Recent programmes

14 September 2024 - Chapel Royal Brighton
Arnold Schoenberg 5 pieces opus 23.
Kevin Allen (piano)

Elegia Consort: Daria Robertson, Paul Houston
Andrew Storey (piano)

Puccini
Musetta - Quando m’en vo (Boheme)
Magda - Che il bel sogno (Rondine)

Mascagni
Santuzza – Voi lo sapete o mama

Leoncavallo
Mattinata


Simon Hopkins & Brighton Guitar Quartet

08 June 2024 - Chapel Royal Brighton
Schumann: vocal duets
Jane Larsen Mezzo, Paul Houston tenor, Andrew Storey Piano

Bach: Sonata number 4 in C minor
Beatrice Sales (Violin) Andrew Biggs (piano)

Chopin Preludes; Rachmaninov Etude-tableau
Alex Sinclair (piano), Marcus Cartwright (mandolin)

R Strauss: Nichts; Die Nacht
Duparc: Chanson Triste; Au pays où se fait la guerre
Lucy Mair (Sop), Celia Vince (piano)

13 April 2024 - Brighton Unitarian Church
Tosti: selected songs
Bob Ahern & Celia Vince

Wm. Grant Still: Romance; Incantation and Dance
Evelyn Harrison (saxaphone), Zhanna Kemp (piano)

Glinka: 'The fire of desire burns in my blood'
Rachmaninoff: 'Lilacs' Opus 21 No.5
Vocalise Opus 34
'How fair is this spot' Op.21 No.7
Tchaikovsky: Lensky’s arioso “I love you, Olga!” (Eugene Onegin)
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Hymn to the Sun” Aria of the Queen of Shemakha (Le Coq d'Or)
Daria Robertson (sop), Zhanna Kemp (Piano), Paul Houston (clarinet & tenor)

09 March 2024 - Brighton Unitarian Church
Schubert: An die Musik
Sue Mileham and Nicola Grünberg

English songs by Quilter , Vaughan Williams, Britten, Deadman
Kevin Starns (tenor) + Zhanna Kemp (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A major, Op.2 No.2
Norman Jacobs

Poulenc: Les chemins d'amour,
Gastaldon: Musica Proibita
Kurt Weill: Youkali
Rachmaninov: Ne poy Krasavitsa
Valeria Guidotti and Zhanna Kemp

10 February 2024 - Brighton Unitarian Church
Carlos Gardel - Por Una Cabeza
Richard & Edward Sherbourne (violins), Grigory Zubkov (piano)

Chopin: Etude in A flat Op.25 No.1 ‘Aeolian Harp’
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op.57(1) Appassionata
Kapustin: Concert Etude No.1
Nelly Zhang (piano) Teacher Maggie Grimsdell

Puccini:O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Ravel: Cinq chansons populaires Grecques:-
Quel gallant; La-bas, vers l'eglise; Tout gai!
Liza Lehmann:There are fairies at the bottom of my garden
Jem Byrne (sop), N Grunberg (piano)

Liszt: Liebestraume, Un Sospiro
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op.32 No.10, Prelude Op.32 No. 12
Oscar Gardner (piano)

13 January 2024 - Brighton Unitarian Church
JS Bach: B Minor Suite for Flute and String Orchestra (piano reduction by Matyas Sieber)
Karen Rash (flute), Hugh O'Neal (piano)

Grieg: 2 Nowegian Peasant Dances Op.72
Fartein Valen: Intermezzo Op.36
Kevin Allen (piano)

Luigi Boccherini – Quintetto, movement 1, Allegro non troppo
J.C. Bach – Quintet in C, Op. 11 No. 1.
Eddie Lang, arr. Anna Cooper – April Kisses
Jasry Quintet (Ross Hume, violin, Yasmin Coleman, viola, Jane Sebba, cello, Sam Christie, flute , Alex Pearson, oboe)

Schubert: Impromptu in C minor D899 No.1
Siegfried Fink: Trammel-Suite
Shuk Yee Lui (Piano, Snare drum)