An evening of Opera and Song

Saturday 2 July - 7.30pm

The opening concert features graduate students from the Royal Academy of Music: soprano Runette Botha from South Africa, tenor Thomas Elwin former head chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and Sussex born accompanist Elizabeth Burgess playing the Festival Steinway piano.

The programme includes Handel, Mozart, Bellini and Donizetti, plus English and German songs and an Afrikaans Kunslied (Afrikaans Art Song).

Tickets £14.00 and £12.00 concessions

Piano Recital - Danae and Kiveli Doerken

Sunday 3 July - 7.00pm

This year's Sunday piano recital sees the British debut concert of two exceptionally talented young sisters from Germany. Both Danae and Kiveli have won the prestigious "International Steinway Competition" in Hamburg and will play the Festival's Steinway in Etchingham's beautiful 14th century parish church.

The programme includes: Beethoven's B Major Sonata, works by Brahms, Wanderer Fantasy by Schubert and Listz's Rhapsodie Espagnole.

Tickets £14.00 and £12.00 concessions

Mitrea Piano Quartet

Wednesday 6 July - 8.00pm

The Mitrea Piano Quartet return following their outstanding success at last year's Festival. String players from the Royal Academy of Music and winners of the Harold Craxton prize will perform with Florian Mitrea on piano: Yuka Ishizuka on violin, Glen Donnelly playing viola and Dan-Di Wang on cello. The quartet will play: Mozart's Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Frank Bridge Phantasie Quartet and Schumann Piano Quartet in E Flat Major. Frank Bridge spent much of his life living near Friston and this will be the first performance of one of his works at the Etchingham Festival.

Tickets £14.00 and £12.00 concessions

Supper Concert

Saturday 9 July - 7.30pm

"LET ME SEE YOU SMILE" an evening of Songs at the Piano with Courtney Kenny.

Celebrated cabaret entertainer and local resident Courtney Kenny will entertain the audience at the Festival's supper concert with songs by Noel Coward, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Flanders & Swann, Tom Lehrer and others - prepare to smile! A delicious two course supper will be served at the interval.

Tickets - one price - £17.50 including supper

Free Afternoon Concert

Sunday 10 July - 4.00pm

Trajecti Voces a vocal ensemble from the Netherlands will perform a varied programme consisting of Dutch and English a cappella music spanning four centuries.

Starting with music from Elizabethan composers Peter Philips, William Bryd and John Bull and their Dutch contemporaries, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué, followed by romantic songs by Elgar, Parry and Stanford.

The concert will culminate in arrangements of English and Dutch folk songs by Jetse Bremer and Vaughan Williams

Admission Free - Donations to the Parish Church are invited.