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Suffolk offers a wide range of music festivals and open air concerts throughout the year, so it's a great place to come for music lovers. Music In Suffolk is always varied and lively. If you would like your musical event to be listed here, please scroll to the bottom of this page.
Please click on a month below for Music In Suffolk that month
May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February
March, April
For Aldeburgh Music Events this month please see Aldeburgh Music.
1st May 2011 - A Concert: Touring Companions - 60 Years On
Harkstead Church, Church Lane, Harkstead, IP9 1DD
Ticket prices: £9 (student £4.50) in advance, £10 (student £5) on the door
Wartime reflections in songs, music and words, from the darkness into light with Emily Bennett, Shaun McCourt, Martin Waddingron and Harriet Bennett
Contact: SallyWilden@hotmail.com 01473 327140
3rd May - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - May for full details.
Friday 6th May, 7.30pm - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
CO1 at Holy Trinity Church, Colchester
Trinity Street, Colchester CO1 1JN
in aid of Youth Culture: CO1
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Graham Rushby Tel 01206 851767
10th May - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - May for full details.
Wednesday 11 May - EMMA FIRTH & PETER DOLLIMORE
at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Piano Duets by Ravel & Schubert.
Please see: www.longmelford.co.uk for more details.
13 May - Fairport Acoustic Convention at The Apex.
This concert by the band’s acoustic line-up presents a more intimate (but no less exciting!) take on the legendary band’s music.
Wednesday 18 May - CARILLON SINGERS
at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Conducted by Ralph Earwicker.
50 voice choir from Surrey.
Songs to include composers Bruckner, Caccini & Chilcott.
Please see: www.longmelford.co.uk for more details.
Saturday 21st May - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
All Saints with St Peter’s Church, Maldon
High Street, Maldon CM9 4QE
in aid of church funds
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Colin Brown Tel 01621 853238
24th May - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - May for full details.
Fairport Convention Acoustic The Corn Exchange, Ipswich, Suffolk, Tuesday 24th May 2011 For more information see:
What's on in Ipswich - May
Wednesday 25 May - DENIS HILL saxophone
at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Music to include composers Hindemith & Debussy
For more information see: www.longmelford.co.uk
27 May - Jo Straw Performs at The George and Dragon Inn.
Jo gets the Bank Holiday weekend off to a flying start!
28th-29th May 2011 - LeeStock Music Festival. Please see LeeStock Festival - Suffolk Festivals for full details.
MONDAY 30 MAY 2011, 6.00 p.m - SUFFOLK VILLAGES FESTIVAL
part of the Suffolk Villages Festival Winter Concert Series
St Mary’s Church, Hadleigh
J. S. Bach: Magnificat in D major BWV243
‘Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen’, BWV11 (the ‘Ascension Oratorio’)
‘O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe’, BWV34
‘Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren’, BWV137
Claire Tomlin (soprano)
Timothy Kenworthy-Brown (countertenor)
Tom Raskin (tenor)
Giles Davies (baritone)
Psalmody
Essex Baroque Orchestra
directed by Peter Holman
Johann Sebastian Bach’s setting of the Magnificat is one of his finest and most popular religious works. Its original version was written for Bach’s first Christmas at St Thomas’s church in Leipzig, in 1723. Ten years later, possibly for the feast of the Visitation on 2 July 1733, he revised the work, transposing it from E flat major to D major, removing four Christmas movements, and replacing recorders with flutes. The concert includes three mature festive cantatas that also use a large orchestra, including three trumpets and timpani. The ‘Ascension Oratorio’ ‘Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen’, performed on 19 May 1735, is notable for its concerto-like first chorus and the aria ‘Ach, bleibe doch’, the first version of the Agnus Dei of the B minor Mass. The Whitsun cantata ‘O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe’ begins with one of Bach’s greatest and most complex choruses, memorable for its vivid depiction of flickering flames. ‘Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren’, written for 19 August 1725, is a brilliant set of variations on Joachim Neander’s stirring chorale, known in the English-speaking world as ‘Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the king of creation’.
