A Summary of all Classical Music Events.
October 2018
Soirees at Breinton: Emma Johnson and Finghin Collins
A clarinet & piano recital on Friday 26 October 2018 at 8:00 pm One of the most prolific and well-known clarinet soloists, Emma Johnson MBE is also one of the UK’s biggest selling classical artists. She and her piano partner Finghin Collins will perform a varied programme of Beethoven, Brahms, Stravinsky, Ravel and Bernstein. https://www.breinton.com/18/johnson-collins
Find out more »Choir Fusion – Male Voices wanted!
Full Circle Vocal Group will be teaming up with men from local choirs, churches and vocal groups to perform 4 songs at our end of term concert on Wednesday 12th December. We now need more male voices to complete our SATB set-up. If you sing tenor or bass and would like to join us, then please email polly@fcvg.co.uk You will need to be very familiar with the four songs before the first session (or sight read!) and be free on…
Find out more »November 2018
A Concert for Peace – commemorating the end of World War 1
As part of Guildford Borough’s weekend of remembrance and commemoration, we are delighted to be hosting this grand community event at GLive. The concert will be very similar to the Festival of Remembrance held at the Royal Albert Hall, and will feature music from Vivace Chorus and the Friary Guildford Band, along with readings by Dame Penelope Keith, HM Lord Lieutenant of Surrey and Col. Patrick Crowley. There will be a military bugler to play The Last Post and an…
Find out more »Britten: War Requiem – Centenary Remembrance
The performance of this intense masterpiece in Guildford Cathedral on Sunday 11 November marks the centenary of the end of World War One - one of the deadliest conflicts in history which saw more than 70 million military personnel in action, and in which over nine million service personnel and seven million civilians died. Join Guildford Choral, The Bach Choir, Guildford Cathedral Choristers and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jonathan Willcocks to honour the fallen and to…
Find out more »Brahms Requiem
Guildford Chamber Choir under the direction of their new Principal Conductor, Max Barley, sing Brahms's Requiem in a version with the accompaniment arranged by Iain Farrington for chamber ensemble. The programme will also include motets by Brahms's great predecessor, Heinrich Schütz. Our soloists will be Miranda Johnson (soprano) and Martin Johnson (baritone) and we will be joined by an ensemble of distinguished Surrey-based musicians. In support of Citizens Advice. There will be a short (10 min) interval during the concert. After…
Find out more »Guildford Opera Company – A Masked Ball
A liberal ruler walks a tightrope between rival factions whilst harbouring a secret love for his best friend’s wife. Fuelled by fate and the supernatural, political and sexual intrigues become tragically entwined. Verdi’s twin passions for political reform and profound drama meet perfectly in this exciting work. Vivid characters tell a tale that is serious but never sombre, laced with irony and dark humour and crowned by wonderful music. Stephen Oliver’s production set in post-1900 Europe reflects an era about…
Find out more »Double Concerto Autumn Concert
Join us for an evening of classical greats: Brahms’s ‘Double’ Concerto for Violin and Cello with violinist Emma Lisney and cellist Joy Lisney Tchaikovsky’s extraordinarily melodic Symphony No.4 Dorothy Howell’s colourful and gorgeously orchestrated Lamia. The concert starts at 7.30pm, and if you’d like to know more about the evening’s music, join our conductor, Roy Stratford, at 6.45pm for a pre-concert introduction. Roy’s talk is open to all ticket holders. Tickets – Adult…
Find out more »Chantry Singers Autumn Concert – “Sacred Music for Choir and Cello” – Bach
Chantry Singers Chamber Choir Guildford Autumn Concert Sacred music for Choir and Cello Saturday 24th November 2018 at 730pm Chantry Singers will be presenting works by Bach, “Jesu Meine Freude” and “Lobet den Herren” alongside music by Heinrich Isaac and are premiering a new work by our musical director based on the music of one the earliest female composers Hildegard von Bingen. Alongside this, the cellist George Ross will be performing solo works and also with the choir. A truly atmospheric…
Find out more »The Nutcracker at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
The Russian State Ballet returns with the eternal seasonal favourite The Nutcracker (Thursday 29 November) directed and choreographed by the former award-winning Bolshoi Ballet Soloist, Konstantin Uralsky. A truly captivating piece of theatre and a wonderful introduction to ballet, the show continues to capture the hearts and imaginations of all generations across the world. Times are variable please visit the website or call the box office. Tickets are on sale now! You can book your tickets by calling the Yvonne…
Find out more »Swan Lake at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
The Russian State Ballet presents the beautifully compelling tale of tragic romance, Swan Lake (Friday 30 November). From the opulent splendour of the palace ballroom to the moonlit lake where majestic swans glide in perfect formation, this ballet really has it all, capturing the full range of human emotions: hope and despair, terror and tenderness, melancholy and ecstasy. Times are variable please visit the website or call the box office Tickets are on sale now! You can book your tickets by…
Find out more »December 2018
Seafarers Royal Marines Band Concert at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Seafarers UK, the leading maritime charity, comes to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre for the first time with the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Portsmouth. Seafarers UK Royal Marines Band Concert (Saturday 1 December) brings you an evening of truly exciting musical and military spectacle, including traditional, classical Big Band sound and vocals from the talented musicians of the Royal Marines Band Service. Ticket Info: Variable, please call box office or visit the website. Box Office: 01483 44 00…
Find out more »Surrey Mozart Players – December Concert
Surrey Mozart Players, under the baton of exciting young guest conductor, Christopher Stark, warmly invites you to a concert of classical and romantic music to brighten up a winter’s evening. We welcome back local violin soloist, Emmanuel Bach, to perform Bruch’s dazzling and glorious Violin Concerto – “one of the best works of the Romantic period” (Classic FM). Also on the programme are Mendelssohn’s Symphony no. 4 (Italian) full of summer sunshine and the concert opens with Haydn’s witty and…
Find out more »January 2019
Songs from the Shows – Musical highlights from stage and screen
The South's outstanding professional orchestra, Southern Pro Musica, will be returning to Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on Friday 11th January 2019 for its annual celebration of the New Year. SPM will be joined by the renowned GSA Singers from Guildford School of Acting for an evening of musical highlights from stage and screen. With favourites from the great musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Lerner & Loewe, together with some of the greatest film scores ever, this will be a…
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