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WPO: Sounds of Shakespeare
 

Sunday 28th September 2025, 3pm

Worthing Assembly Hall

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The WPO joins forces with professional actors from The Rainbow Shakespeare Company, who come fresh from their annual residency at Worthing’s beautiful Highdown Gardens.

 

Carefully selected scenes from some of the Bard’s greatest works, directed by Nick Young, are interwoven with some of the most famous music inspired by the plays, in what promises to be a thrilling and captivating afternoon.

Nick Young, Stage Director

Dominic Grier, Conductor

Cello Soloist, Leo Popplewell

(Photo by Matthew Johnson)

Leo Popplewell, Cello

Dominic Grier, Conductor

At a glance

SOUNDS OF SHAKESPEARE

Sunday 28th September 2025, 3pm

 

Scenes from Shakespeare with music by​​

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Berlioz (Romeo and Juliet)

Walton (Henry V / Richard III / Hamlet)

Verdi (Macbeth)

Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet)

Sibelius (The Tempest)

Mendelssohn (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

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Nick Young, Stage Director

Dominic Grier, Conductor

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BRAHMS AND BEYOND

Sunday 23rd November 2025, 3pm

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Chaloner-Hughes: Equinox (World Premiere)​

Brahms: Violin Concerto

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

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Charlotte Spruit, Violin

Dominic Grier, Conductor

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CHIRSTMAS THROUGH THE AGES

Sunday 14th December 2025, 3pm

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A fun-filled Christmas concert for all the family

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including

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A selection of music from Christmas Past and Present 

arr. Ansel-Chaloner-Hughes

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Seasonal favourites, popular classics

and sing-along carols for all!

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Worthing Choral Society

The Angmering Chorale​

Sompting Village Primary School Choir

 

Dominic Grier, Conductor

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BRAIMAH KANNEH-MASON PLAYS MENDELSSOHN

Sunday 8th February 2026, 3pm

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Rossini: Overture to 'The Thieving Magpie'

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

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Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Violin

Dominic Grier, Conductor

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INTO THE BLUE

Sunday 22nd March 2026, 3pm

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Debussy: La Mer

Chaz Hart: Blue Wave Concerto

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

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Paul Gregory, Guitar

Dominic Grier,  Conductor

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SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS

Sunday 7th June 2026, 3pm

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Franck: Variations Symphoniques

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major

Parry: Symphony No. 3 'The English'

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Eden Agranat Meged, Piano​

Dominic Grier, Conductor

BRAHMS: A GERMAN REQUIEM

Sunday 28th June 2025, 3pm

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Beethoven: Coriolan Overture

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

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TBC, Soprano

Matthew Jelf, Baritone

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Brighton16

Dominic Grier, Conductor

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Registered Office: 2 St. Wilfred's Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8BA

Incorporated in England and Wales: Company Number 3417001 | Registered Charity Number: 1064019

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