Beethoven's epic Symphony No. 9, featuring the soaring Ode to Joy, a timeless anthem of hope and unity.
Join the City of London Sinfonia and Brighton Festival Chorus with conductor James Morgan, for a contemplative summer programme including Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Greensleeves and The Lark Ascending, Duruflé’s Requiem and the UK premiere of a new work from Libby Croad, The Brontë Suite.
BRIGHTON FESTIVAL YOUTH CHOIR perform at BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2025 A selection of favourite and lesser known works by composers – from Vaughan Williams, Stanford and Elizabeth Poston to Mia Makaroff, Fleet Foxes and Jeff Lynne’s Mr Blue Sky. The bright-eyed songsters of the Brighton Festival Youth Choir invite you into a wonderful world of birds, butterflies and blue skies above a landscape of woods, roses and apple trees. Music Director Juliette Pochin Pianist Nick Andrews
BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2025 Grammy Award-winning maestro Ludovic Morlot’s nature-themed programme including American eco-activist composer John Luther Adams’s choral prayers to Mother Earth and her endangered species. The new choral epic Vespers of the Blessed Earth by John Luther Adams turns images of clouds, canyons and endangered birds into sounds of soul-shaking beauty… Rather than prayers to the blessed virgin, these are vespers to the blessed earth.
The monumental harmony of more than 200 voices combine to perform Carl Orff’s unforgettable masterwork Carmina Burana. Orff’s cantata, composed in 1936, was based on a 13th-century manuscript of poems and dramatic texts. The work’s most well-known piece is the song ‘O Fortuna’ – its powerful opening has added weight to countless moments in TV and film. But there’s nothing quite like hearing it performed live.
Brighton Festival Chorus join Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra in Walton’s roller-coaster score. Decadent syncopations; a swooping, full-throttle choir; and clattering percussion, slippery trombones, wah-wah trumpets and grooving saxophone. Our soloist is the young American baritone Cody Quattlebaum, fresh from San Francisco Opera and English National Opera, and one of the brightest talents around. British conductor Ben Gernon, a frequent performer at the Proms with the BBC Symphony and BBC Philharmonic, debuted recently with the Vienna Symphony & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.
Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus with renowned mezzo-soprano Juliette Pochin and special guest singers for our annual joyful celebration of Christmas, conducted by James Morgan. Come and sing along to all your favourite carols, rousing fanfares and Yuletide songs. We’ll read out your best and worst Christmas jokes and you could try your hand at conducting!
Journey through some of Mozart’s most celebrated works with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus. The Clarinet Concerto, renowned for lyrical beauty and virtuosic demands, showcasing the remarkable talent of Katherine Lacy. Then, the grandeur, beauty and emotion of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor K.427, a masterpiece of sacred music blending the sacred solemnity of liturgical music with the dramatic expressiveness of opera, a testament to Mozart’s versatility.