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We are excited to announce our 2018/2019 season programme! With Mark Biggins at the helm for his second season, we will be performing a varied programme, designed to appeal to audience and players alike. We will start the season with a concert of English music on 15 November to commemorate the centenary of World War … Continue reading 2018/2019 season programme announced

There were almost no empty seats at Petersfield Orchestra’s summer concert in the Festival Hall. This was hardly surprising the whole evening had everything going for it. The programme included two definite crowd pleasers and a lesser known musical gem. It was the newish conductor Mark Biggins’ fourth performance with the ensemble. Helen Purchase, a … Continue reading Concert review: 2018 summer concert

Petersfield Orchestra tackle Beethoven's Eroica in their imminent summer concert, and conductor Mark Biggins at the end of his first year in charge is relishing the challenge. Click to read more...

"The event was eagerly awaited and drew a capacity audience. They were not to be disappointed." Click to read more...

"In the First Horn Concerto of Richard Strauss, soloist and orchestra were as one, helped by the talented Richard Stegall who combined sonorous projection with elegant musical articulations. The result was a genuine dialogue, and unexpectedly the orchestra sometimes was able to ring out subtly like a non-brassy fanfare." Click to read more...