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East Anglia Music and Arts - Guide to events
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Thursday 1 August
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall, 12.30pm, Christine Stephenson, piano details, map
Friday 2 August
Music in Felixstowe, 7pm, The Champagne Quartet at Harvest House, Cobbold Rd, Felixstowe IP11 7SP details
Tuesday 6 August
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm, Phantom Wind Quintet Mozart & Poulenc details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 7 August
Melford Music, 1.10pm, Neil Hillgrove Colledge, piano details at Long Melford Church, map
Saturday 10 August
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, 7.45pm, 10 Mad Years: Mad Hatter celebrate their 10th anniversary with a collection of favourite songs details, map
Music in Felixstowe, 1.30pm, Free Proms on the Prom in the Seafront Gardens. details at Felixstowe Academy, map
Sunday 11 August
Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm, Sounds Baroque details at Cratfield Church, map
Tuesday 13 August
Friends of the Moot Hall Organ, 1pm, Gillian Ward-Russell details at Moot Hall Colchester, map
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm, Harrison Cole, organ Françaix, Duruflé, Langlais, Hakim details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 14 August
Melford Music, 1.10pm, Yalda Davis. Cello and James Reccknell, piano details at Long Melford Church, map
Tuesday 20 August
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm, Taylor London, soprano & Edward Allen, piano Mozart, Britten & Tchaikovsky details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 21 August
Melford Music, 1.10pm, Althena Ensemble with David Chivers and co- details at Long Melford Church, map
Saturday 24 August
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall, 7.30pm, Flower Festival Concert; Andy Wilsher's tributes to The Rat Pack & Michael Bublé details, map
Saffron Hall, 4pm, National Youth Girls’ Choir of Great Britain details, Saffron Walden, map
Sunday 25 August
Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm, Guy Johnston cello, Sam Haywood piano details at Cratfield Church, map
Music in Felixstowe, 3pm, Quartetto Familia and friends- Beethoven details at St Peter and Paul Church, map
Music in Felixstowe, 3pm, Quartetto Familia and friends details at St Peter and Paul Church, map
Tuesday 27 August
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm, Adam Chillingworth, organ Bedard, Ives details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 28 August
Melford Music, 1.10pm, Piano Trio with Chris Slatter, Mary Blanchard and Daniel Law details at Long Melford Church, map
Music in Felixstowe, 12pm, Violin and Viola duos details at St Andrew's Church
Tuesday 3 September
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm, David Dunnett, organ Music for the “King of Instruments” details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 5 September
Coggeshall Church Coggeshall, 12.30pm, Philip Prior - an organ recital details, map
Saturday 7 September
Cantus Firmus, 11am, Come and Sing at Martlesham Heath details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Sunday 8 September
Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm, Castalian String Quartet, Cratfield’s Young Artists Concert details at Cratfield Church, map
Music in Felixstowe, 3pm, Clarinet Trios details at St Andrew's Church
Tuesday 10 September
Aurora Orchestra, 7.30pm, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Friends of the Moot Hall Organ, 1pm, Ian Ray (Hon. Borough Organist Playing music by J.S. Bach, Liszt and Kenneth Leighton. details at Moot Hall Colchester, map
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm, Christopher Borrett, bass & Christopher Weston, piano Schubert: Schwanengesang details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 11 September
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, 7.45pm, Spring Awakening: Mad Hatter Productions, by Duncan Sheik, Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater, to 14 Sep details, map
Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am, John Parker Jazz Trio details at Orwell Hotel, map
Saturday 14 September
Trianon Music Group, 7.30pm, Sixty Years of Music Making details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 16 September
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club, 7.30pm, Consone String Quartet details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 17 September
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm, Anglia Baroque European String Music 1500-1700 details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 21 September
Music in Felixstowe, 7.30pm, Last Night of the Proms. details at St John the Baptist Church, map
Sunday 22 September
Lavenham Sinfonia, 7.30pm, Bach, Vivaldi, Heinichen, Handel details at Lavenham Church, map
Tuesday 24 September
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm, Colin Walsh, organ Bach, Frank, Gigout & Vierne details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 28 September
Essex Concert Band, 7.30pm, Promenade Concert details at Rowhedge Village Hall, Roehedge, map
Thursday 1 August
, Snape proms runs from 1 to 31 August details at Snape Maltings, map
7.30pm, Clare Teal and Guy Barker - jazz duo and their band details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 2 August
7.30pm, The Swingles - from Bach to the present details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 3 August
7.30pm, Blazin' Fiddles - folk fiddlers from Scotland details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 4 August
7.30pm, Julian Bliss and Carducci Quartet details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 5 August
7.30pm, Pee Wee Ellis jazz group details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 6 August
7.30pm, Suffolk Youth Orchestra details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 8 August
7.30pm, Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason cello and piano details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 9 August
7.30pm, Swinging at The Cotton Club details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 10 August
7.30pm, The Shires with support Honey & the Bear - UK country details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 11 August
7.30pm, Benjamin Grosvenor, piano details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 13 August
7.30pm, National Youth Choir of Great Britain details at Snape Maltings, map
7.30pm, Gilbert O'Sullivan- Irish singer- songwriter details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 14 August
7.30pm, 6 Hands - guitars; ancient and modern details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 15 August
7.30pm, An Evening with Rick Wakeman, Keyboardist, raconteur and ‘Grumpy Old Man’ details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 16 August
7.30pm, Juan Martín Flamenco Dance Ensemble details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 17 August
4pm, Come and Sing The Musicals - hit musicals in a family sing-along details at Snape Maltings, map
7.30pm, Foden's Brass Band details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 18 August
