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March
Friday 2 March at 9 pm
St Bartholomew's Church, Ann Street, Brighton
tickets: 01273 709709 (Dome box office)
or book on-line		 Brighton Festival Chorus and The Brodsky Quartet

Parry My soul there is a country
There is an old belief
Theo Verbey Spring Rain – Brodsky Quartet
Mahler Ich bin der Welt
Golijov Tenebrae – Brodsky Quartet
Whitacre Sleep
O'Regan The Ecstasies Above
– Brodsky Quartet and BFC
rottingdean_arts.png (7127 bytes) Saturday 3 March, 10 am to 4 pm
The Village Hall, Rottingdean
tickets and information: 01273 300894
Rottingdean Arts
Allison Taylor (soprano), Jennifer Mason (alto), Paul Smy (tenor), Paul Sherrell (bass), Tim Rhys-Morgan (accompanist)

Come and Sing
Handel's Messiah
Join this one day workshop / performance with four professional vocal soloists, conducted by Roy Wales.
rottingdean_arts.png (7127 bytes) Saturday 3 March at 7.15 pm
The Village Hall, Rottingdean
tickets and information: 01273 300894
Rottingdean Arts

Birmingham Community Gospel Choir
an inspirational and uplifting programme of gospel music including many popular favourites given by one of the best gospel choirs in this country.
Saturday 3 March at 7.30 pm
All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove
tickets and information: 07 584 199142
or buy on-line
Brighton Consort
with Heather Cairncross (alto), Greg Skidmore (baritone), Max Kenworthy (organ)

Eternal Paradise
a programme including the Duruflé Requiem, the Allegri Miserere and music by Josquin, Charpentier and Messiaen.
Monday 5 to Saturday 10 March at 7.45 pm
matinées on Thursday and Saturday at 2.30 pm
Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton
tickets: 0844 871 7650 (Ambassador Theatre group)
or book on-line		 Dreamboats and Petticoats
a musical which features songs from the rock'n'roll era. In 1961 young musicians Norman and Bobby compete to win a national song-writing competition, and, just as important, the attentions of gorgeous Sue.
Saturday 10 March, 10.15 am to 5 pm
The Chapel, Christ's Hospital, near Horsham
enquiries and bookings: 01403 732408 or 7532799
or contact by e-mail		 Christ's Hospital Choral Society

Choral Workshop on
     Verdi’s Requiem
led by Jonathan Willcocks, Musical Director of Portsmouth Choral Union and the Chichester Singers. Everyone welcome, but numbers limited.  Copies of the music (Novello or Ricordi edition) will be available on the day.

Saturday 10 March at 7 pm
The Chapel, Ardingly College,
near Haywards Heath
tickets: 01444 893270
or reserve by e-mail		 Chichester Cathedral Choir with Sarah Baldock (organist)

Duruflé Requiem
Allegri Miserere
and works by Purcell, Gibbons, Bach and Alain
SussexChorus.gif (4608 bytes) Saturday 10 March at 7.30 pm
St Andrew's Church, Cants Lane, Burgess Hill
tickets: 01273 273333  or by e-mail (Sussex Chorus)
Sussex Chorus
with Hannah Summers (contralto), Douglas Rice-Bowen (baritone), Neil Jenkins (tenor and conductor)

Come and sing
Handel's Messiah

part of the Burgess Hill Fair Trade Festival

Saturday 10 March at 7.30 pm
Chichester Cathedral
tickets: 01903 823078
or from the Cathedral Cloisters Shop 01243 813595		 Worthing Choral Society with the Sinfonia of Arun
Sarah Corp (soprano), Victoria Rowcroft (alto), David Brown (tenor), Oliver Dunn (bass)

