The London Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Eastbourne’s Congress Theatre for its tenth year this October with another season of six Sunday afternoon concerts.

Sunday 5 October 2014 | 3.00pm | Eastbourne Congress Theatre

Dvo?ák The Noonday Witch
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano

Sunday 30 November 2014 | 3.00pm | Eastbourne Congress Theatre

Beethoven Violin Concerto
Brahms Symphony No. 1

Aziz Shokhakimov conductor
Dmitri Berlinsky violin

Sunday 22 February 2015 | 3.00pm | Eastbourne Congress Theatre

Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Dvo?ák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)

Garry Walker conductor
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin

Sunday 15 March 2015 | 3.00pm | Eastbourne Congress Theatre

Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Haydn Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. VIII.11
Rossini Overture, The Barber of Seville
Mozart Symphony No. 41, K551 (Jupiter)

Daniel Smith conductor
Maria Meerovitch piano

Sunday 29 March 2015 | 3.00pm | Eastbourne Congress Theatre

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture)
Elgar Cello Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Jaime Martín conductor
Andreas Brantelid cello

Sunday 12 April 2015 | 3.00pm | Eastbourne Congress Theatre

Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 7

Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Madalyn Parnas violin

photograph by Benjamin Ealovega

The gift of a new Yamaha piano from the Friends of Bexhill Hospital has enabled them to launch a series of recitals for patients and friends.

The inaugural recital was given this morning by Raya Humphreys, following a brief introduction by the Chaplain, Rev Neville Barnett, who stressed the importance of the arts in recovery.

The photograph shows Raya Humphreys with Cardiologist Dr Richard Wray and Bexhill Hospital chaplain the Rev Neville Barnett, who have been closely involved with the movement to provide Arts within Healthcare.

A full review can be found on the 1066 review page.

The next recital will be on 18 October when Gabriel Barnett will play for us and in November there will be a recital by harpist Fiona Hosford. Close connections are being forged with local music schools and colleges to enable gifted young players to perform at the Irvine Unit over the next year.

Thames Chamber Choir

return to St John’s, Pevensey Road, Hastings

7.30pm

Saturday 11 October

Jonathan Martin

will be holding a Piano Masterclass at Filsham Hall

at 4.00pm on

Saturday 18 October

Contact details tbc

The first volume of Organs of 1066 Country is published tomorrow, Saturday 26 April, 2014. The book covers, in full colour, all of the organs in Hastings, a biography of local organ builder Samuel F Dalladay and the first part of a history of Bexhill Organists & Choirmasters Association.

Price £7.50 it will be on sale across the day together with musical events by local organists.

10.30am        His Place, Robertson Street, Hastings – with music from Alan Constable & Julius Weeks

2.00pm          Hastings Unitarian Church – with music from Tom McLelland-Young

7.00pm          St Luke’s URC – a celebration of the rebuild of the Dalladay Organ

Copies of the book are available to order from bhick1066@gmail.com post free.

WORTH ABBEY

Sunday 6 April at 7.30pm

The Stations of the Cross

Poems by Paul Claudel – Music by Marcel Dupré

Alice Kennedy (narrator)
D’Arcy Trinkwon (organ)

An all-too-rare chance to hear Claudel’s intense and moving ‘The Stations of the Cross’ alongside Dupré’s great organ work that it inspired. A true ‘concert spirituel’, the two works – so rich in human and spiritual drama – powerfully evoke the Stations of the Cross and result in a work of searing emotional impact.

Dupré’s organ work originated from a concert at the Brussels Conservatoire in 1931: Claudel’s poems were recited, and after each Dupré improvised a musical commentary depicting the events of each station. Such was the success of the work that he ‘wrote’ down these creations, giving the ‘premier’ of them the following year in Paris’ great Salle du Trocadero.

DT has performed this work on many occasions including several performances at both Westminster and St Paul’s cathedrals.

Admission is free – a retiring collection will be taken.