Concert Details
| Title: | Magical Christmas Concert |
| Performed by: | Sussex Symphony Orchestra |
| Promoted by: | It’s Magic! Events |
| Time: | Sunday, 13 December 2009, at 7:30pm |
| Place: | The Triangle, Burgess Hill |
| Description: | To celebrate the Christmas season It’s Magic have joined forces with Sussex Symphony Orchestra and international stars Jo Appleby and Nicholas Ransley to provide a Magical Christmas Concert of glorious seasonal and traditional music that perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas. On Sunday 13 December, the venue Olympos, Burgess Hill will be decked out with twinkling fairy lights creating a festive spirit for all those who attend. The dynamic Sussex Symphony Orchestra, under its charismatic conduction, Mark Andrew James will provide an outstanding programme of Christmas music and Carols. The SSO now in its 16th successful years has grown to become one of the country’s leading semi professional orchestras, made up of professional, semi professional and amateur musicians who are all based in Sussex. Stars of the concert are international soprano Jo Appleby and acclaimed tenor Nicolas Ransley. Nicholas performs throughout Great Britain and Europe with amongst others the Scottish Opera, Diva Opera & English Touring Opera, and has perfored at Glynebourne. Jo Appleby, former member of the opera group Amici Forever, with whom she achieved a platinum album, performance venues include Glynebourne, the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic, and for the Queen and Prince of Wales. This year Jo performed with Aled Jones at the Glastonbury Abbey Classical Concert. The singers will sing a range of colourful music with Christmas fanfares, excerpts from The Nutcracker and Messiah. The audience will be roused by joining in with renditions of favourite Christmas carols and even find themselves tapping their feet to the likes of Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. There will be quieter moments with seasonal readings and favorite symphonic moments. All this to the star lit backdrop setting, inside the well loved venue for what has become an annual Christmas evening full of a feast of wonderful music and Christmas cheer. |
| Tickets: | Tickets: Adults £20/Concession £15/Child £10 from 01444 255115 or online www.itsmagic.org.uk. Outlet: The Olympos, Triangle Way, Burgess Hill RH15 8WA, Baldwins South Road, Haywards Heath |
| Contact: | Sarah Brook |
