Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Jean Mouton whose elaborate and magical motet 'Nesciens Mater' is a highlight of the first half of our Christmas Concert. Good overview of Mouton in Early Music Show www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 'Nesciens Mater' El León De Oro youtu.be/Rte5pBp_NeI?...

So, there was a review. Thank you, David Holmes. portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/blog-post/af...

A selection of photos by David Harris of our concert at St Paul's Chichester last Saturday portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/gallery/

Doors ajar at St Pauls' Church Chichester for our concert of Baroque brilliance this evening. What the papers and socials are saying - Chichester Observer shorturl.at/2P8aS musicinportsmouth.co.uk/preview-port... musicinportsmouth.co.uk/preview-part... 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

Handel and Alessandro Scarlatti this Saturday at St Pauls' Church Chichester. Malcolm Keeler, The Consort of Twelve and singers tell it like it is for the Chichester Observer. www.sussexexpress.co.uk/community/po... 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

Feedback from choir: "Dixit Dominus is like an intense, exhilarating rollercoaster ride"; "The St Cecilia Mass is a fitting tribute to one who sang to God in her heart" portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/events/hande... NB Northgate Car Park closed on concert day. Use St Cyriacs or Orchard Street 🚘

Thankyou Music in Portsmouth!🤓 musicinportsmouth.co.uk/preview-port... musicinportsmouth.co.uk/preview-part... 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

PBC blog invokes Nora Fischer, St Cecilia and Ficino to argue for a more sympathetic hearing for Alessandro Scarlatti, once considered one of the best. portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/uncategorize... 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

Alessandro Scarlatti & patrons Queen Christina of Sweden & Cardinal Acquaviva. Rare mentions, choice tracks in Lucy Skeaping’s EMS (2019) 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Sounds good? Hear his best sacred work in our performance on October 18 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

Joyful for singers, players & audiences alike, but why did Handel make Dixit Dominus such a challenge? In the absence of substantial evidence from Handel’s time in Rome, I’ve played around with some ideas culled from that great psalmody in the Cloud portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/blog-post/wh...

John Butt on Handel taking German thoroughness too far in Dixit Dominus www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-o...

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No downplaying that Handel 'Dixit Dominus' is tough on our voices but @ifagiolini analysis does take us out of the gym www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Special thanks to Binsted Viols, a beautiful complement to the programme & to our voices , proving composer Nico Muhly’s remark that “one of the most thrilling things about the sound of violas da gamba playing together is the sense of their phrasing being derived from vocal music”.

Always encouraging to see Dave Green in the audience & read his impressions next morning. One of our best concerts in recent years. davidgreenbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/port...

Behold, all true faithfull hearts, Gibbons brings you glad tidings. 🎙Festival of Chichester organiser Phil Hewitt talks to PBC MD Malcolm Keeler www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/portsmo... It’s concert day. Last chance to buy a ticket www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

Minding the vocal folds and inhabiting a piece of music emotionally. open.spotify.com/episode/5Xd5...

Composers let themselves go in full anthems, & even printers sensed the fun setting “praises” in Gibbons’s ‘O clap you hands’, a GOAT banger. Let’s also clap Chichester’s bad boy, Weelkes, whose ‘Hosanna to the son of David’ guarantees a raised roof. 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

This Saturday's concert includes 2 Ascension anthems: Byrd 'Christ rising' & Gibbons 'We praise thee, O Father'. Gibbons may be missing a 3rd part: 2nd part doesn't end 'Amen'. But it does refer to the earlier anthem. Get a ticket & spot the connection: www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

What do we know about John Bull’s life and what difference does it make to singing that perennial choral favourite, the Starre Anthem? Very little, argues Chris in his latest blog post, and probably just as well. portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/background-n... Hear us sing it in Chichester July 5.

17th-century Ely comes to Chichester. Our #Gibbons400 concert July 5 includes Xmas anthem ‘O ye little flock’ by John Amner who followed Tye & Whyte at Ely Cathedral. Revered in Ely - a close has been named after him! Hear the drama and wonder of the angels’ message. 🎧 youtu.be/zroOUg-PTjE?....

