insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 16 - June 2016 | Page 12

NEWS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL BRINGS WORLD-LEADING MUSICIANS AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING TO LEWES The Lewes Chamber Music Festival, being held from 17-19 June, is celebrating its fifth year by bringing to Lewes the largest number of leading chamber musicians to date: twenty string, woodwind and vocal performers will appear in eight concerts over three days. This year’s programme sees chamber music from Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert, and later composers such as Ravel and Faure, alongside more unusual works by composers such as Bartok, Berg and Schoenberg, as well as showcasing pieces by less well-known, but intriguing composers such as Cécile Chaminade, Gabriel Pierné and Henri Dutilleux. It is this kind of innovative and exciting programming that gives the Lewes Festival its edge and excitement for audiences. As is always the case, the festival has attracted leading talent, including this year the exceptional violinist, Alina Ibragimova, only 30 years old and yet already awarded an MBE for services to music in 2016. An outstanding chamber music performer as well as a soloist, her trio performance in Lewes on Saturday, before a Wigmore Hall performance of the same programme the following day, will be one of the festival highlights. The festival’s artistic director, Beatrice Philips, said: “I am proud that our festival continues to offer audiences the rare opportunity to hear both much-loved and also more unusual music performed at such a high level outside the big venues in the UK. The intimate festival atmosphere makes it an unmissable weekend of concerts for music lovers.” Tickets start at £14 and can be bought online at www.leweschambermusicfestival.com, by email at [email protected], by phone at 01273 479865, or in person from Lewes Travel. HEATH VETERINARY CLINIC CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH SPECIAL DOG WALK EVENT Heath Veterinary Clinic in West Sussex is looking forward to celebrating the tenth anniversary of its Burgess Hill surgery this summer. To commemorate this special milestone, the Burgess Hill practice is hosting a special day for its clients and the local community to say thank you for the support they’ve given the clinic over the last decade. delicious homemade dog treats. Professional local pet photographer, Jackie Eke will be joining the event to take action shots of people walking with their dogs along the route. Sarah Solomon, practice manager at Heath Vets, said: “It’s so exciting to be celebrating such a great milestone for our Burgess Hill surgery. The dog walk and celebrations at the pub afterwards are my way of saying thank you to all of my clients, staff and the local community for giving Heath Vets so much support over the years. We’re really pleased to have Jackie Eke coming along as she’s the master of capturing great action shots of dogs. Donations from the money raised from the sales of her photos will be going to The Dogs Trust Shoreham charity, which is one we always strive to support where possible.” On Sunday 5th June, Heath Vets is inviting people to join them for a summer dog walk starting at 12 noon at the Burgess Hill surgery. The route will take walkers and their four-legged friends on a three-mile walk through the beautiful countryside across to Wivelsfield Church and back to The Watermill Pub on Leylands Road. At the pub, walkers will be able to enjoy refreshments and a slice of celebratory cake while dogs can have a well-earned break, water and 12