Summer Classical Preview 2025
Brighton is very well served with concerts mostly given by our very talented local musicians. I cannot vouch for the quality of every event in this list but I do have the greatest respect for the organisers of these various concert programmes. There are a few more events to add, when the details are published – Enjoy:
Tuesday 8th July 1.10pm, Chapel Royal
Simon Watterton/Caroline Tyler
Lunchtime concert – 4 hands piano – Mozart, Saint-Saens, Debussy
Thursday 10th July 1.00pm, All Saints Church, Hove
Emilija Karaliūtė (kanklės)
Lunchtime concert
Friday 11th July 12.30pm, Brighton Unitarian Church
John Bruzon (piano)
Lunchtime concert – music by Scarlatti. Mozart and Liszt.
Friday 11th July 7:30pm, St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road
Atlanticus (Jazz Quartet) – their newest album – Oceanic
Tuesday 15th July 1.10pm, Chapel Royal
Oliver Nelson (violin) Julian Jacobson (piano)
Lunchtime concert – Sonatas by Brahms & Ravel (Blues)
Thursday 17th July 1.00pm, All Saints Church, Hove
Anjulie Chen (piano)
Lunchtime concert
Friday 18th July 12.30pm, Brighton Unitarian Church
Matt Wood (baritone) & Nick Andrews (piano)
Lunchtime concert – Gerald Finzi’s song cycle “Earth and Air and Rain”
Saturday 19th July 12.15pm, St Paul’s Church, West Street
Daria Robertson (soprano) Matt Connolly (tenor) & Andrew Storey (piano)
Lunchtime concert – Arias & duets from operas “Love Story in Opera”
Tuesday 22nd July 1.10pm, Chapel Royal
Mermikides Guitar Duo
Lunchtime concert – Praetorius, Bach, Granados, Ravel, Piazzolla & Albeniz
Thursday 24th July 1.00pm, All Saints Church, Hove
Lewis Kingsley Peart (piano)
Lunchtime concert
Friday 25th July 12.30pm, Brighton Unitarian Church
Stephen Carroll-Turner (piano)
Lunchtime concert – solo recital of music by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.
Friday 25th July 7:30pm, St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road
Mercedes Gancedo (voice) & Quimey Urquiaga (piano)
Argentinian song – music by Carlos Guastavino and Alberto Ginastera
Saturday 26th July 12.15pm, St Paul’s Church, West Street
Sasha Salinasova (soprano) Paul Houston (tenor) & Andrew Storey (piano)
Lunchtime concert – Schubert, Schumann, Tosti, Hahn, Wagner, Britten “Shades of Love”
Tuesday 29th July 1.10pm, Chapel Royal
Yair Avidor (lute)
Lunchtime concert – Bach Suite in G minor BWV995 & Weiss
Thursday 31st July 1.00pm, All Saints Church, Hove
Rob Luft (guitar) & Iain Ballamy (tenor sax)
Lunchtime concert – virtuoso guitar and highly-inventive saxophonist
Saturday 9th August 12.15pm, St Paul’s Church, West Street
Sue Mileham (soprano) Jane Plessner (clarinet) & Nicola Grunberg (piano)
Lunchtime concert –Balfe, Mozart, Fauré, Wilson, Schubert “Dreams and Longings”
Thursday 14th August 1.00pm, All Saints Church, Hove
David Maw (organ)
Lunchtime concert
Saturday 16th August 12.15pm, St Paul’s Church, West Street
Judy McKerras (soprano) & Will Hancox (piano)
Lunchtime concert – including Mozart, Brahms, Schumann, Purcell
Thursday 21st August 1.00pm, All Saints Church, Hove
Martin Smith (euphonium) & Helen Ridout (piano)
Lunchtime concert
Saturday 23rd August 12.15pm, St Paul’s Church, West Street
Mary Potter (soprano) Tony Potter (bass/baritone) & Michael Maine (piano)
Lunchtime concert – including music by Purcell & Walton “Fairest Isles”
Thursday 28th August 1.00pm, All Saints Church, Hove
John Law (piano) & Jon Lloyd (tenor sax)
Lunchtime concert – ‘Naissance’ – atmospheric, ambient music
July 2025
Andrew Connal
