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Music on Thursdays at LMC
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
29th November 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
29th November 2015
Dear Friends,
With the lunchtime concerts taking a break at the moment, let's turn the newsletter upside down and talk about everyone else's concerts first.
Next Saturday's 12 noon concert in St Martin's Church, Dorking will be performed by Revd Roy Woodhams. Roy is Rector of Cranleigh, and Diocesan Organ Adviser to Oxford.
Saturday afternoon, local mezzo-soprano Edita Zurauskaite-Durrant has a concert in Bookham's Old Barn Hall. The concert starts at 2.30pm, and is entitled 'Let Every Heart Awake and Sing'. Edita will perform songs by Schubert, Bizet, Lehar, Mozart, Puccini, Offenbach, Ivor novello and Bernstein. Her piano accompanist is Lynda Chang. Tickets at the door: £15 (including tea/coffee and a mince pie!)
Next Sunday evening, 7pm, 6th December, in St John's Old Chapel their Choral Society has a concert that includes Bob Chilcott's Jazz Mass. More here.
Monday 7th at 8pm in St Nicolas Church, Guildford, Epsom Chamber Choir's Christmas concert is in aid of the National Trust campaign for Clandon Park. Details here.
Epsom Chamber Choir will be back 'home' in St Martin's Epsom on the following Saturday, 12th December, for family carols at 3pm, and Seasonal music from France, at 7.30pm. Details on that same link above.
Philip Scriven is the organist for the monthly lunchtime organ concert in St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford, at 1.10pm, on Wednesday 9th December. Philip has had an illustrious career in a variety of musical positions, and is currently Cranleigh School's first Organist in Residence. Biog here.
Our friends at MAIASTRA are branching out somewhat next week, with performances of two sextets (2 violin, 2 viola, 2 cello) in interesting new venues. On Thursday evening 10th December they will be at the newly opened St Mary's New Church Hall in Stoke d'Abernon (entrance opposite the Garden Centre), and on the following evening, Friday 11th, they will be at the Brentford Musical Museum.
The programme for both concerts is Brahms String Sextet in B flat Op 18, and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet. Friends in Somerset may like to be told that the same concert will be performed at Ilminster Arts Centre, on the Saturday evening, 12th December. Full details of all three evenings on this link.
There are three more pre-Christmas events in the diary at www.musicinsurrey.co.uk and next year's diary is beginning to take shape there too.
Meanwhile, plans for 2016's lunchtime concerts are at that early stage where I am still open to suggestions - a musician or ensemble we haven't heard for a year or two, an instrument that might be 'new to us', an under-represented nation or era.
We will include performances of the Six Bach Cello Suites, a suitably French flute and piano concert for 14th July, several further piano concerts, and let's find some early music for 2016. I'd better check I am not overlooking any significant anniversaries too.
Your comments are welcome at: musiconthursdays [at] gmail {dot} com.
Very best wishes.
Next Saturday's 12 noon concert in St Martin's Church, Dorking will be performed by Revd Roy Woodhams. Roy is Rector of Cranleigh, and Diocesan Organ Adviser to Oxford.
Saturday afternoon, local mezzo-soprano Edita Zurauskaite-Durrant has a concert in Bookham's Old Barn Hall. The concert starts at 2.30pm, and is entitled 'Let Every Heart Awake and Sing'. Edita will perform songs by Schubert, Bizet, Lehar, Mozart, Puccini, Offenbach, Ivor novello and Bernstein. Her piano accompanist is Lynda Chang. Tickets at the door: £15 (including tea/coffee and a mince pie!)
Next Sunday evening, 7pm, 6th December, in St John's Old Chapel their Choral Society has a concert that includes Bob Chilcott's Jazz Mass. More here.
Monday 7th at 8pm in St Nicolas Church, Guildford, Epsom Chamber Choir's Christmas concert is in aid of the National Trust campaign for Clandon Park. Details here.
Epsom Chamber Choir will be back 'home' in St Martin's Epsom on the following Saturday, 12th December, for family carols at 3pm, and Seasonal music from France, at 7.30pm. Details on that same link above.
Philip Scriven is the organist for the monthly lunchtime organ concert in St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford, at 1.10pm, on Wednesday 9th December. Philip has had an illustrious career in a variety of musical positions, and is currently Cranleigh School's first Organist in Residence. Biog here.
Our friends at MAIASTRA are branching out somewhat next week, with performances of two sextets (2 violin, 2 viola, 2 cello) in interesting new venues. On Thursday evening 10th December they will be at the newly opened St Mary's New Church Hall in Stoke d'Abernon (entrance opposite the Garden Centre), and on the following evening, Friday 11th, they will be at the Brentford Musical Museum.
The programme for both concerts is Brahms String Sextet in B flat Op 18, and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet. Friends in Somerset may like to be told that the same concert will be performed at Ilminster Arts Centre, on the Saturday evening, 12th December. Full details of all three evenings on this link.
There are three more pre-Christmas events in the diary at www.musicinsurrey.co.uk and next year's diary is beginning to take shape there too.
Meanwhile, plans for 2016's lunchtime concerts are at that early stage where I am still open to suggestions - a musician or ensemble we haven't heard for a year or two, an instrument that might be 'new to us', an under-represented nation or era.
We will include performances of the Six Bach Cello Suites, a suitably French flute and piano concert for 14th July, several further piano concerts, and let's find some early music for 2016. I'd better check I am not overlooking any significant anniversaries too.
Your comments are welcome at: musiconthursdays [at] gmail {dot} com.
Very best wishes.
Peter Steadman
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
10th November 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
10th November 2015
Dear Friends,
We enjoyed another stunning concert last week, with pianist Viv McLean. He performed the entire concert from memory, switching from one mood to another with amazing ease. At one point he told a joke and then turned around and was instantly in a different frame of mind for one of the Chopin works. Viv showed incredible concentration throughout, along with tremendous skill and art.
And so we come to our final concert of the 2016 season. Atéa Wind Quintet are friends of these concerts going back over all four years of their running. We have heard members of Atéa playing in duos and trios, and as individual soloists, but this week brings our first opportunity to hear the full Quintet.
On Thursday Atéa will be performing a Quintet by Franz Danzi, written in the early 19th century, and a suite called Aires Tropicales which shows flavours of composer Paquito d'Rivera's 20th century Cuban background.
And so we come to our final concert of the 2016 season. Atéa Wind Quintet are friends of these concerts going back over all four years of their running. We have heard members of Atéa playing in duos and trios, and as individual soloists, but this week brings our first opportunity to hear the full Quintet.
On Thursday Atéa will be performing a Quintet by Franz Danzi, written in the early 19th century, and a suite called Aires Tropicales which shows flavours of composer Paquito d'Rivera's 20th century Cuban background.
Atéa Wind Quintet, from left to right: Chris Beagles, horn, Philip Haworth, oboe, Anna Hashimoto, clarinet, Alena Lugovkina, flute, and Ashley Myall, bassoon
Atéa Wind Quintet is lead by the amazing bundle of energy and musicianship that is clarinettist Anna Hashimoto. Flautist Alena Lugovkina played here with bassoonist Ashley Myall a year ago (their pianist was Viv McLean). Philip Haworth has performed here in Atéa line-ups three times, leaving the only 'new-to-us' member of the Quintet - horn player Chris Beagles.
Full details are on the concert webpage.
Our 35-40 minute concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church (LMC) starts at 12.30 lunchtime this Thursday, 12th November. Entry to the concert is free, with a retiring collection to cover costs.
LMC has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concert, giving us time to linger and chat.
LMC is within 5-7 minutes walk of the town's Multi-Storey and Church Street car parks. The car park further along Church Road is best avoided as it tends to fill by mid-morning. Please let us know if your require on-site blue-badge parking, for which you should aim to arrive around midday.
While there is no next week slot in this email, we will remind you about our AGM at 2pm on Thursday 25th February 2016, and the 3pm concert which follows it. Soloist that day will be Greek pianist Marios Panteliadis who gave the first solo concert on the Schiedmayer in April of this year. Since then we have learned how to stop the piano walking away from him as he plays! More details of Marios' concert will be added to the website early in the New Year.
But as MoT fades into winter, other music-makers are still very active in our area.
This evening, Tuesday 10th November, at 7pm in St John's School, Old Chapel, there is a concert titled: IN MEMORIAM - A Concert for Remembrance-Tide, by the School's Girls' Choir, Clerkes, and Schola Cantorum, featuring Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, and Fauré's Requiem. More details from the School's website.
Wednesday 11th November, the lunchtime organ concert in St Mary's, Quarry Street Guildford, will be played by Winchester Cathedral Organ Scholar, Timothy Parsons, at 1.10pm.
There are just a few seats remaining for Friday evening's 7.30pm concert at the Menuhin Hall where you will find the Emerson String Quartet playing Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. more details on this link.
Also on Friday evening at St Lawrence's Church, Effingham, you will find our own Peter Bailey doing his day job as piano accompanist for a performance by Cameo Opera. Have a look at the musicinsurrey website for contact information (it includes a personal phone number which we won't repeat here to protect the owner's privacy).
