MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Music and Motion Lively, supportive and fun dementia-friendly singing and music-making monthly at Jubilee Library. Come and sing your favourite songs with us! No experience necessary. Free – funded by NHS / BHCC. Negative LFT result required to attend. Jubilee Library, Jubilee Square, Brighton BN1 1GE Free – booking essential […]
Lunchtime Concert at the Chapel Royal June 2022 28 Julian White (oboe), Rebecca Baulch (guitar) July 2022 5 Spike Wells (drums,) Mark Edwards (piano), Nigel Thomas (bass) – jazz 12 Phil Hopkins (harmonica), Rachel Fryer (piano) 19 Nick Houghton (organ) 26 Oliver Nelson (violin), Julian Jacobson (piano) Tuesdays 1.10–1.55pm All seats £3 at […]
Recital at St Nicholas Beautiful music in the heart of the city June 2022 29 Chiara Naldi (piano) – three centuries of keyboard music seen through a French lens, from Bach's French Suite no. 3 to Debussy’s Preludes, passing from Chopin's fourth Ballade. July 2022 6 Richard Bowen (guitar) plays music by J.S Bach, […]
All Saints Hove Lunchtime Concert June 2022 30 Alice Zawadzki (jazz vocals and violin) and Rob Luft (jazz guitar) July 2022 7 Joss Peach Trio (jazz piano, bass, drums) 14 Oliver Nelson (violin) and Vasilis Rakitsis (piano) […]
Brighton Unitarian Lunchtime Concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s a perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime with the affordable concerts in our beautiful church. July 2022 1 Evelyn Harrison and Zhanna Kemp-Dashkovskaya recently formed as a saxophone and piano duo and […]
LEWES FESTIVAL OF SONG "Close to Nature" Mark Padmore, tenor, with Nancy Cooley, piano. In a change to our original programme we present a group of Schubert’s Lieder which follow the changing cycle of the seasons through the year. The early twentieth-century composer Rebecca Clarke was a superb word-setter: we have chosen three […]
MUSIC AND WINE AT ST. LUKE’S Semerano Piano Duo Giulia Semerano and Filippo Di Bari perform a variety of music including Brahms, Schubert, Casella and Debussy. St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, Brighton BN2 9ZB £7 / £5 under 25s / free to under 16s (accompanied by an adult) Wine and refreshments served […]
SUSSEX HARMONISERS Harmony Masterclass This two-day, non-residential, course held at Ardingly College provides an enjoyable and totally supportive approach to helping you understand your own voice and its potential in four-part harmony and will give you an opportunity to try out new ideas, techniques and vocal harmonies with like-minded singers. Ardingly College, Ardingly RH17 […]
LEWES FESTIVAL OF SONG ‘The Children’s Hour’ Fairy-tales, adventures, nursery rhymes, lullabies Gareth Brynmor John with William Vann Their tapestry of songs contemplates the wonder of childhood and its place in our memories. The duo’s CD was conceived when they were both new fathers. Their choice of music ranges from Schubert’s iconic Erlkönig […]
LEWES FESTIVAL OF SONG ‘Ballads, Bards and Minstrels’ Songs by Strauss, Schubert, Weir, Stanford and Wolf Harriet Burns with Ian Tindale St. Anne’s Church, High Street, Lewes BN7 1RJ Festival Pass £75, single tickets £20, students half price, under 16s free Tickets and info from www.lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk or Lewes Tourist Information Centre: 01273 483448 […]
BRIGHTON ORPHEUS CHOIR Summer concert – Rossini Petite messe solennelle Nick Houghton (conductor), Nicola Grunberg (piano), Edward Dean (harmonium) All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove BN3 3QE Tickets £15 (concessions £12, students £6) Available online www.brightonorpheus.org, or on the door
LEWES FESTIVAL OF SONG ‘The Wanderer’ Songs by Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Schubert, Ravel James Atkinson with Hamish Brown. St. Anne’s Church, High Street, Lewes BN7 1RJ Festival Pass £75, single tickets £15, students half price, under 16s free Tickets and info from www.lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk or Lewes Tourist Information Centre: 01273 483448 Information: info@lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk […]
THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY OF SUSSEX ‘In Their Own Melodious Way’ Former D’Oyly Carte members, Bruce and Caroline Graham in concert. The Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks BN6 8QH Society Members £8, guests £14 Information: 07941966741 / gandstodaysussex@gmail.com
BRIGHTON CHAMBER CHOIR ‘Music All Powerful’ Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music; Britten – Hymn to St Cecilia; Finzi – My Spirit Sang All Day; Walmisley – Music All Powerful and more. Conductor – Ruth Kerr, Accompanist – Tim Nail St Nicholas Church, Church Street, Brighton BN1 3LJ Tickets £15 on the door, […]
BRIGHTON SINGERS Pastime with Good Company A delightful sunny programme of madrigals, folk songs, jazz – plus a wind band, Airs and Graces. The Barn, Court Gardens Farm Vineyard, Ditchling BN6 8TH Tickets £12 in advance via website www.brightonsingers.org.uk or info@brightonsingers.org.uk