Tickets: £15, £12 & £10 (half-price to those in full-time education)
Box office: 01206 366603, box@suffolkvillagesfestival.com
www.suffolkvillagesfestival.com
For further information about this concert please contact:
Louise Jameson, Administrator, Suffolk Villages Festival, 01206 366603, louise@suffolkvillagesfestival.com
31st May - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - May for full details.
7th June - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - June for full details.
June 9th 2011 - Status Quo playing Thetford Forest
Photo accredited to Simon Cooper
One of Britain's best loved bands has announced an East Anglian date for the summer. The legendary Status Quo will be appearing in Thetford Forest as part of Forestry Commission Live Music. Recognised each year by the Performing Rights Society as one of the hardest working acts on tour, the Thetford show will be their only date in the Eastern region in 2011.
Status Quo have become a rock'n'roll institution. A prolific touring and recording act, they have accumulated total world-wide record sales exceeding 118 million units, with 29 of their 39 album releases making the UK top 20. Classic hits like ‘Caroline’, ‘Down Down’, ‘Rockin’ All Over The World’, ‘Whatever You Want’, ‘Marguerita Time’ and ‘In The Army Now’ contribute to a presence of over seven and a half years on the British singles chart.
Status Quo duo Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt have also been awarded OBEs for services to music and for charitable work. This is complemented by a cabinet full of music industry accolades including: the coveted 'Silver Clef Award', presented annually by the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Trust for 'Outstanding Services to British Music'; Best Festival Feel Good Act from the UK Festival Awards; a Brit Award for 'Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry'.
Forestry Commission Live Music encourages people to see their local forests in a new way and return again to explore the beautiful woodland environment and the recreational and leisure opportunities on offer.
For Status Quo, Francis Rossi says, “Forestry Commission Live Music is a fantastic annual event that has become a statutory part of the UK’s live music calendar. We love to bag a trip to the woods each year. We are pleased to make Thetford part of our touring plans for 2011 particularly as we had a great gig performing to a capacity crowd last time we were there.”
Tickets, £34.00 (subject to booking fee) go on sale at 9.00am Friday 11th February from Forestry Commission Box Office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
10th - 26th June 2011 - Aldeburgh Festival. Please see Aldeburgh Music for full details.
June 10th 2011 - Erasure playing Thetford Forest
Forestry Commission Box Office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
June 11th 2011 - Simple Minds playing Thetford Forest
Forestry Commission Box Office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
June 11th 2011 - Bury Bach Choir - Purcell''s King Arthur, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Henry Purcell - King Arthur
Bury Bach Choir
Suffolk Baroque Players
Philip Reed conductor
Sena Larard soprano
Karina Lucas mezzo-soprano
David Sheppard countertenor
Patrick Mundy tenor
James Gower bass
Enter the world of King Arthur in this exuberant portrayal of events long ago. Purcell’s dramatic opera, with libretto by John Dryden, contains some of the composer’s most lyrical and evocative music, including the famous Frost Chorus and the patriotic song Fairest Isle.
Ticket Prices: £16
Contact: Theatre Royal Box Office 01284 769505 for more information.
14th June - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - June for full details.
Saturday 18th June - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
St John the Baptist Church, Felixstowe
Orwell Road, Felixstowe IP11 7PW
in aid of The Felixstowe Rotary Club Charities
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Mark Davis Tel 01394 670367
21st June - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - June for full details.
25 June - CHORAL CONCERT
St Edmunds church, Southwold - 7:30pm
PAKEFIELD SINGERS: A NOT-TO-BE-MISSED CHORAL EVENT!
The Pakefield Singers are delighted to be singing Faures’s Requiem and the Choral Suite from “The Armed Man” by Karl Jenkins.
This concert takes place on Armed Forces Day and will involve “Help the Heroes”. Tickets are £10 conc.
The ticket information hotline number is 07521 900663
Further info -
www.pakefieldsingers.com
MORLINGS Music Shop, 178-180 London Rd South
Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0BB.
Friday 1st July 2011 - BEST OF BROADWAY - ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, 7.30pm.
01-03 July - The Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Woodbridge. Please see Suffolk Festivals - Maverick Festival for full details.
