Welcome to Petersfield Choral Society
This long established Choral Society, based in Petersfield Hampshire invites singers, whether you are experienced or not to come along and join us. We meet most Thursday evenings commencing Thursday 4th September St Peter's Church Hall , Petersfield and rehearse from 7:30 until 9:30.
You are assured of a warm welcome. We sing a wide repertoire of choral music both ancient and modern and we sing in both of the major choral concerts of the renowned Petersfield Musical Festival each year
This Season's Repertoire:
Rehearsals start:
Thursday 4th September 2025 at St Peter’s Hall, St Peter's Road, Petersfield
GU32 3HX
Verdi Requiem
Saturday I5 March 2026
Festival Chorus, with Petersfield and
After Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868, Verdi suggested to his publisher Ricordi that a number of Italian composers collaborate on a Requiem in Rossini's honour.[4][5][6] He began the effort by submitting the concluding movement, the Libera me. During the next year a Messa per Rossini was compiled by Verdi and twelve other famous Italian composers of the time.
The Requiem was first performed in the church of San Marco in Milan on 22 May 1874, the first anniversary of Manzoni's death, as part of a church liturgy.[10] Verdi himself conducted, and the four soloists were Teresa Stolz (soprano), Maria Waldmann (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe Capponi (tenor) and Ormondo Maini [it] (bass).[6][11]