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Tea-Time Concert Schedule 2012 | Download a copy

1st Sunday of every month at 3.30pm

Admission is free to all Tea-Time Concerts and each musician generously performs for free in support of
our Organ Appeal - we just kindly ask for a donation towards the fundraising.

January 1st
NEW YEAR'S DAY
NO CONCERT!!!!
February 5th
Performance Platform for Young Musicians
Portsmouth Grammar School & Southdown College Students
March 4th
Lovisa Piano Trio
Check out more about the Violin, Piano & Cello trio here
April 1st
Holy Trinity String Quartet in Residence
plus Philip Hickman (Blockflute) & Geoffrey Holroyde (Harpsichord)
WEDNESDAY April 18th 7.30pm
Holy Trinity String Quartet in Residence
String Concert to follow 6.30pm Mass
MAY & JUNE are SPECIAL MONTHS!
SEE PURPLE PANEL BELOW
Our 'Handel' Organ returns - there are 2 months of celebration concerts!
July 1st July
North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School - Orchestra & Singers perform music by Handel and others, directed by Lawrence Haigh
August 5th
Portsmouth Citadel Band
Portsmouth Citadel Band is amongst the most well known of all Salvation Army Bands, formed in 1880, and establishing itself very early on in its existence as a group of musicians striving for the very highest of standards. Directed by Andrew Short.
September 2nd
Choir of the Sacred Heart, Fareham
Choral & Organ Concert directed by Richard Dewland
SATURDAY October 6th 7.30pm (Rehearsal at 2.00pm)
COME & SING OR JUST LISTEN!
Excerpts from Handel: Messiah & Chandos Anthem No. 11 (Let God Arise)
Conductor: John Sutton with the newly restored 'Handel' Organ & Holy Trinity String Quartet in Residence
Tickets/Enquiries: Meryl Balchin concert@hihct.org.uk 01794 368427
Concert in aid of the Hampshire & The Islands Historic Churches Trust
October 7th
Ladies of Solent Sound & The Portsea singers
Contrasting music from the 17th - 21st Century
November 4th
Concert for Organ & young instrumental players
Gillian Lloyd
WEDNESDAY November 14th 7.30pm
Holy Trinity String Quartet in Residence
String Concert to follow 6.30pm Mass
December 2nd
Organ Concert
Andrew Gunning

SPECIAL 2 MONTH CELEBRATION CONCERT SCHEDULE | Download a 2012 copy

Admission is either by ticket or retiring collection.
Proceeds are shared between the Church & Organ Appeal

Saturday May 5th - 7.30pm
Handel Organ Concertos plus Contemporary Music
Andrew Cleary plus String Orchestra from Christ's Hospital School

Sunday May 6th - 3.30pm
Talk on Handel given by Professor Graydon Beeks (USA) followed by Concert
University of Portsmouth Chamber Choir plus Baroque Orchestra

Saturday May 19th - 7.30pm
Choral Concert - to include - Handel: Zadok the Priest, Haydn: Nelson Mass & Elgar: Sea Pictures
Fareham Philharmonic Choir with organ & Piano
Tickets: £11 (Concessions £9.50, Children £2)

Sunday May 20th - 6.00pm
Festal Evensong & Blessing of the 'Handel' Organ by the Bishop of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Cathedral Choir

Saturday June 2nd - 7.30pm
Barbershop Songs & Music for Clarinets
Solent City Chorus & Robert Blanken

Sunday June 3rd - 3.30pm
Choral Concert
Portsmouth Baroque Choir

Saturday June 16th - 7.30pm
Maritime Music
Wyndcliffe Voices directed by Philip Drew

Sunday June 17th - 3.30pm
Brass Concert
Gosport Solent Brass

Wednesday June 27th - 7.30pm
Southdown College Choir & Orchestra
Choral & Orchestral Concert directed by Peter Rhodes

Saturday June 30th - 7.30pm
Celebrity Organ Recital
Andrew Lumsden (Winchester Cathedral)