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East Anglia Music and Arts - Guide to events
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Music
Saturday 1 June
Colchester Symphony Orchestra Russian Programme, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Ipswich Chamber Choir All That Jazz, 6.30pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, map
Sunday 2 June
Essex Concert Band Southend Bandstand Priory Park, 3pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Tallis Chamber Orchestra Society Mozart, Haydn, Handel, 3pm details at St Peters Church, Westleton, map
Monday 3 June
Royal Hospital School Ian Ray, Organ, 1.30pm details at Cliff Park, Harwich, map
Wednesday 5 June
Lion Walk Church Catherine May (soprano) Andrew Allen (guitar), 1pm details, Colchester, map
Thursday 6 June
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall Lorraine Ely, soprano, 12.30pm details, map
St Mary-le-Tower Church Matthew Heyburn, piano Mendelssohn Songs without Words, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 8 June
Hadleigh Choral Society Light Music, 7pm details at Lavenham Village Hall, map
Pimlott Foundation Summer Soirée and Open Gardens, 5pm details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Sunday 9 June
Lavenham Sinfonia Weber, Nielsen, Brahms, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Saffron Hall The Sixteen - Monteverdi: Vespers, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
West Bergholt Concert Band , 2.30pm details at Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, map
Monday 10 June
Royal Hospital School David Pickthall, organ & Richard Harvey, trombone, 1.30pm details at Cliff Park, Harwich, map
Tuesday 11 June
St Mary-le-Tower Church David Poulter, organ- Whitlock, Bach & Reubke, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 12 June
Lion Walk Church Brass Quintet from the band of the Parachute Regiment, 1pm details, Colchester, map
Saturday 15 June
Bury Bach Choir Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Ipswich Choral Society Vivaldi: Gloria, Summer concert plus works by Parry, Elgar, Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Stainer and McMillan, 7.30pm details at St Margaret's Church, map
Lexden Choral Society Colchester Summer concert details at Lexden Church, map
Music in Felixstowe Classic Strings, 7pm details at St Andrew's Church
Stowmarket Chorale Shakespeare Meets Jazz! madrigals and readings, 7.30pm details at United Reform Church, map
Sunday 16 June
Hadleigh Choral Society Hadleigh Light Music - in the Deanery Garden or in church if wet, 3pm details at Hadleigh Church, map
Monday 17 June
Royal Hospital School Colin Andrews (Indiana University, USA), Organ, 1.30pm details at Cliff Park, Harwich, map
Tuesday 18 June
St Mary-le-Tower Church Edward Leach, baritone & Andrew Leach, piano Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 19 June
Lion Walk Church Paul Burt (tenor) & Ian Ray (piano), 1pm details, Colchester, map
Music in Felixstowe Die Schöne Müllerin - Edward Leach tenor with Andrew Leach piano, 11.30am details at Orwell Hotel, map
Witham Choral Society Summer Concert, 7.30pm details at United Reform Church, map
Saturday 22 June
Colchester Choral Society Purcell: King Arthur - extracts, informal concert, ticket includes wine and nibbles, 7.30pm details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Music at Rushmere Mozart's Muses - women who inspired Mozart, with soprano Fiona Jessica Wilson, 7pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Saffron Hall Emanuel Ax, piano, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Suffolk Sinfonia Elgar, Arnold, Ginzi, Vaughan Williams, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 23 June
Essex Concert Band Castle Park Bandstand Colchester, 3.30pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Headgate Theatre, Colchester British Clarinet Ensemble, 3pm details, map
Kingfisher Ensemble PianoTrios, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Sudbury Choral Society Light concert on the theme of childhood., 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Tuesday 25 June
St Mary-le-Tower Church Jonas Stonkas, accordion Classical transcriptions, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 26 June
Lion Walk Church Oliver Ray (cello) & Ian Ray (piano), 1pm details, Colchester, map
Saturday 29 June
Dorian singers Felixstowe Summer Concert- Gilbert & Sullivan to Brahms, 7.30pm details at Kirton Church Hall, map
Essex Symphony Orchestra Glinka, Lalo, Tchaikovsky, 7.30pm details at Chelmsford Cathedral, map
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra Summer concert, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Stour Choral Society , 6.15pm details at Old Hall Chapel, East Bergholt, map
Suffolk Singers Summer Serenade - recital by Claire Weston and choral favourites, 7.30pm details at Aldeburgh Church, map
Sunday 30 June
Concerts at Cratfield Endellion String Quartet, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra Film music, 3pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Tuesday 2 July
St Mary-le-Tower Church Alessandro Bianchi, organ Price, Young, Howells, Willscher & Germani, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 4 July
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall Essex Voices - Motets by Lully for three female voices and continuo, 12.30pm details, map
Colchester Symphony Orchestra American Programme, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Kirbye Voices Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs, Holst, Elgar, Gershwin and others,, 7.30pm details at Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 5 July
Snape Maltings Snape Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart, an operatic tale of misguided loyalty, passion and fate, 7.30pm details, map
Saturday 6 July
Cantus Firmus A Pilgrimage of Song in Felixstowe details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Clacton Choral Society Clacton Choral goes to the Proms, 5pm details at St James's Church, map
Haverhill Singers Summer Concert, 3pm details at St Mary's Haverhill, map
Kirbye Voices Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs, Holst, Elgar, Gershwin and others, 7pm details at Hartest Church, map
Phoenix Singers Mozart: Requiem, Magic Flute overture, Clarinet concerto, 7pm details at Framlingham Church, map
Saffron Hall Verdi: Requiem - Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus and Saffron Walden Choral Society, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
St Botolph's Music Society Hervey Benham Young Soloists details, Colchester, map
Sunday 7 July
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Summer Concert details at Ashlar House, map
Kelvedon Singers Summer Sernade Tea served at 3 pm. Park open, 5.30pm details at Euston Hall, Thetford, map
Monday 8 July
Music in Felixstowe Tuishi Pamoja – schools’ production, 7pm details at Felixstowe Academy, map
Tuesday 9 July
St Mary-le-Tower Church Tower Chamber Choir Weelkes, Gibbons, Byrd & Leighton, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 11 July
Roman River Music Fergal is Fuming - Based on the story Fergal is Fuming by Robert Starling, 7.30pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Roman River Music Street Orchestra Live, in the gardens, 8pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Roman River Music Street Orchestra Live, 8pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Friday 12 July
Roman River Music Eliza Burkitt (violin) Bach, Ysaye, Kreisler- with lunch, 12pm details at Tymperley's, Colchester, map
Roman River Music Ensemble Bash, 6pm details at St Giles Centre, Colchester, map
Roman River Music Zoë Martlew (cello) and Mark Simpson, 9pm details at St Giles Centre, Colchester, map
Saturday 13 July
Aquarius Singers proceeds to Wateraid, 6pm at All Saints Church, Bury St Edmunds, map
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Night at the Movies details at Ely Cathedral, map
Colchester Symphony Orchestra English Classics Walton, Arnold, Vaughan Wiliams , Elgar, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Roman River Music Singh Quartet, 6pm details at Colchester Arts Centre, map
Roman River Music Nebula Sun, Norwich band, 9pm details at Colchester Arts Centre, map
West Bergholt Concert Band That’s Entertainment – Movies & Musicals, 7.30pm details at Tiptree Church, map
Sunday 14 July
Concerts at Cratfield Gould Piano Trio with Robert Plane (clarinet), 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Music at Rushmere Cameron Scott (piano), 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Roman River Music Colchester Weekend Finale: Street Orchestra and local choirs, 4pm details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Suffolk Villages Festival Musical Tea Party, 3.30pm details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Tuesday 16 July
St Mary-le-Tower Church Melanie Woodcock, cello & Andrew Leach, piano Rachmaninov Cello Sonata, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Sunday 21 July
Kingfisher Ensemble A Summer Serenade, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Snape Maltings Snape Royal Academy of Music and Juilliard School, 4pm details, map
Snape Maltings Snape Royal Academy of Music and Juilliard School: Tchaikovsky, Britten, Stravinsky, 4pm details, map
Tuesday 23 July
St Mary-le-Tower Church Philippa Barton, violin & Alisdair Hogarth, piano Elgar Sonata for violin & piano, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Friday 26 July
Saffron Hall National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain & Nicola Benedetti, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 27 July
Odeon Colchester André Rieu's 2019 Maastricht Concert - at 3pm on Sun, 7pm, to 28 Jul details, map
Pimlott Foundation Orlando Chamber Choir - garden opens from 4.30 pm, 5pm details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Sunday 28 July
Concerts at Cratfield Heath String Quartet, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Tuesday 30 July
St Mary-le-Tower Church Zephyr Baroque Albinoni, Schickhardt, Pepusch, Telemann & Barsanti, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 1 August
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall Christine Stephenson, piano, 12.30pm details, map
Tuesday 6 August
St Mary-le-Tower Church Phantom Wind Quintet Mozart & Poulenc, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Friday 9 August
Music in Felixstowe Free Proms on the Prom in the Seafront Gardens., to 10 Aug details at Felixstowe Academy, map
Saturday 10 August
Headgate Theatre, Colchester 10 Mad Years: Mad Hatter celebrate their 10th anniversary with a collection of favourite songs, 7.45pm details, map
Sunday 11 August
Concerts at Cratfield Sounds Baroque, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Tuesday 13 August
St Mary-le-Tower Church Harrison Cole, organ Françaix, Duruflé, Langlais, Hakim, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Tuesday 20 August
St Mary-le-Tower Church Taylor London, soprano & Edward Allen, piano Mozart, Britten & Tchaikovsky, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 24 August
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall Flower Festival Concert; Andy Wilsher's tributes to The Rat Pack & Michael Bublé, 7.30pm details, map
Sunday 25 August
Concerts at Cratfield Guy Johnston cello, Sam Haywood piano, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Music in Felixstowe Quartetto Familia, 3pm details at St Nicholas's, Felixstowe Ferry, map
