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Photo by Jason Bell
Eastbourne
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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.
2025/26 season brochure photography by Jason Bell.
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