Music
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
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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 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…
Read MoreBBC Young Musician & Other Concerts
[one_half last=”no”] [/one_half] [one_half last=”yes”] [button link=”http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/music/6092/bbc-young-musician–other-concerts#DatesAndTickets” color=”default” size=”large” target=”_self” title=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″]BUY TICKETS[/button] MAY 11: Julian Trevelyan [BBC Young Musician 2014 Piano Finalist] plays Chopin, Britten, Shostakovich and Ligeti; MAY 18: Jonathan Powell [Music of Conflict: Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin, Debussy – Berceuse Heroique, Frank Bridge – Piano Sonata ,…
Read MoreThe Ideas of 1914
[one_half last=”no”][/one_half] [one_half last=”yes”][button link=”http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/events-and-film/6088/the-ideas-of-1914-sir-hew-strachan” color=”default” size=”large” target=”_self” title=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″]BUY TICKETS[/button] Sir Hew Strachan (Oxford University Chichele Professor of the History of War) on the causes of the First World War. Prof Strachan’s book on the war has been adapted into a Channel 4 series. With the impending 100 year anniversary upon…
Read MoreWALK: A trip to Frank Bridge’s birthplace
[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] A trip to the site of Brighton-born composer & pacifist Frank Bridge’s birthplace on Conscientious Objectors’ Day Meeting OUTSIDE main entrace of St Nicholas’ Church, Dyke Road, Brighton. This is a short walk downhill from the church. This Heritage legacy…
Read MoreA Letter from Private Joe
[one_half last=”no”][/one_half] [one_half last=”yes”][button link=”http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/music/6081/a-letter-from-private-joe” color=”default” size=”large” target=”_self” title=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″]BUY TICKETS[/button] Heath Quartet perform Beethoven, Bartók, Butterworth and Roxanna Panufnik’s setting of Private Joe Wood’s letters from the Front sung by his great-nephew ROH baritone Nigel Cliffe Plus world premiere of ‘Sabotage Radio’, a new commission by Sussex composer Tom Reid Butterworth…
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