FROM 3PM - 5.30PM
TICKETS £10 INCLUDING TEA
CHILDREN 11 AND UNDER HALF PRICE
FROM 3PM - 5.30PM
TICKETS £10 INCLUDING TEA
CHILDREN 11 AND UNDER HALF PRICE
2025 VILLAGES MUSIC FESTIVAL DATES 28TH JUNE-6TH JULY, COMMENCING WITH A PERFORMANCE OF PUCCINI’S ‘LA BOHEME’.
2018 Programme Guide
Saturday 23rd June
OPERA EVENING
Limekiln Farm
Chalvington
BN27 3TA
A semi-staged, abridged performance of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” by Shoestring Opera, directed by Diana Bickley. Set in a marquee in a lovely garden, with bubbly and canapés.
Gardens open 4pm. Performance starts at 6pm. 20 minute interval. Approximate finish at 8.30pm.
TICKETS £45, LIMITED TO 60 PLACES
CANAPES & BUBBLY
SMART CASUAL
SPONSORED BY
Mr and Mrs Michael Royle
Sunday 24th June
PATRONAL FESTIVAL
St John The Baptist Church
Ripe
BN8 6AU
10.30 AM Festival Service at St John the Baptist church, Ripe with the Festival Singers.
LAUGHTON POP-UP ORCHESTRA
Laughton CP School
Church Lane
Laughton
BN8 6AH
SPONSORED BY
Mrs Pat Appleby
Laughton Pop-up Orchestra, a Festival favourite, conducted by Ian McCrae. Bring your instrument and play some well-known classic favourites, including pieces by Boyce, Rameau, Lully, Telemann, a James Bond medley, and finishing with a new arrangement of Beethoven's 1st Symphony. All instruments welcome. Informal concert at the end of the afternoon.
REHEARSAL FOR PLAYERS 1.30 - 5.30 PM.
PERFORMANCE AT 6.30 PM.
Please email Katie Hawks if you'd like to take part!
TICKET PRICE £10 FOR PLAYERS
PERFORMANCE £5
Monday 25th June
MUSIC & FRANGIPANE
Ripe Village Stores
Church Lane
Ripe
BN8 6AS
Join us at Ripe Village Store over a glass of wine to learn how to make a mouth-watering Apple Normandy Tart (and taste it!) and listen to the delicious sounds of Caroline Allen on viola.
This will be a very special evening.
7 PM. LIMITED TICKETS - £10 - ONLY AVAILABLE FROM STORE
Tuesday 26th June
MAGNARD ENSEMBLE
Laughton CP School
Church Lane
Laughton
BN8 6AH
The Magnard Ensemble, led by Jon Farey, visit Laughton Community Primary School to introduce pupils to “Revolting Rhymes and Marvellous Music” – Roald Dahl’s take on popular tales such as Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs, introduced through spoken word, theatre and live music. Pupils will get the chance to create works alongside the ensemble for an informal concert for parents and friends at the end of the school day.
SPONSORED BY
Katherine and Ian Garner
The Parish Council
The Chalk Cliff Trust
PERFORMANCE AT 2.30 PM. DONATIONS WELCOME
Wednesday 27th June
BRIGHTON FILM QUARTET
Hayton Baker Hall
Church lane
Ripe
BN8 6AU
Brighton Film Quartet present their unique concert featuring original compositions of evocative piano-based cinematic music set to stunning big-screen visuals – Einaudi move over! A hit last year at Duke of York’s and the Brighton Fringe.
PERFORMANCE AT 8 PM. TICKETS £12.50. CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE
TICKET INCLUDES GLASS OF WINE
Thursday 28th June
RIPE NURSERY SCHOOL
St John The Baptist Church
Ripe
BN8 6AU
The children and staff at Ripe Nursery School are delighted once again to be taking part in the Villages Music Festival. All of our children, aged 1 to 4, will be taking part; it gives them a fantastic opportunity to perform in front of an audience and to develop their musical experiences. We will be singing some old favourites and including some new pieces as well. We do hope you will join us.
PERFORMANCE AT 11 AM
LAUGHTON CP SCHOOL
Laughton CP School
Church Lane
Laughton
BN8 6AH
The children and staff warmly welcome you to their annual Summer Concert. The Laughton School Association will provide a lovely cream tea to enjoy whilst you listen to the children perform both instrumental and vocal music. We do hope you can join us.
Laughton CP School Headmistress, Rachel West
TEAS SERVED FROM 1.45PM IN THE SCHOOL HALL
PERFORMANCE BEGINS AT 2.15 PM.
DONATIONS WELCOME
Friday 29th June
STOCKHAUSEN
St Bartholomew
Church Lane
Chalvington
BN27 3TD
SPONSORED BY
Naomi Cunningham and Timothy Pitt-Payne
Two of Britain's leading Stockhausen's exponents, tenor George Chambers and soprano Rebecca Hardwick, perform his ravishingly melodious “In the sky I am walking” (1972). George will take us into the extraordinary universe of Stockhausen in an introductory talk.
PERFORMANCE AT 4 PM. TICKETS £5
TWO COURSE SUPPER
Hayton Baker Hall
Church lane
Ripe
BN8 6AU
5.30 - 7 PM.
TICKETS £8 - PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL
WINE & SOFT DRINKS AVAILABLE
Delicious 2 course supper in Hayton Baker Hall Ripe, cooked by local residents.
THE PIPER OF DREAMS
St John The Baptist Church
Ripe
BN8 6AU
SPONSORED BY
The Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust
A chamber music concert celebrating the music of the late Ruth Gipps, who lived in Sussex and was organist at Ripe in the 1980s. The programme includes music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Bliss. Directed by Toby Hawks.
PERFORMANCE AT 7.30 PM. TICKETS £12.50.
INCLUDES GLASS OF WINE
CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE
Saturday 30th June
SOLO BAROQUE FLUTE RECITAL
St Bartholomew
Church Lane
Chalvington
BN27 3TD
Solo Baroque flute recital by Neil McLaren. Neil will be performing his own arrangements of three Cello Suites by JS Bach for baroque flute.
PERFORMANCE AT 11 AM. TICKETS £5
MASTERCLASS BY DAME FELICITY LOTT
St John The Baptist Church
Ripe
BN8 6AU
Four young singers will be exploring a Mozart opera aria and a French art-song with Dame Felicity Lott, one of the world's leading interpreters of this repertoire.
2.30 PM - 5.30 PM
TICKETS £10. FREE ENTRY FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS
SHAKESPEARE ON TOAST
The Roebuck Inn
Laughton
BN8 6BG
A witty take on Shakespeare’s writing and pronunciation by actor Ben Crystal with music by folk singer Hazel Askew.
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Relevant for all ages, for younger people experiencing the Bard for the first time through to older audience members who love Shakespeare and want to learn something new.
PERFORMANCE AT 8 PM. TICKETS £10. CONCESSIONS APPLY
SPONSORED BY
Geoff and Jack White
Sunday 1st July
GRAND FINALE
All Saints Church
Laughton
BN8 6AH
Laughton Village Choir and friends sing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” from his ninth symphony, joined by soloists Michele Restieux (soprano) Rebecca Anstey (contralto), Ruairi Bowen (tenor) and Jozik Kotz (bass), who will serenade us further with Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” duet, accompanied by the Sussex String Quartet and Will Hancox on piano. A concert of classic favourites.
SPONSORED BY
The Anthony and Consuelo Brooke Charitable Trust
Joe and Gael Simpson