Music in Felixstowe Quartetto Familia and friends, 3pm details at St Peter and Paul Church, map
Tuesday 27 August
St Mary-le-Tower Church Adam Chillingworth, organ Bedard, Ives, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 28 August
Music in Felixstowe Violin and Viola duos, 12pm details at St Andrew's Church
Tuesday 3 September
St Mary-le-Tower Church David Dunnett, organ Music for the “King of Instruments”, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 5 September
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall Philip Prior - an organ recital, 12.30pm details, map
Saturday 7 September
Cantus Firmus Come and Sing at Martlesham Heath, 11am details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Sunday 8 September
Concerts at Cratfield Castalian String Quartet, Cratfield’s Young Artists Concert, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Music in Felixstowe Clarinet Trios, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church
Tuesday 10 September
Aurora Orchestra Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
St Mary-le-Tower Church Christopher Borrett, bass & Christopher Weston, piano Schubert: Schwanengesang, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 11 September
Music in Felixstowe John Parker Jazz Trio, 11.30am details at Orwell Hotel, map
Saturday 14 September
Trianon Music Group Sixty Years of Music Making, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 16 September
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club Consone String Quartet, 7.30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 17 September
St Mary-le-Tower Church Anglia Baroque European String Music 1500-1700, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 21 September
Music in Felixstowe Last Night of the Proms., 7.30pm details at St John the Baptist Church, map
Sunday 22 September
Lavenham Sinfonia Bach, Vivaldi, Heinichen, Handel, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Tuesday 24 September
St Mary-le-Tower Church Colin Walsh, organ Bach, Frank, Gigout & Vierne, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 28 September
Essex Concert Band Promenade Concert, 7.30pm details at Rowhedge Village Hall, Roehedge, map
Tuesday 1 October
St Mary-le-Tower Church Kathryn Parry, violin & Ben Parry, narrator Bach Partita in D minor & Ferdinand the Bull, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 3 October
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall Aurora Voices - vocal ensemble, 12.30pm details, map
Saturday 5 October
Ipswich Chamber Music Society Sacconi String Quartet, 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Tuesday 8 October
St Mary-le-Tower Church William Baldry, organ Bairstow, Brewer & Bridge, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 9 October
Saffron Hall An Evening with Lesley Garrett (soprano), 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Friday 11 October
Saffron Hall Courtney Pine - bass clarinet, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 12 October
Prometheus Orchestra Mozart; Hummel Trumpet Concerto With John Jermy; and at Woolpit Hall 13 Oct, 7.30pm details at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, map
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1, Dvorak: “New World” Symphony, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wolsey Orchestra Verdi, Chris Wright, Schumann, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 13 October
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Blue Harlem, 7pm details, map
Saffron Hall Paul Lewis (piano) rescheduled concert from Sunday 24 February 2019, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Tuesday 15 October
St Mary-le-Tower Church Andrew Leach & Christopher Weston, piano duet Music for 4-hands, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 16 October
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Stringfever, 7.45pm details, map
Saffron Hall Music & Maths Marcus du Sautoy professor of mathematics & Oxford Philharmonic orchestra, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Thursday 17 October
Theatre Royal Bury I, Clara- celebration of the life of Clara Schumann in music and words, 7.30pm details, map
Saturday 19 October
Colchester Symphony Orchestra Music associated with London, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Saffron Hall Gabriel: Alison Balsom (trumpet) and the English Concert, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Sunday 20 October
Stour Valley Arts and Music Aurora Ensemble, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Monday 21 October
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club Florian Mitrea (piano), 7.30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 24 October
Saffron Hall Steve Reich/Gerhard Richter with Britten Sinfonia, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 26 October
, Bury St Edmunds Faure: Requiem, Clare College Choir, 7.30pm details, map
Essex Concert Band Poppy Appeal Promenade Concert at Witham Royal British Legion Memorial Hall, Newland Street CM8 2AZ, 7.30pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Saturday 9 November
Ipswich Chamber Music Society Busch Piano Trio Busch Piano Trio Busch Piano Trio Busch Piano Trio, 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Lexden Choral Society Remembrance and Thanksgiving details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Sunday 10 November
Saffron Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra & Marin Alsop Roderick Williams bartitone) - Elgar, Walton, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Stour Valley Arts and Music Trio con Brio Copenhagen, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Friday 15 November
