Three Classical Concerts
Three concerts coming up in March
Esterhazy Chamber Choir
Saturday 15th March at 7.30 in St John sub Castro Church Lewes
Comprising around thirty experienced singers from a variety of backgrounds, the choir aims to perform a broad and exciting repertoire to the highest standard
To book tickets or sign up to their mailing list so you can hear about future events, see their website at Baroque Gems | esterhazy
See also Lewes Concert Orchestra on 14th March.
Vivaldi & Haydn
Saturday 22nd March at 7.30
East Sussex Community Choir & Orchestra
To book or find out more see website
East Sussex Bach Choir – St Matthews Passion
Saturday 29th March at Lewes Town Hall
This event has actually sold out but tickets are available for rehearsals.
While this will not be the same as the full performance, you will be able to enjoy a substantial part of the work, with full chorus and orchestra. The part of the final rehearsal open to the public will run from 1.00 to 3.00, with no interval. It will include all of the choruses and most chorales, and some contributions from the Evangelist and possibly other soloists.
Other events include:
Thursday 13th March
Discussion: Performing the St Matthew Passion
How do artists from diverse performing traditions approach one of the peaks of Western music? And how have attitudes changed to the performance of baroque music over the last 50 years or so?
Violinist Alison Bury, leader of the Baroque Collective, has been a pioneer of authentic practice all her life and is a founder member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Sir John Tomlinson brings to the role of Christus the experience of a singer celebrated as the Wotan of his generation, steeped in the traditions of Wagner and treading the boards of Bayreuth.
Alison and Sir John will be joined by ESBC’s Music Director and conductor John Hancorn and writer and lecturer Richard Wigmore – himself a former singer – for a deep dive into the ‘Great Passion’, as it was always known in the Bach family. Using recorded examples, they will explore the background, musical structure and performing traditions of a work that has been justly called ‘the most monumental dramatic masterpiece before Wagner’s Ring’. Tickets here
