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Sir Arthur Sullivan Society
The Society aims to promote and generate interest in the music of Sir Arthur Sullivan through recordings, publications, festivals and the Society's magazine. We hope you find everything you need to know about Sullivan and the Society on this website including:
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Sir Arthur Sullivan

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Sir Arthur Sullivan Society AGM 2025
This year’s Annual General Meeting of the Society will take place on Saturday 13th September at 1pm, in the Sir Arthur Sullivan Hall, The Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS. It will be followed by an afternoon of Sullivan music and entertainment commencing at 2pm. The event is expected to conclude by 4.30pm.
A Date for your Diary – Saturday 22 November 2025
To commemorate the 125th anniversary of Sir Arthur’s death,
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Forthcoming Events
Thirtieth-first International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival 2025
The thirty-first international Gilbert and Sullivan Festival will take place in and around Buxton Opera House from 2-16 August 2025. The National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company presents The Pirates of Penzance (2 Aug 2.30 & 7.30, 9 Aug 2.30, 13 Aug 7.30, 16 Aug 2.30); Iolanthe (3 Aug 2.30 & 7.30, 10 Aug 7.30, 13 Aug 2.30, 16 Aug 7.30); and Princess Ida (6 Aug 2.30 &
Read MoreThe Scarborough Spa Orchestra
The Scarborough Spa Orchestra,
Britain’s last surviving seaside orchestra, presents G & S: A La Carte: 6 Aug at 7.45. Soloists Debra Morley, Louise Crane, Philip Lee, Richard Suart. www.scarboroughspa.co.uk.
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L’île Enchantée
Sullivan: L’île Enchantée: ballet in one act (1864) includes world premiere recordings of two of the movements
Sullivan: Procession March (1863) world premiere recording
Sullivan: Day Dreams (1867) orchestrated by Herman Finck (1934); arranged by Robin Gordon-Powell (2011) world premiere recording of this arrangement
Sullivan: The Sapphire Necklace – Overture (1863-64) orchestrated by Robin Gordon-Powell (2020) world premiere recording of this orchestration
BBC Concert Orchestra; John Andrews (conductor).
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