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Vivaldi: Gloria, Pergolesi: Stabat Mater with Iestyn Davies, countertenor, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 16 November
Bury Bach Choir Brahms and the Armed Man, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Colchester Choral Society Duruflé: Requiem and Bernstein: Chichester Psalms details at St Botolph's, map
Community Light Orchestra Concert details at River of Life Church, Felixstowe, map
Saffron Hall Jan Garbarek Group( jazz), 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Trianon Music Group Felixstowe Community Concert - a Victorian evening, 7.30pm details at Trinity Methodist Church, Felixstowe, map
Sunday 17 November
Ipswich Choral Society A night at the opera, 5.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra Holst, Prokoviev, Sibelius, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Sudbury Choral Society Magnificat by CPE Bach, Solemn Vespers by Mozart,, 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Monday 18 November
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club David Jones (baritone), George Ireland (piano), 7.30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 23 November
Hadleigh Choral Society Mendelssohn: Elijah, 7.30pm details at St John's Church, Epping, map
West Bergholt Concert Band The Great Composers, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Sunday 24 November
Beccles Choral Society Handel: Messiah details at Snape Maltings, map
Britten Sinfonia Bach to the 21st century with Benjamin Grosvener (piano), 3pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 30 November
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra Autumn Concert, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Stour Choral Society Bach: Christmas Oratorio (excerpts) Selection of Christmas music and congregational carols details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Stowmarket Chorale Bach: Christmas Oratorio, 7.30pm details
Suffolk Sinfonia Marquez, Tchaikovsky, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 7 December
Cantus Firmus Messy Messiah - with Bury Cathedral's In Harmony Trust, 6.30pm details at St John's Church, Ipswich, map
Colchester Symphony Orchestra CSO Wind, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Tiptree Choral Society Christmas programme details at St Luke's church Tiptree, map
Woodbridge Choral Society Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, 7.30pm details at Woodbridge Church, map
Sunday 8 December
Colchester Choral Society Here Comes Christmas!, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Saffron Hall Pasadena Roof Orchestra at Christmas, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 14 December
Phoenix Singers Britten: St Nicholas and Christmas Music, 7pm details at Framlingham Church, map
Tuesday 17 December
Essex Concert Band Christmas Concert, 7.45pm details at Rowhedge Village Hall, Roehedge, map
Thursday 19 December
Kirbye Voices Concert, 7pm details at St Peter's Church, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 20 December
Saffron Hall The Sixteen, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 21 December
Kirbye Voices Bury St Edmunds Concert at West Stow, 7.30pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Saturday 4 January
Saffron Hall BBC Concert Orchestra - New Year’s Celebration, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 11 January
Colchester Symphony Orchestra Russian Programme, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Sunday 19 January
Saffron Hall Absolute Beethoven? BBC Symphony Orchestra and Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 25 January
Ipswich Chamber Music Society Fibonacci Sequence (trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello & piano), 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Sunday 26 January
Stour Valley Arts and Music Jamal Aliyev, cello, 4pm details at Constable Hall, East Bergholt, map
Sunday 9 February
Stour Valley Arts and Music Young Musicans' Concert, 4pm details at Constable Hall, East Bergholt, map
Saturday 15 February
Ipswich Chamber Music Society Coull String Quartet with Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) and Andrew Leach (piano), 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
University of Essex Choir Fauré: Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine with the London Mozart Players details at Chelmsford Cathedral, map
Monday 17 February
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club Metamorphoses: clarinet, viola and piano trio Monday 16 March 2020 7:30pm, 7.30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 1 March
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Concert details at All Saints Church, map
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra Family Concert, 2.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Saturday 7 March
Bury Bach Choir Verdi: Requiem, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Sunday 8 March
Stour Valley Arts and Music Carducci Quartet, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Saturday 14 March
Colchester Choral Society Haydn: The Creation, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Monday 16 March
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club Alena Walentin (flute), 7.30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 21 March
Colchester Symphony Orchestra Mozart Programme, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Saturday 28 March
Saffron Hall Curlew River with Ian Bostridge with Britten Sinfonia Voices, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Stour Choral Society Handel: Messiah., 2.30pm details at Mistley Church, map