1pm, Peppa Pig – My First Concert details at Snape Maltings, map
7.30pm, Jess Gillam, saxophone- classical programme details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 20 August
7.30pm, Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, piano details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 21 August
7.30pm, La Serenissima plays Vivaldi: The Four Seasons details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 22 August
7.30pm, Bill Laurance Trio - Grit, groove and feel-good funk details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 23 August
7.30pm, Christian Blackshaw, piano - Mozart details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 24 August
7.30pm, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 25 August
3pm, James Campbell: The Funny Thing Is… Stand-up comedy for children details at Snape Maltings, map
7.30pm, Alison Balsom (trumpet) and Friends details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 26 August
7.30pm, Oysterband - British folk details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 27 August
7.30pm, Don McLean details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 28 August
7.30pm, Friday Night is Music Night with BBC Concert Orchestra and Lesley Garrett details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 29 August
7.30pm, Aurora Orchestra and Nicola Benedetti - Bruch, Berlioz details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 30 August
7.30pm, Herreweghe conducts Bach details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 31 August
7.30pm, Echoes of Ellington details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 23 August
7pm, Monteverdi: The Return of Ulysses with pre- concert talk details at Hadleigh Church, map
Saturday 24 August
6.30pm, Boyce and Handel with pre- concert talk details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Sunday 25 August
6.30pm, Classical clarinet- Ensemble DeNOTE details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Monday 26 August
11am, A Still Small Voice: The Natural History Of The Clavichord- Terence Charlston clavichord details at Friends Meeting House Sudbury, map
2pm, Gainsborough & And The Linley Family: an afternoon of events details at Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, map
6.30pm, The English Mozart: a portrait of Thomas Linley details at St Peter's Church, Sudbury, map
Thursday 5 September
8pm, Beethoven 5th Symphony & Violin Concerto with Jonian Ilias-Kadesha (violin) details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Friday 6 September
8pm, A Night At The Opera - four soloists and piano details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Saturday 7 September
8pm, Sibelius 5th Symphony; Roman River festival orchestra conducted by Orlando Jopling details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Sunday 8 September
3pm, Friendly, Family Orchestra Concert, Children’s author James Campbell introduces some orchestral music details at Stoke by Nayland Church, map
Wednesday 11 September
8pm, Thomas Gould (violin) and Ivana Gavric (piano)- Debussy, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Lutoslawski and Prokofiev. details at Fordham Church, map
Thursday 12 September
11am, Chimp and Zee and the Big Storm and 1 pm details at Marks Tey Village Hall, map
8pm, Clarinet quintets: Mark Simpson and The Elias Quartet - Herbert Howells, Brahms, Beethoven details at Dedham Church, map
Friday 13 September
8pm, Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Rick Uttley (piano) and Mark Simpson (clarinet) Beethoven , Brahms details at Wivenhoe Church, map
Saturday 14 September
11am, Mark Simpson Solo Clarinet - Stravinsky, Berio and Steve Reich. details at Abberton Church, map
6pm, String Trios with the Veles Ensemble details at Fingringhoe Church, map
Sunday 15 September
3pm, Different Trains Steve Reich (string quartet plus electronics); Beethoven details at East Anglian Railway Museum, Colchester, map
Sunday 4 August
Glyndebourne Music , 5.30pm, - live link Mozart: The Magic Flute details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Wednesday 7 August
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, 7.30pm, Legally Blonde - Suffolk Young People's Theatre, to 10 Aug details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 15 September
Saffron Opera Group, 2.30pm, Wagner: Tristan and Isolde details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Tuesday 17 September
Firstsite, Colchester, 6.30pm, Verdi:Rigoletto- Filmed live on the Bregenz lake stage. details, map
Odeon Colchester, 7.30pm, Verdi: Rigoletto on the shores of Lake Constance details, map
Friday 27 September
Colchester Operatic Society, 7.30pm, Lionel Bart: Oliver!, to 12 Oct details at Mercury Theatre, map
Saturday 28 September
Saffron Hall, 7.30pm, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Jurowski - Tchaikovsjy, Britten violin concerto details, Saffron Walden, map
Friday 2 August
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, 8pm, Hippocratic Oafs; comedy from Stapled to a Chicken, to 3 Aug details, map
Friday 16 August
Pantaloons Theatre, 6.30pm, Sense and Sensibility at Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5QE details at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre, map
Friday 23 August
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Pride & Prejudice - adaptation of Jane Austen's novel - Theatre Royal Young Company., 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, 7.30pm, Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility, adapted; DOT Productions, to 7 Sep details, map
Monday 9 September
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, 7.30pm, The Witching Hour - Montague Rhodes James eith supernatural tales details, map
Tuesday 10 September
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, 7.30pm, Margaret Atwood: Live In Cinemas All four of The Handmaid's Tale previews the sequel details, map
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Noël Coward’s Me And The Girls, Evergreen Theatrical Productions, to 14 Sep details, map
Thursday 12 September
National Theatre , 7pm, - live link Fleabag; Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map and at Firstsite and at Odeon Colchester
Monday 16 September
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, The Lady Vanishes - The Classic Thriller Theatre Co, to 21 Sep details, map
Tuesday 17 September
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, 7.30pm, A Sidecar Named Despair - Common Ground Theatre Co, to 19 Sep details, map
Wednesday 25 September
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, 7.30pm, Chekhov: Uncle Vanya Theatrical Niche 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 , 5pm, - live link One Man Two Guvnors details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite 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 10 September
Odeon Colchester, 7.30pm, Margaret Atwood talks on live link about The Testaments, sequel to The Handmaid's Tale details, map
Monday 30 September
South Stour Churches Festival, Arts, crafts, music and literature, 40 events during October 2019 in 15 churches -see website details