Also on the musicinsurrey website you will find details and links for forthcoming concerts on Saturday by the Ripieno Choir (Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schütz), Bookham Choral Society with Dorking Chamber Orchestra (Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Will Todd), and pianist Oxana Schevchenko playing Medtner, Scriabin, Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff.
And there are plenty more concerts listed on musicinsurrey, so do keep an eye on that over the coming weeks.
By tradition this newsletter becomes occasional over the winter break, allowing me time to actually have a break, and to plan next year's season of concerts. There are lots of people to thank for such a successful concert season, and I will do that at this week's concert, and report back in next week's newsletter. The most important of them all - our loyal and growing audience.
Thank you all.
Full details are on the concert webpage.
Our 35-40 minute concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church (LMC) starts at 12.30 lunchtime this Thursday, 12th November. Entry to the concert is free, with a retiring collection to cover costs.
LMC has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concert, giving us time to linger and chat.
LMC is within 5-7 minutes walk of the town's Multi-Storey and Church Street car parks. The car park further along Church Road is best avoided as it tends to fill by mid-morning. Please let us know if your require on-site blue-badge parking, for which you should aim to arrive around midday.
While there is no next week slot in this email, we will remind you about our AGM at 2pm on Thursday 25th February 2016, and the 3pm concert which follows it. Soloist that day will be Greek pianist Marios Panteliadis who gave the first solo concert on the Schiedmayer in April of this year. Since then we have learned how to stop the piano walking away from him as he plays! More details of Marios' concert will be added to the website early in the New Year.
But as MoT fades into winter, other music-makers are still very active in our area.
This evening, Tuesday 10th November, at 7pm in St John's School, Old Chapel, there is a concert titled: IN MEMORIAM - A Concert for Remembrance-Tide, by the School's Girls' Choir, Clerkes, and Schola Cantorum, featuring Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, and Fauré's Requiem. More details from the School's website.
Wednesday 11th November, the lunchtime organ concert in St Mary's, Quarry Street Guildford, will be played by Winchester Cathedral Organ Scholar, Timothy Parsons, at 1.10pm.
There are just a few seats remaining for Friday evening's 7.30pm concert at the Menuhin Hall where you will find the Emerson String Quartet playing Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. more details on this link.
Also on Friday evening at St Lawrence's Church, Effingham, you will find our own Peter Bailey doing his day job as piano accompanist for a performance by Cameo Opera. Have a look at the musicinsurrey website for contact information (it includes a personal phone number which we won't repeat here to protect the owner's privacy).
Also on the musicinsurrey website you will find details and links for forthcoming concerts on Saturday by the Ripieno Choir (Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schütz), Bookham Choral Society with Dorking Chamber Orchestra (Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Will Todd), and pianist Oxana Schevchenko playing Medtner, Scriabin, Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff.
And there are plenty more concerts listed on musicinsurrey, so do keep an eye on that over the coming weeks.
By tradition this newsletter becomes occasional over the winter break, allowing me time to actually have a break, and to plan next year's season of concerts. There are lots of people to thank for such a successful concert season, and I will do that at this week's concert, and report back in next week's newsletter. The most important of them all - our loyal and growing audience.
Thank you all.
Peter Steadman
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
2nd November 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
2nd November 2015
Dear Friends,
Last Thursday we heard a great viola player. Timothy Ridout is just 20. As he made his viola sing to us throughout his performance we knew we had witnessed a rare talent indeed.
Well this week we have invited someone who impressed us last year when he came as piano accompanist to two of our regular wind players - in fact, two members of next week's performers, the Atéa WInd Quintet.
Well this week we have invited someone who impressed us last year when he came as piano accompanist to two of our regular wind players - in fact, two members of next week's performers, the Atéa WInd Quintet.
Viv McLean opens his 12.30 concert this Thursday lunchtime with two Granados pieces, followed by de Falla, and then no less than five Chopin works. He rounds off his concert with a performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue - which went down exceedingly well here a year ago.
Viv McLean's concert comes around the anniversary of the time when we were offered the Schiedmayer baby grand. This is a fitting choice too for the 5th of November. That is why we are calling Viv's concert -
Pianistic Fireworks.
You will find Viv McLean's programme and biography on this concert webpage - along with links to samples of the music he will be playing.
And for our Season Finale next week, we welcome once more the Atéa Wind Quintet, with their leader the effervescent clarinettist Anna Hashimoto. With flautist Alena Lugovkina, Philip Haworth, oboe, Ashley Myall, bassoon, and Chris Beagles, French horn.
Their concert takes the successful form of two suites of music by different composers. The first is a Quintet by German composer Franz Danzi, which is followed by Aires Tropicales by the contemporary Cuban composer Paquito D'Rivera. You will find full details on this concert webpage.
And then we go quiet for a couple of months, returning for our AGM at 2pm on 25th February 2016. That will be followed by a concert at 3pm, by the Greek pianist Marios Panteliadis who had the distinction of being the first person to give a full solo concert on the new piano, earlier this year.
These Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts (and the AGM concert) are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. They take place in Leatherhead Methodist Church on Church Road, which has level access throughout, and disabled parking on site. It is best to arrive around 12noon if you need the disabled parking.
LMC is within a 5-7 minute walk of the town's Multi-Storey car park near Sainsbury's, and the Church Street Car Park. The one behind the Parish Church Hall tends to fill during the mornings which can be disappointing if you are pressed for time.
Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, giving us time to linger and chat.
Looking further afield, at lunchtime on Saturday 7th November, at 12noon to be precise, you will find countertenor Daniel Collins giving a concert in St Martin's Church, central Dorking. This concert is free to enter with a retiring collection in aid of the William Cole Music Trust.
At 8pm Saturday evening in St Martin of Tours Church, central Epsom, there is a concert by Epsom Chamber Choir, entitled War & Peace. The concert includes several settings of "When David heard that Absalom was slain". Full details on the Choir's website.
Next Tuesday evening, 10th November, in the Old Chapel of St John's School there is a concert called In Memoriam: A Concert for Remembrance-Tide, by the Girls' Choir, Clerkes, and Schola Cantorum of St John's School. more information the School's website.
Next Wednesday's organ recital at 1.10pm on November 11th, in St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford will be given by Timothy Parsons, Organ Scholar of Winchester Cathedral.
Friday 13th seems an ominous date but let's take a look at two events that evening. At the Menuhin Hall, Stoke d'Abernon, you will find the Emerson Quartet playing Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. More info on this link.
Also on Friday 13th, at 7.30pm in St Lawrence Church, Effingham, there is a return visit by the very popular Cameo Opera. Their piano accompanist is our very own Peter Bailey. Take a look at the front page of www.musicinsurrey.co.uk for details and a contact number.
The Music in Surrey diary will also give you several choices for Saturday 14th November.
Mid-November sees a peak of musical activity, just before everyone picks up and polishes their Christmas repertoire!
We hope you enjoy your choice of music-making and -listening, and we hope too that you will come to one of these final two lunchtime concerts of 2015.
Viv McLean's concert comes around the anniversary of the time when we were offered the Schiedmayer baby grand. This is a fitting choice too for the 5th of November. That is why we are calling Viv's concert -
Pianistic Fireworks.
You will find Viv McLean's programme and biography on this concert webpage - along with links to samples of the music he will be playing.
And for our Season Finale next week, we welcome once more the Atéa Wind Quintet, with their leader the effervescent clarinettist Anna Hashimoto. With flautist Alena Lugovkina, Philip Haworth, oboe, Ashley Myall, bassoon, and Chris Beagles, French horn.
Their concert takes the successful form of two suites of music by different composers. The first is a Quintet by German composer Franz Danzi, which is followed by Aires Tropicales by the contemporary Cuban composer Paquito D'Rivera. You will find full details on this concert webpage.
And then we go quiet for a couple of months, returning for our AGM at 2pm on 25th February 2016. That will be followed by a concert at 3pm, by the Greek pianist Marios Panteliadis who had the distinction of being the first person to give a full solo concert on the new piano, earlier this year.
These Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts (and the AGM concert) are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. They take place in Leatherhead Methodist Church on Church Road, which has level access throughout, and disabled parking on site. It is best to arrive around 12noon if you need the disabled parking.
LMC is within a 5-7 minute walk of the town's Multi-Storey car park near Sainsbury's, and the Church Street Car Park. The one behind the Parish Church Hall tends to fill during the mornings which can be disappointing if you are pressed for time.
Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, giving us time to linger and chat.
Looking further afield, at lunchtime on Saturday 7th November, at 12noon to be precise, you will find countertenor Daniel Collins giving a concert in St Martin's Church, central Dorking. This concert is free to enter with a retiring collection in aid of the William Cole Music Trust.
At 8pm Saturday evening in St Martin of Tours Church, central Epsom, there is a concert by Epsom Chamber Choir, entitled War & Peace. The concert includes several settings of "When David heard that Absalom was slain". Full details on the Choir's website.
Next Tuesday evening, 10th November, in the Old Chapel of St John's School there is a concert called In Memoriam: A Concert for Remembrance-Tide, by the Girls' Choir, Clerkes, and Schola Cantorum of St John's School. more information the School's website.
Next Wednesday's organ recital at 1.10pm on November 11th, in St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford will be given by Timothy Parsons, Organ Scholar of Winchester Cathedral.
