Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall

Events at this location

may

15may7:30 pm9:30 pmDire StreetsSix piece tribute to one of the world's greatest guitar bands.

27may2:00 pm3:00 pmAdventures in ScienceJoin The Magical Mr West on an incredible adventure into the world of science!

june

09jun10:00 am12:00 pmCuppa & CompanyFree hot drinks, biscuits, games & company

13jun9:30 am10:30 amAldeburgh Festival Big Day Out: Mini Music MakersA fun session of music, play and exploration for children aged 0 – 5 years old.

13jun11:00 am12:30 pmAldeburgh Festival Big Day Out: DanceEast for KidsA dance workshop suitable for children of all levels, led by friendly practitioners.

13jun2:30 pm4:15 pmAldeburgh Festival Big Day Out: Youth Singing WorkshopDiscover your voice in this workshop bursting with creativity and hosted by one of BPA's leading singing practitioners. For ages 14 - 19.

13jun4:30 pm5:30 pmAldeburgh Festival Big Day Out: Youth Open MicAn open invitation for young musicians (under 19) to take to the Jubilee Hall stage!

25jun11:00 amAldeburgh Festival: Britten and Menuhin at Bergen-BelsenViolinist Maria Włoszczowska & pianist James Baillieu perform in this recital as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the concentration camps and to those who survived its unimaginable horrors.

Thursday 25th June 2026 at 11am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £25, £17.50; under 25s half price

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

“We simply played as one”: the music performed by Benjamin Britten and Yehudi Menuhin at Bergen-Belsen.

In July 1945 Britten and Menuhin gave a series of concerts in the liberated concentration camps. One of their recitals took place at Belsen: in the audience was the cellist Anita Lasker (later Lasker-Wallfisch) who had been transferred there from Auschwitz where she had been a cellist in the women’s orchestra. She later vividly recalled the performance, particularly Britten’s playing: “He was completely unobtrusive and yet I found myself transfixed by him sitting there as if he wouldn’t say boo to a goose – but playing to perfection”. Menuhin also paid tribute to his pianist:

“He didn’t accompany me, I didn’t accompany him, we simply played as one.”

The music performed during these recitals has been pieced together through camp survivor testimony, including that of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, and is performed in this recital as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the war in the camps, and to those who survived its unimaginable horrors. The versatile Polish violinist Maria Włoszczowska is joined by James Baillieu at the piano for this memorable tribute.

Maria Włoszczowska violin
James Baillieu piano

J.S. Bach:Chaconne (from Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004) (14’)

Beethoven:Adagio sostenuto–Presto (from Sonata for Piano and Violin No.9 in A, Op.47 “Kreutzer”) (14’)

Chausson:Poème, Op.25 (15’)

Grieg:Sonata Violin and Piano No.1 in F, Op.8 (20’)

Debussy:La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes Book 1, arr. for violin and piano) (2’)

Debussy:La plus que lente (arr. for violin and piano) (5’)

Tchaikovsky:Valse sentimentale (from Six morceaux, Op.51, arr. for violin and piano) (2’)

Tchaikovsky:Valse-scherzo in C, Op.34 (7’)

Time

(Thursday) 11:00 am

Location

Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall

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september

10sep7:00 pm9:30 pmEastern Angles presents The Go BetweenInspired by L.P. Hartley's classic novel. A haunting showcase of Norfolk's landscape.

17sep7:30 pm9:30 pmWomen on the EdgeA sharp-witted, funny and deliciously unpredictable evening of songs, radio broadcasts and surprises!

Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall