Music
Friday 20 March
CANCELLED, Community Light Orchestra, 7.30pm details at River of Life Church, Carr Road, Felixstowe
Saturday 21 March
CANCELLED: Schumann, Brahms, Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Songs for Springtime, Illuminati, 7.30pm details at St Mary's Woodbridge, map
CANCELLED: (Bach and Vivaldi), Aldeburgh Music Club details at Snape Maltings, map
CANCELLED: Mozart Programme, Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Singing Day: Fauré: Requiem, Ipswich Bach Choir details at Waldringfield Village Hall
CANCELLED: (Fauré: Requiem), Stowmarket Chorale details at United Reform Church, map
Brahms, Dvorak, Suffolk Sinfonia, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Dvorak Mass in D and Stainer's Crucifixion, Tiptree Choral Society details at St Luke's church Tiptree, map
Sunday 22 March
CANCELLED, Kingfisher Ensemble, 3pm details at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, map
Ipswich Hospital Band, Music at Rushmere, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
CANCELLED: Mother's Day Family Concert, Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra, 4pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Wednesday 25 March
Wind Quintet of the British Army Band, Colchester, Lion Walk Church, 1pm details, Colchester, map
Quartetto Familia with Wendy Gudgin, viola, Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am details at Orwell Hotel, map
Thursday 26 March
CANCELLED: 40th Anniversary Concert, Thomas Mills High School, 7pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 28 March
Poulenc: Gloria & Fauré: Messe Masse, plus Haydn, Mozart, Dorian singers, 7.30pm details at St Andrew's Church, Felixstowe
Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony and Dvorak,:Te Deum, with the English Arts Chorale and accompanied by the Prague Conservatoire, Eye Bach Choir, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
CANCELLED: Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Duruflé: Requiem, Hadleigh Choral Society details at Hadleigh Church, map
CANCELLED: Curlew River with Ian Bostridge, with Britten Sinfonia Voices, Saffron Hall, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
CANCELLED: (Handel: Messiah), Stour Choral Society, 2.30pm details at Mistley Church, map
Lunchtime Recital, Suffolk Singers, 1.10pm details at Ely Cathedral, Lady Chapel, map
CANCELLED: Mendelsohn: Elijah, Woodbridge Choral Society details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 29 March
CANCELLED: Vivaldi, La Serenissima, period instrument ensemble, 3pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
All in a Garden Green, early music, Hexachordia Trio, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Hexachordia, early music trio, Music at Rushmere, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
CANCELLED: Kammerphilharmonie Europa, Stour Valley Arts and Music, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
A sentimental Journey, West Bergholt Concert Band, 3pm details at West Cliff Theatre, Clacton, map
Wednesday 1 April
A lunchtime concert, Anglia Baroque, 1pm details at Walsham-le-Willows church
Thursday 2 April
CANCELLED, Kirbye Voices, 7pm details at Tuddenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6SL
Saturday 4 April
CANCELLED: (Handel’s Messiah), Clacton Choral Society details at St Paul's Church, Clacton on Sea, map
CANCELLED:, Brahms : Ein Deutsches Requiem, Haverhill Singers, 7.30pm details at Haverhill Methodist Church, map
CANCELLED: Stainer: Crucifixion - a workshop and performance, Ipswich Choral Society details at St Mary's Church Harkstead, map
CANCELLED, Kirbye Voices, 2pm details at St.Peter’sChurch, Hepworth, IP22 2PU
CANCELLED:, Bach: St John Passion, Phoenix Singers details at Framlingham Church, map
CANCELLED: Bach: Magnificat, Saffron Walden Choral Societywith Chameleon Arts Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Postponed: Haydn: Creation, Witham Choral Society details at Witham Public Hall, map
Sunday 5 April
Hamish MacCunn, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Essex Chamber Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Felsted School, map
Paul Trepte, organ, Music at Rushmere, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Faure: Requiem, Poulenc: Gloria, Sudbury Choral Society, 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
CANCELLED, Wethersfield Chamber Concerts, 4pm details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Tuesday 7 April
CANCELLED: Suffolk Youth Music Festival Concert:, Karl Orff\: Carmina Burana, Snape Maltings details, map
Friday 10 April
Handel: Messiah, Lion Walk ChurchLion Walk Festival Singers & Orchestra, 7.30pm details, Colchester, map
Saturday 11 April
