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Viva Lewes Issue #158 November 2019

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MUSIC<br />

Classical round-up<br />

SUNDAY 17, 4PM<br />

Corelli Ensemble<br />

The <strong>2019</strong>-2020 season is a special one for<br />

the Corelli Ensemble which is celebrating its<br />

30th anniversary. Guest soloist this month is<br />

prizewinning oboist, Owen Dennis, who’ll be<br />

performing Bach’s Concerto for Oboe D’Amore<br />

in A – a rare treat for all Bach lovers. The<br />

concert also features <strong>Viva</strong>ldi’s Concerto for Two<br />

Violins in D minor, with Music Director Maeve<br />

Jenkinson and Kate Comberti playing the solos. Corelli Ensemble concerts are known for their<br />

fine, uplifting music – and they’re friendly affairs too. No need to rush off at the end – stay for<br />

refreshments and the opportunity to meet the players.<br />

St Pancras Church, tickets £12 in advance, £14 on the door. Children free. corelliensemble.co.uk<br />

PICK<br />

OF THE<br />

MONTH<br />

Photo by Owen Dennis<br />

SUNDAY 3, 3PM<br />

St Michael’s Recitals. Malcolm Warnes,<br />

trumpet & Nick Houghton, organ.The last<br />

of the <strong>2019</strong> First Sunday recitals is a Trumpet<br />

Special featuring duets & solos. Including<br />

works by Handel, Frank Bridge and Lefébure-<br />

Wély. St Michael’s, free with retiring collection,<br />

stmichaelinlewes.org.uk<br />

SATURDAY 9, 7.45PM<br />

Musicians of All Saints. This month’s concert<br />

showcases new and 20th century music alongside<br />

Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.9 in F major.<br />

Ellie Blackshaw and Shereen Godber are the<br />

soloists in Peter Copley’s Double Violin Concerto<br />

(second performance), and John Hawkins’s<br />

Grounds for Oboe and String Orchestra receives its<br />

first performance with soloist Clare Worth.<br />

Directed by Andrew Sherwood, with a preconcert<br />

talk by Peter Copley at 7.10pm.<br />

All Saints Centre, tickets on the door only: £12/£9<br />

concessions, children free. mas-lewes.co.uk<br />

SUNDAY 10, 2.45PM<br />

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra. Christian<br />

Garrick & Friends with the Brighton Philharmonic<br />

Strings. Jazz violinist extraordinaire<br />

Christian Garrick plus guests join the BPO<br />

Strings for a South America-influenced programme.<br />

See page 79.<br />

Brighton Dome, £14.50-£42.50 (50% student/U18<br />

discount), brightondome.org<br />

WEDNESDAY 13, 1PM<br />

New Note Orchestra, Kind Rebellion. A performance<br />

of newly-composed music in celebration<br />

of World Kindness Day. Created by the New<br />

Note Orchestra musicians and Artistic Director<br />

Conall Gleeson, a panel discussion will follow<br />

the performance. See page 50. Attenborough<br />

Centre for the Creative Arts, free entry, donations<br />

welcome. attenboroughcentre.com<br />

WEDNESDAY 13, 7PM<br />

New Sussex Opera, La belle Hélène. NSO<br />

begins its autumn tour of Offenbach’s sparkling<br />

La belle Hélène in collaboration with Opera<br />

della Luna, to celebrate the composer’s 200th<br />

anniversary. NSO Chorus, St Paul’s Sinfonia,<br />

conductor Toby Purser, director Jeff Clarke,<br />

designer Gabriella Csanyi-Wills. See page 47.<br />

<strong>Lewes</strong> Town Hall, £28-£34 (students & children<br />

50% reduction), ticketsource.co.uk/nso or 0333<br />

666 3366. newsussexopera.org<br />

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