Brighton Year-Round

A Christmas Carol

The most original, potent and uplifting Christmas Carol I’ve ever seen

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A Woman Of No Importance

A sovereign cast-bronze production.

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Alan Parmenter and Howard Blake Violin and Piano Recital

Howard Blake playing his own compositions beyond The Snowman, made this treasurable

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Anne Allen and Charles Matthews Flute and Piano Recital

Anne Allen and Charles Matthews are superb, stylish recitalists

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Anne Hodgson and Nick Houghton Flute and Piano Recital

An absolutely first-class chamber recital in the middle of Brighton

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Caroline Colingridge and Margaret Grimsdell Flute and Piano Recital

A truly exploratory programme, with not one standard in it.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

It couldn’t be done any better and puts several touring shows to shame.

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Christina McMaster Piano Recital

Magnificent. It alters the settled world of this music.

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Classical Folk Recital

A gently melancholic concert, with moments to touch any soft-grained heart.

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Daniel Stroud, Violin, Hanzhi Zhang, Piano

A characterful, assured debut.

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Endsleigh Trio

A deeply satisfying recital.

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Florisma Baroque Recital

Five-star already, a stunning Brighton and Hove debut

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František Brikcius Solo Cello Recital

A superb recital with unique material, played with distinctive authority.

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Great Expectations

A professionally-realized NVT production, consummate and brooding

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Guangmel Chen Piano Recital

A masterly recital, sovereign technique.

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Hannah Creswell, Constance Chow Flute and Piano Recital

We don’t know our luck.

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John Collins Organ Recital

Yet another superb Collins recital, impromptu.

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John Lake Trio

Pretty unbeatable for summer jazz.

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Julia Wallin Piano Recital

Wallin must return to play more Finnish music

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Laura Browne Guitar Recital

Another quiet thrilling debut

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LIPS Ensemble

Consummate and pretty well flawless. Unique and uniquely lively in their field.

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Mary Thomas, Muriel Hart, Soprano and Piano Recital

A heartfelt, truthful recital.

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Michele Roszak and Lynda Spinney: First Love

A terrific way to blow the summer haze

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New Music Brighton Concert, Friends Meeting House

Another sovereign afternoon from the most innovative regional new music group in the UK.

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Nick Houghton Organ Recital

Exhilarating.

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O’Higgins and Luft Quartet

Immensely satisfying in this repertoire.

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Paul Gregory Guitar Recital

A consummate exploration of music we need to know.

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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The three lead actors, divas and a superb cast give this production its beating pink heart.

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Richard Bowen Guitar Recital

A fine musician back on evocative form

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Riya and Berniya Hamie Cello and Piano Recital

These sisters comprise two of a rising new generation.

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Rythmie Wong Recital

A thunderous and revelatory recital.

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Sohyun Park Piano Recital

An auspicious return of this pianist.

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Sussex Musicians Concert

Singers set a few benchmarks and piansit Kevin Allen in particular ferociously adventuring to fresh sonorities

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Tabby McTat

It really is purrfect for summer

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The Devil’s Playground

A dark, cruel and seductive yet strangely beautiful show

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The Entertainer

There won’t be a better repointing of any Osborne work.

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The Kelleth Piano Trio

Consummate and wholly satisfying.

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The Mill on the Floss

Stunning. This consummate, flawless production is an event for BLT and Brighton

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Wuthering Heights

There mightn’t be a finer adaptation at BOAT this year.

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Yoko Ono Piano Recital

Magnificently idiomatic playing.

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Yoon Seok Piano Recital

A truly distinguished recital

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Zoffany Ensemble Dvorak Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Op 81

The Zoffanys are sovereign performers, and this stands with the best chamber concerts I’ve heard at this venue.

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