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2025 festival: 24-30 May, St Thomas Church, Lymington.

We're delighted to welcome Westminster Abbey's Ass

We're delighted to welcome Westminster Abbey's Assistant Organist Matthew Jorsyz to the festival. His programme will include Farrington's Voices of the World which he performed at the Coronation, and also Widor's Toccata and Vaughan-Williams English Folk Song Suite.

Saturday 24th May, 11am
St Thomas Church
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We are delighted to welcome back Aleksey, Katherin

We are delighted to welcome back Aleksey, Katherine and Steven (a real dream team!) to perform a beautiful baroque programme of solos, duos and trios.

@waffyclarinet @semenenkoaleksey @devinemusicman

Experience the vibrant energy of the NYJO Latin Co

Experience the vibrant energy of the NYJO Latin Collective, led by Pablo Barrios, a young Venezuelan-born pianist and composer who leads the NYJO Latin Collective. With his dynamic fusion of Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms, Pablo brings an infectious energy and innovative flair to every performance, making him a standout on the UK jazz scene.

@nationalyouthjazzcollective

What a programme - Palestrina to James Bond! Can't

What a programme - Palestrina to James Bond! Can't wait to welcome the Voces8 Scholars for our first evening recital.

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina – Surge illuminare Jerusalem
Thomas Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Charles Villiers Stanford – Beati Quorum Via
Anthony Newley / Leslie Bricusse arr. Clements – Feeling Good
Joni Mitchell arr. Crellin – A Case Of You
Eric Whitacre – All things seem beautiful to me
Taylor Scott Davis – Effortlessly
Giovanni Gabrieli – Jubilate Deo
Roxanna Panufnik – O Hearken
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas
Ken Burton – A Prayer
John Bennet – Weep, O Mine Eyes
Pierre Passereau – Il est bel et bon
Bill Conti, Leslie Bricusse & John Barry arr. Jim Clements – You Only Live Twice/For Your Eyes Only
Yazoo arr. Clements – Only You
Duke Ellington arr. Parry – It Don’t Mean A Thing

@voces8 @voces8foundation @stthomaslym

Thanks so much to everyone who entered this year’s Lawson-May Award for Composition. Congratulations to our winner and finalists and thanks to Neil Lawson-May for his generous sponsorship of the award.

This prestigious award of £3000, generously spons

This prestigious award of £3000, generously sponsored by Neil Lawson-May (left), is now in its fifth year and has already attracted over a thousand entries from all over the world. The award is open to composers of all ages and nationalities.

The 2025 competition is now receiving entries. The work must be a ballade for solo piano between 6 and 12 minutes in length.

The world premiere will be given at the 2025 Solent Music Festival and must not have been previously performed in public or recorded for public distribution.

Please send scores as a PDF file, ideally with an attached audio file or a link to one, to Sophia (lawsonmayaward@gmail.com). The deadline is 16th January, 2025 and results will be announced on 1st March, 2025

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