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SUMMARY:Event A03: Chichester Art Society Annual Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Society’s annual exhibition of original and contemporary art offers a wonderful opportunity to acquire unique artwork at an affordable price. There will be a wide range of works including paintings\, prints\, sculpture and ceramics. \nThe Chichester Art Society is looking forward to another wonderful exhibition of members’ work. The society was founded in 1939 and is at the heart of our community in Chichester and the surrounding area. Then\, as now\, we welcome artists as members and visitors. Please come along and see our work and hear more about our programme of events throughout the year. We offer fortnightly demonstrations and talks by visiting professional artists\, one-day workshops with professional art tutors\, a weekly drop-in session\, painting with Friends\, summer sketching/plein-air painting outings and visits to galleries. We also have a reference and borrowing library of a wide range of art books. Pick up a leaflet at the exhibition or check us out on Facebook and Instagram. For more information\, please visit our website.
URL:https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/event/event-a03-chichester-art-society-annual-exhibition/2026-07-04/
LOCATION:Oxmarket Contemporary\, St. Andrew's Court\, off East Street\, Chichester\, West Sussex\, PO19 1YH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art & Craft
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SUMMARY:Event WT09: Roman History Boat Trip
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the Roman history of Chichester Harbour on a guided trip aboard our solar-powered boat\, Solar Heritage. \nThis special trip will take you up Fishbourne Creek\, via which the Romans accessed the Roman Palace\, to Dell Quay\, once one of the most important ports in England.
URL:https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/event/event-wt09-roman-history-boat-trip/
LOCATION:Itchenor Harbour\, Harbour Office\, Itchenor\, PO20 7AW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Spoken word
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SUMMARY:Event M33: Cello & Piano with Prof. Laura Ritchie & Dr Christine Tokatlian
DESCRIPTION:An evening recital in the University Chapel\, with music by Shostakovich\, Debussy\, Brahms\, Jarman\, Schnittke\, and the UK premiere of Spiros Mazis’ Adagio. \nThis concert features cello & piano sonatas from the Romantic period. Alongside these Laura and Christine present three short\, deeply moving\, melodic contemporary works: Schnittke’s Musica Nostalgica\, composed in 1992; Dr Spiros Mazis’ Adagio\, composed in 2016; and Dr Jill Jarman’s Prelude\, composed in 2025. \nProfessor Laura Ritchie is Professor of Learning and Teaching at the University of Chichester Conservatoire and Dr Christine Tokatlian is Assistant Professor Music/Music Performance at the American College of Greece. \nParking Charges at The University of Chichester are:\n£2.10 an hour from 8am – 6pm.\n£1.50 from 6pm until 8am next morning.
URL:https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/event/event-m33-cello-piano-with-prof-laura-ritchie-dr-christine-tokatlian/
LOCATION:University Chapel (Chapel of the Ascension)\, College Ln\, Chichester\, West Sussex\, PO19 6PE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Ritchie":MAILTO:dr.laura.ritchie@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Event M34: Ensemble Reza: Music from the New World - Fiddles\, Folk and Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a musical journey across North America\, blending classical masterpieces\, including Dvořák’s American Quartet\, with toe-tapping tunes of jazz\, blues\, country and bluegrass. \nWith arrangements for strings\, accordion\, banjo\, plus some unexpected surprises\, this promises to be an evening of sumptuous music that crosses borders\, bringing generations together. \nEstablished over a decade ago\, Ensemble Reza is a group of mostly Sussex-based professional musicians\, with the shared passion to create an exciting and inclusive musical community for audiences across Sussex and the South East. Widely celebrated for their accessible virtuoso performances\, they were thrilled to welcome Dame Judi Dench as Patron in their tenth anniversary year. “I’m a real fan of Ensemble Reza. The passion and virtuosity of the musicians is evident in every note they play”. \nThe core ensemble of seven string players regularly expands to include accordion\, bouzouki\, guitar\, double bass and piano. With talented composers and arrangers within the group\, Ensemble Reza offers unique cross-cultural experiences spanning classical\, folk\, jazz and world music. \nAlongside their work with Ensemble Reza\, members enjoy busy performing careers with leading ensembles\, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra\, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\, London Symphony Orchestra and London Mozart Players\, as well as the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. \nOver the past decade\, Ensemble Reza has developed a rich and varied programme of events including concerts\, free community performances\, a community orchestra for all ages/abilities and an extensive education programme. Their ethos throughout has been to bring musicians and audiences of different ages and backgrounds together\, changing lives through music.