Friday 13th seems an ominous date but let's take a look at two events that evening. At the Menuhin Hall, Stoke d'Abernon, you will find the Emerson Quartet playing Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. More info on this link.
Also on Friday 13th, at 7.30pm in St Lawrence Church, Effingham, there is a return visit by the very popular Cameo Opera. Their piano accompanist is our very own Peter Bailey. Take a look at the front page of www.musicinsurrey.co.uk for details and a contact number.
The Music in Surrey diary will also give you several choices for Saturday 14th November.
Mid-November sees a peak of musical activity, just before everyone picks up and polishes their Christmas repertoire!
We hope you enjoy your choice of music-making and -listening, and we hope too that you will come to one of these final two lunchtime concerts of 2015.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
26th October 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
26th October 2015
Dear Friends,
The webpages are up to date now, with full programmes and weblinks to performances of the music you will hear at each of the remaining concerts this year. There are just three concerts to go, and they are superb.
Starting this week with Music on Thursdays at LMC, where the 12.30 lunchtime concert is to be performed by two students of the Royal Academy of Music. Viola player Timothy Ridout will be playing works by the 19th century Belgian composer, Henri Vieuxtemps. He is accompanied by Russian pianist Amiran Zenaishvili. You will find full details of their excellent concert programme, and their biographies on this concert webpage.
Starting this week with Music on Thursdays at LMC, where the 12.30 lunchtime concert is to be performed by two students of the Royal Academy of Music. Viola player Timothy Ridout will be playing works by the 19th century Belgian composer, Henri Vieuxtemps. He is accompanied by Russian pianist Amiran Zenaishvili. You will find full details of their excellent concert programme, and their biographies on this concert webpage.
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Viv McLean was here about a year ago, just as we heard that we were being offered a new piano. He was accompanying flautist Alena Lugovkina and bassoonist Ashley Myall who will be with us for our final concert of the year. Several of us were struck by Viv's stunning keyboard skills and exuberant personality, so we asked him to return to play a solo concert. We didn't really think about the date, but his programme promises true Pianistic Fireworks for those of us choosing to stay indoors that evening - his concert is on the 5th of November. Check out Viv's choice of Granados, de Falla, plenty of Chopin and closing with Gershwin. It's all on this concert webpage.
And our final concert for 2015 will be played by the Atéa Wind Quintet, on November 12th. The quintet is full of familiar faces and talents, players we have known throughout the four years of these concerts, led of course by the effervescent Anna Hashimoto. Their concert webpage awaits your perusal.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout and tea and coffee are available after each concert.
The on-site parking is very limited so we make it available only to the disabled. But LMC, in Church Road, is within a 5-7 minute walk of the town's multi-storey and Church Street car parks.
We have one more MoT date for you and that is February 25th, 2016. At 2pm there is the Annual General Meeting of the Society behind the concerts, Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society. That is followed at 3pm by a concert played by Marios Panteliadis. Marios was the first performer to give a solo concert on the newly installed piano in April of this year. He astounded us that day, and we thought you would like the opportunity to hear him once more. We will build his concert webpage closer to the concert and meeting date - but do put 25th Feb into your diary now!
The Charities Commission requires the Society to be run by members. So if you are a regular concert-goer here, do please join us. You will then be able to vote at the AGM. We always welcome volunteers too, but nobody is going to press-gang you into getting deeply involved! If you'd just like to join, and know you are helping to keep the concerts going, that is fine. You will find a membership form on the LCAS webpage.
Now let's see what everyone else is up to musically:
On Saturday evening at 7.30pm, in Christ Church, Epsom Road, Leatherhead, Anthony Cairns is the soloist in Poulenc's Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings. The Surrey Philharmonic will also be playing the Harty arrangement of Handel's Water Music Suite, and Bizet's Symphony No 1 in C. More information on this link.
Saturday week, 7th November, the monthly 12noon concert in St Martin's Dorking will be given my countertenor Daniel Collins of The Sixteen. His accompanist is Kathryn Leeke. This is a free concert with a retiring collection.
If you are a pianist who fancies having a go at the organ, there is a taster session on 7th November from 2.30pm to 4.30pm in St Nicolas Church, Bookham.
On Tuesday 10th November at 7pm, there is a concert entitled IN MEMORIAM - A Concert for Remembrance-Tide in the Old Chapel of St John's School. Details on the School website.
And finally, on Wednesday 11th November the organist for the 1.10pm lunchtime concert in St Mary's Quarry Street Guildford, is Timothy Parsons, Organ Scholar of Winchester Cathedral. Another free concert with retiring collection.
We hope you enjoy your choice of music-making and listening over the coming weeks.
Do please consider joining LCAS to help guarantee the future of lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead's Churches. Join here!
And our final concert for 2015 will be played by the Atéa Wind Quintet, on November 12th. The quintet is full of familiar faces and talents, players we have known throughout the four years of these concerts, led of course by the effervescent Anna Hashimoto. Their concert webpage awaits your perusal.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout and tea and coffee are available after each concert.
The on-site parking is very limited so we make it available only to the disabled. But LMC, in Church Road, is within a 5-7 minute walk of the town's multi-storey and Church Street car parks.
We have one more MoT date for you and that is February 25th, 2016. At 2pm there is the Annual General Meeting of the Society behind the concerts, Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society. That is followed at 3pm by a concert played by Marios Panteliadis. Marios was the first performer to give a solo concert on the newly installed piano in April of this year. He astounded us that day, and we thought you would like the opportunity to hear him once more. We will build his concert webpage closer to the concert and meeting date - but do put 25th Feb into your diary now!
The Charities Commission requires the Society to be run by members. So if you are a regular concert-goer here, do please join us. You will then be able to vote at the AGM. We always welcome volunteers too, but nobody is going to press-gang you into getting deeply involved! If you'd just like to join, and know you are helping to keep the concerts going, that is fine. You will find a membership form on the LCAS webpage.
Now let's see what everyone else is up to musically:
On Saturday evening at 7.30pm, in Christ Church, Epsom Road, Leatherhead, Anthony Cairns is the soloist in Poulenc's Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings. The Surrey Philharmonic will also be playing the Harty arrangement of Handel's Water Music Suite, and Bizet's Symphony No 1 in C. More information on this link.
Saturday week, 7th November, the monthly 12noon concert in St Martin's Dorking will be given my countertenor Daniel Collins of The Sixteen. His accompanist is Kathryn Leeke. This is a free concert with a retiring collection.
If you are a pianist who fancies having a go at the organ, there is a taster session on 7th November from 2.30pm to 4.30pm in St Nicolas Church, Bookham.
On Tuesday 10th November at 7pm, there is a concert entitled IN MEMORIAM - A Concert for Remembrance-Tide in the Old Chapel of St John's School. Details on the School website.
And finally, on Wednesday 11th November the organist for the 1.10pm lunchtime concert in St Mary's Quarry Street Guildford, is Timothy Parsons, Organ Scholar of Winchester Cathedral. Another free concert with retiring collection.
We hope you enjoy your choice of music-making and listening over the coming weeks.
Do please consider joining LCAS to help guarantee the future of lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead's Churches. Join here!
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
20th October 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
20th October 2015
Dear Friends,
Hurrah! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! The software bug that has plagued this site for the last few weeks has at last been resolved. We are a little behind on creating the Concert at Home sections for each concert, but we're catching up fast.
Soprano Nicola Berg is the soloist in this week's Music on Thursdays concert, at 12.30 in Leatherhead Methodist Church. Her accompanist is Lynda Chang, and for one song they are joined by Nicola's husband, the viola player Roland Appel. The concert opens with Purcell, and continues with songs by Mozart, Fauré, Bizet, and Schubert, bringing us into the 20th century with Bernstein's
I hate music and David Baker's Someone is sending me flowers (and she doesn't seem as pleased as you'd think!) Full details of this week's song concert are on this webpage.
Next week we have a feast of viola playing, and in fact a feast of Vieuxtemps. Henri Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer of the 19th century. Viola player Timothy Ridout and Russian pianist Amiran Zenaishvili have a lovely programme of music by Vieuxtemps for us, works written for the mellow tones of the viola. Full programme details and the biographies of these two Royal Academy of Music® students are on this concert webpage.
Just a few more concerts left this season! There's the vivacious pianist Viv McLean on 5th November, and we finish with a further flourish from Anna Hashimoto's Atéa Wind Quintet on 12th November. Click on those dates for more information about each concert.
After that you'll have quite a wait for our next concert, which follows the LCAS AGM on Thursday 25th February 2016. It'll be AGM at 2pm, and concert at 3pm, when our performer is the powerful pianist Marios Panteliadis.
These Music on Thursdays concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church, in the one-way section of Church Road, has level access throughout. After each lunchtime concert tea and coffee are available, and we have a chance to chat together and with the musicians.
Parking: LMC has spaces for disabled parking on site - you are advised to aim for 12.00 to 12.10 for one of those. Otherwise the best option is the multi-storey car park by Sainsbury's, or the car park facing the Theatre in Church STREET. The one behind the Parish Church Hall tends to fill during the morning, so is perhaps best avoided.
And we are not the only music-makers around these parts!
