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Photo by Jason Bell

Our 2025/26 concerts at the Congress Theatre are now on sale!

Discover six Sunday afternoon concerts filled with some of today’s most exciting artists as well as up-and-coming talent to perform some of the best-loved classical music in Eastbourne.

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2025/26 season brochure photography by Jason Bell.

Congress Theatre

Carlisle Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 4BP

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Sun 5 Oct 2025, 3.00pm

Tchaikovsky’s Sixth

Eastbourne

  • Verdi Prelude from Aida (6’)
  • Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (23’)
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) (45’)

  • Pablo González conductor
  • Alena Baeva violin

Sun 2 Nov 2025, 3.00pm

Leia Zhu plays Prokofiev

Eastbourne

  • Ravel Mother Goose Suite (16’)
  • Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 (22’)
  • Bizet Symphony in C (28’)

  • Nodoka Okisawa conductor
  • Leia Zhu violin

Sun 18 Jan 2026, 3.00pm

Beethoven’s Second

Eastbourne

  • Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (16’)
  • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, K219 (Turkish) (31’)
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 2 (34’)

  • Erina Yashima conductor
  • Maria Włoszczowska violin

Sun 8 Feb 2026, 3.00pm

Edward Gardner conducts Elgar

Eastbourne

  • Elgar Sospiri (5’)
  • Elgar Cello Concerto (30’)
  • Elgar Enigma Variations (32’)

  • Edward Gardner* conductor
  • Jan Vogler cello

Sun 15 Mar 2026, 3.00pm

The Firebird

Eastbourne

  • Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture (11’)
  • Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 (26’)
  • Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (10’)
  • Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919 version) (19’)

  • Dionysis Grammenos conductor
  • Lukas Sternath piano

Sun 19 Apr 2026, 3.00pm

Sibelius’s First

Eastbourne

  • Price Andante moderato for string orchestra (7’)
  • Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (16’)
  • Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess (10’)
  • Sibelius Symphony No. 1 (38’)

  • Nefeli Chadouli* conductor
  • Nadine Benjamin soprano

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