Fri 8 - Sun 17 July 7.30pm - Summer Music at Blackthorpe Barn, Bury St Edmunds - -
Fri 8 July Yevgeny Sudbin piano
Sat 9 July Alexander Chaushian cello & Yevgeny Sudbin piano
Sun 10 July Iuventus Ensemble
Fri 15 July Machaca (Latin American)
Sat 16 July Priya Mitchell violin, Alexander Chaushian cello & Ashley Wass piano
Sun 17 July Skampa Quartet
Saturday 15th July - Westlife at Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk
Westlife have announced a brace of shows this summer as part of Forestry Commission Live Music where acts perform in spectacular woodland locations around the country.
During their 12 years at the top of pop’s hierarchy, Westlife have sold over 43 million records around the world. In the UK alone they have scored 10 multi-platinum albums and 14 No.1 hits, making them the top-selling group of the past decade. This prolific chart domination is attributed to hits like ‘Swear It Again’, ‘Flying Without Wings’, ‘What Makes A Man’, ‘Uptown Girl’, ‘Queen Of My Heart’, ‘World Of Our Own’, ‘Unbreakable’, ‘You Raise Me Up’ and ’The Rose’. Critical acclaim for the group has come via numerous awards including two BRITS, an MTV Europe Music Award and being the only artists to win the prestigious Record of the Year an incredible four times.
Money generated by Forestry Commission Live Music ticket sales is spent directly on the nation’s woodlands, benefiting everything from butterflies to walkers.
Tickets cost £37.50 (subject to booking fee) and go on sale at 9.00am this Friday 18th March from Forestry Commission box office telephone 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
Info:
www.westlife.com
www.forestry.gov.uk/music
Saturday 16th July - Bryan Ferry at Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk
One of the most influential contemporary pop artists, Bryan Ferry, has announced dates this summer as part of Forestry Commission Live Music.
Bryan Ferry is among a handful of performers that have enjoyed a highly successful career as a solo artist dovetailed with that as part of a band, being the singer, lyricist and principal composer for Roxy Music. A visionary musician, his contribution to a pioneering sound has generated a catalogue of chart hits including: ‘Love Is The Drug’, ‘Let’s Stick Together’, ‘Slave To Love’, ‘Avalon’, ‘Jealous Guy’, 'I Put A Spell On You' and ‘Don't Stop The Dance'. Described by Ferry as “a labour of love” last year saw the release of his 13th solo album, the critically acclaimed ‘Olympia’.
Commenting on the concerts Bryan Ferry says “I am really looking forward to my forest dates this summer. It is a real pleasure for an artist to perform in these wonderful locations.”
Money generated by Forestry Commission Live Music ticket sales is spent directly on the nation’s woodlands, benefiting everything from butterflies to walkers.”
Tickets £36.50 (subject to booking fee) go on sale at 9.00am Friday 4th March from the Forestry Commission box office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
Info:
www.bryanferry.com
17 July - ONE STEP BEHIND - Masters of Madness at The George and Dragon Inn.
It's the annual Street Fair and, as always, the G&D proudly present what will be THE event of the day! Don't miss this fantastic Madness tribute.
Afterwards Jo Straw will be with us inside to carry on the great entertainment well into the night!
Saturday 30 July 2011 - Monday 29 August 2011 - Snape Proms. Please see Aldeburgh Music for full details.
Aug 5 - MERCURY & MAY at The George and Dragon Inn.
We give you another chance to see this sensational two man tribute to the men from Queen!
Aug 19 - TERRY NASH - Blues Brother/Soul Sister at The George and Dragon Inn.
We are delighted to welcome back 'Stars In Their Eyes' Terry and the wonderful Katie Fox for a cracking night of classic Blues, Soul & Motown!
28th August - AFC Sudbury Music Festival
We are delighted to annouce an incredible coup for the AFC Sudbury Live & Kicking Music Festival in that now confirmed to headline our 2011 event are top internationally acclaimed legendary band The Sweet, with thirteen top 20 hits and over 30 million record sales to their name. Everybody knows Blockbuster, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Hellraiser, Fox on the Run, Action, Love is like Oxygen and many more and the guys will be flying in from a string of European gigs and festivals to be with us.