Sunday 29 March
Stour Valley Arts and Music Kammerphilharmonie Europa, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Saturday 4 April
Phoenix Singers Bach: St John Passion, 7pm details at Framlingham Church, map
Sunday 5 April
Sudbury Choral Society Faure: Requiem, Poulenc: Gloria, 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Saturday 2 May
University of Essex Choir Bach: Mass in B Minor, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 9 May
Colchester Symphony Orchestra Beethoven and Brahms, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Community Light Orchestra details at Hadleigh Church, map
Saturday 16 May
Bury Bach Choir Handel: Messiah, 7pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Saffron Hall Britten Sinfonia with Alison Balsom (trumpet), 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Friday 7 June
Friends' Lunch with Mark Padmore & Thomas Larcher, 12pm details at Snape Maltings, map
The Hunting Gun. The first opera by Thomas Larcher; at 5 pm on Sunday, 5.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 8 June
Poetry and Music: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Mark Padmore (tenor), Andrew West( piano), Lavinia Greenlaw (poet), 3pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Paul Lewis (piano), 7pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 9 June
Tenebrae - singers, 8pm details at Blythburgh Church, map
Monday 10 June
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 11 June
Albion Quartet, 3pm details at Orford Church, map
Knussen Chamber Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 12 June
Icon, opera for soprano, actor and ensemble, 5.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Steven Hough (piano), 8pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 13 June
Songs and poetry of the sea - Mark Padmore (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Julius Drake (piano), 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 14 June
Secret Theatre - chamber pieces by Birtwistle, Knussen and Matthews, 4.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Vox Luminis - Choral motets by JS Bach and his ancestors, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 15 June
BBC Symphony Orchestra with Sarah Tynan (soprano), 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 16 June
Britten and Bridge with Adrian Brendel (cello) Joanna MacGregor (piano) Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), 4pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Vox Luminis - Britten, Handel, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 17 June
Aldeburgh Voices and Jesse Flowers - Modern madrigals and two masterpieces for the solo guitar., 4pm details at Orford Church, map
Schubert 1828 Mark Padmore tenor, Roderick Williams baritone, Roger Vignoles piano, Richard Watkins horn, Trio Isimsiz, Quatuor Diotima, Chamber Choir of London, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 18 June
Vox Luminis - Music for the Coronation and Funeral of Queen Mary, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 19 June
Alisa Weilerstein (cello) - Bach cello Suites, 7.30pm details at Blythburgh Church, map
Thursday 20 June
Ardeo Quartet, 3pm details at Orford Church, map
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 21 June
Karim Said (piano), 3pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Barbara Hannigan and Ludwig Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 22 June
Poetry and Music - Britten: Winter Words with Mark Padmore (tenor), 2.30pm details at Aldeburgh Church, map
Nicholas Daniel (oboe) and Friends - Britten Oboe Quartet, Adam Walker flute, 5pm details at Aldeburgh Church, map
Barbara Hannigan and the Ludwig Orchestra, 8pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 23 June
Barbara Hannigan: Edith Sitwell and Walton's Façade Poetry music and song, 11am details at Snape Maltings, map
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 3pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 1 August
1 to 31 August, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Clare Teal and Guy Barker - jazz duo and their band, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 2 August
The Swingles - from Bach to the present, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 3 August
Blazin' Fiddles - folk fiddlers from Scotland, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 4 August
Julian Bliss and Carducci Quartet, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 5 August
Pee Wee Ellis jazz group, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 6 August
Suffolk Youth Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 8 August
Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason cello and piano, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 9 August
Swinging at The Cotton Club, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 10 August
The Shires with support Honey & the Bear - UK country, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 11 August
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 13 August
Gilbert O'Sullivan- Irish singer- songwriter, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
National Youth Choir of Great Britain, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 14 August
6 Hands - guitars; ancient and modern, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 15 August
An Evening with Rick Wakeman, Keyboardist, raconteur and ‘Grumpy Old Man’, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 16 August
Juan Martín Flamenco Dance Ensemble, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 17 August
