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 P...