Top tribue acts Ultimate Madness and The Take That Experience will also be performing along with local bands Hi Fi Idols, Tom Catz, Sambooma and Two Steps Twice.
Adult £15, Child £7. Family ticket £37 ( 2 adults & 2 children)
Tel 01787 376213 or 01787 378431
Venue Address: Brundon Lane Sudbury CO10 7HN
www.supporters.afcsudbury.com
3rd September 2011 - Dragonfruit with Clare Woodcock and Ian Heywood at 7.30
Harkstead Church, Church Lane, IP9 1DD
Ticket prices: £9 (student £4.50) in advance, £10 (student £5) on the door
An intriguing mixture of English, Celtic and American folk songs, original and popular covers
Contact: sallywilden@hotmail.com 01473 327140
Saturday 1st October 2011 - LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS - ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, 7.30pm.
16th October at 3pm - Danielle Perrett - Around the Harp in an Afternoon
Harkstead Church, Church Lane, IP9 1DD
Ticket prices: £9 (student £4.50) in advance, £10 (student £5) on the door
Georgian period and modent concert harps from Handle go Gough. Two hundred years of harp repertoire introduced by lively internationally-known harpist, Danielle Perrett
Contact: sallywilden@hotmail.com 01473 327140
Friday 25th November 2011 - GREAT CLASSICAL FAVOURITES
- ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, 7.30pm.
Saturday 26th November - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
St Michael and All Angels Church, Martlesham Heath
The Drift, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 3PL
in aid of St Elizabeth Hospice
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Kate Hayhow Tel 01473 735739
Saturday 10th December - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
St Peter’s Church, Ipswich
Stoke Park Drive, Ipswich, IP2 9TH
in aid of Genesis Orwell Mencap
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Tel. Geneva Downes 01473 434062
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Please click on a month below for Music In Suffolk that month
May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February
March, April
For Aldeburgh Music Events this month please see Aldeburgh Music.
Suffolk Music Concerts May
1st May 2011 - A Concert: Touring Companions - 60 Years On
Harkstead Church, Church Lane, Harkstead, IP9 1DD
Ticket prices: £9 (student £4.50) in advance, £10 (student £5) on the door
Wartime reflections in songs, music and words, from the darkness into light with Emily Bennett, Shaun McCourt, Martin Waddingron and Harriet Bennett
Contact: SallyWilden@hotmail.com 01473 327140
3rd May - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - May for full details.
Friday 6th May, 7.30pm - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
CO1 at Holy Trinity Church, Colchester
Trinity Street, Colchester CO1 1JN
in aid of Youth Culture: CO1
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Graham Rushby Tel 01206 851767
10th May - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - May for full details.
Wednesday 11 May - EMMA FIRTH & PETER DOLLIMORE
at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Piano Duets by Ravel & Schubert.
Please see: www.longmelford.co.uk for more details.
13 May - Fairport Acoustic Convention at The Apex.
This concert by the band’s acoustic line-up presents a more intimate (but no less exciting!) take on the legendary band’s music.
Wednesday 18 May - CARILLON SINGERS
at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Conducted by Ralph Earwicker.
50 voice choir from Surrey.
Songs to include composers Bruckner, Caccini & Chilcott.
Please see: www.longmelford.co.uk for more details.
Saturday 21st May - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
All Saints with St Peter’s Church, Maldon
High Street, Maldon CM9 4QE
in aid of church funds
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Colin Brown Tel 01621 853238
24th May - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - May for full details.
Fairport Convention Acoustic The Corn Exchange, Ipswich, Suffolk, Tuesday 24th May 2011 For more information see:
What's on in Ipswich - May
Wednesday 25 May - DENIS HILL saxophone
at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Music to include composers Hindemith & Debussy
For more information see: www.longmelford.co.uk
27 May - Jo Straw Performs at The George and Dragon Inn.
Jo gets the Bank Holiday weekend off to a flying start!
28th-29th May 2011 - LeeStock Music Festival. Please see LeeStock Festival - Suffolk Festivals for full details.
