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Bernstein, Stravinsky, Feldman for violin & clarinet
7.30pm, Wednesday May 16th Rachel Gorman violin, Steve Dummer clarinet, Norman Jacobs piano Leonard Bernstein Violin and Clarinet sonatas Morton Feldman ‘For Aaron Copland’ for solo violin Igor Stravinsky ‘Three pieces for clarinet’ David Rakowski ‘Anniversary’ for solo piano (UK premiere) Part of the Fringe series Leonard Bernstein at 100 St Paul’s Church, West Street,…
Read MoreBernstein, Britten, Copland for cello & piano
7.30pm, Wednesday May 9th Anna Litvinenko cello, Craig White piano Leonard Bernstein ‘Three Meditations from “Mass”’ Benjamin Britten Sonata in C, Op.65 Aaron Copland ‘Waltz & Celebration from “Billy the Kid”’ Part of the Fringe series Leonard Bernstein at 100 St Paul’s Church, West Street, Brighton BN1 2RG
Read MoreMusic for Two Pianos
Friday, 17th November Venue: 7:30pm, St Nicholas’ Church, Brighton BN1 3LJ This unique two-piano extravaganza ranges from duos performed by Evgenia Startseva and Yuri Paterson-Olenich and through to a work written for eight players (16 hands!) or for four players, performed by the Zongora Piano Group. Kemp Duo and special guests including Caroline Lucas MP also playing. Composer Carlos Bianchini‘s new commission Paisajes: Madrid, Leon and Xabia will receive its premiere…
Read MoreAmerican Classics with Valeria Guidotti
Wednesday 24th May at 12.30pm Venue: St Nicholas Church American Classics – Soprano Valeria Guidotti and Kemp Duo perform music by Gershwin, Copland and songs from Bernstein’s ‘West Side Story’. 45-minute concert in Brighton’s beautiful Mother Church.
Read MoreAmerican Piano Music: Joel Sachs (USA)
Friday, 2nd June 2017 at 19:30 Venue: St Nicholas Church Renowned American pianist and conductor Joel Sachs (Juilliard School, New York) performs piano music by three of America’s greatest composers: Charles Ives’ First Piano Sonata, pioneering works by Henry Cowell, including ‘Tiger’, and two late works by Aaron Copland: ‘Night Thoughts (Homage to Ives)’ and…
Read MoreAmerican Contemporary Ensemble
Saturday, 3rd June 2017 Venue: St Nicholas Church Joel Sachs (Juilliard School, New York) directs an ensemble of young, highly talented UK-based musicians in a programme drawn from the celebrated American avant-gardists including John Cage, Morton Feldman and Earle Brown; plus ‘Wild Nights’, an Emily Dickinson setting, by American-born Stephen Montague, a Sussex resident.
Read MoreGeorge Crumb’s ‘Black Angels’
Friday, 5th May 2017 at 19:30 Venue: St Nicholas Church – Brighton Special first night of Brighton Fringe event – Ligeti Quartet plays ‘Black Angels’ for amplified strings and percussion, which David Bowie named as being among his favourite ‘Top-25’ pieces. Plus cutting-edge music by Wadada Leo Smith, John Zorn, Earle Brown and Laura Jurd’s…
Read MoreBehind The Lines
[one_half last=”no”][/one_half] [one_half last=”yes”][button link=”http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/events-and-film/6125/oh-what-a-lovely-war–other-events” color=”default” size=”large” target=”_self” title=”BUY TICKETS” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″]BUY TICKETS[/button] Launching the series ‘Sounds of War – Instruments of Peace 1914-2014’ pianists Helen Burford & Norman Jacobs play a lunchtime recital of duet arrangements of pieces influenced by the events of the First World War. Claude Debussy – Pour un…
Read MoreSing for Better Health & Action on Hearing Loss
[one_half last=”no”][/one_half] [one_half last=”yes”][button link=”http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/workshops/6174/sing-for-better-health–hearing-loss” color=”default” size=”large” target=”_self” title=”BUY TICKETS” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″]BUY TICKETS[/button] Come and join ‘Sing for Better Health’ and ‘Action on Hearing Loss’ during Deaf Awareness Week (5-11 May). Sing for Better Health’s sessions aim to improve overall health and well-being – it’s fun and everyone’s welcome! Action on Hearing Loss…
Read MoreFILM: The Planets at War
[one_half last=”no”][/one_half] [one_half last=”yes”] Acclaimed director Barrie Gavin’s film ‘Other Worlds’ on Gustav Holst’s The Planets (60 mins) Gustav Holst was a child of the late 19th-century British Empire, and his orchestral work The Planets was written during the first two years of World War I, when that empire faced its greatest threat. Discover the…
Read MoreA Walk Through the End of Time
[one_half last=”no”][/one_half] [one_half last=”yes”][button link=”http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/theatre/5480/harriet-walter-in-new-play” color=”default” size=”large” target=”_self” title=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″]BUY TICKETS[/button] Harriet Walter & Guy Paul in a reading of Jessica Duchen’s new play ‘A Walk Through the End of Time’ exploring the astonishing history of Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece composed in a German POW camp in 1941. Through the story of two…
Read MoreFRANK BRIDGE Composer & Pacifist
[one_half last=”no”][/one_half] [one_half last=”yes”][button link=”http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/music/6097/chamber-music-at-the-weekend” color=”default” size=”large” target=”_self” title=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″]BUY TICKETS[/button] The Ireland Trio play music by Brighton-born Frank Bridge, Cecil Coles and John Ireland Cecil Coles – Five little variations on an original theme Frank Bridge – Cello Sonata John Ireland – ‘For Remembrance’ and ‘Equinox’ Frank Bridge – The Spell…
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