Maidstone Area Arts Council
Forthcoming Events
Autumn 2008
Music
MAIDSTONE RECORDED MUSIC SOCIETY ~ 44TH season
Community Centre, Marsham Street, Maidstone
Friday evenings (except Thursday March 2009), commencing at 6.45pm
Contact: Gordon Sladen 01622 882395 for details
Friday 19th September A Faustian Feast (Gordon Sladen)
Friday 10th October Mozart at the Opera (Bob Creasey)
Friday 31st October Choral & Organ Music (David Elliot)
Friday 21st November Romance (Connie Bell)
Friday 12th December Three Choirs (Keith Hunter)
Thursday 12th March An American Evening (Elsie Harries)
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Tuesday 16th September 8pm Bradbourne House East Malling
Virtuoso Chamber Music
Robert Hoult on recorders with a string quartet of professional
Kent musicians will play Hans Gal’s concertino,
Beethoven’s Quartet Op.18 No.1, Mozart’s Andante in C and
Bach’s Suite No.2 in B minor which finishes with the famous Badinerie.
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129 (SatNav: ME19 6DZ)
SUTTON VALENCE MUSIC SOCIETY
Friday 3rd October 7.30pm Groves Music School Sutton Valence School
The Max Brod Trio
Dvorak: Dumky Trio Op.90
Martinu: Bergettes Smetena: Trio in G minor
A rare opportunity to hear this distinguished trio from Prague –
on tour in this country, they will be playing music from their homeland.
Easy parking. Tickets at door £9.50. Concession £6.50 (on season’s membership) Children (18 and under) free. Full-time students £5.
Contact: Hilary Northcroft 01622 844888 or via
website:suttonvalencemusicsociety.com (SatNav:ME17 3RF)
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Tuesday 7th October 8pm Bradbourne House East Malling
Emily Pringle (violin) and Marcus Andrews (piano)
Emily and Kent-born Marcus are a popular young duo.
They will present Brahms’ Sonata No.1 in G, Handel’s No.5 in A, Beethoven’s Romance in G,
Kreisler’s Liebesleid and Schon Rosmarin.
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129. (SatNav: ME19 6DZ)
MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Saturday 18th October 7.30pm Mote Hall (SatNav: ME15 7RN)
Conductor: Brian Wright Soloist: Llyr Williams (piano)
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Schumann: Piano Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Job (A Masque for Dancing)
The famous exploits of Dukas’s young Sorcerer make a popular prelude
to a Welsh keyboard wizard, Llyr Williams, playing Schumann’s delightful Piano Concerto.
Marking the Vaughan Williams anniversary in 2008,
there is a rare concert airing for one of his finest works, Job,
magnificently inspired by William Blake’s illustrations.
Tickets £21.00, £16.00 and £12.00 from 01622 736392 or
0845 1552277 (Leisure Centre) or www.mso.org.uk
EAST MALLING SINGERS ~ 37th SEASON
Saturday 25th October 7.30pm Church of St James the Great, East Malling
Conductor: Benjamin Rous
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Albinoni: Adagio for organ and strings
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir Pachelbel: Canon
Tickets for the above events priced at £8.00, £6.00 (concessions)
and children free (unless otherwise stated)
Available from Sue Greenham 01622 750943 or on door.
(SatNav: ME19 6AG)
Maidstone Winds
Saturday 1st November 7.30pm All Saints Church, Maidstone
Concert of Remembrance
(in aid of the Royal British Legion)
Tickets £6.00 (£5.00 concessions) available from Maidstone Music
or call 01622 678961 for further information.
KENT CHAMBER CHOIR
Saturday 1st November 7.30pm at St Margaret’s Church, Barming
Concert
(in support of Friends of St Margaret’s)
Tickets: Marilyn Scott 01622 737916
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Thursday 6th November 8pm Bradbourne House East Malling
Melodious Jazz with MJT
Three top musicians Roan Kearsey-Lawson, John Myhill
and Harry Cook will give us a fascinating evening on
Vibes, Marimba, Guitar, Piano, Bass and Souzaphone.
They will play jazz standards and their own compositions.