J S Bach     Mass in B minor
Tuesday 13 to Saturday 24 March at 7.45 pm
Thursday and Saturday matinées at 2.30 pm
Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton
tickets: 0844 871 7650 (Ambassador Theatre group)
or book on-line		 Legally blonde – the musical
in this singing and dancing comedy Elle Woods can handle anything. So when her boyfriend Warner dumps her, she decides to follow him to Harvard Law School to win him back. The show won Best Musical in the 2011 Olivier Awards.
Thursday 15 March at 7.30 pm
The Theatre, Christ's Hospital, near Horsham
tickets: 01403 247434
(box office open Mon-Fri 0930-1200)		 University of Chichester Theatre Department

Stephen Sondheim      Into the woods
a witty, dark and intelligent musical mixing fairy-tales and familiar characters. The story intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests.
This Workshop has been cancelled
Saturday 17 March at 2 pm (registration)
2.30 pm – 5.30 pm Workshop Session
followed by rehearsal with soloists
The United Reformed Church, Keymer Road, Hassocks
information: 01273 833217 or 833727		 Hurstpierpoint Singers

Come & Sing
a workshop for singers on Stainer's The Crucifixion and Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs conducted by Stephen Hope, followed by a performance at 7.30 pm
Saturday 17 March at 7.30 pm
All Saints' Church, The Drive, Hove
tickets: 01273 699107
or reserve by e-mail or use the on-line form
and available on the door
Brighton Orpheus Choir with the Musicians of All Saints orchestra
Emily Armour (soprano), Bethia Hourigan (alto), Simon Marsh (tenor), Yair Polishook (bass)

J S Bach     Mass in B minor

Saturday 17 March at 7.30 pm
Church of the Good Shepherd, Dyke Road, Brighton
tickets: 07 870 360551
and on the door
Brighton Chamber Choir
with the  Brighton & Hove High School String Ensemble

A celebration of English song

Parry Songs of Farewell
Stanford Three Motets
Moeran Songs of Springtime
Holst Nunc Dimittis
Pearsall Lay a Garland
The Brighton and Hove High School string ensemble will be performing Parry's Lady Radnor's Suite
Saturday 17 March at 7.30 pm
United Reformed Church, Keymer Road, Hassocks
tickets: 01273 833217 or 833727
and from Janton News, Hurstpierpoint
Pavilion Electrics, Hassocks
and at the door		 Hurstpierpoint Singers

Stainer The Crucifixion
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Saturday 17 March at 7.30 pm
St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings
tickets and information: 01424 431442
or Hastings Information Centre 0845 274 1001		 Hastings Philharmonic Choir
with Matthew Long (tenor)

Mozart Coronation Mass
Haydn Te Deum
The orchestra will also be playing Mozart's Linz Symphony.
Saturday 17 March at 7.30 pm
Guildford Cathedral
tickets: 01483 444789		 Guildford Choral Society with the Hanover Band
Martene Grimson (soprano), Claire Bradshaw (mezzo-soprano), Ben Thapa (tenor), Frederick Long (bass)

Handel      Messiah
Sunday 18 March at 3 pm
The Barn Theatre, Southwick
tickets: 01273 597094
(box office: evenings 7.30 pm-9 pm)
information on-line
or buy tickets on-line		 Music Theatre 2000

With a song in my heart
a programme of songs old and new, recitations and poetry, chosen especially (but not exclusively) for mothers - with afternoon cream tea and home-made cakes in the interval.
Telephone and internet booking opens Saturday 24 March

Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen 20 May - 28 June
Rossini La Cenerentola 23 May - 10 July
Puccini La bohème 6 June - 27 July
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro 27 June - 22 August
Purcell The Fairy Queen 20 July - 26 August
Ravel L’heure espagnole and
L’enfant et les sortilèges		 4 August - 25 August

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Saturday 24 March at 7.30 pm
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill, Ringmer
tickets: on the door
or in advance on-line
or in person from Lewes Tourist Information Centre
187 High Street, Lewes

