Kick-start the new year with the joy of music featuring opera, orchestras, family concerts, and more
Singing day with John Rutter: Saturday 24 February
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Singers from far and wide are invited to come and join living legend of the choral world, John Rutter, as he brings his hugely popular Singing Day to Snape Maltings Concert Hall. Enjoyed around the world, John Rutter’s Singing Days bring together hundreds of singers for a unique combination of choral workshopping, community-building and anecdotes from his half-century of music-making worldwide.
Woodbridge Choral Society presents: Mozart Requiem: Saturday 2 March
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Woodbridge Choral Society returns to Snape Maltings with offerings of Mozart, Beethoven and young Suffolk composer Ben Ponniah.
English Touring Opera - The Rake’s Progress: Friday 22 March
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Stravinsky’s brilliantly inventive opera in a brand new production. A cynical, but ultimately humanistic depiction of how the devil finds work for idle hands.The Rake’s Progress charts young Tom Rakewell’s journey from unexpected riches to ruin at the hands of his own naivety, and a devilish new friend. One of Stravinsky’s crowning achievements in his pioneering career.
Manon Lescaut: Saturday 23 March
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
English Touring Opera’s production of Puccini’s first big operatic success – a dramatic and musical triumph. Based on a controversial book by the Abbé Prévost, Manon Lescaut is a devastating depiction of a woman wrestling with her desire for love on her own terms, and the rigid double standards imposed on her by society. The opera is in English with surtitles.
The Sixteen: Duruflé Requiem: Saturday 30 March
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
A programme of French music which transcends darkness and points towards a greater light, with Duruflé’s beautiful and moving Requiem at its heart.
Family Concert: Once Upon A Tune: Saturday 13 April | 11am & 1.30pm
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
James Mayhew's award-winning book 'Once Upon A Tune' comes alive with Britten Sinfonia, blending live illustration, colourful music, and storytelling in an enchanting family concert.
Further Information: What's on | Spring 2024 (brittenpearsarts.org)