Come and Sing The Musicals - hit musicals in a family sing-along, 4pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Foden's Brass Band, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 18 August
Peppa Pig – My First Concert, 1pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Jess Gillam, saxophone- classical programme, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 20 August
Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, piano, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 21 August
La Serenissima plays Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 22 August
Bill Laurance Trio - Grit, groove and feel-good funk, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 23 August
Christian Blackshaw, piano - Mozart, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 24 August
Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 25 August
James Campbell: The Funny Thing Is… Stand-up comedy for children, 3pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Alison Balsom (trumpet) and Friends, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 26 August
Oysterband - British folk, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 27 August
Don McLean, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 28 August
Friday Night is Music Night with BBC Concert Orchestra and Lesley Garrett, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 29 August
Aurora Orchestra and Nicola Benedetti - Bruch, Berlioz, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 30 August
Herreweghe conducts Bach, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 31 August
Echoes of Ellington, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 23 August
2019 Festival 23 to 26 August 2019, 7.30pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Thursday 5 September
Beethoven 5th Symphony & Violin Concerto with Jonian Ilias-Kadesha (violin), 8pm details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Friday 6 September
A Night At The Opera - four soloists and piano, 8pm details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Saturday 7 September
Sibelius 5th Symphony; Roman River festival orchestra conducted by Orlando Jopling, 8pm details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Sunday 8 September
Friendly, Family Orchestra Concert, Children’s author James Campbell introduces some orchestral music, 3pm details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Wednesday 11 September
Thomas Gould (violin) and Ivana Gavric (piano)- Debussy, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Lutoslawski and Prokofiev., 8pm details at Fordham Church, map
Thursday 12 September
Chimp and Zee and the Big Storm and 1 pm, 11am details at Marks Tey Village Hall, map
Clarinet quintets: Mark Simpson and The Elias Quartet - Herbert Howells, Brahms, Beethoven, 8pm details at Dedham Church, map
Friday 13 September
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Rick Uttley (piano) and Mark Simpson (clarinet) Beethoven , Brahms, 8pm details at Wivenhoe Church, map
Saturday 14 September
Mark Simpson Solo Clarinet - Stravinsky, Berio and Steve Reich., 11am details at Abberton Church, map
Sunday 15 September
Different Trains Steve Reich (string quartet plus electronics); Beethoven, 3pm details at East Anglian Railway Museum, Colchester, map
Thursday 20 June
20 to 29 June For full programme : www.harwichfestival.co.uk/ details
Friday 21 June
Noriko Ogawa (piano) Jamie’s Concert= informal, 11am details at St Nicholas's, map
Her & Her Sound Spa with Live Music and at 5.30 pm on 22, 28, 29, 30 June, 5.30pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Noriko Ogawa (piano), 7.30pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Saturday 22 June
The Dance we Made and from 2 pm at Ha'penny pier, 10.30am details at Cliff Park, map
Jonas Stonkus (accordion), 1pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Harwich and Dovercourt Choral Society, 7.30pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Sunday 23 June
Chelmsford Cathedral Choir – Evensong, 4pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Jacob and Drinkwater- folk, 8pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Monday 24 June
Lizz Lipscombe (violin), 1pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Glynis Peters- talk about self publishing, 3pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Shakespeare: King Lear; Dramatic Pause Productions, 7pm details at Redoubt Fort, map
Tuesday 25 June
Callum Alger (organ), 1pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Under the Surface - jazz, 5pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Cohen Braithwaite Kilcoyne, folk, 7.30pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Wednesday 26 June
Piatti Quartet, 7.30pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Thursday 27 June
Katherine Bryan (flute), 1pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Preston, Glasgow, Lowe- Jazz, 7.30pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Friday 28 June
Primary Schools Concert, 1pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Harwich Encore – Ft Ballroom Business, Boogie Shoes and Harwich Sing, 7.30pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Saturday 29 June
Chris Allard and Charlie Wood, jazz guitar, 5pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Raz trio - jazz, funk, rock, pop and fusion, 5pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Ben Crosland Quintet: The Ray Davies Songbook Volume ll, 7.30pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Sunday 30 June
A Touch of West End: a musical celebration with Earl Carpenter., 6.45pm details at St Nicholas's, map
Wednesday 26 June
Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society The Addams Family, 7.30pm, to 29 Jun details at New Wolsey Theatre, map
