When visiting the afternoon concert at the Congress Theatre, make a cultural day of it!
- Visit the free Turner Prize Exhibition at Towner in the morning
- Reserve lunch at the excellent Light Restaurant
Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Sunday 14 January 2024 | 3.00pm - BOOK HERE
Repertoire
Smetana Overture,The Bartered Bride
Elgar Cello Concerto
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Artists
Gabriella Teychenné conductor
Laura van der Heijden cello
‘There is music in the air’ said Edward Elgar, and deep in the Sussex Downs, he found the inspiration for his Cello Concerto. A century later, we’ve taken it to our hearts, and in Prague they feel much the same way about Smetana’s The Bartered Bride and Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony. One is a sparkling romantic comedy, the other is one of the most passionate of great symphonies, but conductor Gabriella Teychenné will make them both leap to life today.
One of the leading cellists of her generation, Laura van der Heijden takes the spotlight in Elgar’s haunting, hugely-popular Concerto.
Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday 11 February 2024 | 3.00pm - BOOK HERE
Repertoire
Brahms Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Artists
Kahchun Wong conductor
Francesca Dego violin
It might have been the vodka talking, but when Modest Mussorgsky went to an art exhibition his imagination went into overdrive.Talking skulls, dancing chickens, ancient castles and a hut with hen’s legs: Pictures at an Exhibition is a riot of colour. Going to an art gallery was never meant to be this much fun, but for guest conductor Kahchun Wong it’s merely the climax of a whole concert powered by the imagination. Because when violinist Francesca Dego scales the Alpine peaks of Brahms’s radiant Violin Concerto, every note speaks straight to the heart.
Special offer for ACES Chamber Members!
A limited number of seats are available for this concert to Chamber Members and a guest who are with the Alliance of Chambers in East Sussex. That includes Chambers of Commerce in Battle, Bexhill, Crowborough, Eastbourne, Hailsham, Hastings, Heathfield, Lewes, Locate East Sussex, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Rye, Seaford, South East FSB, and Uckfield.
If your Company belongs to any of these organisations you can apply for two complimentary tickets at this concert.
Chamber Members can apply here.
Make a cultural day of it!
This special offer is to celebrate the Turner Prize at the Towner Gallery next door to the Congress.
So why not:
- Vist the free Turner Prize Exhibition at Towner in the morning
- Reserve lunch at the excellent Light Restaurant
- Enjoy the LPO concert of your choice at the Congress at 3pm
Randall Goosby plays Mozart
Sunday 24 March 2024| 3.00pm - BOOK HERE
Repertoire
Mozart Ballet Music from Idomeneo
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Artists
Gemma New conductor
Randall Goosby violin
‘How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night, Like softest music to attending ears!’ Shakespeare’s star-cross’d lovers have inspired composers for centuries, but nothing quite matches Prokofiev’s great Soviet ballet: Romeo and Juliet retold in music as sharp as a rapier and as tender as a kiss. It’s hot stuff, but Principal Conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Gemma New, and the ‘exquisite tone’ (The New York Times) of Randall Goosby, cool things down in the most elegant and enjoyable way imaginable – with a delicious concerto by the teenage Mozart.