Tomorrow lunchtime in Esher's Christ Church there is a concert of euphonium (baritone tuba) and organ and piano music. The euphonium player is Charley Brighton with Malcolm Stowell at the piano and the organ. Concert starts at 12.45pm and is free with a retiring collection - weblink
On Saturday evening (24th October) at 7pm, Simon Niemiński plays the inaugural concert on the restored Lewis organ in St Luke's Church, Burton Road, Kingston. He will play music by Mendelssohn, Stanford, Hollins, Wolstenholme, Hakim, and ES Barnes.
Also on Saturday evening, at 7.30pm, Dorking Camerata's concert in St Martin's Church, Dorking, includes Handel's Dixit Dominus, and Magnificats by Vivaldi, Buxtehude, Telemann and Lully. Quite a tour de force! - weblink
The following Saturday, 31st October, Anthony Cairns is the soloist in Poulenc's Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings, with the Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert also includes Handel's Water Music Suite and Bizet's Symphony No 1. - weblink
Plenty of local choices for your listening pleasure!
We look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert very soon.
Soprano Nicola Berg is the soloist in this week's Music on Thursdays concert, at 12.30 in Leatherhead Methodist Church. Her accompanist is Lynda Chang, and for one song they are joined by Nicola's husband, the viola player Roland Appel. The concert opens with Purcell, and continues with songs by Mozart, Fauré, Bizet, and Schubert, bringing us into the 20th century with Bernstein's
I hate music and David Baker's Someone is sending me flowers (and she doesn't seem as pleased as you'd think!) Full details of this week's song concert are on this webpage.
Next week we have a feast of viola playing, and in fact a feast of Vieuxtemps. Henri Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer of the 19th century. Viola player Timothy Ridout and Russian pianist Amiran Zenaishvili have a lovely programme of music by Vieuxtemps for us, works written for the mellow tones of the viola. Full programme details and the biographies of these two Royal Academy of Music® students are on this concert webpage.
Just a few more concerts left this season! There's the vivacious pianist Viv McLean on 5th November, and we finish with a further flourish from Anna Hashimoto's Atéa Wind Quintet on 12th November. Click on those dates for more information about each concert.
After that you'll have quite a wait for our next concert, which follows the LCAS AGM on Thursday 25th February 2016. It'll be AGM at 2pm, and concert at 3pm, when our performer is the powerful pianist Marios Panteliadis.
These Music on Thursdays concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church, in the one-way section of Church Road, has level access throughout. After each lunchtime concert tea and coffee are available, and we have a chance to chat together and with the musicians.
Parking: LMC has spaces for disabled parking on site - you are advised to aim for 12.00 to 12.10 for one of those. Otherwise the best option is the multi-storey car park by Sainsbury's, or the car park facing the Theatre in Church STREET. The one behind the Parish Church Hall tends to fill during the morning, so is perhaps best avoided.
And we are not the only music-makers around these parts!
Tomorrow lunchtime in Esher's Christ Church there is a concert of euphonium (baritone tuba) and organ and piano music. The euphonium player is Charley Brighton with Malcolm Stowell at the piano and the organ. Concert starts at 12.45pm and is free with a retiring collection - weblink
On Saturday evening (24th October) at 7pm, Simon Niemiński plays the inaugural concert on the restored Lewis organ in St Luke's Church, Burton Road, Kingston. He will play music by Mendelssohn, Stanford, Hollins, Wolstenholme, Hakim, and ES Barnes.
Also on Saturday evening, at 7.30pm, Dorking Camerata's concert in St Martin's Church, Dorking, includes Handel's Dixit Dominus, and Magnificats by Vivaldi, Buxtehude, Telemann and Lully. Quite a tour de force! - weblink
The following Saturday, 31st October, Anthony Cairns is the soloist in Poulenc's Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings, with the Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert also includes Handel's Water Music Suite and Bizet's Symphony No 1. - weblink
Plenty of local choices for your listening pleasure!
We look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert very soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Bach and His Connections is the title of this Wednesday's lunchtime organ concert, performed by our Programme Director, Graham Davies. Graham has a busy concert schedule these days, in addition to his role as Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Pinner Parish Church. Mendelssohn, Buxtehude, Böhm, Schumann, Krebs - Bach is clearly a man with whom plenty of composers wish to be connected. Full details of this 12.30 concert in Christ Church Epsom Road are on this concert webpage.
Next week we will be back at Leatherhead Methodist Church for a first Music on Thursdays lunchtime concert from local soprano Nicola Berg. She will be accompanied by viola-playing husband Roland Appel, and by popular local pianist Lynda Chang. Nicola's song choices range from Purcell, through Mozart, Schubert and Bizet to Bernstein and the very much still with us American jazz composer, David Baker. Full details of Nicola's programme on this concert webpage.
Wednesdays at Christ Church and Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Both Churches have level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after each concert.
Christ Church has plenty of on-site parking, but for LMC it is best to use the town's central car parks, with the multi-storey being the most likely to have spaces available in the run-up to lunchtime.
On Saturday 31st October in Christ Church there's a concert by Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra, with Anthony Cairns as organ soloist in Poulenc's Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings in G minor. The Orchestra will also play Handel's Water Music, and Bizet's Symphony No 1 in C. More information on this link.
Looking further afield, this Saturday, 17th October, at 8pm, Oxshott & Cobham Music Society have a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Claygate, by the Nightingale String Quartet, playing works by Beethoven, Nielsen and Grieg. Details here.
Wednesday lunchtime next week, 21st October at 1.10pm, there is an intriguing euphonium (tuba) and organ concert in Christ Church Esher. More information here.
A couple of choices on Saturday week, 24th October. At St Luke's Church, Kingston, at 7pm, you will find organist Simon Niemiński giving the inaugural concert on their newly-restored Lewis organ, so newly-restored that the Bishop of Southwark will be blessing it next Sunday! Some info in the diary on this link.
At 7.30 the same evening in St Martin's Church, Dorking, Dorking Camerata, accompanied by 21st Century Baroque, have a concert which includes Handel's Dixit Dominus, and Magnificats by: Vivaldi, Buxtehude, Telemann and Lully. Very interesting! More here.
And finally, there's another art show coming up. This time it's Leatherhead Art Club's Autumn Exhibition. The Exhibition starts on Saturday and runs until Sunday 25th, 10am til 4pm daily, in St John's School, Old Chapel (close to the road). Details here.
We hope to welcome you to a lunchtime concert very soon, meanwhile, enjoy your choice of local music-making and -listening!
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
5th October 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
5th October 2015
Dear Friends,
There was a very different atmosphere in Leatherhead Methodist Church last Thursday as we heard a very lively, very informative, Greek concert, featuring bouzouki and guitar. The players stayed and chatted with audience members afterwards over their tea and coffee - as happens most weeks.
This Thursday we welcome Cavendish Winds Quintet for our 12.30 lunchtime concert in LMC.
The five students from the Royal Academy of Music play flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and horn (French, that is). Flautist Katy Ovens was here with her pianist duo partner back in July, so it's going to be a lovely chance to see and hear her once more. Their programme has four suites of short pieces by different composers - Ligeti, Debussy, Martin Ellerby, and Jacques Ibert. Full details, and links to samples of the music to be performed, are on this concert webpage.
Next week it's the turn of Wednesdays at Christ Church, our monthly organ concert series. Graham Davies is the organist and his concert is entitled Bach and His Connections. Full details are on this concert webpage. Again, you will find the full programme there, links to the music, and more about Graham too.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead's Churches are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Both Churches have level access throughout and tea and coffee are available after each concert.
LMC is close to most of the town's central car parks, particularly the multi-storey and Church Street (facing the Theatre). Christ Church, Epsom Road has plenty of on-site parking.
Fitting in a quick visit to Denbies Wine Estate this morning I found Diana and Hazel King setting up their exhibitions. Diana sketches at many of our concerts and I can report that on the gallery walls - and in the portfolios - this exhibition has more music pictures than ever before. Daughter-in-law Hazel produces the most amazing papercut creations. The exhibition is open 9.30am to 5pm daily until Sunday - see poster below. Do go along and browse!
You might fit in a trip to St John's School, Old Chapel too this Wednesday evening. The Škampa Quartet are playing Schubert's String Quartet Death & The Maiden, and Shostakovich Quartet No 3 in F major. The concert starts at 7.30pm and there is full info on this weblink.
On Thursday evening at 7pm Classic FM award winner Seung Hye Park is giving a piano recital in Sutton High School Senior Hall. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, and Messiaen feature. Details from 020 8642 0594.
Organist Martin Ellis returns to Dorking's St Martin's Church almost exactly a year after retiring from his long-held post there. He is giving this month's Saturday lunchtime concert, at 12 noon on the 10th October. Free entry, with a retiring collection. If anyone knows their way around that organ, Martin has to be the best. The adjacent Christian Centre is open for lunch, or just tea and coffee, before and after Martin's concert.
The stunning duo of violinist Anna Orlik and pianist Yi-Shing Cheng have been booked to give the St Martin's concert in May 2016. Don't worry! We'll remind you closer to the date !
