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OTHER WORLDS IN EASTBOURNE 2019/20 Concert season at Congress Theatre

Introduction

A warm welcome to our new season

Our season begins on 13 October with an afternoon of Russian music. Acclaimed Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš makes his debut with the Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s evergreen Second Piano Concerto, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov’s sublime Scheherazade under the baton of Andrew Gourlay. On 3 November conductor and film music specialist Anthony Weeden leads the Orchestra in a celebration of British cinema featuring iconic pieces from a century of unforgettable films, from Lawrence of Arabia and Brief Encounter to Four Weddings and a Funeral. Cellist Laura van der Heijden, 2012 BBC Young Musician of the Year, performs Haydn’s Cello Concerto on 19 January alongside beloved Romantic classics, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Brahms’s Fourth Symphony.

Spring 2020 sees the Orchestra delve into a world of storytelling. Highlights include Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite and Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture conducted by Matthew Wood on 22 March. Igor Tchetuev completes the programme with Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. French violinist Fanny Clamagirand returns to Eastbourne on 23 February to perform Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, which will be complemented by Dvořák’s joyful Symphony No. 8. Our season closes on 19 April with a concert dedicated to the music of Beethoven, part of the 250th anniversary celebrations. Matthew Coorey conducts the much-loved ‘Pastoral’ Sixth Symphony, and the incomparable pianist Joanna MacGregor performs the poetic Fourth Piano Concerto. I hope you will join us this season and I look forward to welcoming you once again to the Congress Theatre to share in the wonder of live music.

Timothy Walker AM Chief Executive and Artistic Director

I am delighted to welcome you to our new season of Sunday afternoon concerts at Eastbourne’s Congress Theatre.

October

Romance and adventure

Sunday 13 October 2019 | 3.00pm Congress Theatre Tickets £15–£30 Premium seats £35 Book 01323 412000/eastbournetheatres.co.uk Series discounts Page 12

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Andrew Gourlay conductor Reinis Zariņš piano

Reinis Zariņš

‘@LPORCHESTRA THANK YOU FOR A TRULY WONDERFUL CONCERT … WHICH MADE MY HEART SING AND MY EYES WATERY.’

Audience member

The makers of Brief Encounter knew what they were doing when they put Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto on the soundtrack. No composer had a more deeply romantic spirit, or knew how to express it with such opulence and ardour. Critics have called the young Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš ‘electrifying’: who better to explore the dark passions of this hugely popular Concerto? And then Andrew Gourlay ventures off into the vast, storm-swept landscape of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade – a true Russian epic, filled with some of the 20th century’s grandest and most glorious melodies. Every performance is an adventure.

November

A celebration of British cinema

Sunday 3 November 2019 | 3.00pm Congress Theatre Tickets £15–£30 Premium seats £35 Book 01323 412000/eastbournetheatres.co.uk Series discounts Page 12

Programme includes: Jarre Main theme (Lawrence of Arabia) Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Mvt 1 (Brief Encounter) Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, Mvt 2 (The Spy Who Loved Me) Arnold Suite (David Copperfield) Rota Love theme (Romeo & Juliet) Rodney Bennett Waltz (Murder on the Orient Express) Rodney Bennett Love theme (Four Weddings and a Funeral) Bliss Suite (Things to Come)

Film music was never just about Hollywood – and from Lawrence of Arabia to James Bond, Brief Encounter to Four Weddings and a Funeral, British cinema has created its own legends, to utterly unforgettable music. Film music maestro Anthony Weeden introduces a century of great British film scores. The elegance of Murder on the Orient Express, the visionary pre-war sci-fi of Things to Come; the sheer emotion of the Love theme from Romeo and Juliet: these are the soundtracks of all our lives: and you’ll never hear them played with more energy or flair.

Anthony Weeden conductor Piers Lane piano

‘@LPORCHESTRA TONIGHT WAS BRILLIANT! SUCH AN EXCITING PROGRAMME – LOVED EVERY MINUTE.’ Audience member

Lawrence of Arabia

January

A sea change

Sunday 19 January 2020 | 3.00pm Congress Theatre Tickets £15–£30 Premium seats £35 Book 01323 412000/eastbournetheatres.co.uk Series discounts Page 12

Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides Haydn Cello Concerto in C Brahms Symphony No. 4 Thomas Blunt conductor Laura van der Heijden cello

‘@LPORCHESTRA UTTERLY EXTRAORDINARY. ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME THINGS, IN THE LITERAL SENSE, THAT I’VE EVER HEARD. MIND BLOWN AND GOB THOROUGHLY SMACKED!’ Audience member

Laura van der Heijden

When Johannes Brahms wrote his fourth and final symphony, he wasn’t going gently into the night: it begins with a sigh, but ends with a tempest. Filled with heartfelt melody, it’s one of those rare tragedies that leave you feeling uplifted, and conductor Thomas Blunt knows how to make it sing – just as the brilliant young British cellist Laura van der Heijden will find all the elegance, energy and wit in Haydn’s sunny Cello Concerto. But we begin with music’s most famous boat-trip, as the young Felix Mendelssohn sets sail for the Hebrides. You can almost taste the sea-spray.