MONDAY 30 MAY 2011, 6.00 p.m - SUFFOLK VILLAGES FESTIVAL
part of the Suffolk Villages Festival Winter Concert Series
St Mary’s Church, Hadleigh
J. S. Bach: Magnificat in D major BWV243
‘Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen’, BWV11 (the ‘Ascension Oratorio’)
‘O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe’, BWV34
‘Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren’, BWV137
Claire Tomlin (soprano)
Timothy Kenworthy-Brown (countertenor)
Tom Raskin (tenor)
Giles Davies (baritone)
Psalmody
Essex Baroque Orchestra
directed by Peter Holman
Johann Sebastian Bach’s setting of the Magnificat is one of his finest and most popular religious works. Its original version was written for Bach’s first Christmas at St Thomas’s church in Leipzig, in 1723. Ten years later, possibly for the feast of the Visitation on 2 July 1733, he revised the work, transposing it from E flat major to D major, removing four Christmas movements, and replacing recorders with flutes. The concert includes three mature festive cantatas that also use a large orchestra, including three trumpets and timpani. The ‘Ascension Oratorio’ ‘Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen’, performed on 19 May 1735, is notable for its concerto-like first chorus and the aria ‘Ach, bleibe doch’, the first version of the Agnus Dei of the B minor Mass. The Whitsun cantata ‘O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe’ begins with one of Bach’s greatest and most complex choruses, memorable for its vivid depiction of flickering flames. ‘Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren’, written for 19 August 1725, is a brilliant set of variations on Joachim Neander’s stirring chorale, known in the English-speaking world as ‘Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the king of creation’.
Tickets: £15, £12 & £10 (half-price to those in full-time education)
Box office: 01206 366603, box@suffolkvillagesfestival.com
www.suffolkvillagesfestival.com
For further information about this concert please contact:
Louise Jameson, Administrator, Suffolk Villages Festival, 01206 366603, louise@suffolkvillagesfestival.com
31st May - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - May for full details.
Suffolk Music Concerts June
7th June - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - June for full details.
June 9th 2011 - Status Quo playing Thetford Forest
Photo accredited to Simon Cooper
One of Britain's best loved bands has announced an East Anglian date for the summer. The legendary Status Quo will be appearing in Thetford Forest as part of Forestry Commission Live Music. Recognised each year by the Performing Rights Society as one of the hardest working acts on tour, the Thetford show will be their only date in the Eastern region in 2011.
Status Quo have become a rock'n'roll institution. A prolific touring and recording act, they have accumulated total world-wide record sales exceeding 118 million units, with 29 of their 39 album releases making the UK top 20. Classic hits like ‘Caroline’, ‘Down Down’, ‘Rockin’ All Over The World’, ‘Whatever You Want’, ‘Marguerita Time’ and ‘In The Army Now’ contribute to a presence of over seven and a half years on the British singles chart.
Status Quo duo Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt have also been awarded OBEs for services to music and for charitable work. This is complemented by a cabinet full of music industry accolades including: the coveted 'Silver Clef Award', presented annually by the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Trust for 'Outstanding Services to British Music'; Best Festival Feel Good Act from the UK Festival Awards; a Brit Award for 'Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry'.
Forestry Commission Live Music encourages people to see their local forests in a new way and return again to explore the beautiful woodland environment and the recreational and leisure opportunities on offer.
For Status Quo, Francis Rossi says, “Forestry Commission Live Music is a fantastic annual event that has become a statutory part of the UK’s live music calendar. We love to bag a trip to the woods each year. We are pleased to make Thetford part of our touring plans for 2011 particularly as we had a great gig performing to a capacity crowd last time we were there.”
Tickets, £34.00 (subject to booking fee) go on sale at 9.00am Friday 11th February from Forestry Commission Box Office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
10th - 26th June 2011 - Aldeburgh Festival. Please see Aldeburgh Music for full details.
