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Manic Organic, The Dome, Brighton, May 15
2:15pm Friday 16th May 2008
Billed as a "21st century organ extravaganza", Manic Organic saw The Dome's 72-year-old pipe organ being used as the centerpiece for an exploration of modern music.
Luisito Quintero, Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton, May 14
2:06pm Thursday 15th May 2008
Latin jazz, with its infectious dance beat, is the sound of summer. Fitting then that master percussionist Luisito Quintero made it to town before the heatwave that marked the first ten days of the festival finally broke.
Daughters Of Albion, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, May 13
2:39pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
With a backing band featuring Martin Carthy, Neil MacColl and tonight's musical director Kate St John, the Daughters Of Albion set expectations high...
Vaughan Williams Anniversary Concert, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, May 11
1:38pm Monday 12th May 2008
In his lifetime, Ralph Vaughan Williams's folk-inflected oeuvre was damned as "cowpat music".
Taara, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 8
3:18pm Saturday 10th May 2008
One of the hottest bands to break from the West African musical hotspot of Senegal, Taara offered an eclectic lunchtime audience a taste of modern Afropop, inspired by traditional Senegalese music.
Still Black, Still Proud, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, May 6
12:37pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
The Dome Concert Hall was transformed into an Afro-funk party for this explosive world premiere which paid tribute to James Brown.
Tokyo String Quartet, Glyndebourne, Sun, May 4
10:22am Tuesday 6th May 2008
The starkness of just four musicians against a black backdrop was a slightly disconcerting opening if you're used to the visual splendour of opera at Glyndebourne.
Elgar Anniversary Concert – The Dream of Gerontius Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, May 27
10:54am Tuesday 29th May 2007
It is a little unsettling when just minutes before the start of a major concert at the Dome a maintenance man appears at your feet taping a section of wobbly floor together in the stalls.
Mingus Big Band, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, May 23
12:10pm Thursday 24th May 2007
This Festival's triumphantly successful big band theme has had a global reach, starting with the exuberant Odemba OK Jazz All Stars from the Democratic Republic of Congo through the freewheeling DizzyGillespie All-Star Big Band from the US and the high-octane gipsy wedding band the Original Kocani Orkestra from Macedonia, and concluding this week with the extraordinary Mingus Big Band, here on their first UK tour.
Henry V, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Monday
12:45pm Wednesday 23rd May 2007
As this screening of the 1944 Laurence Olivier production of Shakespeare's Henry V began, I was trying to understand just why Brighton Festival had invested so much money in the two-year project to bring the film back to the big screen with a live orchestral score.
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