LEWES FESTIVAL OF SONG ‘A Coat of Many Colours’ Soprano - Ellie Laugharne, Soprano - Harriet Burns Piano - Nancy Cooley, Piano - Ian Tindale Violin - Rebecca Bell, Flute - Daisy Noton, Cello - Sebastian Comberti A colourful programme of French, American, English and Russian songs with chamber ensemble, including Ravel’s Chansons Madécasses, Weir’s Nuits d’Afrique, […]
MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Silver Strings Open Session Always wanted to play a stringed instrument? Then Silver Strings is for you! We are Brighton’s very own later-starter community string band: we meet weekly to play cellos, violas and violins together. Most of our players were complete beginners before their first session. We hold free Open […]
Lunchtime Concert at the Chapel Royal July 2022 5 Spike Wells (drums,) Mark Edwards (piano), Nigel Thomas (bass) – jazz 12 Phil Hopkins (harmonica), Rachel Fryer (piano) 19 Nick Houghton (organ) 26 Oliver Nelson (violin), Julian Jacobson (piano) August 2022 2 Mami Shikimori (piano) 9 No performance - midsummer break 16 Charles Stewart […]
Recital at St Nicholas Beautiful music in the heart of the city July 2022 6 Richard Bowen (guitar) plays music by J.S Bach, Albeniz, John Duarte, Peter Maxwell Davies and Turina 13 Yoon Seok Shin (piano) – The Summer Spirit with Classical Romantic Piano Music. 20 Hammig String Quartet play the Schumann Piano Quintet […]
All Saints Hove Lunchtime Concert July 2022 7 Joss Peach Trio (jazz piano, bass, drums) 14 Oliver Nelson (violin) and Vasilis Rakitsis (piano) 21 John Bruzon (classical piano) 28 George Trebar’s Nighthawks Trio (jazz […]
Brighton Unitarian Lunchtime Concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s a perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime with the affordable concerts in our beautiful church. July 2022 8 Elena Toponogova is a concert pianist and chamber musician. Her main interest is Russian […]
BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHORUS The BFC Summer Concert 2022: Bernstein, Barber, Lauridsen Conductor: James Morgan Brighton Festival Chorus Brighton Festival Youth Choir Chamber Domaine All Saints Church, Hove BN3 3QE Tickets: £25, £17.50, £7.50 (students & under 16s) from ticketsource.co.uk Information: bfc.org.uk
MUSICIANS OF ALL SAINTS Candlelight Concert directed by Julian Broughton Handel Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.6 No.1, Peter Warlock Serenade for Strings, Amoret Abis Silvered by the Moon for Violin and Strings (second performance) with Sophia Bartlette (violin), Antonín Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E major St Michael’s Church, High Street, Lewes BN7 […]
SUSSEX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/BRIGHTON DOME A Celebration of Tchaikovsky In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support A musical drama presenting the composer’s life story with excerpts from his greatest works. The sublime music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his extraordinary and fascinating life story are brought to vivid life in this stunning musical drama. Live on stage, […]
Lunchtime Concert at the Chapel Royal July 2022 12 Phil Hopkins (harmonica), Rachel Fryer (piano) 19 Nick Houghton (organ) 26 Oliver Nelson (violin), Julian Jacobson (piano) August 2022 2 Mami Shikimori (piano) 9 No performance - midsummer break 16 Charles Stewart (violin), Debbie Shah (piano) 23 Rachel Smith (flute), Paul Gregory (guitar) 30 Tabitha […]
Recital at St Nicholas Beautiful music in the heart of the city July 2022 13 Yoon Seok Shin (piano) – The Summer Spirit with Classical Romantic Piano Music. 20 Hammig String Quartet play the Schumann Piano Quintet op 44, with Clare Wibberley, piano (written in 1842, in which year he also wrote his three string […]
All Saints Hove Lunchtime Concert July 2022 14 Oliver Nelson (violin) and Vasilis Rakitsis (piano) 21 John Bruzon (classical piano) 28 George Trebar’s Nighthawks Trio (jazz saxophone, piano, bass) August 2022 4 Michael Maine (organ recital) […]
Brighton Unitarian Lunchtime Concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s a perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime with the affordable concerts in our beautiful church. July 2022 15 Ty Jeffries is a composer, lyricist, pianist and entertainer, his compositions span the […]
MUSIC AND WINE AT ST. LUKE’S Phillip Hopkins (chromatic harmonica) and Rachel Fryer (piano) From J.S. Bach to the film music of John Barry alongside Clara Schumann, Faure, Debussy, Gershwin and Arthur Benjamin. St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, Brighton BN2 9ZB £7 / £5 under 25s / free to under 16s (accompanied […]
Lunchtime Concert at the Chapel Royal July 2022 19 Nick Houghton (organ) 26 Oliver Nelson (violin), Julian Jacobson (piano) August 2022 2 Mami Shikimori (piano) 9 No performance - midsummer break 16 Charles Stewart (violin), Debbie Shah (piano) 23 Rachel Smith (flute), Paul Gregory (guitar) 30 Tabitha Appel (violin) Tuesdays 1.10–1.55pm All seats […]
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC Opening Concert South Downs Festival Orchestra, Timothy Ridout - viola St Andrew’s Church, The Tye, Alfriston BN26 5TL Tickets: £20, Season ticket: £85 Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk
Recital at St Nicholas Beautiful music in the heart of the city July 2022 20 Hammig String Quartet play the Schumann Piano Quintet op 44, with Clare Wibberley, piano (written in 1842, in which year he also wrote his three string quartets op 41, the piano quartet op 47, and the Phantasiestücke op 88 for […]
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC Evening Concert Alexander Sitkovetsky – violin, Jeremy Young – piano St Andrew’s Church,The Tye, Alfriston BN26 5TL Tickets: £20, Season ticket: £85 Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC Piano Concert Shunta Morimoto – Winner of 2022 Hasting International Piano Competition St Andrew’s Church, The Tye, Alfriston BN26 5TL Retiring collection Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk
All Saints Hove Lunchtime Concert July 2022 21 John Bruzon (classical piano) 28 George Trebar’s Nighthawks Trio […]
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC Benyounes Quartet and Friends St Andrew’s Church, The Tye, Alfriston BN26 5TL Tickets: £20, Season ticket: £85 Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk
Brighton Unitarian Lunchtime Concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s a perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime with the affordable concerts in our beautiful church. July 2022 22 Siriol Hugh-Jones (cello) and Steve Carroll-Turner (piano) explore works by less well-known 20th-century […]
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC Benyounes Quartet Benyounes Quartet Graham Mitchell – double bass, Jeremy Young – piano St Andrew’s Church, The Tye, Alfriston BN26 5TL Tickets: £10, Season ticket: £85 Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC Violet – Her life in words and music Maggie Cole – harpsichord, Harriet Walter & Guy Paul St Andrew’s Church, The Tye, Alfriston BN26 5TL Tickets: £20, Season ticket: £85 Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC Microconcert and picnic: Festival Musicians The Church of the Good Shepherd, Wilmington Street, Lullington BN26 5QX Retiring collection Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com https://www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk/programme
BRIGHTON AND DISTRICT ORGANISTS’ ASSOCIATION Visit to two organs in Eastbourne: St Saviour’s Eastbourne and St Mary’s Willingdon St Saviour’s Church, South Street, Eastbourne BN21 4UT Visitors welcome Contact: alanireland@me.com bdorganists.org.uk
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC The Genius of Gershwin: Julian Bliss Quintet St Andrew’s Church, The Tye, Alfriston BN26 5TL Tickets: £20, Season ticket: £85 Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk
SOUTH DOWNS SUMMER MUSIC Finlayson Quartet – The Harriet’s Trust SDSM resident quartet St Andrew’s Church, The Tye, Alfriston BN26 5TL Retiring collection Information: 07783 103589 / southdownssummermusic@gmail.com www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk
MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Music and Motion Lively, supportive and fun dementia-friendly singing and music-making monthly at Jubilee Library. Come and sing your favourite songs with us! No experience necessary. Free – funded by NHS / BHCC. Negative LFT result required to attend. Jubilee Library, Jubilee Square, Brighton BN1 1GE Free – booking essential […]
Lunchtime Concert at the Chapel Royal July 2022 26 Oliver Nelson (violin), Julian Jacobson (piano) August 2022 2 Mami Shikimori (piano) 9 No performance - midsummer break 16 Charles Stewart (violin), Debbie Shah (piano) 23 Rachel Smith (flute), Paul Gregory (guitar) 30 Tabitha Appel (violin) Tuesdays 1.10–1.55pm All seats £3 at the door […]
MUSIC FOR CONNECTION Tea and Jam Join us for our playful over-50s jam session, based on listening and responding: all music is made in the moment, on voices, found sounds, conventional instruments, and everything in between! Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary. Funded by BHCC. Negative LFT result required to attend. […]
Recital at St Nicholas Beautiful music in the heart of the city July 2022 27 Kenny Fu (piano) August 2022 3 Johan de Cock (piano) – Brighton-based pianist Jay de Cock presents an afternoon concert of music, old and new, including a piece from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, late Liszt miniatures, and minimal works […]
All Saints Hove Lunchtime Concert July 2022 28 George Trebar’s Nighthawks Trio (jazz saxophone, piano, bass) August 2022 […]
Brighton Unitarian Lunchtime Concert The performers are a mixture of top local talent and touring musicians from across the globe. It’s a perfect way to spend your Friday lunchtime with the affordable concerts in our beautiful church. July 2022 29 The John Lake Quartet: John Lake (piano), Elizabeth Bustard (saxes and flute), Matt […]
MUSIC AND WINE AT ST. LUKE’S Neil Crossland (piano) A spectrum of wonderful styles portraying composers’ inner thoughts. Features Rameau, Haydn, Philip Glass, Schoenberg, Howard Ferguson and Beethoven. St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, Brighton BN2 9ZB £7 / £5 under 25s / free to under 16s (accompanied by an adult) Wine and […]