Sunday 30 June
Glyndebourne Music - live link Massenet: Cinderella, 5.30pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Thursday 4 July
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Can't Help Singing; Platform Musicals, 7.45pm, to 5 Jul details, map
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich Lionel Bart: Oliver! - amateur youth production, 7.30pm, to 6 Jul details, map
Saturday 6 July
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Peter Pan; Co-op Juniors, 7.30pm, to 14 Jul details, map
Sunday 14 July
Glyndebourne Music - live link Rossini: The Barber of Seville, 5.30pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Wednesday 7 August
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society Legally Blonde - Suffolk Young People's Theatre, 7.30pm, to 10 Aug details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 15 September
Saffron Opera Group Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, 2.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Thursday 26 September
National Theatre - live link One Man, Two Guvnors, and on 29 Sept at 1.45 pm and on 3 Oct at 2 pm, 7pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Friday 27 September
Colchester Operatic Society Lionel Bart: Oliver!, 7.30pm, to 12 Oct details at Mercury Theatre, map
Saturday 28 September
Saffron Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Jurowski - Tchaikovsjy, Britten violin concerto, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Tuesday 8 October
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society Evita, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, 7.30pm, to 12 Oct details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 22 October
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich Calendar Girls from theWesEnd, 7.30pm, to 26 Oct details, map
Friday 1 November
English Touring Opera Kurt Weill: The Silver Lake – A Winter’s Tale, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 2 November
English Touring Opera Mozart: The Seraglio, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Monday 4 November
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich Annie - from London's West End, 7.30pm, to 9 Nov details, map
Tuesday 5 November
Theatre Royal Bury My Fair Lady - Irving Stage Co, 7.30pm, to 9 Nov details, map
Saturday 1 June
Saffron Hall Scottish Dance Theatre: RITUALIA & The Circle, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Sunday 2 June
Saffron Hall Scottish Dance Theatre: Innocence and at 2.30 pm, 11am details, Saffron Walden, map
Tuesday 4 June
Sadlers Wells - live link Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, 2pm details at Odeon Colchester, map
Tuesday 11 June
Royal Ballet - live link Romeo And Juliet, 7.15pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Friday 21 June
Theatre Royal Bury Romeo & Juliet - Ballet Cymru, 7.30pm, to 22 Jun details, map
Tuesday 25 June
Northern Ballet - live link Victoria, 7pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Friday 12 July
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Ilaz Dance Company, 7pm, to 13 Jul details, map
Thursday 31 October
Northern Ballet - live link Dracula, 7.15pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Monday 18 November
Theatre Royal Bury The Wizard Of Oz - Ballet Theatre UK, 7.30pm, to 20 Nov details, map
Wednesday 20 March
Eastern Angles Theatre Company The Tide Jetty Various times, to 1 Jun details at Various locations - see web site
Saturday 1 June
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich All Hail Macbeth Back story of the witches of Shakespeare's play; Packing Shed, 7.45pm, to 4 Jun details, map
Tuesday 4 June
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester Harold Pinter: The Homecoming, directed by Ruby McIlroy, 7.45pm, to 5 Jun details, map
Wednesday 5 June
Bury Theatre Workshop Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest, 7.30pm, to 8 Jun details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Royal Shakespeare Company - live link Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew, 7pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre
Friday 7 June
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Shakespeare's Daughter and the Vicar by Mario Wells, Cameo Players, 7.45pm, to 8 Jun details, map
Friday 14 June
Theatre Royal Bury Jane Eyre adapted from Charlotte Bronte's novel - Blackeyed Theatre, 7.30pm, to 16 Jun details, map
Thursday 20 June
Globe Theatre London - live link Shakespeare: The Merry Wives Of Windsor, 7.20pm details at Odeon Colchester, map
Headgate Theatre, Colchester As We Forgive Those by Andrew Smith, Colchester Insitute Performing Arts, 7.30pm, to 21 Jun details, map
Saturday 22 June
National Theatre - live link Small Island and on 2 July, 7pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Tuesday 25 June
Theatre Royal Bury The Shakespeare Takeover Response to Much Ado About Nothing, 7pm details, map
Wednesday 26 June
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester All Hail Macbeth Back story of the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s play, 7.30pm details, map
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility outside, 7.30pm details at Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, map
Thursday 27 June
National Theatre - live link Small Island, 7pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility at Eye Castle, IP23 7AP, 7pm details
Tuesday 2 July
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society Noël Coward: Blithe Spirit, 7.30pm, to 6 Jul details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 9 July
