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Friday
2 April at 7.30 pm
The Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbot Road, Worthing
tickets: 01903 206206
or book on-line |
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Worthing Philharmonic Choir
and the Worthing Choral
Society Verdi Requiem |
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Friday 2 April at 7.30 pm
St Leonard's Church, Church Road, Seaford
information and tickets: 01323 492791 |
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Seaford
Choral Society
come and sing an almost instant
Mozart Requiem |
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Easter Sunday 4 April at 11 am
St Bartholomew's Church, Ann
Street, Brighton |
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St Bartholomew's Choir and orchestra
| Gounod |
Messe Solennelle de Ste Cécile |
| Handel |
Hallelujah Chorus |
during the High Mass for Easter Day |
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Sunday 11 April at 7.30 pm
Worth Abbey Church, Turners Hill
tickets: 01273 890598 (Sussex Chorus)
01444 417654 (Carousel Music, Haywards Heath) |
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Sussex Chorus
with the Kent Sinfonia
Frédérique Klooster (soprano), Sarah Gourlay (mezzo
soprano), Mark Dobell (tenor), Robert Davies
(bass)
with Neil Jenkins (Evangelist) and John Hancorn
(Jesus)Bach St John Passion |
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Monday 12 to
Saturday 17 April at 8 pm
matinées Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 2 pm
plus Friday and Saturday at 5 pm
Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
tickets: 01903 206206 (Worthing Theatres box office) |
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Tim Rice and
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
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Tuesday 13
April at 8 pm
The Dome concert hall, Brighton
tickets: 01273 709709 (Dome box office)
or book on-line |
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Joan Armatrading
one of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of her generation
revisits her catalogue of songs. |
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Friday 16 April at 8 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre,
Shoreham-by-Sea
booking: 01273 464440 |
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John Renbourn and Robin
Williamson
John Renbourn, guitarist and songwriter, worked with Pentangle before
his solo career. Robin Williamson is a Scottish singer, songwriter
and storyteller - a founder member of the Incredible String Band. |
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Saturday 17 April at 7.30 pm
Sussex Downs College, Lewes
ticket information: 01273
471851 |
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Rosalind Plowright (mezzo
soprano)
with Philip Mountford (piano)
a fund-raising recital for New Sussex Opera.
Rosalind Plowright's programme will include works by Handel, Gluck, De Falla,
Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Weill, Britten, Bizet and Gounod. |
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Saturday 17 April at 7.30 pm
St Botolph's Church, Lansdowne Road, Worthing
tickets and information: 01273 833746
07 754 707731
or buy on-line
another performance on 24 April in Lewes |
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Brighton
Consort Victoria Requiem
this setting of the Requiem Mass was written in tribute to the memory
of the Empress Maria. The programme also includes music by Morales. |
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Sunday 18 April at 3 pm
Glyndebourne Opera House, near Lewes
booking: 01273 813813
booking opens by telephone or on-line from Monday 8 March
or
book on-line |
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Glyndebourne Chorus with the Orchestra
of the Age of Enlightenment
Sally Matthews (soprano), Barbara Senator
(mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthew
Rose (bass) Mozart Requiem
the concert is in aid of two local charities Leo House at Home
and the Railway Land Wildlife Trust. |
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Sunday 18 April
at 7.30 pm
Regis Centre, Belmont Street, Bognor
Regis
tickets: 01243 861010 (box office)
or book on-line |
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Julie Felix
delights with an evening of warmth, humour, integrity and superb singing.
In 1965 it was The Times which gave Julie Felix the title "Britain’s
First Lady of Folk" and she has lived up to it ever since. Julie arrived in England
in 1964 from California and became the first solo folk artist to be signed to a British
record company label. |
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Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24
April at 7.30 pm
Saturday matinée at 2.30 pm
Capitol Theatre,
Horsham
tickets: 01403 750220 (box office)
or book
on the theatre's website |
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Horsham Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society Oklahoma!
