Listings: April to July 2024

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5th April

Quinata (Charlotte Munro, Angela Tennick, Linda Atkinson, Eira Owen and Ian Glen) will be performing two of the great wind quintets by Carl Nielsen and György Ligeti.

 

12th April

Clementi’s Sonata in B flat major is often called “The Magic Flute Sonata’. Neil Crossland has embellished the first movement with his very own Cadenza. He also performs his newly completed Piano Suite No.2 Op.65 ‘Possessed’*, as well as Chopin’s Nocturnes No.s 13 and 15. *World premiere

 

19th April

British-Peruvian pianist and recent graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Andrew Garrido presents a varied programme of Schubert, Liszt, and more.

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26th April - in a change to the previously published programme/performers:

Blue Café Duo: Harpist Magdalena Reising and guitarist Shane Hill will perform a selection of music from their extensive repertoire, including popular classical and folk themes as well as jazz and Latin standards from the great American songbook.

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In May we are delighted to present a series of Showcase Concerts featuring some of the most accomplished musicians to have performed at Springboard – Brighton & Hove Performing Arts Festival.

 

3rd May - in a change to the previously published programme/performers:

Pianists Nelly Zhang, winner of the Springboard 2024 Senior Championship, and Peter Ostrovsky, winner of the Senior Recital, will be performing a programme of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Kapustin.

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10th May

Award-winning Brighton-born siblings Berniya and Riya Hamie delighted audiences at Springboard from an early age with their musicality and skill. Today they present an exciting programme of cello and piano music.

 

No concert on 17th May when BUC hosts The Great Escape Music Festival

 

24th May

Gigi Casey (soprano) won the Springboard Dame Felicity Lott Recital competition in 2023. She currently studies at the Royal Northern College of Music and has won a scholarship to the Master’s programme at the Royal College of Music. She will be joined by this year’s winner, her sister Kitty Casey, a student at the same institution. They will be performing a variety of opera classics by Mozart, Massanet, Dvorak and Gilbert & Sullivan.

 

31st May

Flautist Leah Hallinon performed in Springboard for many years. She is now at the Royal College of Music and will be playing pieces by CPE Bach, Dutilleux and Ganne. Classical guitarist Zoe Barnett is also studying at the RCM, where she is kindly supported by The Derek Butler Trust. She will be playing a programme featuring works by JS Bach and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

 

Springboard takes place during weekends in March and provides a friendly and supportive platform for musicians of all ages. The festival is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary. If you would like to attend Springboard as a member of the audience, visit their website for details of what is happening and when: www.springboardfestival.co.uk

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7th June

The exciting young Bolivian pianist José Navarro-Silberstein returns to perform Mozart’s Rondo in A minor, K.511, Grieg’s Holberg Suite Op.40 and Villa-Lobos’ Ciclo brasileiro W.374.

 

14th June 

The LIPS Wind Quintet are back again, with Samuel Barber’s Summer Music (Op. 31) and David Maslanka’s Quintet for Winds No.3.

 

21st June 

From introspective depths to celebratory heights: Grieg’s beloved piano sonata takes centre stage in this performance by pianist Lewis Kingsley Peart, flanked by evocative miniatures and Grainger’s vibrant folk-inspired gems.

 

28th June 

Lucy Mair (soprano) and Zhanna Kemp-Dashkovskaya (piano) explore cautionary tales and words of wisdom in songs by Rachmaninoff, Madeleine Dring, Cecile Chaminade and traditional songs.

 

5th July

Matthew Sear (guitar) presents a programme that includes music by Bach, Handel, right through to Messiaen, and some original pieces too.