Guildford International Concert Season

The University of Surrey’s Chamber Choir, its finest vocal ensemble, presents an intimate evening of unaccompanied choral music. With crystalline blend and expressive depth, these accomplished student singers bring fresh vitality to repertoire ranging from Purcell to Parry, creating a performance of refinement, colour and emotional resonance.   Visit surrey.ac.uk/music-and-media/events for further announcements about performers and programmes.  Guillaume de Machaut: ‘Kyrie’ from La Messe de Nostre Dame  Claude Le Jeune: Revecy venir du printans  Giovanni Gabrieli: In Ecclesiis  Darius Lim: This Too Shall Pass  Anerio: ‘Christus factus est’  Bruckner: ‘Christus factus est’ from Vier Graduale  Ethel Smyth: ‘Laggard Dawn’ from Songs of Sunrise

Priority Live & Subscription pre-sales: Tue 6 May 2025 General on-sale: Fri 16 May 2025, 10am Silver Subscription - 3 Concerts Gold Subscription - 4 Concerts Platinum Subscription - 5-6 Concerts The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returns to G Live with a programme of masterworks by Dvořák, Mendelssohn and Beethoven.   ‘I am the new Bacchus, pressing out glorious wine for the human spirit’: Ludwig van Beethoven never pulled his punches, but until you’ve heard his Seventh Symphony in full flight, you’ve never known just how intoxicating music can be. That’s just the climax to a whole concert that highlights some of these composers’ most well-known works.   Before that, British virtuoso violinist Jack Liebeck brings his ‘flawless technical mastery’ and a ‘beguiling silvery tone’ to Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. One of the foremost violin pieces of the Romantic era, it took Mendelssohn over six years to complete and was the last concerto he composed before his untimely death at the age of 38.  Kevin John Edusei launches the evening with Dvořák’s joyous Carnival Overture, the third a final work in his Nature, Life and Love trilogy; a celebration of the composer’s love for his native land and its majestic landscape. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor - Kevin John Edusei  Soloist - Jack Liebeck, violin Dvořák -Carnival Overture  Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor  Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 This season we are proud to introduce The Cheryl King Trust as our charity partner. Please note: For the enjoyment of all those attending, and in respect of those performing, please note that latecomers will not be admitted until the end of a work. Similarly, should you need to leave the auditorium during the concert, re-admittance will also be at the end of the work. For clarity, latecomers and re-admittance is not permitted between movements.