Recent programmes

14 December 2024 - Chapel Royal Brighton
Finzi Songs (settings of Hardy)
Alan Ford (baritone) Celia Vince (piano)

G B Pergolesi: Concerto in G major for flute and keyboard
Karen Rash + Hugh O'Neal

Michael Head - The Little Road to Bethlehem
Peter Warlock - The First Mercy
Edmund Rubbra - A Hymn to the Virgin
Reger - Wiegenlied
anon, arr. Samuel Liddle - An Old French Carol
Sue Mileham and Kevin Allen

09 November 2024 - Chapel Royal Brighton
Norman Weiss: Bagatelle No 6 (con brio)
Poulenc: Andante from Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon
Poulenc: Improvisation No 13 in A minor for piano
Poulenc: Les Chemins de L'Amour, arranged for bassoon and piano by Martin Gatt
Carl Friedemann: Ehestandsgeplauder, Op.54 for oboe, bassoon and piano

- Alex Pearson (oboe), Lou Emmel (bassoon), Steve Engelhard (piano)

J S Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E major (Book 2 of the '48')
Hugh O'Neal (piano)

Beethoven Violin sonata Op.30 No.2
- Beatrice Sales (violin), Andrew Biggs (piano)

12 October 2024 - Chapel Royal Brighton
Frank Bridge: Rosemary
John Bruzon (piano)

CPE Bach: Sonata in E (2nd and 3rd mvts)
Rutter: Aria from Suite Antique
Beatrice Sales & Kevin Allen

Michael Head: Foxgloves
Mary Thomas (S), John Bruzon

Debussy: Petite Suite
John Bruzon & Nicola Grünberg (piano duet)

Folk song arrangements by Britten
Sue Mileham, Nicola Grünberg

Poulenc: Flute sonata
Karen Rash, Hugh O'Neal

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)