Saturday evening brings a few choices:
► Dorking Chamber Orchestra, in St Martin's Dorking, have a concert of Mendelssohn and Mozart - weblink
► Soprano Raphaela Papadakis and pianist James Cheung, A Woman's Life and Love, Banstead Community Association Hall - weblink
► Mardi Brass, A Little Something, St Paul's Covent Garden, (a bit out of area, but it's in aid of the Macular Society, and they are a) Surrey-based and b) rather good) - weblink
Then on Sunday afternoon Mardi Brass give a concert for all the family (particularly the less mature ones). I saw them do this at Mickleham a couple of years back and they do it very well. That's in Westcott's Holy Trinity Church at 3pm this Sunday - weblink.
There is always plenty going on in Mole Valley's Arts Alive month. You can see the full festival brochure here.
Enjoy your cultural choices this coming week ! We look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert very soon.
This Thursday we welcome Cavendish Winds Quintet for our 12.30 lunchtime concert in LMC.
The five students from the Royal Academy of Music play flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and horn (French, that is). Flautist Katy Ovens was here with her pianist duo partner back in July, so it's going to be a lovely chance to see and hear her once more. Their programme has four suites of short pieces by different composers - Ligeti, Debussy, Martin Ellerby, and Jacques Ibert. Full details, and links to samples of the music to be performed, are on this concert webpage.
Next week it's the turn of Wednesdays at Christ Church, our monthly organ concert series. Graham Davies is the organist and his concert is entitled Bach and His Connections. Full details are on this concert webpage. Again, you will find the full programme there, links to the music, and more about Graham too.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead's Churches are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Both Churches have level access throughout and tea and coffee are available after each concert.
LMC is close to most of the town's central car parks, particularly the multi-storey and Church Street (facing the Theatre). Christ Church, Epsom Road has plenty of on-site parking.
Fitting in a quick visit to Denbies Wine Estate this morning I found Diana and Hazel King setting up their exhibitions. Diana sketches at many of our concerts and I can report that on the gallery walls - and in the portfolios - this exhibition has more music pictures than ever before. Daughter-in-law Hazel produces the most amazing papercut creations. The exhibition is open 9.30am to 5pm daily until Sunday - see poster below. Do go along and browse!
You might fit in a trip to St John's School, Old Chapel too this Wednesday evening. The Škampa Quartet are playing Schubert's String Quartet Death & The Maiden, and Shostakovich Quartet No 3 in F major. The concert starts at 7.30pm and there is full info on this weblink.
On Thursday evening at 7pm Classic FM award winner Seung Hye Park is giving a piano recital in Sutton High School Senior Hall. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, and Messiaen feature. Details from 020 8642 0594.
Organist Martin Ellis returns to Dorking's St Martin's Church almost exactly a year after retiring from his long-held post there. He is giving this month's Saturday lunchtime concert, at 12 noon on the 10th October. Free entry, with a retiring collection. If anyone knows their way around that organ, Martin has to be the best. The adjacent Christian Centre is open for lunch, or just tea and coffee, before and after Martin's concert.
The stunning duo of violinist Anna Orlik and pianist Yi-Shing Cheng have been booked to give the St Martin's concert in May 2016. Don't worry! We'll remind you closer to the date !
Saturday evening brings a few choices:
► Dorking Chamber Orchestra, in St Martin's Dorking, have a concert of Mendelssohn and Mozart - weblink
► Soprano Raphaela Papadakis and pianist James Cheung, A Woman's Life and Love, Banstead Community Association Hall - weblink
► Mardi Brass, A Little Something, St Paul's Covent Garden, (a bit out of area, but it's in aid of the Macular Society, and they are a) Surrey-based and b) rather good) - weblink
Then on Sunday afternoon Mardi Brass give a concert for all the family (particularly the less mature ones). I saw them do this at Mickleham a couple of years back and they do it very well. That's in Westcott's Holy Trinity Church at 3pm this Sunday - weblink.
There is always plenty going on in Mole Valley's Arts Alive month. You can see the full festival brochure here.
Enjoy your cultural choices this coming week ! We look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert very soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
28th September 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
28th September 2015
Dear Friends,
A totally Greek concert - that's what's on offer this Thursday lunchtime at 12.30 in Leatherhead Methodist Church. Bouzouki player Pavlos Carvalho and guitarist Pavlos Mélas are well-known solo and ensemble players in London's Greek communities. All they will tell us for programme information is: Traditional & Popular music from Greece, featuring improvisations on the bouzouki, instrumental pieces, and world-known sing-along melodies.
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You will find biographies for each of them, and links to similar music on the concert webpage. Pavlos Carvalho is a classically trained cellist, a graduate of the Royal College of Music, so we've included a link to his cello playing too.
Next week's lunchtime concert sees five wind players from the Royal Academy of music in a programme of music by Ligeti, Debussy, Ellerby and Ibert. Cavendish Winds Quintet includes a recent visitor here - the flautist Katy Ovens who we met earlier this summer in a very well-received concert with her piano duo partner. You can read more about the players and their concert on the concert webpage.
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church, in Church Road, has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concerts.
LMC is an easy walk from the town's multi-storey and Church Street car parks. There is a car park further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall but it tends to fill by mid-morning. If you need to park a vehicle on-site for a blue-badge holder, please aim to arrive around 12 noon when the doors open.
And there's more...
Please take a look at the concert diary on musicinsurrey. Most of the diary entries there have links to each organiser's website. There's a MAIASTRA concert in Cobham on Wednesday evening, then another next Sunday. On Saturday evening one of our popular performers, soprano Alice Bishop, has a concert at LMC entitled On Wings of Song, with accompanist Simon Marlow playing that lovely piano.
You'll find an organ concert at Farnborough Abbey on Sunday afternoon, and the Škampa Quartet playing in St John's School Old Chapel Wednesday evening next week. And also next week, Diana King, one of the Leatherhead Art Club members who regularly sketches at the lunchtime concerts, has her art exhibition at Denbies. See the picture above for info.
Enjoy your listening and artistic choices !
Next week's lunchtime concert sees five wind players from the Royal Academy of music in a programme of music by Ligeti, Debussy, Ellerby and Ibert. Cavendish Winds Quintet includes a recent visitor here - the flautist Katy Ovens who we met earlier this summer in a very well-received concert with her piano duo partner. You can read more about the players and their concert on the concert webpage.
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church, in Church Road, has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concerts.
LMC is an easy walk from the town's multi-storey and Church Street car parks. There is a car park further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall but it tends to fill by mid-morning. If you need to park a vehicle on-site for a blue-badge holder, please aim to arrive around 12 noon when the doors open.
And there's more...
Please take a look at the concert diary on musicinsurrey. Most of the diary entries there have links to each organiser's website. There's a MAIASTRA concert in Cobham on Wednesday evening, then another next Sunday. On Saturday evening one of our popular performers, soprano Alice Bishop, has a concert at LMC entitled On Wings of Song, with accompanist Simon Marlow playing that lovely piano.
You'll find an organ concert at Farnborough Abbey on Sunday afternoon, and the Škampa Quartet playing in St John's School Old Chapel Wednesday evening next week. And also next week, Diana King, one of the Leatherhead Art Club members who regularly sketches at the lunchtime concerts, has her art exhibition at Denbies. See the picture above for info.
Enjoy your listening and artistic choices !
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
21st September 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
21st September 2015
Dear Friends,
It is always a pleasant feeling when we can invite a musician back to Leatherhead to perform for our concerts.
This Thursday lunchtime Russian accordion player Iosif Purits returns, with cellist Cecilia Bignall. They are both studying at the Royal Academy of Music.
Iosif played in a memorable two accordions concert, at the end of the 2014 season. He and Cecilia Bignall have been performing together for a while, playing some transcriptions, and a surprising number of pieces written specifically for their combination of instruments.
This Thursday lunchtime Russian accordion player Iosif Purits returns, with cellist Cecilia Bignall. They are both studying at the Royal Academy of Music.
Iosif played in a memorable two accordions concert, at the end of the 2014 season. He and Cecilia Bignall have been performing together for a while, playing some transcriptions, and a surprising number of pieces written specifically for their combination of instruments.
Thursday's 12.30 concert programme features the Finnish composer Ilkka Kuusisto, Manuel de Falla, J S Bach, and Russian composer Efrem Podgaits, finishing with Piazzolla's exciting Le Grand Tango. More information on the concert webpage.
Next week our concert will be rather different. There's no formal programme, rather, a working title: Traditional and popular music from Greece, with improvisations on the bouzouki, instrumental pieces, and world-known sing-along songs, probably including Zorba the Greek and Never on a Sunday. Let's say we are broadening our horizons! More info about our excellent bouzouki and guitar players, who are both extremely popular among London's Greek communities - Pavlos Carvalho and Pavlos Mélas - on this link.
Entry to these 12.30 lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead Methodist Church is free, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concert, and the Church has level access throughout. LMC is within a few minutes walk of the town's multi-storey and Church Street car parks, although the one behind the Parish Church Hall, on Church Road itself, tends to fill by mid-morning.
Tomorrow evening (Tuesday 22nd) there's a Come and Play session at Christ Church, Epsom Road, with the Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra. So polish your tuba, tighten those strings, and pop along for an evening of fun with Handel and Bizet. More info here.