CANCELLED: Victoria, Jpsquin, Allegri, Anerio, The Sixteen details at Snape Maltings, map
James MacMillan: Stabat Mater, Aldeburgh Voices, 2pm details at Orford Church, map
Sunday 12 April
CANCELLED: Bach: St Matthew Passion, Snape MaltingsBritten Sinfonia details, map
Wednesday 15 April
CANCELLED: Piano Divas/The Music's On Me,, Wendy Kirkland Quartet, Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.30pm details, map
Sunday 19 April
Piano Trios, Kingfisher Ensemble, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Mahler, Gounod, Dvorak, Lavenham Sinfonia, 7pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Come And Sing Handel’s Messiah, Music in Felixstowe, 3pm details at St John the Baptist Church, map, 1 pm for singers' rehearsal
CANCELLED, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, David Popper, Tchaikovsky, Cesar Franck, Wethersfield Chamber Concerts, 4pm details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Wednesday 22 April
The Ward Piano Trio -, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am details at Orwell Hotel, map
Thursday 23 April
The Passionate Quartet, Love, loss and longing, Beethoven,Grieg, Janácek, Roman River Music, 8pm details at St Peter's Church, Sudbury, map, also in Bures 24 Apri, and Hadleigh 25 April
Vincent Lindsey-clark, Virtuoso Guitar, The Minories Galleries, 6pm details at The Minories art gallery, Colchester, map
Friday 24 April
The Passionate Quartet, Roman River Music, 8pm details at St Mary's Church Bures, map
CANCELLED: Mitsuko Uchida, piano, Snape Maltings details, map
Saturday 25 April
Hummel's Mass in D, and Bach, Handel, Howells, Byrd., Kelvedon Singers, 7pm details at Kersey Parish Church, Suffolk
CANCELLED: Commemoration of the second world war;, includes Rutter Bernstein and wartime songs - linked to a concert on 7 Nov, Lexden Choral Society with Eastern Swing, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Postponed: Traditional songs from the British Isles,, with piano, harp and flute., Nayland Choir details at Nayland Village Hall, map, music workshop in the afternoon
The Passionate Quartet, Roman River Music, 6pm details at URC Church, Hadleigh, map
CANCELLED: Beethoven, Elgar, Brahms, Trianon Music Group, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 26 April
CANCELLED: Handel, Vinci, il pomo d’oro with Franco Fagioli, countertenor, 3pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Greensleeves and Yellow Lace, Singing with lutes, viols, recorders and bagpipes, Hexachordia Trio, 3pm details at St Mary’s Church, Harkstead, Suffolk IP9 1DD, contact Sally Wilden 01473 327140, sally.wilden@gmail.com
Dvorak: Romance and Beethoven: Symphony no.1, Kingfisher Sinfonietta, 3pm details at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, map
CANCELLED: Charity Opera Soiree in aid of Wilson's Disease, Pimlott Foundation details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Wednesday 29 April
I, Elizabeth, the queen aged 25, in 1568. Written & performed by Rebecca Vaughan, Dyad Productions, 7.30pm details at The Quay Theatre, Sudbury, map
Saturday 2 May
Bach, Busoni, with Igor Levit, piano and Sir Antinio Pappano, conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Ipswich Bach Choir details at St Michael’s, Martlesham Heath
Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Ipswich Bach Choir, 7.30pm details at St Michael's Church, Martlesham Heath
Bach: Mass in B Minor, University of Essex Choirwith London Handel Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 3 May
Concert, Braintree Male Voice Choir, 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, Sudbury, map
Tuesday 5 May
Christine Stevenson, piano, tea, coffee, rolls and biscuits from 12.20pm, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 9 May
CANCELLED: Beethoven and Brahms, Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
CANCELLED, Community Light Orchestra details at Hadleigh Church, map
Sunday 10 May
Violin & Piano, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Kingfisher Ensemble, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
CANCELLED, Wethersfield Chamber Concerts, 4pm details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Tuesday 12 May
CANCELLED: Mahler: 2nd Symphony Grieg: Piano Concerto , both arr for 2 pianos, Pimlott Foundation, 7pm details at Royal Hospital School, Ipswich, map
David Poulter, Organ, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 14 May
CANCELLED: Mahler: 2nd Symphony Grieg: Piano Concerto , both arr for 2 pianos, with Emiliano Ramniceanu, Christiane Behn and Daniela Bechly, Pimlott Foundation, 7pm details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Saturday 16 May
Purcell, Scarlatti, Birtwistle, Ligeti, Britten Sinfoniawith Alison Balsom (trumpet), 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Handel: Messiah, Bury Bach Choir, 7pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Fauré Requiem and Poulenc Gloria, Eye Bach Choir, 7.30pm details at Eye Church, map
Music inspired by the British folk song, Ipswich Chamber Choir, 6.30pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, map
CANCELLED: Hervey Benham Memorial Trust Concert, St Botolph's Music Society, 7.30pm details, Colchester, map
Mendelssohn, Grieg, MacCunn, Shostakovich, Wolsey Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 17 May
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Beccles Choral Society, 4.30pm details at Beccles Church, map
Choral Evensong, Clacton Choral Society, 6.30pm details at St James's Church, map
CANCELLED: Into The Light, a cappella sacred works by Brahms/Bruckner/Cornelius/Mendelssohn/Reger/Rheinberger/Georg Schumann, Colchester Chamber Choir, 6pm details at St Botolph's, map
Tuesday 19 May
Ipswich School Music Scholars, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Friday 22 May
Bond An Unauthorised Parody, written and Performed by Gavin Robertson, Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, 7.30pm details at Theatre Royal Bury, map
Saturday 23 May
Greg Byron Stand Up Poet,, Gavin Robertson, Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 24 May
Beethoven, Martinu, Prometheus OrchestraChamber Ensemble, 4pm details at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, map
John Lill, piano, plays Beethoven sonatas, Saffron Hall, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Monday 25 May
Handel: Theodora-, soloists, Psalmody & Essex Baroque Orchestra, Suffolk Villages Festival, 6pm details at Hadleigh Church, map
Tuesday 26 May
Dan Joy tenor and William Saunders, piano, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 30 May
A pilgrimage of song, Cantus Firmus details at Chevington to Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
All in a Garden Green, Hexachordia Trio, 7.30pm details at All Saints Church, Gazeley, Suffolk
Tuesday 2 June
Brenda Dykes, flute and Christopher Moore, piano, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Sunday 7 June
Concert, West Bergholt Concert Band, 2.30pm details at Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, map
Tuesday 9 June
Thomas Hawkes, organ, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Friday 12 June
Season Finale-, Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Berliner Philarmoniker Orchestra - live link, 6.30pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map
Saturday 13 June
Verdi: Requiem;, Ipswich Choral Societywith Holbrook Choral Society and RHS School Holbrook, 7.30pm details at Royal Hospital School, map
Summer Concert, Pimlott Foundation, to 14 Jun details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Mendelssohn: Violin Concer, With Thomas Gould, Violin, Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Ely Cathedral, map
Come and sing: music by Gilbert & Sullivan! Music from Pirates of Penzance and Iolanthe., Witham Choral Society, 7.30pm details at United Reform Church, map
Sunday 14 June
Sing 1000,, A journey through 1000 years of church music,, Cantus Firmus, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Beethoven: violin Concerto, Lavenham Sinfonia, 7pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Tuesday 16 June
Melanie Woodcock, cello, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 18 June
Music from the Renaissance to the present day, Marenzio Singers, 7.30pm details at St Mary's Church Frinton, Frinton-on-Sea, map, buffet lunch from 12.30 pm
Friday 19 June
Medieval and Renaissance music, Hexachordia Trio details at Redgrave Park, Suffolk, jn th rvening
Saturday 20 June
Beethoven, Brahms, Suffolk Sinfonia, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 21 June
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Kingfisher Ensemble, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Prom in the Barn, Tiptree Choral Society details at Layer Marney
Tuesday 23 June
Matthew Heyburn, piano Matthew Heyburn, piano, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 24 June
Christine Johnston, soprano, postponed from 18 March, Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am details at Orwell Hotel, map
Thursday 25 June
Piano quartets: Mozart, Brahms, Kingfisher Ensemble, 1.15pm details at St Mary's Church Frinton, Frinton-on-Sea, map
Friday 26 June
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance, exerpts, Colchester Choral Society details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Saturday 27 June
