Newsletter 102

Wishing all our members a Peaceful New Year

CREATE MUSIC – A BIG THANK YOU

Create Music would like to thank every one from Strings Attached for your support of the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Once matched by the Chalk Cliff Trust, the Challenge will have raised an incredible £30,628 plus Gift Aid for Create Music’s Bursary Scheme. “Your support for the bursary scheme will help children across Brighton & Hove and East Sussex to learn and play music and will help open the door to the vital benefits for young musicians who might otherwise have been locked out by financial barriers.”

Strings Attached 2025-2026

All concerts begin at 11am.

25 January 2026   Heath Quartet with Ben Goldscheider
Mozart   String Quartet No.1 in G Major K.80
Eleanor Alberga   Shining Gate of Morpheus
Mozart   Horn Quintet in Eb K407
York Bowen   Horn Quintet in C minor Op. 84

Followed by a reception for members to meet each other and the musicians.

Future Concerts

15 February 2026   Elmore Quartet
Haydn   String Quartet Op. 76 No 5 in D Major
Bartók   String Quartet No. 3 Sz.85
Beethoven   String Quartet No. 12 Op. 127 in Eb Major
15 March 2026   Regency Quartet
Mozart   String Quartet No. 19 in C Major K.465 ‘Dissonance’
Jessica Montgomery   Strum
Webern   Langsamer Satz
Shostakovich   String Quartet No. 3 in F Major Op. 73
19 April 2026   Fibonacci Quartet
Moravian Folk Songs   arranged by the Fibonacci Quartet
Janaček   String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
Schumann   String Quartet No. 3 in A Major Op.41

Followed by a reception for members to meet each other and the musicians.

TICKETS FOR THE 2025-2026 SEASON are available from the Brighton Dome box office (01273 709709) or online at https://brightondome.org.
Single Concert – £22.00 (£20.00 concessions)
3 Concert Saver – £57.00 (£51.00 concessions)
Free tickets for ages 8-25 are funded by Strings Attached

MEMBERSHIP

If you haven’t yet renewed your subscription the annual fee remains unchanged at £10 and membership is free for students. If you renew your membership now (or join for the first time) your £10 will take you through to July 2026. Just go to the Strings Attached website where you will find the online form (https://www.stringsattachedmusic.org.uk/friends/) and information on making the payment and a donation. Please complete a form for each person.

Your subscription and additional donations enable us to fund free tickets for 8-25 year olds after the suspension of the Cavatina scheme.

OTHER LOCAL CONCERTS       

22 Jan Chichester Chamber Concerts
30 Jan Nicholas Yonge Society
8 Feb Seaford Music Society
25 Feb Autograph Concert, Brighton College
26 Feb Chichester Chamber Concerts
27 Feb Nicholas Yonge Society
8 March Seaford Music Society

Follow the links for complete listings of lunchtime concerts at the Chapel Royal, Unitarian Church and All Saints Hove in Brighton, early afternoon concerts at St Nicholas Church, Brighton and Music & Wine Evening Concerts at St Luke’s. Information also available at https://www.stringsattachedmusic.org.uk/calendar/.

LOCAL PLAYERS DIRECTORY
The directory lists local amateur chamber musicians and is designed to help amateur chamber music players make contact with each other, be they string, piano or wind players. It is protected by a shared password. If you would like to gain access to it or make or amend an entry, please email Chris Darwin.

A specimen entry can be seen at https://www.stringsattachedmusic.org.uk/directoryintro/

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