On the eve of the #Gibbons400 (the anniversary, not our concert!) Chris listened to some choice Gibbons recordings and jotted down some thoughts about how to get the most out of his verse and full anthems in performance. portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/news/gibbons...

Wonderful overview of Orlando Gibbons music by @hannahcfrench.bsky.social in BBC Early Music Show #gibbons400

A taster for the Binsted Viol consort pieces in our #gibbons400 concert on July 5. So good that BBC Radio 3 forgot to include it in their programme tracklist yesterday morning! youtu.be/iFMXwFMQp9Y?...

Singing Schütz Selig sind die Toten (1648) in Romsey Abbey this Sat. Same text for Brahms op.45/VII in second. Still some seats available www.ticketsource.co.uk/musicinromse...

Our neighbours the Fareham Philharmonic Choir singing for peace

Solace C19th German way portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/background-n... Romsey Abbey Brahms 'German Requiem' w Southampton Choral Society, Conchord Singers & Winchester Youth Orchestra cond. Adam Broughton Sat May 10th at 7:30 pm. Tickets www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/venu...

Evergreen, worldwide choral favourite open.spotify.com/track/2KIaYm...

Glenn Gould’s favourite composer - “Let us welcome such a guest” to our rehearsal folder for the next few weeks #Gibbons400

Rachel Haggarty adding dulcian sparkle to our concert of Kuhnau & Buxtehude in Fareham last Saturday.

Buxtehude’s “rich austerity” - thanks, David. davidgreenbooks.blogspot.com/2025/03/port...

Tonight and for one night only, 7:30 pm Fareham United Reformed Church Joy, wonder, longing, anticipation, solace… all expressed in elegant measure by Portsmouth Baroque Choir with the The Consort of Twelve ensemble directed by Malcolm Keeler. www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir

Their music may be familiar but what was the world outlook for Bach, Kuhnau, Buxtehude et al? Some ideas in contemporary musician novels www.bachnetwork.co.uk/ub3/ROSE.pdf

In Portsmouth News online www.yourworld.net/portsmouth/s...

Kuhnau’s Quinquagesima cantata 'Gott, sei mir gnädig' starting part 2 of our concert in Fareham is dated 1705. Our chronos fixation differs from Kuhnau & Bach. Theirs was was closer to kairos, church moments, constant arrival. ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir 4 timeless Bach Connections

Concert poster shows Lübeck St Mary’s where Buxtehude was organist 1668-1707. Bach visited 1705 during Abendmusik season & our prog features some of Buxtehude’s music that Bach might have heard during his stay. We hope that our audience will find it as impressive as Bach did.

Totally agree @ifagiolini.bsky.social about treating singers nicely in rehearsal, esp Mondays open.spotify.com/episode/4jaT...

In good voice, living in the Portsmouth area & enjoy singing uplifting music in splendid locations? Now is a great time to join us as we rehearse Brahms German Requiem for joint perf w Southampton Choral Soc & Conchord Singers at Romsey Abbey in May. 👉🏼portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/join-us/

What do an outbreak of the Plague, the Lübeck Stock Exchange, a long walk, an 800-year-old choir, a sumptuous dinner at the Golden Ring and crowdsourcing have to do with our next concert? Answers portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/background-n...

#bachconnections Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern a Lutheran hymn by Philipp Nicolai written 1597 & published 1599 in response to 1597 plague. Used by many composers - Buxtehude, Kuhnau, Praetorius. Bach BWV1 ends his 2nd Cantata cycle 1725 with it.

Eine kleine Abendmusik for Advent and a taster for our next concert: Buxtehude, Kuhnau and Bach in March. open.spotify.com/track/4OEl71...

All that time this song was best: winding up to those final high notes in Ian Schofield’s ‘Benedicamus Domino’ at the United Reformed Church in Havant last Saturday.