Set in the Indian territory now known as the state of Oklahoma in the
early 1900s, this celebration of frontier life is a story of tender romance and dangerous
passion. This first Rodgers and Hammerstein
collaboration, an Academy Award winner for best score, features classic songs Oh, what
a beautiful mornin', The surrey with the fringe on top and People will say we're
in love. |
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Tuesday 20
April at 8 pm
The Dome concert hall, Brighton
tickets: 01273 709709 (Dome box office)
or book on-line |
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Boy George in concert
an evening of Culture Club classics and new material from his latest
album. |
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Saturday 24 April at 7.30 pm
Southover Church, Southover High Street, Lewes
tickets and information: 01273 833746
07 754 707731
or buy on-line |
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Brighton
Consort Victoria Requiem
this setting of the Requiem Mass was written in tribute to the memory
of the Empress Maria. The programme also includes music by Morales. |
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Sunday 25 April at 7.45 pm
Capitol Theatre, Horsham
tickets: 01403 750220 (box office)
or book
on the theatre's website |
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Clare Teal
Jazz Vocalist of the Year three times running, blessed with the voice
and ability to write songs that promise to be classics and a wonderful warm humour, Clare
Teal's show is packed with new material, including cheeky Peggy Lee-esque cocktail latin
grooves, uplifting driving swing, close harmony vocals and killer ballads all delivered
with inimitable style and flair. |
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Thursday 29
April at 7.30 pm
pre-performance talk at 6.30 pm
The Hawth Theatre, Hawth Avenue,
Crawley
tickets: 01293 553636 (Hawth box office) |
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English
Touring Opera Britten A Midsummer
Night's Dream
Shakespeare masterpiece returns in Benjamin Britten's opera. In a
fairy-haunted wood, lovers’ knots are tangled, and strange dreams create monstrous
romances. Only in an hilarious play performed by working men are all the opera’s
tensions and enchantments eased. |
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Friday 30 April
and Saturday 1 May at 7.30 pm
St Andrew's Church, Waterloo Street, Hove
tickets: 07 517 987192
or book tickets online for 30 April
or 1 May |
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BHAGM
Chorus and Brighton Chamber Choir
Lynton Black (The Mikado)Gilbert &
Sullivan The Mikado
a semi-staged performance to celebrate the 125th Anniversary
of Gilbert & Sullivan's masterpiece. |
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Friday 30 April
at 7.30 pm
The Hawth Theatre, Hawth Avenue, Crawley
tickets: 01293 553636 (Hawth box office) |
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English
Touring Opera Mozart The Marriage
of Figaro
a period costume production of one of the world’s most popular
operas, based on Beaumarchais’ controversial play. The plot follows one day of intrigues
at the house of Count Almaviva. Figaro is to marry Susanna, but he must overcome every
obstacle put in his way by the Count and his cronies, before they can finally be united. |
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Saturday
1 May at 4 pm
The Chapel, Roedean School, Roedean Way,
Brighton
free concert, but admission by ticket in advance
information: 01273 667500 |
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Roedean School Choir and Orchestra
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Gloria |
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also includes Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue,
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no.2 and
Saint-Saëns' Rondo capriccioso. |
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Saturday 1 May
at 6 pm
Duke of York's
Picturehouse
Preston Circus, Brighton
tickets: 01273 602503 or 0870 755 1228 (Box Office)
or book
on-lineand at the The
Capitol, North Street, Horsham
tickets: 01403 750220 (box office)
or book
on the theatre's website |
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Live by satellite from The
Metropolitan Opera, New York Rossini Armida
a live performance of the opera relayed in high-definition direct
from one of the world's greatest opera houses. This mythical story of a sorceress
who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of
composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvořák. Renée Fleming stars in
the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. |
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Saturday 1 May at 7.30 pm
St Bartholomew's Church, Ann
Street, Brighton
tickets: 01273 764905
or 01273 709709 (Dome box office)
and at the door |
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The Brighton City Singers, South London Choir and the
West London Choir
Walls of Sound
an innovative concert premièring original choral music, performed by three choirs with
over 200 voices. |
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Saturday 1 May at 7.30 pm
The Capitol, North Street, Horsham
tickets: 01403 750220 (box office)
or book
on the theatre's website |
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Opera della
Luna Gilbert & Sullivan H
M S Pinafore
a cast of multi-talented singer/actors become crew, chorus and principals in a
brilliantly fast and hilarious production of this famous comic operetta. |
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Saturday 1 May
