Maidstone Area Arts Council
Forthcoming Events
Spring 2008
Music
MAIDSTONE RECORDED MUSIC SOCIETY ~ 43rd season
Community Centre, Marsham Street, Maidstone
Thursday evenings, every 3 weeks, commencing at 6.45pm
Contact: Gordon Sladen 01622 882395 for details
March 13th Bach to Basics ~ Bob Creasey
March 27th Annual General Meeting
MAIDSTONE CHORAL UNION
Sunday 6th January, United Reformed Church, Week Street at 7.30pm
Conductor: Jeffrey Vaughan Martin
A Celebration of Twelfth Night
Traditional carols and readings to mark the end of the Christmas Season
Followed by a Buffet Reception
Entrance FREE ~ Retiring Collection
SUTTON VALENCE MUSIC SOCIETY
Sunday 20th January Groves Music School, Sutton Valence School at 3pm
Kathryn Hannah (mezzo soprano)
Mozart: Arias Bizet: Habanera from Carmen
Granados: La Maja Dolorosa
Kathryn is a former music scholar of Sutton Valence School.
She has worked with Holland Park Opera and Scottish Opera and sang Carmen with Lakeland Opera.
Her accompanist Caroline Jaya-Ratnam has appeared on Radio 3 and
in recitals at the Wigmore Hall and the Royal Festival Hall.
Easy parking. Tickets at door £9.50. Concession £6.50 Child (18 and under) free. Full-time students £5.
Followed by afternoon tea.
Concession rates on season’s membership.
Contact: Hilary Northcroft 01622 844888
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Thursday 24th January, Bradbourne House, East Malling at 8pm
Baroque music with Tempo Primo
This London-based group consists of recorder, baroque violin,
cello and harpsichord and will play music by
Cima Telemann, Bach, Frescobaldi and de Fesch.
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129
MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Saturday 2nd February, Mote Hall at 7.30pm
Conductor: Brian Wright
Soloist: Mark Simpson (clarinet)
Bizet: Carmen Suite
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No.2
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2
Here’s a programme for every taste, with the current BBC Young Musician, clarinettist Mark Simpson, joining us in Weber’s delightful 2nd Concerto. Elsewhere Rachmaninov expansively exploits both sumptuous harmonies and lyrical, romantic melodies in his 2nd Symphony, and there’s the evergreen suite from Bizet’s Carmen
Tickets £20.00, £16.00 and £10.00 from 01622 736392
(Membership Secretaries) or 0845 1552277 (Leisure Centre).
KENT CHAMBER CHOIR
Saturday 9th February Holy Cross Church, Bearsted at 7.30pm
‘SING JOYFULLY’
in support of Holy Cross Missionary Links
Tickets: £7 (£4 children & full-time students)
Available from: Marilyn Scott 01622 737916
Email: ken.scott@tiscali.co.uk
SIMON PROCTOR CONCERT
Saturday 9th February, Kent Music, Maidstone at 7.30pm
James Bond Concerto
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (excerpt)
Beauchamp Dances with the FONO Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Simpson (USA)
Simon Proctor performs piano solos including Liszt’s Vallée D’Obermann, Grieg’s Nocturne, West Side Story, Romeo & Juliet, Disney, Monty Python, Green Day, Scott Joplin and works by Simon Proctor
Tickets £10.00 Children £5.00 at the door or call 01622 734003
Refreshments available
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Tuesday 12th February Bradbourne House, East Malling at 8pm
An evening with Bryan Gipps
Paris Noble, a promising young soprano will sing a few light
operatic songs, and the rest will be piano trios by the Beresford Trio.
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129
KENT CHAMBER CHOIR
Saturday 1st March St Mary’s Church, Goudhurst at 7.30pm
‘SING JOYFULLY’
in support of Hawkhurst Cottage Hospital
Tickets: £7 (£4 children & full-time students)
Available from: Marilyn Scott 01622 737916
Email: ken.scott@tiscali.co.uk
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Thursday 6th March Bradbourne House, East Malling at 8pm
Nancy Litten and Sue Greenham (pianos)
These two well-known musicians have teamed up to play
Schubert’s Fantasy in F min, Faure’s Souvenirs de Bayreuth,
Debussy’s Reverie and much more!
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129
MAIDSTONE CHORAL UNION
Saturday 8th March, Mote Hall at 7.30pm
Conductor: Jeffrey Vaughan Martin
The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace
by Karl Jenkins
This moving work portrays the violence of war and its aftermath,
succeeded by benediction and the hope of lasting peace
Tickets £15.00, £12.00, £11.00, £8.00 and £6.00 from Mote Hall
0845 155 2277, Sharon Music, 65 High Street, or Freda Crispin 01622 726193 Children and Students half-price; Senior Citizens £2.00 reduction.
ALL SAINTS CHURCH, MAIDSTONE
Sunday 16th March at 3.30pm
Music for Palm Sunday and Passiontide
All Saints Choir
conducted by Peter Richards
Lionel Marchant and Brian Moore (Organ)
Contact 01622 843298
SUTTON VALENCE MUSIC SOCIETY
Friday 14th March, Groves Music School, Sutton Valence School at 7.30pm
Amy Dickson - Saxophone
Milhaud: Scaramouche Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Gershwin: Three Preludes MacMillan: Kiss on Wood
‘Ms Dickson’s sound is a revelation... this was lyrical playing at its best’
New York Concert Review.
At 17 Amy was the Australian Young Artist of the Year, since when
she has travelled the world as a soloist. She is supported by the
Countess of Munster Musical Trust.
