Local music expert Ian Codd brings you a roundup of the best classical music available across Dorking this June
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Aviva Social Club
Pixham Lane, Dorking, RH4 1QAWatermill Jazz meets at the Aviva social club (yes, the same place - it used to be Friends Life!). This month’s performers are Amina Figarova’s New York Sextet (June 4), the Asaf Sirkis Trio with Gareth Lockrane (June 11), the Basil Hodge Quintet - Ten Pieces of Silver (June 18), and the Antonio Forcione Quartet (June 25)
Tickets £17-20, 07415 815784
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St Barnabas Church
Dorking Camerata’s summer concert is entitled ’If music be the food of love …’, and it features several settings of Shakespeare’s words. There will be songs by Roger Quilter and Ivor Gurney, some Elizabethan music, further composers including Vaughan Williams, and a new work commissioned from Will Todd. Bring a picnic for the interval and be serenaded with lute music as you eat!
Dorking Camerata, June 7 at 6.30, Tickets £15, 01306 881479
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Dorking Halls
Dorking Halls has two opera screenings this month: first Puccini’s La bohème, a tragic tale of love set in Bohemian Paris, broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, and then a Ravel double bill from Glyndebourne. You can see both his short operas L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges in a recording from the 2012 Glyndebourne festival.
Finally, the band of the Royal Marines promise some exciting music and military spectacle. The band will be joined by choirs from the Dawnay school and St Teresa’s preparatory school, and the concert will raise money for seafarers in need.
La bohème, June 10 at 7.15pm, Tickets £17
Royal Marines Band, June 18 at 7.30, Tickets £15-18
Ravel double bill, June 21 at 4.00, Tickets £17
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St James' Church
This is the season for our choirs to hold their summer concerts. Dorking Choral Society has a programme entitled ‘Crossing the Atlantic’ with a wide selection of short choral pieces by the best of British and American composers. The music ranges from English madrigals, Parry, Stanford and Bob Chilcott, to Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber and some Gershwin favourites. Bring a picnic for after the concert!
Dorking Choral Society, June 13 at 7.00
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St Martin's Church - Dorking
The Dorking Philharmonia has a concert containing some exciting and colourful pieces of music. Under their conductor Paul Newbold, they will play Debussy’s Printemps (Spring) and Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, plus Ravel’s Pavane and a Mozart flute concerto with soloist Marie Penny.
Dorking Philharmonia, June 20 at 7.30, Tickets £12, 01306 730640
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The Weald Church Of England Primary School
Lastly, the choir of Beare Green & Newdigate presents ‘A Summer Soirée’, a selection of music for summer directed by their conductor Jamie Cordell.
Beare Green & Newdigate Choir, June 28 at 7.30, 01306 631115
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