at 7.30 pm
The Hawth Theatre, Hawth Avenue, Crawley
tickets: 01293 553636 (Hawth box office) |
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English
Touring Opera Donizetti Don
Pasquale
comedy with an Italian accent – Don Pasquale is a stubborn,
competitive old batchelor who wants to procure a young wife. He seems set to steal from
his nephew a beautiful, and apparently submissive, bride – but his clumsy wooing turns
to painful woe when she reveals her own mind. |
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Wednesday 5 May at 7 pm
St George's Church, Kemptown, Brighton
tickets: 01273 704341 or College reception
and at the door |
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Brighton
College Choral Society and Orchestra
James Way (tenor)Britten
St Nicolas
a colourful cantata telling stories of the life and achievements - some
real but mostly legendary - of Nicolas, the 4th century bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor. |
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Tuesday 11 to
Saturday 15 May at 7.30 pm
matinées Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30 pm
Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
tickets: 01903 206206 (Worthing Theatres box office)
and 01903 537383 (SMP box office)
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Sussex Musical Productions Sweeney
Todd
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's
musical thriller tells the tale of Sweeney Todd's quest for revenge against the corrupt
Judge who stole his wife and daughter from him, relying on his peculiar partnership with
Mrs Lovett, purveyor of meat pies. |
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Thursday 20 May at 5.10 pm
Glyndebourne Opera House, near Lewes
tickets: 01273 813813 or book on-line
telephone and internet booking open from 27 February
then performances on:
23 May at 3.55 pm, 26,29 May at 5.10 pm
2,5,8,11,16,19,22 June at 5.10 pm, 27 June at 3.55 pm
Pre-performance talk on 23 May |
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus
John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo
(Billy Budd), Phillip Ens (Claggart), Alasdair
Elliott (Red Whiskers), John Moore (Donald), Jeremy
White (Dansker)Britten
Billy Budd
Staged here for the first time at Glyndebourne, Billy Budd
is an all-male opera, with a libretto co-written by E M Forster. Based on Herman Melville’s
allegorical tale about the battle between pure good and blind evil, the opera takes place
on board a British man-o’-war during the Napoleanoic wars. The opera is directed by Michael
Grandage and conducted by Mark Elder. |
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Thursday 20 May at 7.30 pm
The Steyning Centre, Steyning
tickets: 01273 736272 (office hours)
or order by e-mailthen
Friday 21 May at 7.30 pm
The King Edward Hall, Lindfield
Saturday 22 May at 7.30 pm
Village Centre, Hurstpierpoint
Sunday 23 May at 6.00 pm
The Ralli Hall, Hove
next performances: 27-30 May Lewes,
Uckfield, Plumpton Green and Hurstpierpoint |
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The Elixir of Love
a light comedy with a happy ending, full of good tunes, the tenor
aria in Act 2 Una furtive lagrima being particularly well known, as well as
ensembles for a lively chorus. The performances will be in the round, sung in English and
accompanied by the Heber Opera 'band'. |
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Saturday 22 May at 4.55 pm
Glyndebourne Opera House, near Lewes
tickets: 01273 813813 or book on-line
telephone and internet booking open from 27 February
then performances on:
27 May at 4.55 pm, 30 May at 3.40 pm
4,9,12,18,23,25,30 June at 4.55 pm, 6 June at 3.40 pm
Pre-performance talks on 30 May and 6 June |
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Glyndebourne Chorus
Barbara Senator (Dorabella), Sally Matthews (Fiordliligi),
Allan Clayton (Ferrando), Robert Gleadow (Guglielmo),
Anna Maria Panzarella (Despina), Pietro Spagnoli
(Don Alfonso)Mozart
Così fan tutte
A painfully funny, sometimes wickedly cynical comedy in which two
callow, and perhaps slightly callous, young lads take on a bet to seduce one another’s
girlfriends. A revival of the 2006 Festival production, directed by Nicholas
Hytner and conducted by Charles Mackerras. Sung in Italian with
English supertitles |
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Saturday 22 May at 7.30 pm
The Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbot Road, Worthing
tickets: 01903 206206
or book on-line |
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Worthing Philharmonic Choir
with the Alassio Concert Orchestra Land
of hope and glory
an evening of classical favourites. |
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Tuesday 25 to
Saturday 29 May at 7.30 pm
Saturday matinée at 2.30 pm
Regis Centre, Belmont Street,
Bognor Regis
tickets: 01243 861010 (box office)
or book on-line |
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BROS Musical Productions Annie
get your gun
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley has a man in her sights when Buffalo Bill's Wild
West Show comes to town. She quickly falls in love with the shooting star of the show,
Frank Butler. Famous songs in this classic musical include There's no business
like showbusiness, Doin' what comes natur'lly and Anything you can do I can do
better. |
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Thursday 27
May at 7.30 pm
All Saints Centre, Lewes
tickets: 01273 736272 (office hours)
or order by e-mailthen
Friday 28 May at 7.30 pm
Civic Centre, Uckfield
Saturday 29 May at 7.30 pm
East Dean Village Hall, East Dean
