To open the Hall’s 2021 Concert Series, the Jubilee Hall Ensemble presents a programme ranging from familiar gems by Fauré to delightful rarities by Donizetti and William Alwyn, at his wittiest and most elegant!

Programme:

Jacques Ibert  – Deux Interludes for flute violin and harp

Fauré   –  Berceuse from Dolly Suite for flute, viola and harp

Fauré  –  Sicilienne from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80

Fauré  –  Morceau and Berceuse for flute and harp

Jacques Ibert  –  Entr’acte flute and harp

Donizetti  –  Sonatine for violin and harp

Tedeschi  –  Sérénade and Elégie for violin and harp

William Alwyn  –  French Suite for violin, viola, flute and harp

With the generous support of the William Alwyn Foundation 

Kenneth Sillito is one of the UK’s most distinguished violinists. In 1961 he was appointed associate leader of the English Chamber Orchestra, subsequently becoming Leader, a position he held until 1973.

In 1967 Kenneth founded the internationally renowned Gabrieli String Quartet and in 1980, became Artistic Director of The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Leader of its Chamber Ensemble, touring the world and making many recordings.

Duke Dobing has played as Guest Principal with most of London’s orchestras. He was principal of City of London Sinfonia for 25 years, appearing as soloist throughout the UK and abroad. Solo broadcasts included Radio 3’s series “A Breath of Virtuosity”, playing concertos by Mozart and Osborne.  Duke now focuses on chamber music and recitals.

Raphael Hurwitz began his career as section leader of the National Youth Strings Orchestra and the London International Orchestra and formed the London FILMharmonic Orchestra in 2012. His work has taken him around the world as well as performing in independent theatre as a freelance Musical Director.

Miriam Keogh was born in Dublin; as a freelance harpist her career has taken her to many countries including the USA, Europe and the Far East as Guest Principal harpist with London’s leading orchestras. As well as performing chamber music, Miriam enjoys teaching at the Royal Academy of Music, coaching youth orchestras, organising master classes and summer schools and has a busy private teaching practice.

Saturday 29th of May at 11.00 & 14.30 (repeated programme)

Doors open at 10.45 & 14.15

Performances start at 11.00 and 14.30

Tickets: £10.00

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or Tuesday and Friday from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office

Seating has been set up in ‘bubbles’. Please do not attempt to join another ‘bubble’. If you have difficulties booking your tickets please call 07854650770

Songs and Arias from across the ages performed by Rob Gildon & Friends

Saturday 5th of June at 10.45 & 14.15 (repeated programme)

Doors open at 10.45 & 14.15 (repeated programme)

Performances start at 11.00 and 14.30

Tickets: £10.00

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or Tuesday and Friday from 10 – 12pm at the AJH corner office

Seating has been set up in ‘bubbles’. Please book the appropriate ‘bubble’ for the the size of your party. If you have difficulties booking your tickets please call 07854650770

Programme:

Reger – Trio in G major for Flute, Violin & Viola

Beethoven – String Trio in G major Op. 90 No. 1

Mozart Flute Quartet in D major

Rebecca Scott-Smissen – Violin

Rebecca comes from a family of musicians. After a fantastic start learning the violin with her mother, Ita Herbert, then Sheila Nelson, she went on to study with Yossi Zivoni at the Royal Northern. Fortunate to win a scholarship to study in Chicago with Shmuel Ahkenasi, she began free lancing in a number of orchestras and joined a Blues quartet that toured extensively. Returning to London in 1991, Rebecca played with various London orchestras and Glyndebourne touring opera  until she became a member of the Academy of St.Martin in the Fields, Orchestra of St. John’s and City of London Sinfonia.

She has taught throughout her career including seventeen years at Harrow school andcurrently at Woodbridge school.

Anna Noakes – Flute

Anna Noakes, concerto and recording soloist with BBC Concert Orchestra and RNSO has performed at the QEH, Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician as well as at many of Britain’s most respected Festivals, such as Cheltenham, Brighton, Leicester, Salisbury, City of London and Dartington. her
Her playing has inspired composers such as Simon Holt, Martin Yates, Cecilia McDowall, John Ashton Thomas, Dave Heath and Martin Butler to write for her.
Anna has recorded numerous CD’s for Dutton, ASV, Naxos and Guild of both solo and chamber music, many of which have received Gramophone Magazine’s coveted “Critics Choice”.