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129 (SatNav: ME19 6DZ)
SUTTON VALENCE MUSIC SOCIETY
Friday 7th November 7.30pm Groves Music School, Sutton Valence School
Sarah Williamson (clarinet) Catherine Milledge (piano)
Verdi: La Traviata Poulenc: Sonata
Horovitz: Sonatina Messager: Solo de concours
Ireland: Fantasy Sonata Brahms: Sonata No.1 in F minor
A former BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist, Sarah’s career
continues to flourish. Much in demand internationally, she comes supported by the Tillett Trust.
Easy parking. Tickets at door £9.50 Children (18 and under) free.
Full-time students £5. Concession rates on season’s membership.
Contact: Hilary Northcroft 01622 844888 or
via website: suttonvalencemusicsociety.com (SatNav:ME17 3RF)
MAIDSTONE CHORAL UNION
Saturday 8th November 2008 7.30pm Mote Hall (SatNav: ME15 7RN)
THE CREATION by Joseph Haydn
Conductor and new Musical Director: Martin Hindmarsh,
This has been described as ‘a masterpiece of joyous celebration’ in which
Archangels (soloists) describe the successive wonders of God’s works,
and the Heavenly Host (MCU) responds in a series of jubilant choruses.
Tickets £15, £12, £11, £8, and £6 from Mote Hall, 0845 155 2277,
Sharon Music, 65 High Street, Maidstone, or Ticket Secretary, 01622 726193.
Children and Students half-price; Senior Citizens £2 reduction
Sutton Valence Choral Society
Sunday 16th November All Saints Church, Maidstone 7.30pm.
Rossini: Strabat Mater Kodaly: Missa Brevis
Tickets £10.00 available on door
or phone 01622 853791 to book in advance
SUTTON VALENCE MUSIC SOCIETY
Friday 28th November 7.30pm Groves Music School, Sutton Valence School
Pei-Jee and Pei-Sian Ng (cellos) Miyako Machida (piano)
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in C major, Op.119
Daniel Kidne: Black River for two cellos
Dimitri Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor, Op.40
Elena Kats-Chernin: Phoenix Story for two ‘cellos
This is an unusual recital offering an intriguing combination of two ’cellos and piano.
The twins, both sponsored by the Countess of Munster Trust,
are continuing their studies at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Easy parking. Tickets at door £9.50 Children (18 and under) free.
Full-time students £5. Concession rates on season’s membership.
Contact: Hilary Northcroft 01622 844888 or
via website: suttonvalencemusicsociety.com (SatNav:ME17 3RF)
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Thursday 27th November 8pm Bradbourne House East Malling
The Medway String Quartet and Brian Shilham (clarinet)
Leader: Penny Howard, with Susan Skone-James,
Robin Morrish and Danny Kingshill.
Beethoven’s dramatic quartet Op.18 in C min.
Brian Shilham plays Mozart’s sublime Clarinet quintet
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129.
(SatNav:ME19 6DZ)
MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Saturday 6th December 7.30pm Mote Hall
Conductor: Brian Wright
Soloist: Michael Thompson (horn)
Sibelius: En Saga Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No.2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5
One of our finest horn virtuosos, Michael Thompson,
returns to MSO in Richard Strauss’s wonderfully wistful 2nd Horn Concerto.
The musical links from Finland and Russia are tangible in the brilliance of
the young Sibelius’s tone-poem, En Saga, with its inspiration plain
to hear in Tchaikovsky’s powerful 5th Symphony
Tickets £21.00, £16.00 and £12.00 from 01622 736392
or 0845 1552277 (Leisure Centre)
or www.mso.org.uk (SatNav: ME15 7RN)
BEARSTED CHORAL SOCIETY
Saturday 6th December 7.30pm Holy Cross Church, Church Lane, Bearsted
Christmas Concert
Conductor: Peter Ashley Martin Hogben (organ)
Rutter: Magnificat RV Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Oxford Book of Carols – several varied Carols, some favourites
(with optional audience participation) in this popular programme.
Tickets £7 & £4 (students) from Sue Dance on 01634 666730,
Sharon Music 65 High Street Maidstone, Society members or at the
door on the night. www.bearstedchoral.org.uk (SatNav: ME14 4EF)
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Tuesday 16th December 8pm Bradbourne House East Malling
Francois Salignat (piano)
This brilliant young French pianist will give a recital with Alban Berg’s lyrical
piano sonata of 1907 as the centrepiece
and works by Chopin, Ravel, Mozart and Beethoven.
