Music In Suffolk
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. From Carols by Candlelight to Status Quo rocking all over the Woods - Music In Suffolk is always varied and lively. The range of Music in Suffolk covers Blondie to lovely chamber music in some of Suffolk's finest churches, and everything in between, including the Aldeburgh Festival and the Latitude Festival, right through to Christmas Carols by Candlelight.
This Guide to Music In Suffolk is being constantly expanded so please keep an eye out for new events being posted.
Please click on a month below for Music In Suffolk that month
Nov Dec
2009
For Aldeburgh Music Events this month click Aldeburgh Music
Hadleigh Choral Society Autumn Concert 2008
Saturday November 22nd 2008 at 7:30pm at St Mary's Church, Hadleigh -- the programme will include
Rutter's Requiem
Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.
Tickets can be obtained at the door of St Mary's Church on the night of the concert or see Hadleigh Choral Society.
Sudbury Symphony Orchestra Concert
Saturday 29th November 2008, 7.30 pm
St Peter's, Market Hill,
Sudbury CO10 1TL
Our next concert is our first with Matthew Andrews conducting.
Matthew has worked with several orchestras and choirs in our area as well as with the Northern Sinfonia, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. We are delighted that he has undertaken to work with us.
We are also looking forward very much to the privilege of working on the Grieg Piano Concerto with Jill Morton for this concert. Jill has performed in all the major concert halls throughout Britain including the Royal Albert Hall. Her performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto has been described as "A stunning performance full of passion and commitment".
Tickets £10 (children £2) via the website www.sudburysymphonyorchestra.com
and from Sudbury Tourist Information Centre, Gaol Lane,
and Compact Music, North Street.
Do please come and hear her with us in St Peter's, Sudbury!
Classical Guitar Concert
Saturday 29th November 2008 at 3pm
Unitarian Meeting House, Churchgate Street, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1RH A Saturday afternoon guitar concert featuring renaissance lute dances, works by Giuliani and Mertz, and twentieth century music by Smith-Brindle
(England) and Leo Brouwer (Cuba). The music includes El Noy de la Mare (Spanish traditional), Plaisir d'Amour (Martini), and a Johann Strauss Waltz.
Played by guitarist Tim Christmas. The venue is a beautifully restored baroque building in the town centre. The doors will open at 2.45pm and the concert ends at 4pm.
£8 (£6 Concessions) - Tickets available on the door.
29 November 2008 at 19.30 Offton Church
A CHARMING AND CHARITABLE CHAP
Over the past six years MAGICAL MUSICAL MOMENTS Concerts by Candlelight in Offton Church have raised significant sums of money for worthy causes.
During that time MMM evenings became popular, not only for the excellent quality of music in candlelit surroundings but also because luxurious refreshments are always included and raffles or draws are not held. Overheads are as low as can be by the generosity of private and commercial sponsors and musicians.
In that respect MMM is fortunate to present Orlando Jopling; composer, conductor and cellist from London, with a programme of Music & Chat, which he calls Orlando's Cello Pilgrimage during which the cellist plays and explains 3 Bach suites. He takes the audience on a journey from the most well known to one of the more soulful and ending with a more flamboyant one.
What is so special, you may ask. Well, this musician does not charge for his performance on the understanding that his fee is deposited in the coffers of the church he plays in and the money will be used towards the maintenance of the fabric of the building.
A charitable chap indeed!
Comfortable cushioned seats at £12.50 may be ordered from
Mr Nigel Coleman on 01473-657191 or nrjcoleman@hotmail.com or see Magical Music Moments
Ipswich Bach Choir
Saturday, 6 December 2008 at 7.30pm
Great School, Ipswich School
J.S. Bach: 'Cantata No 21'
Haydn: 'Nelson Mass'
Soloists to include: Lindsay Gowers, Elaine Henson, Paul Bloomfield
Tickets, available from October: (will include refreshments) £12 and £5 (full-time education) from Choir Members, Sue Adair (01473 251618), Sue Wiltshire (01473 832559)
Christmas Oratorio
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ipswich Chamber Choir
Parts 1 - 3
7.30pm Saturday 13th December 2008
St. Margaret’s Church, Bolton Lane, Ipswich
Parts 4 - 6
14th 7.30pm December 2008
Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
The Ipswich Chamber Choir and the University of York Baroque Players
Conductor: Tom Appleton
Tickets will be available from July 2008
Music World Ipswich / www.ipswichchamberchoir.org.uk
2009
MAGICAL MUSICAL MOMENTS
New Year's Concert by Candlelight in Offton Church
10 January 2008
7.30 pm
OCTAVE VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Over the past six years Magical Musical Moments concerts by candlelight in Offton Church have raised significant sums of money for worthy causes from which local and national charities have benefited.
During that time MMM evenings became popular, not only for the excellent quality of music in candlelit surroundings but also because luxurious refreshments are always included and raffles or draws are not held. Yet, overheads are as low as can be, mainly by the generosity of private and commercial sponsors and musicians.
While Octave Vocal Ensemble has just finished a tour celebrating their 20th anniversary, we start the New Year with them!
MMM concerts always sell out quickly and since the maximum nr of seats is only 90, admission is by pre-payment only. Please make your cheque payable to St Mary's Church Offton.
The cost of your evening out with us is only £10.00. This includes champagne & luxurious refreshments. For reservations please contact Mr Nigel Coleman on 01473 657191 or nrjcoleman@hotmail.com, or see Magical Music Moments
Ipswich Bach Choir
80th Anniversary Year
Saturday, 4 April 2009 at 7.00pm
St Andrews Church, Felixstowe
J.S. Bach: 'St John Passion'
Soloists to include: Lindsay Gowers, Richard Edgar Wilson, Tom Appleton
Tickets: information on prices and availability to be added later
If you are arranging a musical event in Suffolk and would like to publicise it, please send an email to the address below with full details and we will add it to this article.
