Newsletter 109

STRINGS ATTACHED 2026-2027

All concerts begin at 11am.

     
22 Nov 2026   Willard Carter and friends/Omne trium perfectum
Dall’Abaco   Capriccio No.1, No.6, No.8
Kurtág   Signs, Games and Messages:  Doloroso, Calmo, Sognando
(Ștefan Romașcanu in memoriam)
Signs, Games and Messages: …féerie d’automne…
CF Abel   Arpeggio in D Minor
JP von Westhoff   Imitatione delle Campane
Zbinden   La fête au village: Fanfare
Boccherini   String Trio in A Major Op.14
Penderecki   String Trio
Mozart    Divertimento in E flat Major K. 563
 

You can access the Programme Notes for this concert here

Join us after the concert at the reception for Strings Attached Members and the musicians.

Future Concerts

21 Feb 2027   Joanna MacGregor and Principal Players of the BPO
Beethoven   Piano Trio in C Minor Op.1 No.3
Shostakovich   Piano Trio No.1 Op.8
Brahms   Horn Trio in E flat Major Op.40
   
    To be followed by a reception for members and the musicians
11 April 2027   Astra Quartet
Mabelle Young-Eun Park (violin), Olwen Miles (violin), Jamie Howe (viola) & TBC (cellist)
Beethoven   String Quartet No.11 in F Minor, Op.95 ‘Serioso’
Haydn   String Quartet in B Minor Op.33 No.1
Bridge   String Quartet No. 4, H.188
Britten   Three Divertimenti
     
      To be followed by a reception for members and the musicians
     

TICKETS

Tickets for the 2026-2027 season are available from the Brighton Dome box office (01273 709709) or online at https://brightondome.org. Full price £27; concessions £25 (please note this now automatically includes a £2 booking fee based on new statutory guidelines from the government relating to booking fees).
Free tickets for ages 8-25 are funded by Strings Attached.

SUPPORT CREATE MUSIC’S BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
Every child deserves the joy of making music – But the cost of lessons and instruments can mean some children miss out on the creativity, confidence and laughter music brings.  
 
Create Music provides 1,000 music bursaries each year to children across East Sussex, helping them to learn music, borrow instruments and play in ensembles. But they need your help.

From midday Tuesday 1 December to midday Tuesday 8 December, every donation to Create Music’s Bursary Scheme will be doubled through the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Find out more here.

MEMBERSHIP
Thank you to all those members who have renewed their subscription and donated towards the free ticket scheme. If you were not at the first concert to collect your 2026/2027 membership card please come to the Strings Attached desk at the November concert.

A reminder that the membership year runs from 1 August to 31 July and costs £10 per person (free for students). To renew your membership, join for the first time or after a lapse, 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 any additional donation you wish to make enables us to fund free tickets to our concerts for 8-25 year olds after the suspension of the Cavatina scheme. We will report on the Young Persons Ticket Scheme in the December newsletter.
OTHER LOCAL CONCERTS
13 November      Nicholas Yonge Society
14 November      Workshop Series Lewes
14 November      Haywards Heath Music Society
15 November      Seaford Music Society
3 December        Chichester Chamber Concerts
5 December        Lewes Chamber Music Festival Christmas Concert
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.

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