452Hurlstone: Piano quintet in G minorPoulenc: Sextet With Helen Walton, flute; Lucinda Willits, oboe; Rob Blanken, clarinet, Richard Moore, bassoon; Bridget Holton, French horn; Karen Kingsley, piano (pictured). A programme that exploits to the full the colourful combination of wind instruments and piano, from Mozart’s Quintet – the first masterpiece … Read more

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.