We are a community of classical music lovers, both performers and listeners.
The Club was inaugurated in March 1923. Have a look at the History page for some details of how the Club developed in the first years.
Our series of informal musical evenings features artists drawn from our membership, and runs from September to June. The repertoire ranges from early music right up to the present day, combining the familiar with items less often performed.
Except where indicated, from September 2024 all of our concerts are held at Chapel Royal, 164 North St, Brighton BN1 1EA, on Saturdays at 7.00 pm.
Annual membership is £30, and includes free admission for the year.
Admission for non-members is £7. Free admission for under 18s.
| 12 April 2025 - Chapel Royal Brighton |
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| Ruperto Chapi: Mi tio se figura (El Rey que rabio) Pablo Sorozabal: No puede Ser (La Tabarera del puerto) Sebastian Yradier: La Paloma Joaquin Rodrigo: En Aranjuez mi amor (Concierto de Aranjuez) Joaquin Valverde: Clavelitos Jan King (voice), Celia Vince (piano), Simon Hopkins (guitar) Fauré: Nocturne No.6 Rachmaninov: Etude-tableau Op.39 No.8 Alex Sinclair (piano) Drawing Room Ballads - Songs of Love and Sentiment. Lilian Ray/Leonard Cooke The Sunshine of Your Smile Elgar/Arthur L Salmon Pleading Wilfred Sanderson/Dena Tempest As I Sit Here Eric Coates/Fredd Weatherly The Green Hills 0' Somerset Rod Edmunds (tenor) with Zhanna Kemp (piano) |
| Followed by the A.G.M. |
Our annual opportunity for students was a great success.
Audio recordings are available on the 'Recordings' tab for the next few weeks, and a beautifully crafted review by Dr Simon Jenner can be found here.
Audio recordings are available.
Simon has posted a review here.
You can find a review of the recitals by Simon Jenner here.
Previous reviews from Dr Jenner:
Review from November 9 concert is here.
Review from December 14 concert is here.
Simon's review of the recent memorial concert for Muriel Hart is here
Student performers from February 8 2025 |
 Three pictures from our March 18 concert, contributed by Bob Ahern. |
 Zhanna and Valeria at the Centenary Concert |
 Some beautiful Canteloube songs from Sherie, Karen and Katy |
 John playing Chopin, Rachmaninov and Ravel |
 Katy on piano with Sherrie (Soprano), Bob (Tenor) and Simon (Baritone) |
 Leslie Head was a former Club member. He was a much respected conductor; in the 1970s he pioneered many large scale works some of which were at the time relatively obscure. In February 2014 our Club held a memorial concert for Leslie, featuring some extracts of his recordings, the most recent from St John's Smith Square in 1983. Tributes were made by David Smith and Muriel Hart. I have retained a tape recording of this concert. |
 Zhanna, Evelyn and Vitalia at our opening concert 2022 |
 Karen at the BUC |