This Thursday evening you can hear clarinet player Julian Bliss at the new recital hall of City of London Freemen's School. Full details here.
It looks like a busy week for "have-a-go-ers' as Saturday sees a Come and Sing afternoon in Epsom College Chapel. The work is Haydn's The Creation, and if you like the piece but can't spare an afternoon for practice, you can hear their performance at 6pm. All the info we have is here.
Next Wednesday, 30th September, there is a MAIASTRA concert at St Andrew's Church Cobham, when the works will be piano quartets by Brahms and Strauss. The players include violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, and pianist Wu Qian, with Jenny Lewisohn, viola and Jonathan Dorman, cello. More info here.
Your friends in the Twickenham and West London areas will be pleased to know they can hear this MAIASTRA concert in St Anne's Church, Kew, on the Tuesday evening, September 29th.
And there isn't long to wait for their next concert - Saturday October 3rd in Kew and Sunday the 4th in Cobham. The music will be Haydn's String Quartet Op 103 in D minor, Dvorak's American String Quartet in F Op 96, and the Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57. The players will be led by Arisa Fujita, violin. Info on this same link.
And one further choice for October 3rd is the concert by soprano Alice Bishop, with Simon Marlow, piano, entitled: On Wings of Song. This concert will take place in Leatherhead Methodist Church, at 7.30pm. Info page here.
We seem spoilt for choice! So we hope you enjoy your music-making and -listening over these coming weeks. And we particularly look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert very soon.
Next week our concert will be rather different. There's no formal programme, rather, a working title: Traditional and popular music from Greece, with improvisations on the bouzouki, instrumental pieces, and world-known sing-along songs, probably including Zorba the Greek and Never on a Sunday. Let's say we are broadening our horizons! More info about our excellent bouzouki and guitar players, who are both extremely popular among London's Greek communities - Pavlos Carvalho and Pavlos Mélas - on this link.
Entry to these 12.30 lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead Methodist Church is free, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concert, and the Church has level access throughout. LMC is within a few minutes walk of the town's multi-storey and Church Street car parks, although the one behind the Parish Church Hall, on Church Road itself, tends to fill by mid-morning.
Tomorrow evening (Tuesday 22nd) there's a Come and Play session at Christ Church, Epsom Road, with the Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra. So polish your tuba, tighten those strings, and pop along for an evening of fun with Handel and Bizet. More info here.
This Thursday evening you can hear clarinet player Julian Bliss at the new recital hall of City of London Freemen's School. Full details here.
It looks like a busy week for "have-a-go-ers' as Saturday sees a Come and Sing afternoon in Epsom College Chapel. The work is Haydn's The Creation, and if you like the piece but can't spare an afternoon for practice, you can hear their performance at 6pm. All the info we have is here.
Next Wednesday, 30th September, there is a MAIASTRA concert at St Andrew's Church Cobham, when the works will be piano quartets by Brahms and Strauss. The players include violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, and pianist Wu Qian, with Jenny Lewisohn, viola and Jonathan Dorman, cello. More info here.
Your friends in the Twickenham and West London areas will be pleased to know they can hear this MAIASTRA concert in St Anne's Church, Kew, on the Tuesday evening, September 29th.
And there isn't long to wait for their next concert - Saturday October 3rd in Kew and Sunday the 4th in Cobham. The music will be Haydn's String Quartet Op 103 in D minor, Dvorak's American String Quartet in F Op 96, and the Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57. The players will be led by Arisa Fujita, violin. Info on this same link.
And one further choice for October 3rd is the concert by soprano Alice Bishop, with Simon Marlow, piano, entitled: On Wings of Song. This concert will take place in Leatherhead Methodist Church, at 7.30pm. Info page here.
We seem spoilt for choice! So we hope you enjoy your music-making and -listening over these coming weeks. And we particularly look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert very soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
14th September 2015
Dear Friends,
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
14th September 2015
Dear Friends,
After all I said last week about "best ever" concerts, we had one of those last Thursday with Anna Orlik, violin and Yi-Shing Cheng, piano. An event where you knew you were facing superlative talent. I don't usually write in such glowing terms but here's what I sent Anna Orllik last weekend: Thursday's concert was truly tremendous. Style, vitality, expression, sensitivity, it was all there in both players. Several people have said they felt it was the finest concert we have ever had. I don't know what happened, but the whole concert went up a notch or two from the good stuff I had heard in rehearsal. Very well done indeed.
And here's Anna's reply (with a few spelling mistakes, she is Polish , after all):
And here's Anna's reply (with a few spelling mistakes, she is Polish , after all):
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Thank you very much for everythink!!! We would to write official thank you letter to Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society, and enclose DVD with all performance. . . . Maybe it could be useful to promote your future events? Or will just work as a nice souvenir.
Thank you for all your support, we felt really cared, we love acoustic and the piano, your audience! All that I already mentioned on Friday when I visited Lizzy Sambrock from External Bookings at RAM. I posted 2 choosen pieces on my YouTube channel under public links, with mentioned venue and link to your website (hope you agree) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9XZMjHfajg (Brahms, Scherzo in C minor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agpaS9aZDNE (Massenet, Méditation from Thaïs - a familiar melody) And full recital is under link - you can use it and publish it officialy and share via social media, ect |
This week our concert is on Wednesday at Christ Church, at 12.30 lunchtime. Anthony Cairns, Organist and Director of Music at Christ Church, will be playing a repertoire spanning the centuries from Thomas Tomkins and Buxtehude, through Bach, to Percy Whitlock and the contemporary Christopher Tambling and Donald Hunt.
Over recent weeks Anthony has been re-voicing the pipes of the Nave Great organ - the pipes in the two boxes in the nave area of the Church. The majority of the organ - Pedal, Swell, and the rest of the Great organ - is in the Chancel. The work has involved adjusting some 120 pipes to give them a stronger voice. It will be interesting to hear the results of this in Anthony's concert. You will find full concert information on this concert webpage.
Next week we will be back in Leatherhead Methodist Church for Music on Thursdays when our guest musicians are the Russian accordion (or bayan) player Iosif Purits and cellist Cecilia Bignall. This is a return visit for Iosif who introduces fellow RAM student Cecilia for the first time here. They are the Duo Bayanello.
The Duo open with two moving hymn settings by Finnish composer Ilkka Kuusisto, and continue with Manuel de Falla, JS Bach, and Efrem Podgaits, finishing the concert with Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango. More information in the usual place - this concert webpage.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts in Christ Church, Epsom Road, and in Leatherhead Methodist Church are free to enter with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after each concert, and the Churches both have level access throughout.
Parking is a different matter! Christ Church has plenty of parking on-site. LMC only has space for disabled parking beside the Church, but it is within a few minutes walk of the town's central car parks - the multi-storey and the one facing the Theatre in Church Street. You might be lucky enough to find a space in the Church Road Car Park, behind the Parish Church Hall, but it tends to fill during the morning.
We have been told about a number of other local concerts, including:
Thursday evening, 17th September: pianist Angela Hewitt plays at the Menuhin Hall - weblink
Saturday evening, 19th September, Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin, and Wu Quian, piano, performing works by Schubert, Prokofiev and Schnittke, for the Oxshott & Cobham Music Society in Holy Trinity Church, Claygate - weblink
Saturday week, 26th September, there is a Come and Sing event with Haydn's The Creation, from 1pm in Epsom College Chapel - weblink
Then at 6pm that day you can listen to the choir performing The Creation, in Epsom College Chapel - weblink
And finally, the next MAIASTRA concerts include an evening at St Andrew's Church, Cobham on Wednesday 30th September (and Tuesday 29th at St Anne's Kew). The repertoire is: Strauss, Piano Quartet in C minor Op 13 and Brahms, Piano Quartet in A major Op 26. The players are: Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin, Jenny Lewisohn, viola, Jonathan Dormand, cello and Wu Qian, piano. Our advice is - these are superb concerts, so come early, bring a cushion! And that applies to the pews of both venues. - weblink for more details.
We hope you enjoy your choice of music-making and -listening over these coming weeks.
Over recent weeks Anthony has been re-voicing the pipes of the Nave Great organ - the pipes in the two boxes in the nave area of the Church. The majority of the organ - Pedal, Swell, and the rest of the Great organ - is in the Chancel. The work has involved adjusting some 120 pipes to give them a stronger voice. It will be interesting to hear the results of this in Anthony's concert. You will find full concert information on this concert webpage.
Next week we will be back in Leatherhead Methodist Church for Music on Thursdays when our guest musicians are the Russian accordion (or bayan) player Iosif Purits and cellist Cecilia Bignall. This is a return visit for Iosif who introduces fellow RAM student Cecilia for the first time here. They are the Duo Bayanello.
The Duo open with two moving hymn settings by Finnish composer Ilkka Kuusisto, and continue with Manuel de Falla, JS Bach, and Efrem Podgaits, finishing the concert with Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango. More information in the usual place - this concert webpage.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts in Christ Church, Epsom Road, and in Leatherhead Methodist Church are free to enter with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after each concert, and the Churches both have level access throughout.
