Lewes Chamber Music Festival 6-8 June 2019

The Lewes Chamber Music Festival enters its 8th year, running from Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 June 2019.  

The festival was founded by violinist Beatrice Philips, who continues in the role of Artistic Director.  This year, the festival presents 'Fauré and Friends', with music by Fauré of course, but also Ravel, Leckeu, Français, Debussy, Bizet and Saint-Saëns, with Beethoven, Mozart, Messiaen and Bartók too.

In seven concerts spread over the three days, a great lineup of artists perform some masterpieces of the chamber repertoire, such as Fauré's Piano Quintet No. 1 and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet (Friday 7, 6pm), and Bartók's String Quartet No. 6 (Saturday 8, 7.30pm).  But there are also plenty of lesser known gems on the programme too, such as the Piano Quartet by Belgian composer Guillaume Lekeu, who died tragically aged just 24 (Friday 7, 6pm).  There's a lighter lunchtime programme of short works, including The Swan from Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, and Bizet's Jeux d'enfants for four hands (Friday 7, 12.30pm), and a Saturday morning coffee concert including Debussy, Beethoven and a String Trio by Jean Françaix (Saturday 8, 11am).

Venues: St John sub Castro Church, Lewes (except Saturday's coffee concert, which is at All Saints Centre, Lewes).

Tickets and more information here

Artists:

Violin: Tim Crawford, Katharine Gowers, Venetia Jollands, Beatrice Philips, Maria Włoszczcowska 

Viola: James Boyd, Adam Newman, Hannah Shaw 

Cello: Vashti Hunter, Tim Posner, Hannah Sloane 

Piano: Alasdair Beatson, Bengt Forsberg 

Clarinet: Matt Hunt 

Flute: Adam Walker 

Harp: Hugh Webb 

Soprano: Raphaela Papadakis