Local music aficionado Ian Codd offers his pick of the best classical music being performed across Dorking this September
Heritage Open Days run from September 10-13 this year, with a theme of Words and Music. Many of the events on offer involve music - you can look forward to guided walks with musical connections, an exhibition about the Broadwood family of piano makers, music in churches, pubs and historic houses, and events linking music and literature.
A number of events have links with local composer Vaughan Williams, including tours of Leith Hill Place, the composer‘s childhood home high in the Surrey Hills.
Full details can be found online, or in the Heritage Open Days brochure, available at libraries, council offices and elsewhere.
The rest of the month's top picks can be found below - look forward to next month, when the new concert season will get fully underway with a wide range of events in the Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival. There is sure to be plenty of music for all tastes!
- Page 1 (Results 1-10)
-
1
Aviva Social Club
Pixham Lane, Dorking, RH4 1QAWatermill Jazz meets every Thursday evening at the Aviva social club. Each week there is a different group of talented performers from the world of jazz, so there's always something to look forward to. This month's programme is as follows:
Derek Nash’s Acoustic Quartet, September 3 at 8.30pm, £18-20
Gwilym Simcock & Michael Wollny, September 10 at 8.30pm, £18-20
Michael Janisch’s Paradigm Shift, September 17 at 8.30pm, £18-20
Gary Crosby’s Groundation, September 24 at 8.30pm, £18-20
-
2
St Martin's Church - Dorking
This month’s lunchtime recital at St Martin’s takes place on September 5. It's a concert of instrumental music with Kathy Bucknill (oboe), Andy Cornish (violin), Sue Messenger (piano) and Veronica Watts (cello).
Concert of international music, September 5 at 12pm, free, 01306 884229
-
3
Dorking Halls
Opera lovers can see two Verdi masterpieces at Dorking Halls this month - one by broadcast relay, and one live performance.
Opera Australia will be performing one of Verdi's grandest operas, Aida, against the magnificent backdrop of Sydney harbour. The dramatic story, combined with a spectacular production and setting, should make for another evening of great operatic entertainment, beamed live into Dorking Halls.
The Russian State Ballet and Opera House will be travelling to Dorking Halls to perform La Traviata, a tragic tale of love and sacrifice with some of Verdi’s most beautiful music. Sung in Italian with English surtitles, and with an orchestra of over 30 players, this should be an impressive production.
As the month comes to a close, the Dorking Concertgoers launch their 2015-16 season with a recital by the brilliant clarinettist Emma Johnson with John Lenehan at the piano. These two performers dazzled us with their playing when they visited Dorking five years ago and they now make a welcome return visit. The programme covers a wide range from classic to modern, showing different aspects of the clarinet’s character in music from Mozart and Saint-Saëns to Lutosławski and Bernstein.
Aida screening, September 15 at 7.30pm, £17
La Traviata, September 21 at 7.30pm, £31-32.50
Dorking Concertgoers, September 26 at 7.30pm, 01306 740619 for tickets
- Page 1 (Results 1-10)