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Bishop’s Stortford & Barnet Choral Societies, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Summer Concert, Ipswich Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Concert, Stour Choral Society, 6.15pm details at Old Hall Chapel, East Bergholt, map
Sunday 28 June
, Newmarket Chamber Orchestra, 4pm details at St Andrews Church, Soham
Children's Prom in the Barn, Tiptree Choral Society, 7.30pm details at Layer Marney
Tuesday 30 June
Jonas Stonku accordion Jonas Stonkus, accordion, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 4 July
American programme., Copland,Gershein,Bernstein, Barber, Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Harmony and Hampers-, music for a summer evening, Marenzio Singers, 7.30pm details at Haye Cottage Fingringhoe, Essex
Summer concert, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Ickworth House, Horringer, map
Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury,, selection of arias and Choruses, Phoenix Singers, 7pm details at Framlingham College, map
Sunday 5 July
Summer concert, Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra details at Ashlar House, map
Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen,, piano solos and duets, Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Programme in preparation, Kingfisher Sinfonietta, 3pm details at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, map
Peter and the Flu, with Frank Burnet, narrstor and author of the text, Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra, 3pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Tuesday 7 July
William Saunders, organ Jonas Stonkus, accordion, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 11 July
Karl Orff: Carmina Burana,, Saffron Walden Choral Society, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Brahms, St Botolph's Music Society, 7.30pm details, Colchester, map
concert, West Bergholt Concert Band, 7.30pm details at Coggeshall Church, map
Sunday 12 July
, Newmarket Chamber Orchestra, 4pm details at All Saints Church, Newmarket
Tuesday 14 July
Gretel Dowdeswell, piano Jonas Stonkus, accordion, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Thursday 16 July
"Carnival of the Animals” theme, with children singing, Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra, 6pm details at All Saints Church, map
Saturday 18 July
Lunchtime concert, Anglia Baroque details at Lavenham Church, map
lunchtime concert, Anglia Baroque details at Lawford Church, map
The Bel Canto Sopranos, opera arias,classical crossovers, musical theatre, The Minories Galleries, 5.30pm details at The Minories art gallery, Colchester, map
Sunday 19 July
Fitzroy String Quartet, Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Tuesday 21 July
Oliver Pigram, clarinet Jonas Stonkus, accordion, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Sunday 26 July
Annual Summer Serenade, Kingfisher Ensemble, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Tuesday 28 July
William Dore, organ Jonas Stonkus, accordion, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 1 August
Happy Together, André Rieu in Maastricht - live link, 7pm and matinee, to 3 Aug details at Odeon Colchester, map
Sunday 2 August
Busch Trio, Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Thursday 6 August
, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Tuesday 11 August
George Cook, voice Jonas Stonkus, accordion, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Sunday 16 August
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin & Huw Watkins piano, Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Tuesday 18 August
William Saunders, organ & Joel Cooper, trumpet Jonas Stonkus, accordion, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Friday 21 August
Beethoven Symphony No.7, (from memory), Aurora Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Tuesday 25 August
Adam Chillingworth, organ Jonas Stonkus, accordion, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Sunday 30 August
Zemlinsky Quartet, Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Tuesday 1 September
Duke Dobing & Caroline Finlay, Flute & Piano, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Sunday 6 September
Brahms, Sibelius, Essex Chamber Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Ingatestone & Fryerning Community Centre, Ingatestone, map
Duoaccosphere,, Accordion Duo, Pimlott Foundation, 5pm details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Tuesday 8 September
David Newsholme, organ, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 12 September
Carducci String Quartet -, Beethoven Day, Concerts at Cratfield, 10.30am details at Cratfield Church, map, and 1.45 pm and 4.15pm
Ipswich Prom, Trianon Music Group, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 13 September