Anna broadcasts for BBC Radio3 and Classic FM and works as Guest Principal Flute with the LPO, Philharmonia, RPO, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and ENO’s together with ECO, Northern Sinfonia, CLS, Locrian Ensemble and Britten Sinfonia.
She is also in demand to record the music for Film and TV, scores that include, Kingsman, Golden Circle, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, Stardust, Hugo, Arthur, Chicken Run, Golden Compass, Black Swan, Narnia series, Harry Potter, Shrek, Da Vinci Code, Bridget Jones and Love Actually to name a few.
Professor of Flute at Trinity College of Music for seventeen years, Anna has given masterclasses for BFS, RAM, RNCM, GSMD, DIC Dublin, Cork School of Music and is currently the woodwind coach for both World Youth Orch, LSSO and Cambridge University.
Anna is a founder member of the South American Folk Ensemble ‘INCA’ and was for ten years the Artistic Director of the Yoxford Arts Festival

Bob Smissen – Viola

Born in Mansfield Nottinghamshire, near where Robin Hood lived, Bob Smissen won a scholarship to Chethams School of Music and went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music, from which he graduated with distinction. After playing with the European Community Youth Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe he took the position of principal viola with the Northern Sinfonia before joining the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with whom he has been principal viola for over 30 years. He often performs as a soloist with the orchestra, and as a member of the ASMF chamber ensemble and the Pro Arte Piano Quartet, he has performed, broadcast and recorded all over the world. Recent recordings include the complete Brahms piano quartets and Dittersdorf duo concerto. Robert is regularly invited to play with established ensembles, including the Brodsky and Allegri quartets, the Fleesensee Festival with Julia Fischer and friends, and the World Orchestra for Peace.
He enjoys a varied diet of music making, including teaching, coaching and education projects ranging from schools for special needs to further education. Being a father of five and having a high maintenance wife limit his other interests, but they include walking his dogs, gardening, DIY, early renaissance art, philosophy, cooking and cricket.
Recent mentions in dispatches: “I’ll remember especially the vigorously splashing bulldog, the warmly felt Nimrod and, from Robert Smissen in Dorabella the subtlest, sweetest solo viola in the world.” R.F.H. Geoff Brown The Times
“ Robert Smissen’s dynamite viola solo powerfully elevated the Élégie.” Concertgebouw David Pinedo Bachtrack.

Juliet Welchman

Doors open at 10.45 & 14.15

Performances start at 11.00 and 14.30

Tickets: £10.00

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or on Tuesday and Friday 10am to 12pm at the AJH corner office

Seating has been set up in ‘bubbles’. Please book the appropriate ‘bubble’ for the the size of your party. If you have difficulties booking your tickets please call 07854650770

Programme:

Schubert – Impromptu in C minor, D899 no.1
Brahms – Three Intermezzi op.117
Schubert – Impromptu in G flat, D899 no.3

Beethoven – Sonata in E major op.109

Nathan Williamson (b.1978) is a pianist, composer and artistic director. Alongside regular solo, chamber and concerto performances, Nathan is in demand for new work from a wide variety of artists both at home and abroad. He also stages and facilitates projects at local and national level, ranging from collaborations on new repertoire, performances for the concert hall and theatre, and music-making activities for musicians of all ages and abilities.

Nathan celebrated Beethoven’s 250th anniversary in 2020 with a cycle of the  complete Piano Concertos with the Prometheus Orchestra at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall. The first four concertos were performed over a weekend in February, but the ‘Emperor’ Concerto, originally scheduled for October, has been postponed. 

Nathan’s debut recording, Brahms and Schubert: Late Piano Works, was reviewed  by Donald Sturrock as ‘a truly electrifying debut from a musician with a rare marriage of thoughtfulness and passion… I doubt this Sonata [Schubert D.959] has ever had a more powerful advocate.’ His first CD for SOMM, Great American  Sonatas (2017), was hailed by Musical Opinion as ‘a landmark in recordings of  American Piano Music’ and his second disc, Colour and Light, of British 20th century  piano works, was chosen as Album of the Month in International Piano Quarterly:  ‘No praise could be high enough of Williamson’s performances…

Saturday 19th of June at 11.00 & 14.30 (repeated programme)

Doors open at 10.45 & 14.15 (repeated programme)

Performances start at 11.00 and 14.30

Tickets: £10.00

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or on Tuesday and Friday from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office

Seating has been set up in ‘bubbles’. Please book the appropriate ‘bubble’ for the the size of your party. If you have difficulties booking your tickets please call 07854650770

Irrepressible saxophone star of the Jools Holland Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Derek Nash received the British Jazz Award for best album for his CD release Joyriding and exudes an irresistible exuberance as both bandleader and as a distinguished jazz soloist and composer.

Derek Nash Saxophones
Jim Watson Organ
George Double Drums

“When I hear Derek doing a brilliant solo, I start to move involuntarily.” JOOLS HOLLAND

Friday 2nd of July at 19.30

Doors open at 19.00

Tickets: £18.00

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or on Tuesday and Friday from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office

If you have difficulties booking your tickets please call 07854650770

SENSATION – ABBA TRIBUTE BAND

Widely considered to be one of the best ABBA tribute acts, this stunning stage show combines lighting effects, costume changes and a faithful reproduction of the ABBA sound.

A great evening’s entertainment for all ages.

Doors open at 7.00 pm

Performance starts at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £15.00

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or in person on Tuesday and Friday 10-12pm from the AJH corner office.

If you have trouble booking your ticket, please call 07854650770