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MUSIC Classical round-up SATURDAY 19, 3PM Far From the Home I Love Hamsey resident and internationally acclaimed pianist, Margaret Fingerhut set herself the goal this year of raising £88,000 (£1,000 for each of the 88 keys on a piano) to help support refugees, through a recital series that she’s taking around the country. This month she’s at Alfriston Church, playing a programme that includes works by Chopin, Grieg, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, as well as a newly commissioned piece by Kurdish Syrian composer Moutaz Arian. So many composers have over the years had to leave their homes because of war, political upheaval or fear of persecution. Far From the Home I Love, in aid of <strong>Lewes</strong> Organisation in Support of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (LOSRAS) tells the stories of some of those composers through their music. St Andrew’s Church, Alfriston. Tickets £12 from Eventbrite or on the door margaretfingerhut.co.uk/alfriston PICK OF THE MONTH Photo by Andy Tyler SUNDAY 6, 3PM St Michael’s Recitals Trio. Rebecca Leggett, Mezzo-Soprano. Programme to include songs and arias by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Britten and Dvorák. Accompanied by Joe Howson. St Michael’s, free with retiring collection, stmichaelinlewes.org.uk FRIDAY 11, 7.30PM <strong>Lewes</strong> Concert Orchestra. The LCO presents Wagner The Flying Dutchman Overture, Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 featuring young Sussex soloist Brendan Connellan and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 Winter Daydreams. <strong>Lewes</strong> Town Hall, £10 in advance, £12 on the door, students £5, lewesconcertorchestra.org FRI 11 OCT – SAT 2 NOV Glyndebourne Tour. The <strong>2019</strong> Tour opens on <strong>October</strong> 11 with Verdi Rigoletto which continues until 2 November. Donizetti L’elisir d’amore plays from 13-31 <strong>October</strong> and Handel Rinaldo begins 26 <strong>October</strong> and runs until 1 November. Glyndebourne Opera House, £10-£72, glyndebourne.com SUNDAY 20, 3PM Seaford Music Society. Divertimenti Ensemble Includes Mendelssohn Octet in E Flat Major, Opus 20 and new work by Sally Beamish. St Leonard’s Church, Seaford, £15, under 26s free. Season membership £60, seafordmusicsociety.com FRIDAY 25, 7.45PM Nicholas Yonge Society. Esmé String Quartet The season begins with these Wigmore Hall International String Quartet competition winners. Music by Webern, Schumann and Schubert. East Sussex College, Mountfield Road, Season membership £65 (for 5 concerts), single concerts £15. Free for 8-25 year olds. nyslewes.org.uk SUNDAY 27, 4PM Corelli Ensemble. 30th Anniversary Concert Celebrating 30 years of the Corelli Ensemble, with special guests Dame Felicity Lott and Paul Austin Kelly. We’re promised a glorious selection. Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford, Tickets £12 in advance, £14 on the door. Children free. corelliensemble.co.uk Robin Houghton 65