Carducci String Quartet and Julian Bliss, clarinet-, Mozart, Wwbwe, Drorak, Concerts at Cratfield, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Tuesday 15 September
Kathryn Parry, violin, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Sunday 20 September
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4, Lavenham Sinfonia, 7pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Tuesday 22 September
Jonathan Hanley & Gavin Roberts, voice, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Tuesday 29 September
Mary Pells, cello, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 3 October
Maggini String Quartet with Tatjana Masurenko(viola), Ipswich Chamber Music Society, 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Tuesday 6 October
Andrew Leach, piano, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 10 October
Beethoven, Prometheus Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 13 October
William Baldry, organ, St Mary-le-Tower Church, 1.10pm details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 17 October
Benjsmin Britten, Colchester Symphony Orchestrawith Ben Vonberg- Clark, tenor, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Saturday 24 October
Dvorak: New World Symphony, and World Premier of Paul Carr: Into The Light, Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Saturday 7 November
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man., and 'War Story', music with a narrator., Tiptree Choral Society details at St Luke's church Tiptree, map
Sunday 8 November
Milena Simovic, viola, Pimlott Foundation, 5pm details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Friday 13 November
Commemoration of the second world war;, ith audience participation, Lexden Choral Societywith the Kingfisher Sinfonia, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Saturday 14 November
Beethoven: Mass in C, Bury Bach Choir, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Metamorphoses Trio, Clarinet, Viola, Piano, Ipswich Chamber Music Society, 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Concert, West Bergholt Concert Band, 7.30pm details
Saturday 21 November
Dvorák: Requiem, Hadleigh Choral Society details at Hadleigh Church, map
Autumn Concert, Ipswich Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sibelius, Rodrigo, Suffolk Sinfonia, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 28 November
Autumn concert, Ipswich Choral Society, 7.30pm details
Saturday 5 December
CSO wind, Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Sunday 6 December
Rutter: Feel the Spirit and Bullard: A Light in the Stable, Clacton Choral Society, 7pm details at St James's Church, map
Saturday 12 December
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Phoenix Singers, 7pm details at Framlingham Church, map
Saturday 16 January
Music for dancing!, Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Saturday 23 January
Revolutionary Drawing Room, string quartet, Ipswich Chamber Music Society, 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Saturday 13 February
ConTempo String Quartet, Ipswich Chamber Music Society, 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Saturday 13 March
Rutter: Gloria - plus other music, Bury Bach Choir, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
French Music, Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Bury St Edmunds Festival
Thursday 14 May
Bury Festival 2020 Thursday 14 to 24 May, Selection of eventsl isted; click details for full programme details at Various venues
Aurora Orchestra-Beethoven: Eroica by Heart, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Sunday 17 May
Madrigals at Hengrave Hall, 7pm details at Hengrave Hall, Bury
Alden, Patterson and Dashwood, folk. Bury Folk Collective, 7.30pm details at United Reform Church, Bury St Edmunds,, map
Monday 18 May
The Sixteen, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Tuesday 19 May
Bones Apart, trombone quartet, 1pm details at The Apex, map
Wednesday 20 May
Anglia Baroque, 1pm details at The Apex, map
Ballet Central, 7.30pm details at Theatre Royal, map
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, with Jennifer Pike - Violin, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Giotto Quartet, 6.30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, map
Thursday 21 May
4 Girls 4 Harps, 1pm details at The Apex, map
Oz & Armonico Drink to Music - Gin and Phonic, with Oz Clark -Purcell, Handel and Dowland,, 7.30pm details at Athenaeum, map
Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, guitar and violin, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Friday 22 May
Sarah Nicolls: inside-Out piano, 7.30pm details at Athenaeum, map