URL:https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/event/event-m34-ensemble-reza-music-from-the-new-world-fiddles-folk-and-freedom/
LOCATION:St Paul’s Church\, Chichester\, Churchside\,\, Chichester\, West Sussex\, PO19 6FT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Event M36: European Polyphony and Modern Echoes Across the Atlantic
DESCRIPTION:Reading Phoenix Choir presents unaccompanied choral music from the UK\, continental Europe and North America. Spanning centuries of sacred and reflective repertoire\, and exploring a shared choral heritage\, from European polyphony to modern repertoire from both sides of the Atlantic. Including music by Arvo Pärt\, Bob Chilcott and Eric Whitacre.
URL:https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/event/event-m36-european-polyphony-and-modern-echoes-across-the-atlantic/
LOCATION:Boxgrove Priory Church\, Church Ln\, Boxgrove\, Chichester\, West Sussex\, PO18 0EE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Event M35: American Choral Music on the 250th Anniversary of American Independence
DESCRIPTION:On the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence\, Portsmouth Baroque Choir present a programme of American Choral Music\, from William Billings to Eric Whitacre. \nIn between there is music from Aaron Copland\, Charles Ives\, Randall Thompson and Samuel Barber. The main work is Morton Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. \n“Our day of dependence\, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands\, draws to a close. The millions that around us are rushing into life cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. Events\, actions arise\, that must be sung\, that will sing themselves.” \nThe American states’ declaration of independence in 1786 marked a political breaking point but their cultural revolution had already begun well before Emerson’s famous American Scholar lecture articulated that resonant challenge some fifty years later. \nAmerican composers cannot ignore the vastness of the landscape and the excitement of their people’s talent for invention and enterprise: they inspire awesome textures\, sounds of ineffable beauty\, looking to a Pacific as well as to an Atlantic horizon. Neither can they entirely shake off the ancestral roots: old world structures and new world spirit intertwine. \nPortsmouth Baroque Choir under the direction of Malcolm Keeler will take you across the American continent\, a Route 66 calling at all decades and a range of vocal styles from the rule-busting\, patriotic hymnody of William Billings (1770s) to the haunting lushness of Eric Whitacre (2000s) via Amy Beach\, gentle bitonality from “Yankee Maverick” Charles Ives\, Samuel Barber\, George Gershwin\, Aaron Copland\, Randall Thompson and Morten Lauridsen whose Lux Aeterna illuminates most of the second half of this celebration of a musical culture that in a relatively short space of time has reached extraordinary heights.
URL:https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/event/event-m35-american-choral-music-on-the-250th-anniversary-of-american-independence/
LOCATION:St George’s Church\, Whyke\, Cleveland Road\,\, Chichester\, West Sussex\, PO19 7AD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Event T03: Arts Dream Selsey: Letters Live - A Performance
DESCRIPTION:A wonderful celebration of the human experience\, captured through the real words of real people where remarkable letters are read by a group of outstanding performers. Join us for an intimate night exploring love\, joy\, and crankiness and the enduring power of the letter. \nOur troupe of actors showcase the joy that words can bring\, and the sadness shared with a trusted confidante. We have letters from famous correspondents\, but it’s often the stories and feelings shared by the unknown writer that tug at the heartstrings. Join us for this intimate gathering. And a glass or two! \nArts Dream Selsey has been promoting participation in artistic endeavours in the local community since 2012. We make access to music\, sculpture\, painting and theatrical performances available for all. Our troupe of professional actors have been working together for a number of years to create entertaining evenings.
URL:https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/event/event-t03-arts-dream-selsey-letters-live-a-performance/2026-07-04/
LOCATION:Westberry House\, 51 West St\, Selsey\, West Sussex\, PO10 9AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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