This Guide to Music In Suffolk is being constantly expanded so please keep an eye out for new events being posted.
Please click on a month below for Music In Suffolk that month
Nov Dec
2009
For Aldeburgh Music Events this month click Aldeburgh Music
Music In Suffolk November
Hadleigh Choral Society Autumn Concert 2008
Saturday November 22nd 2008 at 7:30pm at St Mary's Church, Hadleigh -- the programme will include
Rutter's Requiem
Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.
Tickets can be obtained at the door of St Mary's Church on the night of the concert or see Hadleigh Choral Society.
Sudbury Symphony Orchestra Concert
Saturday 29th November 2008, 7.30 pm
St Peter's, Market Hill,
Sudbury CO10 1TL
Our next concert is our first with Matthew Andrews conducting.
Matthew has worked with several orchestras and choirs in our area as well as with the Northern Sinfonia, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. We are delighted that he has undertaken to work with us.
We are also looking forward very much to the privilege of working on the Grieg Piano Concerto with Jill Morton for this concert. Jill has performed in all the major concert halls throughout Britain including the Royal Albert Hall. Her performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto has been described as "A stunning performance full of passion and commitment".
Tickets £10 (children £2) via the website www.sudburysymphonyorchestra.com
and from Sudbury Tourist Information Centre, Gaol Lane,
and Compact Music, North Street.
Do please come and hear her with us in St Peter's, Sudbury!
Classical Guitar Concert
Saturday 29th November 2008 at 3pm
Unitarian Meeting House, Churchgate Street, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1RH A Saturday afternoon guitar concert featuring renaissance lute dances, works by Giuliani and Mertz, and twentieth century music by Smith-Brindle
(England) and Leo Brouwer (Cuba). The music includes El Noy de la Mare (Spanish traditional), Plaisir d'Amour (Martini), and a Johann Strauss Waltz.
Played by guitarist Tim Christmas. The venue is a beautifully restored baroque building in the town centre. The doors will open at 2.45pm and the concert ends at 4pm.
£8 (£6 Concessions) - Tickets available on the door.
29 November 2008 at 19.30 Offton Church
A CHARMING AND CHARITABLE CHAP
Over the past six years MAGICAL MUSICAL MOMENTS Concerts by Candlelight in Offton Church have raised significant sums of money for worthy causes.
During that time MMM evenings became popular, not only for the excellent quality of music in candlelit surroundings but also because luxurious refreshments are always included and raffles or draws are not held. Overheads are as low as can be by the generosity of private and commercial sponsors and musicians.
In that respect MMM is fortunate to present Orlando Jopling; composer, conductor and cellist from London, with a programme of Music & Chat, which he calls Orlando's Cello Pilgrimage during which the cellist plays and explains 3 Bach suites. He takes the audience on a journey from the most well known to one of the more soulful and ending with a more flamboyant one.
What is so special, you may ask. Well, this musician does not charge for his performance on the understanding that his fee is deposited in the coffers of the church he plays in and the money will be used towards the maintenance of the fabric of the building.
A charitable chap indeed!
Comfortable cushioned seats at £12.50 may be ordered from
Mr Nigel Coleman on 01473-657191 or nrjcoleman@hotmail.com or see Magical Music Moments
Music In Suffolk December
Ipswich Bach Choir
Saturday, 6 December 2008 at 7.30pm
Great School, Ipswich School
J.S. Bach: 'Cantata No 21'
Haydn: 'Nelson Mass'
Soloists to include: Lindsay Gowers, Elaine Henson, Paul Bloomfield
Tickets, available from October: (will include refreshments) £12 and £5 (full-time education) from Choir Members, Sue Adair (01473 251618), Sue Wiltshire (01473 832559)
Christmas Oratorio
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ipswich Chamber Choir
Parts 1 - 3
7.30pm Saturday 13th December 2008
St. Margaret’s Church, Bolton Lane, Ipswich
Parts 4 - 6
14th 7.30pm December 2008
Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
The Ipswich Chamber Choir and the University of York Baroque Players
Conductor: Tom Appleton
Tickets will be available from July 2008
Music World Ipswich / www.ipswichchamberchoir.org.uk
2009
MAGICAL MUSICAL MOMENTS
New Year's Concert by Candlelight in Offton Church
10 January 2008
7.30 pm
OCTAVE VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Over the past six years Magical Musical Moments concerts by candlelight in Offton Church have raised significant sums of money for worthy causes from which local and national charities have benefited.
During that time MMM evenings became popular, not only for the excellent quality of music in candlelit surroundings but also because luxurious refreshments are always included and raffles or draws are not held. Yet, overheads are as low as can be, mainly by the generosity of private and commercial sponsors and musicians.
While Octave Vocal Ensemble has just finished a tour celebrating their 20th anniversary, we start the New Year with them!
MMM concerts always sell out quickly and since the maximum nr of seats is only 90, admission is by pre-payment only. Please make your cheque payable to St Mary's Church Offton.
The cost of your evening out with us is only £10.00. This includes champagne & luxurious refreshments. For reservations please contact Mr Nigel Coleman on 01473 657191 or nrjcoleman@hotmail.com, or see Magical Music Moments
Ipswich Bach Choir
80th Anniversary Year
Saturday, 4 April 2009 at 7.00pm
St Andrews Church, Felixstowe
J.S. Bach: 'St John Passion'
Soloists to include: Lindsay Gowers, Richard Edgar Wilson, Tom Appleton
Tickets: information on prices and availability to be added later
If you are arranging a musical event in Suffolk and would like to publicise it, please send an email to the address below with full details and we will add it to this article.