Amadou & Mariam with Blind Boys of Alabama, Malian and gospel music, 8pm details at The Apex, map
Sunday 24 May
West Suffolk Youth Jazz Ensemble, 12.30pm details at The Apex, map
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra with Tony Christie, celebrating the life and music of Frank Sinatra, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Frinton Festival
Friday 22 May
Frinton Festival Friday 22 to Monday 25 May 2020, Click details for full programme details at at various venues
Aldeburgh Festival
Friday 12 June
Opening Concert, with Britten Sinfonia, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, map
73rd Festival: Friday 12 – Sunday 28 June 2020, Some highlights listed, see website for full programme details at Snape Maltings, and other venues, map
Monday 15 June
Four Quartets Doric Quartet, TS Eliot and Beethoven, 4pm, to 16 Jun details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 17 June
Tenebrae, 7.30pm details at Ely Cathedral, map
Thursday 18 June
Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra:, Wagner, Birtwistle, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 19 June
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra:, Britten Piano Concerto, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sophie Bevan , soprno and Ryan Wigglesworth, piano, Songs of Love, 4pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 20 June
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, 7pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Piatti Quartet and Friends, 2.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 21 June
Britten: War Requiem:, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 7pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 22 June
Doric Quartet & Friends, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 24 June
Joyce DiDonato: Songplay, Baroque arias and standards from the Great American Songbook, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 26 June
Knussen Chamber Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
The Gesualdo Six, 9pm details at Blythburgh Church, map
Saturday 27 June
Hagen Quartet:, Beethoven, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 28 June
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Julia Bullock, soprano, 5pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Suffolk Villages Festival
Sunday 14 June
Musical Tea Party, 3.30pm details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Friday 28 August
2020 Festival Friday 28 to Monday 31 August 2020 details
Harwich Festival
Saturday 25 July
Harwich Festival 2020 25th June – 5th July., 7.30pm details at at various venues
Opera/musical
Tuesday 31 March
Chicago, Irving Stage Company, 7.30pm, to 4 Apr at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 3 April
CANCELLED: The Wizard of Oz -, pantomime version, Enchanted Entertainment, 6pm and matinee details at Regent Theatre Ipswich, map
Saturday 11 April
CANCELLED: Puccini: Tosca, Metropolitan Opera New York - live link, 5.55pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map
Tuesday 21 April
CANCELLED: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci,, Royal Opera House - live link, 7pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map, and on 26 April at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Tuesday 28 April
Mozart: Così fan tutte, English Touring Opera, 7.30pm details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Wednesday 29 April
Mozart: Così fan tutte, English Touring Opera, 7.30pm details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Thursday 30 April
Handel: Giulio Cesare, English Touring Opera, 7.30pm details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Friday 1 May
Mozart: Così fan tutte, English Touring Opera, 7.30pm details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Saturday 2 May
Handel: Giulio Cesare, English Touring Opera, 7.30pm details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Friday 8 May
VE Day 75 Live From The Royal Albert Hall, Odeon Colchester, 7pm details, map
Saturday 9 May
CANCELLED: Donizetti: Maria Stuarda, Metropolitan Opera New York - live link, 5.55pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map
Tuesday 12 May
Annie, Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, 7.30pm, to 16 May details at Theatre Royal Bury, map
Friday 15 May
The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein, selections from Oklahoma, South Pacific, Carousel, The king and I, The Sound of Music., Platform Musicals, 7.45pm, to 16 May details at Headgate Theatre Colchester, map
Sunday 17 May
Kemp's Jig - an Elizabethan Roadshow, Headgate Theatre Colchester -Blue Fire Theatre, 3pm details, map
Tuesday 16 June
