Dynamic new conductor for festival choir

They will be preparing Bach’s Mass in G Major and Handel’s Chandos Anthem, (O Praise the Lord with One Consent) to perform on June 10.

Mr Neal said: ‘I am thrilled to be performing such wonderful music with the Festival Choir this term.’

The concert will also feature Bach’s famous Brandenburg Concerto No3 and an organ concerto by Handel, with Mark Dancer as soloist.

The choir is delighted to have such a promising young conductor to lead it.

Mr Neal’s first concert with the singers featured Dvorak’s Mass in D Major and some rare Czech and Russian works which were well received by the audience in Portsmouth’s Anglican Cathedral earlier this month.

Mr Neal has planned an equally exciting autumn concert for Remembrance Day.