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2005 Portsmouth Festivities
In 2005, we commemorated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar with several special programs of music by Haydn who was a close friend and supporter of Admiral Lord Nelson.
Friday 17 June
All week at the Seawall Gallery: Exhibition and sale by local artists
Professor Richard Holmes: Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Napoleonic Wars
Spirits, Sailors and Spice, Local Haunts take a ghostly tour of Old Portsmouth
Saturday 18 June
Summer Quays Season, University of Portsmouth Big Band at Gunwharf Quays
An Audience with David Frost, The New Theatre Royal
Pimms and Purcell, The Portsmouth Baroque Choir, St Agatha’s Church
England Expects performed by the Portsmouth Grammar School, a new musical by Adrian Bawtree and John Jeffries
Sunday 19 June
Summer Quays Season, Portsmouth City Training Band
Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team: The Battle of Trafalgar at Canoe Lake
Dr Colin White: England Expects, Nelson at Trafalgar
Monday 20 June
Songs for a Conquering Hero – Nelson and Emma at Home, Catherine Bott and David Owen Norris at the Royal Marines Museum
School Battle of the Bands at the Wedgwood Rooms
Tuesday 21 June
Portsmouth Grammar School Swing Band perform at St James’s Hospital
A Life of Writing and the Sea, Richard Woodman at the Third Floor Arts Centre
Wednesday 22 June
The Caravan Gallery showcases artwork from recent public workshops at the Third Floor Arts Centre
Richard Owen and guests, The History of Portsmouth Football Club at Fratton Park
Thursday 23 June
Nautical Nonsense, Markmark Productions, Baffin's Pond
Portsmouth Music Services Summer Highlights Concert, The Kings Theatre
The Delme Quartet at St Philips Church, Cosham
Sonny Black and the Dukes, Bull Frog Blues Club, South Parade Pier
1805, a new drama production written by Colin White and featuring live music at St Thomas's Cathedral
Friday 24 June
Festivities Gala Concert featuring the London Mozart Players, Nicolae Moldoveanu, Catherine Bott and soloists tbc, performing Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Trumpet Concerto at St Thomas 's Cathedral
Saturday 25th June
Nelson's Dockyard Walks, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Portsmouth Music Festival Masterclass, The Third Floor Arts Centre
Portsmouth Music Festival Debut Recital, The Third Floor Arts Centre
Clifford Benson in Concert, The Rotunda, Portsmouth Grammar School
Sunday 26 June
Nelson's Dockyard Walks, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Summer Quays Season, Highbury Area Band at Gunwharf Quays
Old England vs. Schools Cricket Match at the Hilsea Playing Fields
Portsmouth Festival Choir and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra perform the Britten Requiem Mass at Portsmouth Guildhall