Bury Theatre Workshop Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the Abbey gardens- bring picnic, blanket/chair, to 13 Jul details at Bury St Edmunds Abbey, map
Sunday 14 July
Stanley Hall Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 3.30pm details, Halstead, map
Wednesday 17 July
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Alan Ayckbourn: Bedroom Farce, 7.30pm, to 20 Jul details, map
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility At Cudmore Grove Country Park East Mersea, CO5 8UE, 3pm details
Thursday 18 July
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility The Red House, Aldeburgh, IP15 5PZ, 5pm details
Wednesday 24 July
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Alan Bennett: The Lady in the Van; amateur production, 7.45pm, to 27 Jul details, map
Thursday 25 July
National Theatre - live link The Lehman Trilogy and on 11 Aug 5 pm, 6.50pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map and at Odeon Colchester and at Lakeside Theatre
Saturday 27 July
Headgate Theatre, Colchester A Summer Caberet: Trevor Johnston-Thurston featuring Sam Young, 7.30pm details, map
Wednesday 31 July
Royal Shakespeare Company - live link Shakespeare: Measure For Measure, 7pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite and at Lakeside Theatre
Friday 2 August
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Hippocratic Oafs; comedy from Stapled to a Chicken, 8pm, to 3 Aug details, map
Sunday 4 August
Glyndebourne Music - live link Mozart: The Magic Flute, 5.30pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Friday 16 August
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility at Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5QE, 6.30pm details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Friday 23 August
Theatre Royal Bury Pride & Prejudice - adaptation of Jane Austen's novel - Theatre Royal Young Company., 7.30pm, to 7 Sep details, map
Thursday 5 September
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich One Man, Two Guvnors, to 28 Sep details, map
Friday 6 September
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility, adapted; DOT Productions, 7.30pm, to 7 Sep details, map
Monday 16 September
Theatre Royal Bury The Lady Vanishes - The Classic Thriller Theatre Co, 7.30pm, to 21 Sep details, map
Thursday 26 September
Bury Theatre Workshop Can't Pay? Won't Pay! by Dario Fo, to 28 Sep details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
National Theatre - live link One Man Two Guvnors, 5pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre
Monday 30 September
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich The Night Watch by Sarah Waters - The Original Theatre Co and York Theatre Royal, to 5 Oct details, map
Tuesday 8 October
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Two Trains Running- Royal & Dergate, Northampton and English Touring Theatre, to 12 Oct details, map
Tuesday 15 October
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Code Breakers All Electric Productions, 7pm details, map
Friday 18 October
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Bleak House. Dickens's novel retold; David Glass Ensemble, to 19 Oct details, map
The Quay Theatre The Witching Hour - unsettling tales, production: Don't Go Into the Cellar, 7.30pm details, Sudbury, map
Wednesday 23 October
Dedham Players David Haig: Pressure - The eve of D-Day, 7.30pm, to 26 Oct details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Monday 28 October
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Murder Margaret And Me. Agatha Christie turns sleuth in a play by Philip Meeks., to 30 Oct details, map
Theatre Royal Bury Macbeth - a modern take on Shakespeare's play by Proteus Theatre Co, 7.30pm, to 29 Oct details, map
Thursday 31 October
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich One Under, 7.45pm, to 1 Nov details, map
Thursday 7 November
Bury Theatre Workshop Ibsen: The Lady from the Sea, 7.30pm, to 9 Nov details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Bury Theatre Workshop Ibsen: The Lady from the Sea, 7.30pm, to 10 Nov details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 13 July
Firstsite, Colchester Pavarotti, 6.50pm details, map
Saturday 7 December
Clacton Choral Society Christmas Concert, 7.30pm details at St James's Church, map
Lexden Choral Society Colchester Christmas Celebration details at Lexden Church, map
Sunday 8 December
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Christmas concert details at All Saints Church, map
Kelvedon Singers Christmas Concert, 6.30pm details at Boxted Church, map
Tuesday 10 December
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Christmas Concert details at All Saints Church, map
Saturday 14 December
Bury Bach Choir Christmas music, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
West Bergholt Concert Band Christmas Concert, 7.30pm details at Coggeshall Church, map
Sunday 15 December
Sudbury Choral Society A seasonal celebration, carols and Alexander L’Estrange’s ‘Wassail’., 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Friday 29 November
Theatre Royal Bury Peter Pan, 7.30pm, to 19 Jan details, map
Saturday 30 November
Mercury Theatre, Colchester Cinderella, to 5 Jan details, map
Saturday 14 December
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich Cinderella, to 31 Dec details, map
Tuesday 10 September
Odeon Colchester Margaret Atwood talks on live link about The Testaments, sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, 7.30pm details, map
Sunday 24 November
Stour Valley Arts and Music Lecture by William Clegg, QC Miscarriages of Justice I have known, 5pm details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Tuesday 4 June
Firstsite, Colchester Van Gogh & Japan Exhibition on Screen, 7.30pm details, map