Sunday 30 May at 6 pm
Village Centre, Hurstpierpoint |
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 Donizetti
The Elixir of Love
a light comedy with a happy ending, full of good tunes, the tenor
aria in Act 2 Una furtive lagrima being particularly well known, as well as
ensembles for a lively chorus. The performances will be in the round, sung in English and
accompanied by the Heber Opera 'band'. |
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Tuesday
1 to Saturday 5 June at 7.30 pm
matinées Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 2.30 pm
Theatre Royal, New Road,
Brighton
tickets: 08700 606650 or book
on-line |
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Brighton
Theatre Group Beauty and the Beast
a family musical for school half term – it's a trip into the
magical world of Disney, featuring Be our guest, A tale as old as time, Gaston, Home,
If I can’t love her and the title song Beauty And the Beast. |
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Tuesday 1 to Saturday 19
June
Tuesday to Saturday evenings at 7.30 pm
Monday evenings at 7 pm
matinées Thursdays and Saturdays at 2.30 pm
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
tickets: 01323 412000 (Box Office) |
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
The Sound of Music
perhaps the world's best-loved musical tells the story of how the Von
Trapp family's idyllic life is brought to an end by the growing Nazi influence in Austria,
and their daring plan to escape across the mountains. The score that includes the
memorable songs These are a few of my favourite things, Do-Re-Mi and Climb
ev'ry mountain. |
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Saturday 12 June at 7.30 pm
St. Andrew's & St Cuthman's Church, Steyning
tickets: at The Book Shop, High Street, Steyning
(01903 812062)
and The Secretary Shop, Henfield (The Secretary Shop, High Street, Henfield (01273
493098)
or reserve by e-mail |
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Sunday 13
June at 4.10 pm
Glyndebourne Opera House, near Lewes
tickets: 01273 813813 or book on-line
telephone and internet booking open from 27 February
then performances on:
17,26,29 June at 5.25 pm, 20 June at 4.10 pm
2,6,10,12,16,21,24 July at 5.25 pm
Pre-performance talks on 13 and 20 June |
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Glyndebourne
Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus
Erika Sunnegårdh (Lady Macbeth), Andrzej Dobber /
Stephen Gadd (Macbeth), Stanislav Shvets (Banquo),
Yonghoon Lee (Macduff)Verdi
Macbeth
An operatic realisation of Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy. This
revival of the 2007 Festival production is directed by Richard Jones and
conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. |
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Booking opens Monday 14 June (tbc)
Glyndebourne Touring Opera
| Mozart |
Don Giovanni |
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| Rossini |
La Cenerentola |
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L’incoronazione di Poppea |
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Saturday 19 June at 7.30 pm
The Hawth Theatre, Hawth Avenue, Crawley
tickets: 01293 553636 (Hawth box office)
01293 439213 (Weald Choir) |
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Weald Choir
40th anniversary concert
| Carl Orff |
Carmina Burana |
| Darius Milhaud |
Scaramouche |
| Constant Lambert |
Rio Grande |
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Saturday 19 June
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
tickets: 01424 422344 / 440044
and at Hastings Information centre (01424 45111)
or on the door |
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Philharmonic Choir Summer concert |
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Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 June at
7.45 pm
matinée Saturday at 2.30 pm |
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Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
tickets: 01444 242888 |
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Burgess
Hill Musical Theatre Society music and lyrics by Jerry
Herman
Mack & Mabel
a musical based on the real-life story of the great silent movie director Mack
Sennet and one of the stars of his movies. It's 1911 and Mabel Normand wants to do serious
drama, while Mack prefers to stick to comedy, so Mabel leaves him for another film
director. But romantic affairs are never quite that straightforward... We get to meet
other movie legends such as "Fatty" Arbuckle, The Keystone Cops and Frank Capra |
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Saturday 26 June at 7.30 pm
Varndean School, Balfour Road, Brighton
and another concert on
Saturday 3 July at 7.30 pm |
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Orpheus Choir Summer concert
– a summer concert with a variety of music, including part-songs, folk-songs and
some popular music for fun. |

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Saturday
3 July at 7.30 pm
The Village Hall, Henfield |
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Orpheus Choir Summer concert
– a summer concert with a variety of music, including part-songs, folk-songs and
some popular music for fun. |

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Saturday 3 July at 7.30 pm
Arundel Cathedral, Arundel
tickets: 01243 554501 |
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Angmering
Chorale Songs from the shows |
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Sunday 4 July at 4 pm
Glyndebourne Opera House, near Lewes
tickets: 01273 813813 or book on-line
