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  • Salon Imaginaire #5 – Jez riley French and Lisa Knapp

    Concert

    Jez riley French's 'deep listening' performances are immediate, intuitive, simple and radical, quietly proposing new ways of perceiving the world around us and our relationship to it. Lisa Knapp's music is firmly grounded in traditional folk singing, constantly reimagining the old songs with an inventive flair that breathes startling new life into each one.

    Date
    28 February 2019, 8-10pm
    Location
    The Old Library, West Dean College
    Price
    Pay what you decide
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  • Paul Wilmot - Lunchtime Piano Recital

    Concert

    Join us at this lunchtime concert which celebrates a diverse selection of piano works written
    during the historical period of James' time at West Dean. Paul Wilmot was an organ scholar at University College, Oxford, where he studied under the renowned organist David Sanger. Graduating in 2003 with a First in Oriental Studies, he subsequently gaining a Master of Studies from University College in 2004. Paul then worked for the Clay Sanskrit Library, publishing a translation of 'The Great Hall' from the Mahabharata with the NY University Press, then in Mauritius as a repetiteur and writer for Opera Mauritius, and more recently as organist of the Vega archipelago in Northern Norway.

    Date
    17 March 2019, 12.45-1.30pm
    Location
    The Old Library
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  • Salon Imaginaire #6 - Laura Cannell and Leafcutter John

    Concert

    Join us at this evening event that celebrates the spirit of invention and reinvention in the company
    of two of the country's most innovative musicians; Laura Cannell and Leafcutter John.

    Date
    Thursday 28 March, 8-10pm
    Location
    The Old Library, West Dean College
    Price
    Pay what you decide, open to all age 12+
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  • The Chilingirian Quartet Concert

    Concert

    The celebrated Chilingirian Quartet return to West Dean College to perform: Thea Musgrave - Quartet, Kareem Roustom - Quartet, Tchaikovsky ­- Quartet No 1.

    Date
    Thursday 11 April 2019, 8pm
    Location
    The Old Library, West Dean College
    Price
    £15 SQT08709
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  • Salon Imaginaire #7 - Diane Cluck and Ichi

    Concert

    Diane Cluck is an American singer-songwriter who contributed to New York's burgeoning 'Antifolk' scene in the early 2000s. She tours the US, UK and Europe, employing singing as a healing, textural experience. Ichi is a musician from Nagoya in Japan who takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits, combining his quirky handmade instrument inventions with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, toys and everyday objects. (Photo credit: Samuel Lang Budin.)

    Date
    Saturday 27 April 2019, 8-10pm
    Location
    The Old Library, West Dean College
    Price
    Pay what you decide, Open to all age 12+
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  • Salon Imaginaire #8 - Pat Thomas and Sarah Angliss

    Concert

    Pat Thomas studied classical piano from aged eight and started playing Jazz from the age of sixteen. He has since gone on to develop an utterly unique style - embracing improvisation, jazz and new music. Sarah Angliss is a composer making dreamlike performances where the total theatre of the sound's creation is as striking as the music itself. Her music reflects her eclectic background as a classically trained composer, electronic artist and folk musician, and often plays with notions of electrical mysticism and the uncanny.

    Date
    Thursday 9 May 2019, 8-10pm
    Location
    The Old Library, West Dean College
    Price
    Pay What You Decide, Open to all age 12+
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  • Concert by Fabio Zanon

    Concert

    Brazilian virtuoso, Fabio Zanon, is regarded as one of the pre-eminent guitarists of today. He is a tutor, chamber player, conductor, author, broadcaster, and Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.

    Date
    Saturday 24 August 2019, 8pm
    Location
    St. Andrew's Church, West Dean
    Price
    £15 SGC09079
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  • Recital by Crazy Nails! (Gaëlle Solal and Boris Gaquere)

    Concert

    Crazy Nails! are a classical guitar duo. Gaëlle Solal is a prize-winning international concert artist and teacher from France with a passion for contemporary music and dance. Boris Gaquere is a Belgian international concert guitarist, chamber musician and composer.

    Date
    Sunday 25 August 2019, 6pm
    Location
    St. Andrew’s Church, West Dean
    Price
    £5 (payable if not attending the Guitar Festival Open Day) SGC09081
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  • Concert by Raphaella Smits

    Concert

    Raphaella Smits is an international concert artist from Belgium, regarded for her musicianship and understanding of the eight-string and historical guitars. She is a competition adjudicator and respected tutor.

    Date
    Monday 26 August 2019, 8pm
    Location
    St. Andrew’s Church, West Dean
    Price
    £15 SGC09082
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  • Concert by Eden-Stell Duo

    Concert

    Mark Eden and Chris Stell, international recording artists, perform a concert as the Eden-Stell Guitar Duo.

    Date
    Tuesday 27 August 2019, 8pm
    Location
    St. Andrew’s Church, West Dean
    Price
    £15 SGC09083
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  • Recital of Music for Piano with Roy Stratford

    Concert

    Roy Stratford performs Bach's Goldberg Variations - a work which demonstrates almost everything that Western classical music has achieved in terms of both technical brilliance and emotional range. Although that might sound rather daunting it is in fact a work of great humour and fun and a source of infinite pleasure and reward.

    Date
    Saturday 21 September 2019, 8pm
    Location
    The Old Library, West Dean College
    Price
    £15 SEC09054
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