Editing Lewes (section)

===Classical music===
Located {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} outside of Lewes is [[Glyndebourne]] opera house. Founded in 1934, the venue draws large audiences for its Summer Festival and has attracted a host of international talent throughout its history. Lewes Operatic Society (founded 1911)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lewesoperatic.co.uk/ |title=Lewes Operatic Society |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204124131/http://www.lewesoperatic.co.uk/ |archive-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and New Sussex Opera<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsussexopera.org/index.html |title=New Sussex Opera |access-date=2 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204120947/http://www.newsussexopera.org/index.html |archive-date=4 February 2015}}</ref> are also based in the town of Lewes.

A number of other local classical music series operate in the town, including the [[Nicholas Yonge]] Society;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyslewes.org.uk/ |title=Nicolas Yonge Society |publisher=Nyslewes.org.uk |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717084543/http://nyslewes.org.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the baroque and early classical Workshop Series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theworkshopseries.co.uk/ |title=Workshop Series |publisher=Workshop Series |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-date=20 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220033020/http://www.theworkshopseries.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Musicians of All Saints is a Lewes-based chamber orchestra founded in 1987 who perform both new works and standard repertoire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mas-lewes.co.uk/aboutus.html/ |title=Musicians of All Saints |access-date=13 February 2015 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016114145/http://www.mas-lewes.co.uk/aboutus.html/ |archive-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> A new annual music series, the Lewes Chamber Music Festival,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leweschambermusicfestival.com/ |title=Lewes Chamber Music Festival |access-date=3 February 2015 |archive-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204141045/http://leweschambermusicfestival.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> was created in summer 2012. The Lewes Festival of Song was created in 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=About Lewes Festival of Song |url=https://www.lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk/about |website=Lewes Festival of Song |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182936/https://www.lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk/about |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Lewes BaroqueFest in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Introducing Lewes Baroquefest |url=https://www.lewesbaroquefest.org/about-us |website=Lewes Baroquefest |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185308/https://www.lewesbaroquefest.org/about-us |url-status=live }}</ref>  Other local music groups include the Lewes Concert Orchestra<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lewesconcertorchestra.org/ |title=Lewes Concert Orchestra |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-date=14 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614172331/http://www.lewesconcertorchestra.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> founded in 1993; and the [[Lewes, Glynde & Beddingham Brass Band]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lgbbrass.co.uk/ |title=Lewes, Glynde and Beddingham Brass Band |access-date=3 February 2015 |archive-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204123942/http://www.lgbbrass.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> founded in 1922.

The East Sussex Bach choir<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bachchoir.org.uk/ |title=East Sussex Bach Choir |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203095053/http://bachchoir.org.uk/ |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is based in Lewes, as well as a number of other active amateur choirs, including Pro Musica Chamber Choir,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.promusica.org.uk/ |title=Pro Musica Chamber Choir |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203100022/http://www.promusica.org.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the Everyman Ensemble,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thephoenixcantata.com/the-everyman-ensemble.html |title=Everyman Ensemble |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203093251/http://www.thephoenixcantata.com/the-everyman-ensemble.html |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the Paddock Singers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thepaddocksingers.co.uk/ |title=The Paddock Singers |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223123313/http://www.thepaddocksingers.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Lewes Vox<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brightonvox.wordpress.com/brightonchoirslewes-vox/ |title=Lewes Vox Community Choir |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203100852/https://brightonvox.wordpress.com/brightonchoirslewes-vox/ |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and East Sussex Community Choir.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastsussexcommunitychoir.org/ |title=East Sussex Community Choir |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203083626/http://www.eastsussexcommunitychoir.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Orlando Gough]]'s opera ''[[The Finnish Prisoner]]'' is set in Lewes, telling the story of the Finnish [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] held in Lewes after the Crimean War.