Viva Lewes Issue #148 January 2019
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MUSIC<br />
Classical round-up<br />
WEDNESDAY 23, 7.45PM<br />
Nicholas Yonge Society<br />
Breaking away from their usual Friday night, the Nicholas Yonge Society<br />
start the year with a very special concert – a rare opportunity to hear Olivier<br />
Messiaen’s unique masterpiece Quartet for the End of Time, written while he<br />
was a prisoner of war and scored for an unusual combination of instruments<br />
which reflect the players available to him in the prison camp. Four master<br />
musicians perform this extraordinarily moving piece: Matt Hunt (clarinet),<br />
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Louise Hopkins (cello, pictured) and Alasdair<br />
Beatson (piano, pictured). It’s hoped that holding the recital on a Wednesday<br />
evening will open it up to the area’s young musicians who are generally<br />
tied up on Fridays with their own ensembles. Even better: Nicholas Yonge<br />
concerts are free for under 25s. Also on the programme are Ravel’s Piano Trio<br />
and Debussy Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano. This is an evening not<br />
to be missed.<br />
East Sussex College, Mountfield Road. Season membership £60 for five concerts,<br />
single concerts £15. Free for 8-25 year olds.<br />
nyslewes.org.uk<br />
PICK<br />
OF THE<br />
MONTH<br />
SATURDAY 19, 7.45PM<br />
Musicians of All Saints. Continuing its tradition<br />
of featuring the work of local composers<br />
alongside traditional repertoire, this month’s<br />
concert by the MAS sees the first performance<br />
of Rik Graebner’s Symphony No. 3 and the<br />
fourth performance of Amoretti Abis Vibraphone<br />
Concerto with soloist Adam Bushell. Also Grieg<br />
and Bach. Directed by Andrew Sherwood. All<br />
Saints. £12 regular, £9 concession, under 18s free<br />
on the door only. mas-lewes.co.uk<br />
SUNDAY 20, 2.45PM<br />
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra.<br />
Celebrated cello soloist<br />
and Guest Director Thomas<br />
Carroll conducts Prokofiev’s<br />
wonderful ‘Classical’ Symphony<br />
No. 1, Mendelssohn ‘Scottish’ Symphony No. 3<br />
and Schumann Cello Concerto in A Minor Op.129.<br />
Brighton Dome. £12.50-£39.50, 50% student/U18<br />
discount. 01273 709709 brightondome.org<br />
SUNDAY 27, 11AM<br />
Doric String Quartet.The <strong>January</strong> Coffee<br />
Concert at the Attenborough Centre features the<br />
exuberant Haydn String Quartet in B flat major<br />
Op 33 No 4, Bartók String Quartet No 5 (‘full of<br />
eerie dissonance and lonely melodies’, says the<br />
website) and the uplifting Mendelssohn String<br />
Quartet in E minor Op 44 No 2. £18.50, concessions<br />
£16. attenboroughcentre.com<br />
SUNDAY 27, 4PM<br />
Corelli Ensemble. Almost an all-English<br />
programme from the Corellis includes Handel<br />
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No. 1 (German-born Handel<br />
became a British citizen in 1727) music by<br />
Boyce, Warlock and Brighton-based Paul Lewis,<br />
plus the ever-popular The Lark Ascending by<br />
Vaughan Williams, featuring Maeve Jenkinson<br />
on solo violin. Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave<br />
Road, Seaford BN25 2EE. £10 from Seaford Tourist<br />
Office and corelliensemble.co.uk, £12 on the<br />
door. Children free. Robin Houghton<br />
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