Viva Lewes Issue #153 June 2019

MUSIC
Classical round-up (cont.)
Ruth Kerr and the Paddock Singers. Photo by Katie Vandyke
SUNDAY 23, 5PM
Paddock Singers. Women & Song – a celebration
of women composers and songwriters.
Music through the centuries from Hildegard
of Bingen to Carole King, including local
composer Helen Glavin. With Paul Austin
Kelly, Carol Kelly and Ruth Kerr, who also
directs. All Saints Centre. £12, to include cake
and fizz. paddocksingers.co.uk
THURSDAY 27, 1.10PM
St Anne’s Lunchtime Concerts. The Kelleth
Trio perform Schubert’s Piano Trio in E
flat. St Anne’s Church, free. stannelewes.org.uk
SATURDAY 29, 7.00PM
Orff Carmina Burana. The massed forces
of East Sussex Community Choir, Brighton
Orpheus Choir, Wallands School Choir and
South Downs Youth Orchestra take on the
Orff classic. Programme includes a new commission
by Siobhan Connellan. Conducted
by Nicholas Houghton and Malcolm Warnes.
Lewes Town Hall. £15 / £10 (unwaged £5).
eastsussexcommunitychoir.org
SATURDAY 29, 7.30PM
As Shadows Fall. Music for dusk, evening
and the night. In another collaborative
venture, the Brighton Consort and New
Sussex Singers sing together under their
Music Directors James Dixon and Sebastian
Charlesworth, in a programme of choral
music spanning six centuries from Tallis
to Whitacre.
Trinity St John-sub-Castro. £12.
brightonconsort.org.uk
SATURDAY 29, 7.30PM
Seaford Music Society presents Melvyn
Tan (piano) and Friends. International
star Melvyn Tan is joined by Ruth Rogers
on violin and cellist Sebastian Comberti.
The gala concert includes Beethoven’s Piano
Trio Number 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 11 and
Debussy’s Reflets Dans L’Eau and Mouvement,
No.s 1 and 3.
St Leonard’s Church, Seaford. £32.50,
Students in full-time education £15.
seafordmusicsociety.com
Robin Houghton