Easy parking. Tickets at door £9.50.
Concession £6.50 Child (18 and under) free. Full-time students £5.
Concession rates on season’s membership.
Contact: Hilary Northcroft 01622 844888
MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Saturday March 15th, Mote Hall at 7.30pm
Conductor: Brian Wright Soloist: Sylvia Chiesa (cello)
Ravel: La Valse Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Nino Rota: Cello Concerto No.1 Debussy: La Mer
Superb Italian cellist, Sylvia Chiesa, plays popular Tchaikovsky and a fine Concerto by her film composer compatriot, Nino Rota. She’s framed two of the greatest French impressionist masterpieces, with Ravel’s sparkling vision of Imperial Vienna, La Valse, and Debussy’s intoxicating set of orchestral seascapes, La Mer.
Tickets £20.00, £16.00 and £10.00 from 01622 736392 (Membership Secretaries) or 0845 1552277 (Leisure Centre).
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Thursday 3rd April Bradbourne House, East Malling at 8pm
Mozart String Quintets
The Medway String Quartet returns with K.515 in C and
K. 614 in G min, one of Mozart’s most powerful compositions.
The guest violist will be Kit Denny.
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free. Information only from 01732 843129
BEARSTED CHORAL SOCIETY
Saturday 5th April Holy Cross Church, Bearsted at 7.30pm
Conducted by Peter Ashley and Jean-Marie Fondeur present a
Concert in collaboration with a French Choir.
Please watch our website www.bearstedchoral.org.uk local press and posters for more details Tickets £7 & £4 (students) from 01634 245704, Sharon Music in High Street, Maidstone, Society members, or on the door.
Sutton Valence Choral Society
and
All Saints Church, Maidstone
Sunday 6th April All Saints Church, Maidstone at 7.30pm
Rutter Requiem Vivaldi Gloria
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Sutton Valence Choral Society with The Beresford Sinfonia
conducted by Bryan Gipps
Tickets £10.00 available on door
or phone 01622 853791 to book in advance
KENT COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Saturday 12th April Canterbury Cathedral at 7.30pm
Cathedral Concert
Guest Conductor: Peter Stark
Carnaval Romain: Berlioz L’Ascension: Messiaen
Organ Symphony: Saint-Saens
Tickets £15 Mailing List Members £13 Students £5
For tickets, information and credit card sales apply:
KCYO, Kent Music, Astley House, Hastings Road,
Maidstone ME15 7SG Telephone 01622 358402
EAST MALLING SINGERS
Saturday 19th April, Church of St James the Great, East Malling at 7.30pm
Two Great Russian Works
“The Liturgy of St John Chrystostum” by Rachmaninoff,
evoking all the atmosphere of Russian choral tradition, and
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
The original solo piano version played by Benjamin Rous.
Tickets £8.00, £6.00 concessions. Children free
From Sue Greenham 01622 750943 or at the door
East Malling Research Station Music Club
Thursday 8th May Bradbourne House, East Malling at 8pm
Phillip Dyson (piano)
Phillip revisits for the 21st time and nearly on his 50th birthday
with an evening of Beethoven, Chopin, Scott Joplin,
Billy Mayerl and scintillating conversation.
Tickets at the Door: £9, children free.
Information only from 01732 843129.
MAIDSTONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Saturday May 17th 7.30pm at Mote Hall
Conductor: Brian Wright
Soloist: Ronan O’Hara (piano)
Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 Shostakovich: Symphony No.10
The Penguin Guide hailed Ronan O’Hara’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s 1st Concerto as ‘an outstanding version, memorably fresh’. Either side we have two more scintillating scores of excitement and passion, with Walton’s homage to the Spitfire from the wartime film The First of the Few and Shostakovich’s electrifying 10th Symphony.
Tickets £20.00, £16.00 and £10.00 from 01622 736392
(Membership Secretaries) or 0845 1552277 (Leisure Centre).
Stage
WILLINGTON PLAYERS
Tuesday 8th to Saturday 12th April Hazlitt Theatre at 7.30pm
A MONTH OF SUNDAYS
a comedy by Bob Larbey
From the writer of The Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles and As Time Goes By, Bob Larbey’s first stage play A Month of Sundays is a sensitive, sometimes candid but overwhelmingly humorous portrayal of life in a rest home for the elderly. A humorous play with a touch of pathos!
Tuesday 8th April is a charity performance for Cancer Research UK
Tickets £9.00 concessions £8 (not Tues and Weds charity performances)
Film
MAIDSTONE FILM SOCIETY
Internationally acclaimed films shown on a full screen, including Cinemascope, and all are shown on DVD.
All start on Mondays at 8pm at The Hazlitt Theatre
21st January The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Eire)
4th February Offside (Iran)
25th February Children of Men (UK/USA)
17th March Volver (Spain)
14th April Casablanca (USA)
Full membership for all 12 films of the 59th 2007/2008 season
Single - £24.00, couples - £42, and concessions £19.00
Membership Secretary: Francois-Yves Belver 01622 672307 or The Hazlitt
Website for full details of films www.maidstone-film-society.org.uk
VISUAL ARTS
PILGRIMS WAY ARTISTS
Saturday 17th–Monday 26th May Lenham Tithe Barn 10am–6pm daily
11th Annual Summer Exhibition
30 local artists, potters and sculptors exhibiting
Over 300 works in every medium.
Demonstrations, workshops and on the spot portraits
Further details from Yvonne Bonham 01223 770425
E-mail: y.bonham@btinternet.com