telephone and internet booking open from 27 February
then performances on:
7,9,15, 20,23,31 July at 5.15 pm, 18 July at 4 pm
3,6,9,12 August at 5.15 pm, 15 August at 4.05 pm
18,20.23,27 August at 5.15 pm
Study event on Sunday 4 July
Pre-performance talk on 15 August |
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Glyndebourne Chorus
Gerald Finley (Don Giovanni), Luca Pisaroni (Leporello),
Kate Royal (Donna Elvira), Mats Almgren (Il
Commendatore), Anna Samuil (Donna Anna), William
Burden (Don Ottavio)Mozart
Don Giovanni
Mozart’s second collaboration with mercurial librettist Lorenzo da
Ponte is among the very blackest of black comedies. This Glyndebourne's first new
production of the opera in 10 years, directed by Jonathan Kent and
conducted in turn by Vladimir Jurowski and Jakub Hruša.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles. |
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Sunday 4 July at 7.30 pm
Lancing College Chapel, Lancing
tickets: 01273 890598 (Sussex Chorus)
and 01273 709709 (Dome box office) |
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Lynsey Docherty (soprano), Margaret McDonald
(contralto), Neil Jenkins and Richard Newman
(tenors), Ian Gifford (baritone), John Walker (organ),
Anna Le Hair (piano)Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle |
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Sunday 25
July at 4.55 pm
Glyndebourne Opera House, near Lewes
tickets: 01273 813813 or book on-line
telephone and internet booking open from 27 February
then performances on:
30 July at 6.10 pm
1 August at 4.55 pm
4,7,10,14,17 August at 6.10 pm
22 August at 5.35 pm
25,28 August at 6.10 pm
Pre-performance talks on 25 July and 1 August |
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus
Alice Coote (Hänsel), Lydia Teuscher (Gretel),
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Witch), Irmgard Vilsmaier
(Mother), William Dazeley (Father), Tara
Erraught (The Sandman), Ida Falk Winland (The Dew
Fairy)Humperdinck
Hänsel und Gretel
A fairy-tale story and magical mix of simple folk tunes and rich
Wagnerian textures, Hänsel und Gretel appeals to both adults and children. With
an underlying subtext of modern consumerism this revival of the 2008 Festival production
is wittily directed by Laurent Pelly and conducted by Robin
Ticciati. Sung in German with English supertitles. |
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Sunday
8 August at 4.05 pm
Glyndebourne Opera House, near Lewes
tickets: 01273 813813 or book on-line
telephone and internet booking open from 27 February
then performances on:
11,13 August at 5.20 pm,
16 August at 4.50 pm
19,21,24,26 August at 5.20 pm
29 August at 4.05 pm
Pre-performance talk on 8 and 29 August |
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus
Topi Lehtipuu (Tom Rakewell), Matthew Rose (Nick
Shadow), Miah Persson (Anne Trulove), Clive Bayley
(Father Trulove), Susan Gorton (Mother Goose), Elena
Manistina (Baba the Turk), Graham Clark (Sellem)Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress
An opera inspired by William Hogarth’s famous cycle of satirical
prints, with a libretto by W H Auden and Chester Kallman. Tom Rakewell signs a Faustian
pact with the devil, swaps the simple country life and a devoted sweetheart for the vain
pursuit of big-city bonuses and increasingly exotic pleasures and ends up bankrupt and
insane in Bedlam. This is a revival of the classic 1975 Festival production by John
Cox, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, and with designs by David
Hockney. |
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Sunday
31 October at 7.30 pm
St Bartholomew's Church, Ann Street, Brighton
tickets: 01273 709709 (Dome box office)
or book on-line |
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The Boyan Ensemble of Kiev
sacred chants and songs of Ukraine
the Boyan has been described as "one of the finest male vocal ensembles of its
time". |
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Saturday
20 November at 7.30 pm
Arundel Cathedral
tickets: 01243 554501 |
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Angmering Chorale
| Karl Jenkins |
Gloria |
| John Rutter |
Magnificat |
| Wilberg |
Requiem |
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Saturday 4 December at 7.30
pm
St John's Church, Knoyle Road, Preston village, Brighton
tickets: 01273 552670 |
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Sunday 12 December at 7 pm
The Angmering School, Station Road, Angmering
tickets: 01243 554501 |
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Angmering
Chorale
Carols for Christmas |
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Saturday 26 March
Arundel Cathedral
tickets: 01243 554501 |
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Angmering
Chorale Brahms Requiem |
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June (date
tba)
Arundel Cathedral
tickets: 01243 554501 |
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Angmering
Chorale
| Alexander L'Estrange |
Zimbe! |
| Bob Chilcott |
A Little Jazz Mass |
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Saturday 12 November
Brighton Centre
tickets: 01243 554501 |
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Angmering
Chorale, with massed choirs Mahler
Symphony no.8 |
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December (date
tba)
The Angmering School, Station Road, Angmering
tickets: 01243 554501 |
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Angmering
Chorale
Carols for Christmas |
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listings last updated
08 March 2010
15:01 |