Another concert in Brighton on 31 March

 Esterházy Chamber Choir

20th century French choral classics, including
Duruflé Requiem
Quatre motets
Langlais Messe solennelle
Messiaen O Sacrum convivium
Saturday 24 March
All Saints' Church, Grange Road, Eastbourne
information: 01323 733928
tickets: Eastbourne Tourist Information Centre,
Harpers Bookshop in Grove Road, or at the door.		 Eastbourne Choral Society with the Heathfield Choral Society

Verdi      Requiem
Saturday 24 March at 7.30 pm
Arundel Cathedral
tickets: 01243 554501		 Angmering Chorale with orchestra and soloists

Bach     St John Passion
Saturday 24 March at 7.30 pm
Chichester Cathedral
tickets: 01243 813595 (Cathedral Cloisters Shop)
or from 01243 572195
or on-line
The Chichester Singers

Dobogosz Mass
Elgar Part Songs
Purcell Anthems
Sunday 25 March at 7 pm
Big School, Christ's Hospital, near Horsham
tickets: 01403 247434
(box office open Mon-Fri 0930-1200)		 Christ's Hospital Choral Society, Chapel Choir and Ripieno Orchestra

Verdi      Requiem
over 250 musicians combine in this performance of Verdi's thrilling fusion of the sacred and the operatic.
Monday 26 March at 6.30 pm
The Chapel, Ardingly College,
near Haywards Heath
information: 01444 893271		 Ardingly College Prep School Music

Ensembles and Choirs
Monday 26 March at 7.30 pm
The Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
tickets: 01273 709709		 An Evening with Joan Baez
Joan Baez has been at the forefront of American music and political activism for over 50 years. She completes her UK tour with this final performance in Brighton.
Monday 26 March at 7.30 pm
St Mary the Virgin, Church Street, Willingdon
free admission, with retiring collection
supporting "Children with Cancer" charity		 Stainer     The Crucifixion
a passiontide drama
for choir and soloists with congregational hymns
Monday 26 March at 7.45 pm
Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton
tickets: 0844 871 7650 (Ambassador Theatre group)
or book on-line		 Ukrainian National Opera of Kharkiv

Puccini      La bohème
the classic romantic story of doomed, consumptive Mimi and her love for a poor writer, set in the world of Bohemian artists, street carnivals and freezing attics of Paris.
Wednesday 28 March, 7 for 7.30 pm
Varndean School, Balfour Road, Brighton
tickets: 01273 699107
or reserve by e-mail or use the on-line form
and available on the door
The Brighton Orpheus Choir is hosting

an Evening with Jeremy Bines
an evening of song and stories by the Chorus Master at the world renowned Glyndebourne Opera. Wine and nibbles in the interval, before everybody joins in rehearsing two opera choruses.

SussexChorus.gif (4608 bytes) Saturday 31 March at 7.30 pm
All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove
tickets: 01273 273333  or by e-mail (Sussex Chorus)
Sussex Chorus
Jacquelyn Fugelle (soprano), Susan Legg (mezzo soprano), Terence Allbright (accompanist)

Choral Music by Russian composers
Choral music by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and other Russian composers. This concert will be mostly unaccompanied and will include part of the Rachmaninov Vespers.
Saturday 31 March at 7.30 pm
St John's Church, Knoyle Road, Brighton
tickets: on the door
or in advance on-line		 Esterházy Chamber Choir

20th century French choral classics, including
Duruflé Requiem
Quatre motets
Langlais Messe solennelle
Messiaen O Sacrum convivium
HailshamCS.gif (4954 bytes) Saturday 31 March at 7.30 pm
St Saviour & St Peter Church, Spencer Road, Eastbourne
information: 01323 845571
Hailsham Choral Society

Mozart Coronation Mass
and works by Monteverdi, Vivaldi and Bruckner
Saturday 31 March at 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Church, Hartfield
tickets from: Hartfield Village Stores, Hartfield
The Seasons, Forest Row
Bullfrog Music, East Grinstead
or at the door		 Forest Row Choral Society with orchestra, and soloists from the Royal Academy

Mendelssohn      Elijah
listings last updated 21 February 2012
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