Sweeny Todd, Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society at various times, to 20 Jun details at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, map
Thursday 18 June
Richard Strauss: Elektra,, Royal Opera House - live link, 7.45pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map, and on 21 June at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Wednesday 1 July
Saturday Night Fever, amateur production, Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society, 7.45pm, to 4 Jul details at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, map
Sunday 13 September
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Saffron Opera Group, 2.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Tuesday 27 October
The Mikado, Ipswich Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 7.30pm, to 31 Oct details at Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge, map
Ballet/dance
Wednesday 25 March
Giselle, Ballet Theatre UK, 7pm and matinee, to 26 Mar details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 1 April
CANCELLED: Swan Lake, Royal Ballet - live link, 7.15pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map, also on 5 April at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Saturday 2 May
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats, Co-op Juniors Theatre Co, to 24 May details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 28 May
The Dante Project,, Royal Ballet - live link, 7.15pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map, and on 31 May at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Theatre
Tuesday 17 March
CANCELLED: Shakespeare: Macbeth, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich- Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in partnership with the National Theatre., 7.30pm, to 21 Mar details at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, map
Thursday 19 March
CANCELLED: Borders, by Henry Naylor, Mercury Theatre Cochester, 7.30pm and matinee, to 28 Mar details at The Old Library, West Stockwell Street Colchester CO1 1HF
Wednesday 25 March
CANCELLED: Oliver Twist, A New Adaptation From Charles Dickens By Bryony Lavery, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich at various times, to 4 Apr details at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, map
Monday 30 March
Postponed: Shakespeare: Macbeth, Gallery Players and matinee, to 4 Apr details at Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 1 April
CANCELLED: The Diary of Anne Frank,, dramatised by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.45pm, to 4 Apr details, map
Saturday 4 April
CANCELLED Waiting For Bacon, A Play about Francis Bacon, by writer Danae Brook, The Minories Galleries, 7.30pm details at The Minories art gallery, Colchester, map
Tuesday 7 April
CANCELLED: Strictly Sherlock, by Jonathan Goodwin (based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle), Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.30pm details, map
Thursday 9 April
Oliver Twist -, Theatre Royal Bury Young Company, 7pm, to 11 Apr details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 11 April
CANCELLED: Voices In Her Head, Trish Dunn, the American comic/ventriloquist, Headgate Theatre Colchester, 8pm details, map
Monday 13 April
Agatha Christie: A Murder Is Announced, Adapted For The Stage By Leslie Darbon, Middle Ground Theatre Co at various times, to 18 Apr at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, map
Tuesday 14 April
CANCELLED: Lady Chatterley’s Lover,, after D H Lawrence's novel -Titled Wig Productions, Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, to 18 Apr details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 16 April
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None,, with the original novel's 1939 ending, adapted as a new version of the play in 2015, Quay Productions, 7.30pm, to 18 Apr details at The Quay Theatre, Sudbury, map
Monday 20 April
CANCELLED up to 18 April: Red Skies,, a fictional meeting between Arthur Ransome and George Orwell, Eastern Angles Theatre Company, 7.45pm, to 25 Apr details at Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich, map
Tuesday 21 April
Private Peaceful, by Michael Morpurgo, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich at various times, to 25 Apr details at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, map
The Glee Club,, Theatre Royal Bury- Out of Joint, 7.30pm, to 25 May details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 22 April
CANCELLED (50 Glorious Years,), Dedham Players, 7.30pm, to 25 Apr details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Tuesday 28 April
Alan Ayckbourn: Absurd Person Singular -, London Classic Theatre, 7.30pm, to 2 May details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 29 April
