University choir sings Britten's St Nicolas

The University of Portsmouth Choir performs at St Mary's Church this Saturday 2nd December under the direction of conductor Thomas Neal.

The choir will be singing Britten's St Nicolas. The piece was written in 1948 for the centennial celebrations of Lancing College in Sussex. The text to was written by Eric Crozier, and it details the life of St Nicolas, his miraculous birth and his journey to become the Bishop of Myra, a pilgrimage destination for Byzantine Christians in Turkey.

The University of Portsmouth Choir performs at St Mary’s fresh from their highly successful fundraising concert in March, in which they raised thousands of pounds for local charities, including the St Mary’s Music Foundation.

The Solent Symphony, which celebrates their 25th anniversary this year, will once again be accompanying the choir.

The tenor part will be sung by Dominic Bevan, a postgraduate diploma student at the Royal College of Music.

Choral conductor Thomas Neal is a music teacher at the Portsmouth Grammar School. He was a John Stewart of Rannoch Scholar in Sacred Music at Cambridge University.

The concert also features Poulenc’s Organ Concerto to be performed by Mark Dancer. Mark is the Director of Music and Organist of St Peter’s Church in Petersfield. He studied organ at the Royal School of Church Music at Addington Palace with Michael Fleming.

University Music Director, Colin Jagger, said

“It’s been really great to put this concert together with so many different performers involved. We hope the local community will enjoy the evening in the fantastic venue of St Mary’s.”

The concert starts at 7.30 pm and tickets are £12 and £10 concessions, available on the door before the concert or by calling 023 9284 3023 during office hours. Credit card purchase can be made online

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