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Saturday 22nd September
Dark Sun
Lancing College Chapel,
Lancing Map
£7/ concs £5/ AAF members £4
7.10pm - pre-concert events
7:30pm - main concert

The opening concert of this year´s Adur Arts Live Festival promises to be on of the most memorable. In the remarkable surroundings of Lancing College Chapel, local choirs, bands, orchestras and schools combine under the direction of one of the worlds most renowned composers, Stephen Montague, for a performance of his incredible "Dark Sun", written for amateur performers in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Saturday 29th September
Talkestra
St Mary de Haura,
Shoreham MAP
£10/ concs £8/ AAF members £6
7:30pm

talkestra crowd
Talkestra do concerts differently. They don't just play music — they talk about it. And they don't just talk about it — they take it apart to show you how it works and put it back together to show you how it sounds. Tonight´s music for winds and piano includes Darius Milhaud´s pot-pourri of Brazilian pop tunes, "Le Bouef sur la Toit" along with the Sextet by Francis Poulenc and new pieces by Ian McCrae and Chris Gander. A fabulous way to get into something new!

Darius Milhaud Le Bouef sur le Toit
Chris Gander New Work (first performance)
Ian McCrae New Work (first performance)
Francis Poulenc Sextet

October
Saturday 6th October
Boundstone Junior Band
Methodist Church,
Shoreham MAP
Free
12pm - 1pm

Sunday 14th October
Jason Carter (Guitar), Survinder Singh (Tabla)
Stephen Dummer (Clarinet)
St. Mary's House MAP
Bramber
£10/concs £8/AAF members £6
3:00pm

STOP PRESS

This concert has unfortunately been cancelled as Jason Carter has badly cut his finger and we cannot find a replacement

Alfonso was great. In 13 century Spain he mixed Christian, Muslim and Jewish music to great effect. Our three well travelled musicians will follow his inspiration providing a heady mix of the music they have absorbed on their travels, to include works by Jason Carter and a series of pieces by Chris Gander, based on the music that would have been heard in Alfonso's Alhambra Palace. Presented in St. Mary's magnificent Victorian music room. Can you possibly miss this?

Saturday 20th October
Brighton Saxophone Quartet
Methodist Church,
Shoreham MAP
Free
12pm - 1pm
Sunday 21st October
Jill Kemp (recorders), Helen Reid (piano)
The Steyning Centre
Steyning MAP
£10/ concs £8/AAF members £6
3:00pm

Jill Kemp
Using video art and an electronic sound scape, Jill Kemp has formed a dream sequence of pieces including works by: Villa-Lobos, Sarasate, David Bedford; concluding the dream with an exciting new work by Chris Gander. Jill has recently won a prestigious award and has to be one of the countries most spellbinding musicians. With the transfixing Helen Reid on the wonderful Steyning Steinway, this should be the event of the year. This promises to be the kind of concert that most people can only dream about.

Saturday 27th October
Boundstone Community Band
Methodist Church,
Shoreham MAP
Free
12pm - 1pm

Panoply
The Steyning Centre
Steyning MAP
£10/ concs £8/ AAF members £6
7:30pm

panoply
Led by the rising piano star Bobby Chen, this group of young prize winning musicians will leave you entranced with a mixture of Tangos by and in the style of Astor Piazolla and Chinese music, much of it arranged by Bobby himself and including works by the group's guitarist Carl Herring. Panoply have performed in major venues in this country, and have undertaken sell out tours of China, Malaysia, Egypt, Korea, Japan and the U.S.A. They have boundless energy mixed with an amazing musical subtlety. A treat not to miss.

November
Saturday 3rd November
The Rude Mechanicals
Methodist Church,
Shoreham MAP
Free
12pm - 1pm

CoMA Sussex
St Mary de Haura,
Shoreham MAP
Free
2.00pm - 4.00pm

After the enormous success of their performance at Brighton Station earlier this year, CoMA Sussex and friends bring to the beautiful and historic setting of St Mary de Haura their version of Musicircus by John Cage "..you simply bring together under one roof as much music (as many musical groups and soloists) as practical under the circumstances." Music as you've never heard it before!

Michael Finnissy (piano)
St Mary de Haura,
Shoreham MAP
£5/ concs £4/ AAF members £3
5:00pm

A performance of complete piano sonatas by Brighton based composer Sydney Vale. They are given by the internationally renowned composer/pianist and Steyning resident Michael Finnissy who, after giving the first performance of the 2nd sonata in 2004, gives the world premiere of the third sonata.

Sydney Vale Sonata no.1 (1968)
Sydney Vale Sonata no.2 (2004)
Sydney Vale Sonata no.3 (2007)

Saturday 10th November
Frank Semus
Methodist Church,
Shoreham MAP
Free
12pm - 1pm

Sunday 11th November
Craig Ogden (guitar)
Gerard McChrystal (saxophone)
St. Mary's House,
Bramber MAP
£10/ concs £8/ AAF members £6
3:00pm

Craig Ogden and Gerard McChrystal
A duo of two of the world's greatest musicians is not to be missed. Gerard McChrystal is one of Britain's top sax players having played and recorded with most of the country's orchestras. Australian guitarist Craig Ogden is seen as the successor to Julian Bream and has to be number one guitarist in the world. After the success of their album Pluck/Blow, featuring music specially written for them, this promises to be a great evening.

Friday 16th November
Talkestra / Young Composers Project
The Church of the Good Shepherd
Shoreham Beach MAP
Free to get in - pay what you can to get out
7:30pm

The almost legendary Young Composers Project gives pupils from Adur Schools the opportunity to work with and compose music for professional musicians. Tonight there'll be twenty new pieces specially written for the inimitable Talkestra - be prepared to be amazed at the talent that is on offer!

Saturday 24th November
Tasmin Little and Piers Lane
The Steyning Centre,
Steyning MAP
£14/ students£4/ Adur Arts Forum members £10
Tickets for this concert phone: (01903) 812662
7:30pm

Tasmin Little
In conjunction with Steyning Music Society, we are proud to present one of the world's top violinists accompanied by the internationally renowned pianist Piers Lane. Tasmin often performs with the world's top orchestras, working with luminaries such as Simon Rattle, Kurt Masur, Vladmir Ashkenazy and Leonard Slatkin to name but a few. Tasmin has made twenty recordings featuring composers from Bruch to Walton. Tasmin and Piers have chosen four exciting and instrumentally challenging works for their programme; by Brahms, Schubert, Ravel and Elgar. This will be a rare chance to see and hear two world class performers. You are advised to book early for this concert.

Piers Lane
Brahms Scherzo from the 'F-A-E Sonata' for violin and piano
Schubert Fantasie in C, D934 for violin and piano
Ravel Sonata op. posth. For violin and piano
Elgar Sonata in E Minor for violin and piano

Please Note:
Tickets for this concert phone: (01903) 812662
or in person from Just Bananas, Brunswick Rd. Shoreham.MAP