Our local music expert Ian Codd offers his pick of the best classical music being performed across Dorking in August
The concert scene is fairly quiet during the month of August, as many people enjoy their summer holidays, but there are a few events to mention - I've got the best below!
Look forward to September, when the new concert season begins and there will be plenty of good music piping through the skies of the Surrey Downs. Among the highlights will be a visit by the Philharmonia Orchestra, playing Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven; Dorking Choral Society singing Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, one of the classics of the modern choral repertoire; and Brian Kay’s final appearance as conductor of the Leith Hill Musical Festival. It promises to be another excellent season!
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Leith Hill Place
Leith Hill Place, the childhood home of Ralph Vaughan Williams and now owned by the National Trust, is hosting a series of concerts. On August 1 there will be a piano recital given by the talented young pianist Catherine Leonard. Her programme will include music by Bach, Ravel and Vaughan Williams himself. Another concert will be given on August 8 by soprano Stef Conner.
Piano recital, August 1 at 6.30pm, £15
Concert, August 8 at 6.30pm, £15
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Aviva Social Club
Pixham Lane, Dorking, RH4 1QAWatermill Jazz meets every Thursday evening at the Aviva social club, with a different group of performers each time. This month’s programme is as follows:
Under Milk Wood Jazz Suite, August 6 at 8.30pm, £18-20
The Man Overboard Quintet, August 13 at 8.30pm, £18-20
The Humphrey Lyttelton Band, August 20 at 8.30pm, £18-20
Mark Edwards Cloggz, August 27 at 8.30pm, £18-20
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Dorking Halls
At Dorking Halls, Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia, will be screened live from Glyndebourne. This chamber opera, scored for just eight solo singers and a small instrumental ensemble, is not often performed, so here is a welcome chance to see it live (if not in person).
The Rape of Lucretia, August 9 at 6.00, £17
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St Mary Magdalene Church - South Holmwood
The King’s Men, a close-harmony group formed from the choral scholars of King’s College Cambridge, will be performing at St Mary Magdalene Church in South Holmwood. Their varied programme will range from Byrd to the Beatles.
The King's Men, August 16 at 4pm, £15
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