CANCELLED: Jumpy, by April de Angelis, Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.45pm, to 2 May details, map
CANCELLED: Shakespeare: King John, Royal Shakespeare Company - live link, 7pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map
Thursday 30 April
POSTPONED: Oedipus Electronica, Created and performed by Pecho Mama and Essex University students, Lakeside Theatre Colchester details, map
Tuesday 19 May
POSTPONED: Nine, Lakeside Theatre Colchester, 7.45pm, to 20 May details, map
Thursday 21 May
Ink on Tour!, short plays, Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.30pm details, map
POSTPONED: The Welkin -, a new play by Lucy Kirkwood set in Suffolk in 1759, National Theatre - live link, 7pm details at Lakeside Theatre Colchester, map and at Odeon Colchester and at Firstsite Colchester
Tuesday 26 May
Double Bill: The Easy Fix/ Moments In Ottery Care Home, Lakeside Theatre Colchester, 7.45pm, to 27 May details, map
Saturday 30 May
Can We Have Your Liver Then? A Terry Jones Tribute, Headgate Theatre Colchester-The Crunchy Frog Players, 7pm details, map
Wednesday 10 June
Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company - live link, 7pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map
Thursday 11 June
Shakespeare: The Comedy Of Errors -, Theatre Royal Bury- Oddsocks Productions, 7.30pm, to 13 Jun details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 17 June
Tom Jones,, based on Henry Fielding's novel, Bury Theatre Workshop, 7.30pm, to 20 Jun details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 30 June
Agatha Christie: Murder On The Nile -, Theatre Royal BuryIrving Stage Company, 7.30pm, to 4 Jul details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 3 July
Pan's Return, Headgate Theatre Colchester- Dynamite Drama, 7.30pm details, map
The Mystery Of Syleham Manor, Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Societyproduced by Unscene Suffolk, 7pm and matinee, to 4 Jul details at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, map
Monday 6 July
Shakespeare: The Taming Of The Shrew (abridged), Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society, 7.30pm, to 8 Jul details at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, - RSC Associate Schools Playmaking Festival, map
Sunday 12 July
Shakespeare: Macbeth, Stanley Hall, 12.30pm details, Halstead, map
Wednesday 15 July
Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company - live link, 7pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map
Tuesday 21 July
Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, Bury Theatre Workshop, to 25 Jul details at Bury St Edmunds Abbey, in the Gardens, map
Thursday 23 July
Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre - live link, 7pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre Colchester
Monday 7 September
Agarha Christie: The Mousetrap, Adam Spiegel Productions, to 12 Sep details at Regent Theatre Ipswich, map
Thursday 10 September
Ibsen: A Doll's House, Bury Theatre Workshop, to 12 Sep details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 23 September
Shakespeare: Pericles, Royal Shakespeare Company - live link, 7pm details at Firstsite Colchester, map
Friday 9 October
Edith In The Dark, -about the children's authot Edith Nesbit, Bury Theatre Workshop, to 10 Oct details at Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 12 November
The Curious Savage, - a comedy, Bury Theatre Workshop, to 14 Nov details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Film
Wednesday 15 April
Knives Out,, tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie, Dedham Films, 7.30pm details at Assembly Rooms, map
Christmas music
Saturday 28 November
Christmas concert, Stour Choral Society details
Tuesday 8 December
Christmas Concert, Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra details at All Saints Church, map
Saturday 12 December
Christmas Concert, West Bergholt Concert Band, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Wednesday 16 December
Community Carol Concert, Phoenix Singers, 7pm details at Framlingham Church, map
Saturday 19 December
Christmas Music, Bury Bach Choir, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Christmas shows
Thursday 26 November
Jack & The Beanstalk, Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society at various times, to 30 Jan details at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, map
Friday 27 November
Cinderella, Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, to 17 Jan details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Arts
Tuesday 7 April
CANCELLED: Easter in Art:, Exhibition on Screen, Firstsite Colchester, 7.30pm details, map