June 10th 2011 - Erasure playing Thetford Forest
Forestry Commission Box Office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
June 11th 2011 - Simple Minds playing Thetford Forest
Forestry Commission Box Office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
June 11th 2011 - Bury Bach Choir - Purcell''s King Arthur, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Henry Purcell - King Arthur
Bury Bach Choir
Suffolk Baroque Players
Philip Reed conductor
Sena Larard soprano
Karina Lucas mezzo-soprano
David Sheppard countertenor
Patrick Mundy tenor
James Gower bass
Enter the world of King Arthur in this exuberant portrayal of events long ago. Purcell’s dramatic opera, with libretto by John Dryden, contains some of the composer’s most lyrical and evocative music, including the famous Frost Chorus and the patriotic song Fairest Isle.
Ticket Prices: £16
Contact: Theatre Royal Box Office 01284 769505 for more information.
14th June - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - June for full details.
Saturday 18th June - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
St John the Baptist Church, Felixstowe
Orwell Road, Felixstowe IP11 7PW
in aid of The Felixstowe Rotary Club Charities
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Mark Davis Tel 01394 670367
21st June - Lunchtime Concert at St Mary-le-Tower
Please see What's On in Ipswich - June for full details.
25 June - CHORAL CONCERT
St Edmunds church, Southwold - 7:30pm
PAKEFIELD SINGERS: A NOT-TO-BE-MISSED CHORAL EVENT!
The Pakefield Singers are delighted to be singing Faures’s Requiem and the Choral Suite from “The Armed Man” by Karl Jenkins.
This concert takes place on Armed Forces Day and will involve “Help the Heroes”. Tickets are £10 conc.
The ticket information hotline number is 07521 900663
Further info -
www.pakefieldsingers.com
MORLINGS Music Shop, 178-180 London Rd South
Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0BB.
Suffolk Music Concerts July
Friday 1st July 2011 - BEST OF BROADWAY - ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, 7.30pm.
01-03 July - The Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Woodbridge. Please see Suffolk Festivals - Maverick Festival for full details.
Fri 8 - Sun 17 July 7.30pm - Summer Music at Blackthorpe Barn, Bury St Edmunds - -
Fri 8 July Yevgeny Sudbin piano
Sat 9 July Alexander Chaushian cello & Yevgeny Sudbin piano
Sun 10 July Iuventus Ensemble
Fri 15 July Machaca (Latin American)
Sat 16 July Priya Mitchell violin, Alexander Chaushian cello & Ashley Wass piano
Sun 17 July Skampa Quartet
Saturday 15th July - Westlife at Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk
Westlife have announced a brace of shows this summer as part of Forestry Commission Live Music where acts perform in spectacular woodland locations around the country.
During their 12 years at the top of pop’s hierarchy, Westlife have sold over 43 million records around the world. In the UK alone they have scored 10 multi-platinum albums and 14 No.1 hits, making them the top-selling group of the past decade. This prolific chart domination is attributed to hits like ‘Swear It Again’, ‘Flying Without Wings’, ‘What Makes A Man’, ‘Uptown Girl’, ‘Queen Of My Heart’, ‘World Of Our Own’, ‘Unbreakable’, ‘You Raise Me Up’ and ’The Rose’. Critical acclaim for the group has come via numerous awards including two BRITS, an MTV Europe Music Award and being the only artists to win the prestigious Record of the Year an incredible four times.
Money generated by Forestry Commission Live Music ticket sales is spent directly on the nation’s woodlands, benefiting everything from butterflies to walkers.
Tickets cost £37.50 (subject to booking fee) and go on sale at 9.00am this Friday 18th March from Forestry Commission box office telephone 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
Info:
www.westlife.com
www.forestry.gov.uk/music
Saturday 16th July - Bryan Ferry at Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk
One of the most influential contemporary pop artists, Bryan Ferry, has announced dates this summer as part of Forestry Commission Live Music.
Bryan Ferry is among a handful of performers that have enjoyed a highly successful career as a solo artist dovetailed with that as part of a band, being the singer, lyricist and principal composer for Roxy Music. A visionary musician, his contribution to a pioneering sound has generated a catalogue of chart hits including: ‘Love Is The Drug’, ‘Let’s Stick Together’, ‘Slave To Love’, ‘Avalon’, ‘Jealous Guy’, 'I Put A Spell On You' and ‘Don't Stop The Dance'. Described by Ferry as “a labour of love” last year saw the release of his 13th solo album, the critically acclaimed ‘Olympia’.