Parking is a different matter! Christ Church has plenty of parking on-site. LMC only has space for disabled parking beside the Church, but it is within a few minutes walk of the town's central car parks - the multi-storey and the one facing the Theatre in Church Street. You might be lucky enough to find a space in the Church Road Car Park, behind the Parish Church Hall, but it tends to fill during the morning.
We have been told about a number of other local concerts, including:
Thursday evening, 17th September: pianist Angela Hewitt plays at the Menuhin Hall - weblink
Saturday evening, 19th September, Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin, and Wu Quian, piano, performing works by Schubert, Prokofiev and Schnittke, for the Oxshott & Cobham Music Society in Holy Trinity Church, Claygate - weblink
Saturday week, 26th September, there is a Come and Sing event with Haydn's The Creation, from 1pm in Epsom College Chapel - weblink
Then at 6pm that day you can listen to the choir performing The Creation, in Epsom College Chapel - weblink
And finally, the next MAIASTRA concerts include an evening at St Andrew's Church, Cobham on Wednesday 30th September (and Tuesday 29th at St Anne's Kew). The repertoire is: Strauss, Piano Quartet in C minor Op 13 and Brahms, Piano Quartet in A major Op 26. The players are: Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin, Jenny Lewisohn, viola, Jonathan Dormand, cello and Wu Qian, piano. Our advice is - these are superb concerts, so come early, bring a cushion! And that applies to the pews of both venues. - weblink for more details.
We hope you enjoy your choice of music-making and -listening over these coming weeks.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
7th September 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
7th September 2015
Dear Friends,
Each week somebody says to me "that was the best concert we've ever had". Sometimes I wonder whether that's possible, every week. But last week's was a superb concert by two extremely talented performers. Then so was the week before, and the week before... The key is that different things appeal to each of us, and so Graham and I hope that over the season we manage to give everyone that opportunity to feel they have had the best concert ever, whatever their musical preferences!
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This Thursday, 10th September, we have a concert from Polish violinist Anna Orlik, and pianist Yi-Shing Cheng from Taiwan, both international students of the Royal Academy of Music. If you click on the video on the right you will get some idea of the vitality they bring to their playing. You will undoubtedly have heard this Bazzini piece before. They are playing in the Duke's Hall at the RAM.
In Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church we hear the duo playing a lovely Debussy sonata, a sonata by Ysaÿe, Massenet's Méditation from the opera Thaïs, and a Scherzo by Brahms. |
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There is more information about these two musicians and their programme, together with links to samples of the music they will be playing, on the concert webpage.
Next week our concert is at 12.30 on Wednesday lunchtime, September 16th, when Anthony Cairns will be playing the organ at Christ Church, Epsom Road. Anthony brings us a programme that ranges though the centuries from 1600 to almost the present day, with a little Bach, a little Buxtehude, Thomas Tomkins and all the way up to Christopher Tambling's Trumpet Gavotte. Full details and links to samples of the music are on the concert webpage.
These lunchtime concerts are free to enter with a retiring collection to cover costs. Both Churches have level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after each concert.
While Christ Church has plenty of on-site parking, LMC is within walking distance of the town's Multi-Storey and Church Street car parks. There is a car park further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall, but it tends to fill up on weekday mornings.
Looking further afield:
Concert organist Mark Brafield is giving this month's 1.10pm lunchtime concert in St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford, on Wednesday 9th September. Free with a retiring collection. St Mary's is just off the lower part of Guildford High Street. The organ is a fine Saxon Aldred instrument.
Peter Wright, Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral gives a concert next Saturday afternoon, 12th September, at 4pm in St Michael's Church, Betchworth. The Church enjoys a 2014 Tickell organ. More info on this link.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich join MAIASTRA for an evening of Mozart and Tchaikovsky at St Teresa's School, Effingham, next Sunday. For ticket and programme information, and for details of the forthcoming MAIASTRA concerts in Cobham, please follow this link.
For more concerts in the local area later this month please visit: www.musicinsurrey.co.uk
It's great to see so many musical performances around this month. We hope you enjoy your own selection of what's on offer.
Next week our concert is at 12.30 on Wednesday lunchtime, September 16th, when Anthony Cairns will be playing the organ at Christ Church, Epsom Road. Anthony brings us a programme that ranges though the centuries from 1600 to almost the present day, with a little Bach, a little Buxtehude, Thomas Tomkins and all the way up to Christopher Tambling's Trumpet Gavotte. Full details and links to samples of the music are on the concert webpage.
These lunchtime concerts are free to enter with a retiring collection to cover costs. Both Churches have level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after each concert.
While Christ Church has plenty of on-site parking, LMC is within walking distance of the town's Multi-Storey and Church Street car parks. There is a car park further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall, but it tends to fill up on weekday mornings.
Looking further afield:
Concert organist Mark Brafield is giving this month's 1.10pm lunchtime concert in St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford, on Wednesday 9th September. Free with a retiring collection. St Mary's is just off the lower part of Guildford High Street. The organ is a fine Saxon Aldred instrument.
Peter Wright, Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral gives a concert next Saturday afternoon, 12th September, at 4pm in St Michael's Church, Betchworth. The Church enjoys a 2014 Tickell organ. More info on this link.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich join MAIASTRA for an evening of Mozart and Tchaikovsky at St Teresa's School, Effingham, next Sunday. For ticket and programme information, and for details of the forthcoming MAIASTRA concerts in Cobham, please follow this link.
For more concerts in the local area later this month please visit: www.musicinsurrey.co.uk
It's great to see so many musical performances around this month. We hope you enjoy your own selection of what's on offer.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
1st September 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
1st September 2015
Dear Friends,
This Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert (3rd September) sees the return of flautist Emma Halnan and pianist Daniel King Smith.
They have a lovely programme, opening with a Bach sonata, then they perform Kent Kennan's Night Soliloquy, a Poulenc sonata, and finish with François Borne's fantasia on themes from Carmen. You will find more information, and links to sample of the music on the concert webpage.
Next week we welcome two international students of the Royal Academy of Music. Polish violinist Anna Orlik and pianist Yi-Shing Cheng, from Taiwan, have prepared a programme of music by Debussy, Ysaÿe, Massenet, and Brahms. Full details on this concert webpage.
They have a lovely programme, opening with a Bach sonata, then they perform Kent Kennan's Night Soliloquy, a Poulenc sonata, and finish with François Borne's fantasia on themes from Carmen. You will find more information, and links to sample of the music on the concert webpage.
Next week we welcome two international students of the Royal Academy of Music. Polish violinist Anna Orlik and pianist Yi-Shing Cheng, from Taiwan, have prepared a programme of music by Debussy, Ysaÿe, Massenet, and Brahms. Full details on this concert webpage.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead Methodist Church are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. LMC has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concert.
Concerts elsewhere ? We have a few, starting with the revival of free monthly concerts at St Martin's Church, central Dorking. Next Saturday, 5th September at 12 noon, the performers will be Kathy Bucknill, oboe, Andy Cornish, violin, Veronica Watts, cello, and Sue Messenger, piano.
On Sunday 6th at 3pm, Italian organist Roberto Marini is the guest player on the Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll organ in St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough.
Wednesday of next week - 9th September, at 1.10pm - concert organist Mark Brafield will be giving the monthly concert in St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford.
One ticketed organ concert coming up is on Saturday 12th September, at 4pm in St Michael's Betchworth. The organist is Peter Wright, organist and Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral. Details here.
The following evening, Sunday 13th at 7.30pm, at St Teresa's School Effingham, there is the MAIASTRA fund-raising concert with Nicola Benedetti. The programme is Mozart's two-viola quintet, and Tchaikowsky's Souveninr de Florence. Details here.
A few more donations supporting Sr Christobel's work in India have arrived, bringing our final total to £289.59. Adding Gift Aid brings that to a very pleasing total of £360. Thank you, and well done, everyone who contributed.
Here's to another successful season of music-making and -listening for us all!
Concerts elsewhere ? We have a few, starting with the revival of free monthly concerts at St Martin's Church, central Dorking. Next Saturday, 5th September at 12 noon, the performers will be Kathy Bucknill, oboe, Andy Cornish, violin, Veronica Watts, cello, and Sue Messenger, piano.
On Sunday 6th at 3pm, Italian organist Roberto Marini is the guest player on the Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll organ in St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough.
Wednesday of next week - 9th September, at 1.10pm - concert organist Mark Brafield will be giving the monthly concert in St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford.
One ticketed organ concert coming up is on Saturday 12th September, at 4pm in St Michael's Betchworth. The organist is Peter Wright, organist and Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral. Details here.
The following evening, Sunday 13th at 7.30pm, at St Teresa's School Effingham, there is the MAIASTRA fund-raising concert with Nicola Benedetti. The programme is Mozart's two-viola quintet, and Tchaikowsky's Souveninr de Florence. Details here.
A few more donations supporting Sr Christobel's work in India have arrived, bringing our final total to £289.59. Adding Gift Aid brings that to a very pleasing total of £360. Thank you, and well done, everyone who contributed.
Here's to another successful season of music-making and -listening for us all!
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
24th August 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
24th August 2015
Dear Friends,
An audience of 90! That is what greeted our four saxophone players last Thursday. A packed Church listened to their performance of Dvorak's American Sonata. After the concert we heard about Sr Christobel's Trust, Morther Teresa's Roses, and audience members contributed £260 to the Trust's work in India. A tremendous result all round, and we'd like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came and enjoyed the concert, and to those who donated to the Trust.
