Portsmouth Baroque Choir’s Festival of Chichester concert 2026 will be American Choral Music: a celebration on the 250th anniversary of Independence Day, on 4 July.
“There are obvious names to include in an anniversary celebration of American music for July 4,” says Portsmouth Baroque Choir’s chair Chris Clark. “In the last century Copland was America’s most important composer, Gershwin its most popular, and Barber one of its best-loved. Yes, we can all hum the tunes from Rhapsody in Blue, Fanfare for the Common Man and the Adagio for Strings, but how many will be familiar with music they wrote for choirs?
“Barber’s Sure On This Shining Night is probably the exception and closes the first half of our Festival of Chichester concert. That follows four delightful motets that Copland wrote in Paris, honing his craft with Nadia Boulanger. ‘There’s a definite Gallic tinge to parts of these motets’ was a remark heard at one of our rehearsals. Copland again, in early 1950s Oklahoma hoedown mode, kicks off the second half with Ching-a-ring-chaw and I bought me a cat.
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