The Workshop Series

10/01/2025

The Workshop, and Malcolm Rose

Until 2023 almost all the concerts took place in the instrument-making workshop of Malcolm Rose and Karin Richter, in English’s Passage, Lewes. It was a unique, historic, characterful and much-loved performance space, that frequently allowed visiting artists to use expertly-constructed reproductions, as well as newly-restored original keyboards instruments. Sadly, after the untimely death of Malcolm Rose in late 2022, it was no longer available for concerts, and more recently Cliffe Church Hall, a lovely venue just a short stroll along from the workshop, and various churches in Lewes have been used.
For the 2025 season, concerts will be held at St. Michael’s, High St, Lewes, and at Cliffe Hall. Details at

Welcome Carole Cerasi at the Workshop, 2014 We are pleased to announce a series of three classical music concerts in the Spring 2025 season, in Lewes, East Sussex. Venue information for each can be found on the Concerts page. (We no longer use the Workshop in English’s Passage – more about that ...

10/01/2025

The Workshop Series 2025
Concerts at St Michael's Church, High Street, Lewes BN7 1XU
and Cliffe Hall, 28 Cliffe High Street,Lewes BN7 2AH

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It gives us great pleasure to announce details of the Workshop Series 2025. Please note that the first two concerts will be held at St. Michael's Church on Lewes High Street and the third at Cliffe Hall, behind St. Thomas's in Cliffe High Street.

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7.30pm, Saturday 8th February
St Michael's Church, 158 High Street, Lewes BN7 1XU

Silas Wollston
Harpsichord

Rendezvous

A recital by one of our foremost harpsichordists celebrating the glories of French music, presented as a series of musical encounters between composers, who paid homage to their contemporaries and predecessors while also adding their own twist. With music by Lully, Couperin, Rameau, Bach and Handel.
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7.30 Saturday 15th March
St. Michael's Church, High Street, Lewes BN7 1XU

Passacaglia Duo

Annabel Knight, recorders and flute
Robin Bigwood, Harpsichord

Made in Italy
Baroque music for recorder, flute and harpsichord by Handel, Barsanti, Corelli Vivaldi and Scarlatti.

Sensational and dramatic, melodic and emotional, Italian Music took London by storm in 1711 with Handel's wildly successful opera, Rinaldo. The excitement and novelty of Corelli and Vivaldi's instrumental stylings were also catching on across the British Isles, attracting a cohort of Italian musicians to settle in Britain and, in the case of Francesco Barsanti, absorb Scots culture into his own music.

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7.30pm, Saturday 3rd May
Cliffe Hall, 28 Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AH

The Geminiani Ensemble
Alison Bury, violin
John Dornenburg, viola da gamba
Malcolm Proud, harpsichord

A Concert Royale

The Geminiani Ensemble return to the Workshop Series with a feast of French music by Leclair, Rameau, Marais Couperin and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.

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Tickets can be bought online and by post - visit www.theworkshopseries.co.uk for full details.
Dick Earle and Alison Bury
Artistic Directors, The Workshop Series
[email protected]

Welcome Carole Cerasi at the Workshop, 2014 We are pleased to announce a series of three classical music concerts in the Spring 2025 season, in Lewes, East Sussex. Venue information for each can be found on the Concerts page. (We no longer use the Workshop in English’s Passage – more about that ...

10/01/2025

The Workshop Series 2025
Concerts at St Michael's Church, High Street, Lewes BN7 1XU
and Cliffe Hall, 28 Cliffe High Street,Lewes BN7 2AH

________________________________________

It gives us great pleasure to announce details of the Workshop Series 2025. Please note that the first two concerts will be held at St. Michael's Church on Lewes High Street and the third at Cliffe Hall, behind St. Thomas's in Cliffe High Street.

________________________________________

7.30pm, Saturday 8th February
St Michael's Church, 158 High Street, Lewes BN7 1XU

Silas Wollston
Harpsichord

Rendezvous

A recital by one of our foremost harpsichordists celebrating the glories of French music, presented as a series of musical encounters between composers, who paid homage to their contemporaries and predecessors while also adding their own twist. With music by Lully, Couperin, Rameau, Bach and Handel.
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7.30 Saturday 15th March
St. Michael's Church, High Street, Lewes BN7 1XU

Passacaglia Duo

Annabel Knight, recorders and flute
Robin Bigwood, Harpsichord

Made in Italy
Baroque music for recorder, flute and harpsichord by Handel, Barsanti, Corelli Vivaldi and Scarlatti.

Sensational and dramatic, melodic and emotional, Italian Music took London by storm in 1711 with Handel's wildly successful opera, Rinaldo. The excitement and novelty of Corelli and Vivaldi's instrumental stylings were also catching on across the British Isles, attracting a cohort of Italian musicians to settle in Britain and, in the case of Francesco Barsanti, absorb Scots culture into his own music.

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7.30pm, Saturday 3rd May
Cliffe Hall, 28 Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AH

The Geminiani Ensemble
Alison Bury, violin
John Dornenburg, viola da gamba
Malcolm Proud, harpsichord

A Concert Royale

The Geminiani Ensemble return to the Workshop Series with a feast of French music by Leclair, Rameau, Marais Couperin and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.

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Tickets can be bought online and by post - visit www.theworkshopseries.co.uk for full details.

Dick Earle and Alison Bury
Artistic Directors, The Workshop Series
[email protected]