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
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