Viva Lewes Issue #157 October 2019
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MUSIC<br />
Classical round-up<br />
SATURDAY 19, 3PM<br />
Far From the Home I Love<br />
Hamsey resident and internationally acclaimed<br />
pianist, Margaret Fingerhut set herself the goal this<br />
year of raising £88,000 (£1,000 for each of the 88<br />
keys on a piano) to help support refugees, through<br />
a recital series that she’s taking around the country.<br />
This month she’s at Alfriston Church, playing a<br />
programme that includes works by Chopin, Grieg,<br />
Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, as well as a newly<br />
commissioned piece by Kurdish Syrian composer Moutaz Arian. So many composers have over<br />
the years had to leave their homes because of war, political upheaval or fear of persecution. Far<br />
From the Home I Love, in aid of <strong>Lewes</strong> Organisation in Support of Refugees and Asylum Seekers<br />
(LOSRAS) tells the stories of some of those composers through their music.<br />
St Andrew’s Church, Alfriston. Tickets £12 from Eventbrite or on the door<br />
margaretfingerhut.co.uk/alfriston<br />
PICK<br />
OF THE<br />
MONTH<br />
Photo by Andy Tyler<br />
SUNDAY 6, 3PM<br />
St Michael’s Recitals Trio. Rebecca Leggett,<br />
Mezzo-Soprano. Programme to include songs<br />
and arias by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Britten and<br />
Dvorák. Accompanied by Joe Howson.<br />
St Michael’s, free with retiring collection,<br />
stmichaelinlewes.org.uk<br />
FRIDAY 11, 7.30PM<br />
<strong>Lewes</strong> Concert Orchestra. The LCO presents<br />
Wagner The Flying Dutchman Overture, Richard<br />
Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 featuring young Sussex<br />
soloist Brendan Connellan and Tchaikovsky<br />
Symphony No. 1 Winter Daydreams. <strong>Lewes</strong> Town<br />
Hall, £10 in advance, £12 on the door, students £5,<br />
lewesconcertorchestra.org<br />
FRI 11 OCT – SAT 2 NOV<br />
Glyndebourne Tour. The <strong>2019</strong> Tour opens on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 11 with Verdi Rigoletto which continues<br />
until 2 November. Donizetti L’elisir d’amore plays<br />
from 13-31 <strong>October</strong> and Handel Rinaldo begins<br />
26 <strong>October</strong> and runs until 1 November.<br />
Glyndebourne Opera House, £10-£72,<br />
glyndebourne.com<br />
SUNDAY 20, 3PM<br />
Seaford Music Society. Divertimenti Ensemble<br />
Includes Mendelssohn Octet in E Flat Major, Opus<br />
20 and new work by Sally Beamish.<br />
St Leonard’s Church, Seaford, £15, under 26s free.<br />
Season membership £60, seafordmusicsociety.com<br />
FRIDAY 25, 7.45PM<br />
Nicholas Yonge Society. Esmé String Quartet<br />
The season begins with these Wigmore Hall International<br />
String Quartet competition winners.<br />
Music by Webern, Schumann and Schubert.<br />
East Sussex College, Mountfield Road, Season<br />
membership £65 (for 5 concerts), single concerts<br />
£15. Free for 8-25 year olds. nyslewes.org.uk<br />
SUNDAY 27, 4PM<br />
Corelli Ensemble. 30th Anniversary Concert<br />
Celebrating 30 years of the Corelli Ensemble,<br />
with special guests Dame Felicity Lott and Paul<br />
Austin Kelly. We’re promised a glorious selection.<br />
Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford,<br />
Tickets £12 in advance, £14 on the door. Children<br />
free. corelliensemble.co.uk<br />
Robin Houghton<br />
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