Commenting on the concerts Bryan Ferry says “I am really looking forward to my forest dates this summer. It is a real pleasure for an artist to perform in these wonderful locations.”
Money generated by Forestry Commission Live Music ticket sales is spent directly on the nation’s woodlands, benefiting everything from butterflies to walkers.”
Tickets £36.50 (subject to booking fee) go on sale at 9.00am Friday 4th March from the Forestry Commission box office tel 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
Info:
www.bryanferry.com
17 July - ONE STEP BEHIND - Masters of Madness at The George and Dragon Inn.
It's the annual Street Fair and, as always, the G&D proudly present what will be THE event of the day! Don't miss this fantastic Madness tribute.
Afterwards Jo Straw will be with us inside to carry on the great entertainment well into the night!
Saturday 30 July 2011 - Monday 29 August 2011 - Snape Proms. Please see Aldeburgh Music for full details.
Suffolk Music Concerts August
Aug 5 - MERCURY & MAY at The George and Dragon Inn.
We give you another chance to see this sensational two man tribute to the men from Queen!
Aug 19 - TERRY NASH - Blues Brother/Soul Sister at The George and Dragon Inn.
We are delighted to welcome back 'Stars In Their Eyes' Terry and the wonderful Katie Fox for a cracking night of classic Blues, Soul & Motown!
28th August - AFC Sudbury Music Festival
We are delighted to annouce an incredible coup for the AFC Sudbury Live & Kicking Music Festival in that now confirmed to headline our 2011 event are top internationally acclaimed legendary band The Sweet, with thirteen top 20 hits and over 30 million record sales to their name. Everybody knows Blockbuster, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Hellraiser, Fox on the Run, Action, Love is like Oxygen and many more and the guys will be flying in from a string of European gigs and festivals to be with us.
Top tribue acts Ultimate Madness and The Take That Experience will also be performing along with local bands Hi Fi Idols, Tom Catz, Sambooma and Two Steps Twice.
Adult £15, Child £7. Family ticket £37 ( 2 adults & 2 children)
Tel 01787 376213 or 01787 378431
Venue Address: Brundon Lane Sudbury CO10 7HN
www.supporters.afcsudbury.com
Suffolk Music Concerts September
3rd September 2011 - Dragonfruit with Clare Woodcock and Ian Heywood at 7.30
Harkstead Church, Church Lane, IP9 1DD
Ticket prices: £9 (student £4.50) in advance, £10 (student £5) on the door
An intriguing mixture of English, Celtic and American folk songs, original and popular covers
Contact: sallywilden@hotmail.com 01473 327140
Suffolk Music Concerts October
Saturday 1st October 2011 - LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS - ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, 7.30pm.
16th October at 3pm - Danielle Perrett - Around the Harp in an Afternoon
Harkstead Church, Church Lane, IP9 1DD
Ticket prices: £9 (student £4.50) in advance, £10 (student £5) on the door
Georgian period and modent concert harps from Handle go Gough. Two hundred years of harp repertoire introduced by lively internationally-known harpist, Danielle Perrett
Contact: sallywilden@hotmail.com 01473 327140
Suffolk Music Concerts November
Friday 25th November 2011 - GREAT CLASSICAL FAVOURITES
- ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, 7.30pm.
Saturday 26th November - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
St Michael and All Angels Church, Martlesham Heath
The Drift, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 3PL
in aid of St Elizabeth Hospice
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Kate Hayhow Tel 01473 735739
Suffolk Music Concerts December
Saturday 10th December - Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society Charity Concert Season
St Peter’s Church, Ipswich
Stoke Park Drive, Ipswich, IP2 9TH
in aid of Genesis Orwell Mencap
Ipswich Gilbert & Sullivan Society will be performing it's concert Musical Highlights for All Tastes! - an evening with an accomplished group of soloists and chorus, singing everything from Bach to The Beatles.
Tickets: Tel. Geneva Downes 01473 434062
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