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129. (SatNav: ME19 6DZ)
MAIDSTONE CHORAL UNION
Saturday 13th December 7.30pm Mote Hall
MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS
Conductor: Martin Hindmarsh
With BAE Systems Brass Band & Brunswick House Primary School Choir.
Always a favourite family outing, the annual Christmas concert offers a wide variety of music,
both popular favourites, new pieces, and lots of audience participation.
Tickets £15, £12, £11, £8, and £6 from Mote Hall, 0845 155 2277,
Sharon Music, 65 High Street, Maidstone, or Ticket Secretary, 01622 726193.
Children and Students half-price; Senior Citizens £2 reduction
(SatNav: ME15 7RN)
All Saints Church, Mill Street, Maidstone
Saturday 20th December 4.30pm
Service of Nine Lessons and Christmas Carols by Candlelight
All Saints Church Choir
Director: Peter Richards
Lionel Marchant and Brian Moore (organ)
EAST MALLING SINGERS ~ 37th SEASON
Saturday 20th December 7.30pm Church of St James the Great, East Malling
Conductor: Benjamin Rous
Christmas Concert
Soloists: Howard Wong and Nick Bland
Finzi: In Terra Pax
Tickets for the above events priced at £8.00, £6.00 (concessions)
and children free (unless otherwise stated)
Available from Sue Greenham 01622 750943, or at the door.
(SatNav: ME19 6AG)
SUTTON VALENCE MUSIC SOCIETY
Sunday 11th January 3.00pm Groves Music School, Sutton Valence School
Helen-Jane Howells (soprano) Martha Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Philip Borge (tenor) Alexander Hargreaves (bass)
With piano accompaniment by Joseph Ramadan, this talented
young postgraduate quartet from the Royal College of Music offer an afternoon of
operatic and song entertainment (followed by afternoon tea)
Easy parking. Tickets at door £9.50 Children (18 and under) free.
Full-time students £5. Concession rates on season’s membership.
Contact: Hilary Northcroft 01622 844888 or
via website: www.suttonvalencemusicsociety.com
(SatNav: ME17 3RF)
Stage
THE DETLING PLAYERS
Thursday 13th, Friday 14th, & Saturday 15th November Detling Village Hall
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (adapted by Dave Simpson)
Directed by John Munson
The Players capture the charm of this well-known family production involving
the adventures of two very different families experiencing the delights of
adolescence and the strains of dealing with a family crisis.
Tickets available from mid September 07816 165792, the Detling Village Shop
or Post Office or phone Jenny Kember 01622 753562
WILLINGTON PLAYERS
Tuesday to Saturday 21st – 25th October 7.30pm Hazlitt Theatre
Stepping Out by Richard Harris
This production is a warm and funny play about a group of women
and one man, who meet at a weekly tap-dance class. Struggling with
their own inhibitions, these wildly different characters come together to
learn to tap dance in preparation for a charity dance performance.
Not only do they have to come to terms with their clumsy feet, but
with each other, both with hilarious results. How will the class fare
in their first public performance? Can dance teacher Mavis get them
tapping in time to pull off the show?
Tickets: £9.00. Concessions £8.00 Hazlitt Box Office 01622 758611
(Tuesday Cancer Research UK - or Wednesday - Charity Performances ~ no concessions) www.willingtonplayers.org.uk
Film
MAIDSTONE FILM SOCIETY - 60th Season
Internationally acclaimed films shown on a full screen,
including Cinemascope. All are shown on DVD.
The films all start at 8:00pm on Mondays in the Hazlitt Theatre Complex
8 September Once (Ireland)
29 September Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives of Others) (Germany)
27 October Michael Clayton (USA)
10 November Ten Canoes (Australia)
17 November No Country for Old Men (USA)
8 December Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) (Fr/De/UK/Be/Rom)
Full membership for all 12 films is Single £24.00; Couples £42.00
Concessionary £19.00. Membership Secretary : Francois-Yves Belver
01622 672307 (or contact the Hazlitt Theatre box office)
Full film details www.maidstone-film-society.org.uk