Today, Portsmouth Cathedral Choir features a top line of either boys or girls - both are heard on this album, though the two do not usually appear together in services. Singing in at least six services per week in the cathedral, the choir has also toured widely across Europe including, in recent years, to Belgium, Poland the Nordic and Baltic countries. The back row of our choir is formed of a mix of Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars, the latter of whom work as assisting staff at our choir school, Portsmouth Grammar School.
The choir takes a full part in leading Portsmouth’s Cathedral Sing! Chorister Outreach Programme in Hampshire and Portsmouth schools in partnership with programmes like The Gabrieli ROAR programme and with the Diocese of Portsmouth’s Choir Church projects.
As well as featuring on BBC Radio 3’s Choral Evensong and BBC Television, we have recorded a number of albums with Convivium, Regent, Herald, Smudged Discs and this our first with Signum.