east sussex BACH c h o i r the fairy Queen Purcell SUN 21 JUNE St John sub Castro Church, <strong>Lewes</strong>, 6.00pm Tickets:£15, £10 Under 16s: free Ring: 07759 878562 <strong>Lewes</strong> Information Centre Web: www.bachchoir.org.uk President: Sir John Tomlinson CBE Celebrating 500 years of English Sacred Music Including works by Sheppard, Tallis, Parry and Harris Director: Sandy Chenery Tickets £10 in advance from our website £12 on the door Under 16s free See www.esterhazychoir.org for more details Saturday 20 <strong>June</strong> <strong>2015</strong> 7.30pm St Anne’s Church, Western Road, <strong>Lewes</strong> BN7 1RJ Sunday 21 <strong>June</strong> <strong>2015</strong> 3.00pm Church of St John the Evangelist Preston, Brighton BN1 6RB <strong>Viva</strong> ad 94x66 june_Layout 1 14/05/<strong>2015</strong> 16:11 Page 1 Concerts Sat. <strong>June</strong> 20 – 7pm Louis Schwizgebel (piano) BBC New Generation Artist Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert Sat. July 18 – 7pm Esther Yoo (violin) BBC New Generation Artist Robert Koenig (piano accompanist) J.S.Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky House open May/<strong>June</strong> & August Bank Holiday. <strong>2015</strong> For tickets & information: www.glyndeplace.co.uk Tel: 01273 858224 Photo : Marco Borggreve
on this month: music Classical Paul Austin Kelly’s round-up We have an embarrassment of riches this month with two chamber music festivals on the same weekend: the Rathfinny Estate Festival and the <strong>Lewes</strong> Chamber Music Festival. The former features the London Conchord Ensemble, a black tie ‘musical dégustation’ dinner, and a concert with soprano Dame Felicity Lott, while the latter celebrates the music of Haydn with the London Haydn Quartet (see p33), as well as recent works from composers Edmund Finnis and Melanie Daiken. Mezzo-soprano Sara Gourlay and pianist Nicholas Houghton will perform works of Handel, Gluck, Duparc and others. Sun 7, 3pm, St Michael’s Church, free Rathfinny Estate Chamber Music Festival Wine tasting dinner and concert, Fri 12, 6pm, £175, Piano four-hands tea recital, Sat 13, 3pm, £20, Gala evening, Sat 13, 6pm, £60, Coffee concert, Sun 14, 11.15am, £15, Festival Finale, Sun 14, 3pm, £30 rathfinnyestate.com <strong>Lewes</strong> Chamber Music Festival, Fri 12, 6.30pm, St John sub Castro, £14, Fri 12, 10pm, Westgate Chapel, £12, Sat 13, 11.30am, St Peter’s, Firle, £14, Sat 13, 6pm, St John’s, £14, Sat 13, 9.45pm, All Saints, £17, Sun 14, 11am, All Saints, £12, Sun 14, 2.30pm, All Saints, £14, Sun 14, 7pm, St John’s, £14 leweschambermusicfestival.com The Corelli Ensemble perform <strong>Viva</strong>ldi’s Four Seasons featuring violinist Maeve Jenkinson. Sun 14, 4pm, St Pancras church, £12, corelliensemble.co.uk Glynde Place Concert series continues with rising star of the international piano scene Louis Schwizgebel (pictured), a 2013 BBC New Generation Artist. Sat 20, 7pm, Glynde Place, £25, glynde.co.uk Brighton Singers present songs of Vaughan Williams, Copland and Matyas Seiber. Sat 20, 7.30pm, Court Gardens Farm, Ditchling, £10 Esterházy Chamber Choir offer a capella English choral music conducted by Sandy Chenery. Sat 20, 7.30pm, St Anne’s Church, £12 East Sussex Bach Choir perform Purcell’s The Fairy Queen. Sun 21, 6pm, St John sub Castro, £15/10, under 16s free A-level students of the East Sussex Academy of Music play a final concert together with orchestra, choir and session bands. Wed 24, 7.30pm, Town Hall, £6, £3 Bass-baritone Alex Roose and pianist David Ollosson give a song recital, including Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs. Thu 25, 1.10pm, St Anne’s Church, free East Sussex Community Chorus offer an evening of opera choruses and solo ensembles featuring Lynn Deacon, Niamh Kelly, Paul Austin Kelly, Jozik Kotz with Carol Kelly, directed by Nicholas Houghton. Sat 27, 6pm, Town Hall, £12 The Paddock Singers present an eclectic programme, from Poppins to Pergolesi, featuring his Stabat Mater. Sun, 28, 7pm, All Saint, £8 Photo by Marco Borggreve 35