DIVE INTO A WORLD OF MUSIC

February

Light and shadow

Sunday 23 February 2020 | 3.00pm Congress Theatre Tickets £15–£30 Premium seats £35 Book 01323 412000/eastbournetheatres.co.uk Series discounts Page 12

Mozart Overture, The Magic Flute Sibelius Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Ben Glassberg conductor Fanny Clamagirand violin

‘DVOŘÁK’S SCINTILLATING SCORE NEVER HAD A DULL MOMENT IN THE HANDS OF THIS FINE ORCHESTRA.’ Brighton and Hove Independent

Fanny Clamagirand

A quiet hymn, a flurry of birdsong, a dancing rhythm – and Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony bursts into sunny, irrepressible life. Dvořák might have written more famous symphonies, but he never wrote a happier one. So it’s perfect for conductor Ben Glassberg, the new music director of Glyndebourne On Tour, and he’ll bring out all the drama of Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture too. In between, lose yourself amid the fire and ice of Sibelius’s atmospheric Violin Concerto. Performed tonight by the award-winning French violinist Fanny Clamagirand, it’s classical music’s very own slice of Scandinavian noir.

March

Timeless tales

Sunday 22 March 2020 | 3.00pm Congress Theatre Tickets £15–£30 Premium seats £35 Book 01323 412000/eastbournetheatres.co.uk Series discounts Page 12

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky Suite, Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet Matthew Wood conductor Igor Tchetuev piano

‘SO MUCH CHARACTER, WARMTH AND BLAZING ENERGY FROM @LPORCHESTRA TONIGHT – IMPECCABLE.’ Audience member

Igor Tchetuev

Princess Aurora slumbers under a tragic curse; the power of love her only hope. Romeo and Juliet surrender to a passion stronger than life itself – and pay a terrible price. And a lone pianist takes on a full orchestra single-handed, armed only with courage, passion and spectacular skill. Tchaikovsky’s music always tells a story, and his unforgettable melodies and no-holds-barred emotions have made him one of the best-loved of all classical composers. But hear for yourself today, as conductor Matthew Wood and Ukrainian master-pianist Igor Tchetuev give everything they’ve got to this magnificent all-Tchaikovsky programme.

April

Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony

Sunday 19 April 2020 | 3.00pm Congress Theatre Tickets £15–£30 Premium seats £35 Book 01323 412000/eastbournetheatres.co.uk Series discounts Page 12

Beethoven Overture, Fidelio Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) Matthew Coorey conductor Joanna MacGregor piano

When Beethoven wanted to relax, he headed for the countryside, and there’s still no happier, fresher or more gloriously tuneful celebration of nature’s wonders than his lovely ‘Pastoral’ Symphony. But there’s more to it than just folkdances and birdsong: this is music to soothe the soul. The Fidelio Overture, meanwhile, stirs the blood – and Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto shows this most universal of all composers at his most tender and profound. The great British pianist Joanna MacGregor finds something new in everything she plays; together with conductor Matthew Coorey she’ll get straight to the heart of this very special Beethoven anniversary celebration.

‘PHENOMENAL CONCERT FROM THE @LPORCHESTRA TONIGHT. A TRULY JOYOUS AND LIFE AFFIRMING ACCOUNT OF THE BEETHOVEN CONCERTO.’ Audience member

Joanna MacGregor

Matthew Coorey

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Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s to 2000s

‘The man in charge is one of the go-to guys in the film world, Dirk Brossé – hugely impressive movie credentials ... The London Philharmonic Orchestra has certainly delivered a terrific disc.’ Album of the Week (Classics Unwrapped), BBC Radio Scotland, October 2018

Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

‘Vladimir Jurowski is really the perfect advocate for this kind of music. These are live recordings, and they’re really perfectionist in every detail and they have this sheen of a historicallyinformed performance.’ BBC Radio 3, Record Review, November 2018

Poulenc Organ Concerto/ Piano Concerto/ Stabat Mater

‘The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir provide impeccable support, conductor Yannick Nezét-Séguin eliciting all that matters in Poulenc, transformative euphoria arising from simplistic originality.’ i, August 2018

Includes music from: Star Wars/La Vita è Bella/ Gladiator/The Mission/ Indiana Jones with Dirk Brossé LPO-0110

with Vladimir Jurowski LPO-0109

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Congress Theatre Ticket Office

01323 412000 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4BP Monday to Saturday 10am–8pm (and Sundays if there is a performance)

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Tickets can be paid for by cash, credit/debit card. There is a £1 booking fee for each ticket purchased. This is included in the advertised ticket prices. There is a £1 charge for postage. Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.

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We want everybody to enjoy their visit and offer a range of facilities for patrons with disabilities and their companions, and also to those who may need support in attending our events. Please ensure you notify us of any special requirements when booking, so we can ensure you are offered the most appropriate seats.

General information

How to find us

The venue is situated close to Eastbourne seafront and a short distance from the town centre. We are just 45 minutes from Brighton, 30 minutes from Hastings and Bexhill and 60 minutes from Tunbridge Wells.

Hearing impaired customers

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Eastbourne Station is a 10â€“15 minute walk away, with fast, regular services to Eastbourne from Hastings, Lewes, Brighton, Haywards Heath, London and elsewhere. To book tickets and for travel updates visit southernrailway.com or call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950.

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Visually impaired customers

Guide dogs are welcome. Printed materials are available in large print on request from the London Philharmonic Orchestra Marketing Department on 020 7840 4200.

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There is an infra-red assisted hearing system and induction loop system at Congress Theatre. Headphones and neck loops can be requested from the Duty Manager prior to the performance. They can also check that your hearing aid is compatible with this system.

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The Congress Theatre has several specially designed seat positions as well as a wheelchairaccessible toilets. A companion may be admitted free of charge, via the essential companion scheme. Please ask the Ticket Office for further details.

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Wheelchair users

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There is a frequent bus service from all areas of the city. Visit stagecoachbus.co.uk or call Traveline on 0871 200 2233 for details.

Parking

Disabled parking is available on the roads around the Congress Theatre and directly in front of the Devonshire Park Theatre. Patrons may also be dropped off and collected from this point. Disabled parking spaces and Pay and display parking is available in College Road Car Park.

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