Meanwhile, Graham has had a week at St Edmundsbury Cathedral with the choir of Pinner Parish Church. Singing and playing four Evensongs in one week - you get through a lot of music!
Meanwhile, Graham has had a week at St Edmundsbury Cathedral with the choir of Pinner Parish Church. Singing and playing four Evensongs in one week - you get through a lot of music!
And so to this week's 12.30 lunchtime concert in which soprano Alice Bishop is accompanied by pianist Simon Marlow. Their concert is entitled Songs of Love and Loss and includes a set of five songs by Respighi, as well as Rebecca Clarke's setting of The Seal Man (by John Masefield) and four more 19th and 20th century songs. You will find full details on this concert webpage. The programme (texts and translations) will also be found on that page.
After the Bank Holiday, next week's concert sees two more friends of Music on Thursdays returning. Flautist Emma Halnan and pianist Daniel King Smith bring us a programme including works by JS Bach, Kent Kennan, Francis Poulenc, and François Borne. Full details on this concet webpage.
These lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concerts - so do stay a while and chat.
You will find full programme information on the webpage for each concert, along with links to samples of the music to be performed.
Parking: LMC is a few minutes walk from the Church Street car park (near the Theatre) and from the Multi-Storey near Sainsburys. There is parking further along Church Street, behind the Parish Church Hall, although this often fills by mid-morning.
Organ concerts coming up in the first half of September:
Sunday 6th - 3pm - Roberto Marini, from Teramo, Italy plays the Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll at St Michael's Abbey, Franborough
Wednesday 9th - 1.10pm - concert organist, Mark Brafield, plays the Saxon Aldred organ in St Mary's Quarry St, Guildford
Saturday 12th - 4pm - Peter Wright, organist Southwark Cathedral, plays the Tickell organ in Betchworth Parish Church
Wednesday 16th - 12.30pm - Anthony Cairns, plays the Hill norman & Beard organ at Christ Church, Leatherhead
And on Sunday 13th at 7.30pm there is the MAIASTRA and Nicola Benedetti concert at St Teresa's School, Effingham
We hope you enjoy your choice of these concerts, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert too.
After the Bank Holiday, next week's concert sees two more friends of Music on Thursdays returning. Flautist Emma Halnan and pianist Daniel King Smith bring us a programme including works by JS Bach, Kent Kennan, Francis Poulenc, and François Borne. Full details on this concet webpage.
These lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concerts - so do stay a while and chat.
You will find full programme information on the webpage for each concert, along with links to samples of the music to be performed.
Parking: LMC is a few minutes walk from the Church Street car park (near the Theatre) and from the Multi-Storey near Sainsburys. There is parking further along Church Street, behind the Parish Church Hall, although this often fills by mid-morning.
Organ concerts coming up in the first half of September:
Sunday 6th - 3pm - Roberto Marini, from Teramo, Italy plays the Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll at St Michael's Abbey, Franborough
Wednesday 9th - 1.10pm - concert organist, Mark Brafield, plays the Saxon Aldred organ in St Mary's Quarry St, Guildford
Saturday 12th - 4pm - Peter Wright, organist Southwark Cathedral, plays the Tickell organ in Betchworth Parish Church
Wednesday 16th - 12.30pm - Anthony Cairns, plays the Hill norman & Beard organ at Christ Church, Leatherhead
And on Sunday 13th at 7.30pm there is the MAIASTRA and Nicola Benedetti concert at St Teresa's School, Effingham
We hope you enjoy your choice of these concerts, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert too.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
17th August 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
17th August 2015
Dear Friends,
Despite the atrocious weather (and we could hear the rain beating on the roof at one stage!) there were 41 of us at last Thursday's excellent Beethoven and Brahms, violin and piano concert. Let's see if we can beat that this week, in what ought to be decent weather at last.
We spotted three under 12s in our midst, one of whom was encouraged to play us something on the piano. No music. She played, we applauded, and then she skipped up the aisle of the Church like any little 7-year old would. We've asked to book her for our 2022 season!
This Thursday's lunchtime concert brings us NUANCE: Saxophone Quartet - our first saxophones, our first students from the Birmingham Conservatoire - possibly our first all-female quartet too. Their major piece on Thursday is a transcription for saxophones of Dvořák's string quartet, nicknamed the American Quartet. This they will sandwich between a Gershwin prelude, and a czardas by Spanish sax player, teacher and composer Pedro Iturralde. More information about each of the players and their programme is on the concert webpage.
Next week's concert sees the return of Bookham soprano Alice Bishop, with pianist Simon Marlow, in a concert they have entitled: Songs of Love and Loss - well you know what these poets and composers are like! If you have the one, you're bound to have the other. You'll find Alice and Simon's lovely programme on this concert webpage.
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concerts.
This Thursday only: after the concert there will be the briefest of talks about the continuation of Mother Teresa's work in India. We hope you will add your support in the collection. If you use a GIFT AID envelope, please write on the back how much you are giving to the concert, and how much to India - "£10 concert, £20 India" (we are amazing optimists !)
Do take a look at the music diary as you plan your own music outings for September and beyond. Here's the link!
We are already beginning to prepare ideas for 2016, so if you have favourites from previous years who you would like us to invite again, please tell one of the Trustees, or email to tell us about your idea - musiconthursdays at gmail.com.
Wherever you are this month, enjoy your music-making and -listening.
We spotted three under 12s in our midst, one of whom was encouraged to play us something on the piano. No music. She played, we applauded, and then she skipped up the aisle of the Church like any little 7-year old would. We've asked to book her for our 2022 season!
This Thursday's lunchtime concert brings us NUANCE: Saxophone Quartet - our first saxophones, our first students from the Birmingham Conservatoire - possibly our first all-female quartet too. Their major piece on Thursday is a transcription for saxophones of Dvořák's string quartet, nicknamed the American Quartet. This they will sandwich between a Gershwin prelude, and a czardas by Spanish sax player, teacher and composer Pedro Iturralde. More information about each of the players and their programme is on the concert webpage.
Next week's concert sees the return of Bookham soprano Alice Bishop, with pianist Simon Marlow, in a concert they have entitled: Songs of Love and Loss - well you know what these poets and composers are like! If you have the one, you're bound to have the other. You'll find Alice and Simon's lovely programme on this concert webpage.
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after the concerts.
This Thursday only: after the concert there will be the briefest of talks about the continuation of Mother Teresa's work in India. We hope you will add your support in the collection. If you use a GIFT AID envelope, please write on the back how much you are giving to the concert, and how much to India - "£10 concert, £20 India" (we are amazing optimists !)
Do take a look at the music diary as you plan your own music outings for September and beyond. Here's the link!
We are already beginning to prepare ideas for 2016, so if you have favourites from previous years who you would like us to invite again, please tell one of the Trustees, or email to tell us about your idea - musiconthursdays at gmail.com.
Wherever you are this month, enjoy your music-making and -listening.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
10th August 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
10th August 2015
Dear Friends,
Last Thursday's concert of English and Icelandic music was a great success. This was the first time we had listened to Emily Andrews' flute accompanied by a piano - previously we have heard her with her duo partner, the guitarist David Massey, or with Graham Davies at the organ.
Eva þyri Hilmarsdóttir proved an excellent accompanist, and she went on to introduce us to piano works by Icelandic composers. She and her partner didn't accept our challenge to sing their National Anthem - apparently it's rather tricky with light forces! So we trawled the net, and we've found a lovely recording of what turns out to be a lovely song, with not even the slightest war-like hint anywhere!
Having mentioned David Massey, you may like to enjoy hearing again two of the works he played at his concert nearly a fortnight ago. Check the PPS at the foot of this newsletter (above the next Patricia Morgan advert).
Eva þyri Hilmarsdóttir proved an excellent accompanist, and she went on to introduce us to piano works by Icelandic composers. She and her partner didn't accept our challenge to sing their National Anthem - apparently it's rather tricky with light forces! So we trawled the net, and we've found a lovely recording of what turns out to be a lovely song, with not even the slightest war-like hint anywhere!
Having mentioned David Massey, you may like to enjoy hearing again two of the works he played at his concert nearly a fortnight ago. Check the PPS at the foot of this newsletter (above the next Patricia Morgan advert).
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For this week's Music on Thursdays lunchtime concert we welcome two international students of the Royal Academy of Music. Italian violinist Fabrizio Falasca makes his first visit, while for accompanist Marios Panteliadis this is a return visit following his very well-received solo concert in April of this year. They will be playing two violin sonatas, by Beethoven and Brahms. Full details on this concert webpage.
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Next week brings another first for us, with players coming from the Birmingham Conservatoire. NUANCE is a female saxophone, all four current or recent students of the Conservatoire. The main work in their programme is a superb transcription of Dvořák's American Quartet (originally written for strings). This they have sandwiched between an opening piece by Gershwin, and an excellent work by Spanish saxophone player, teacher, and composer Pedro Iturralde. Full details of the players and their programme are ready on this concert webpage.
We are making a special collection after the saxophone concert to raise money to support the work of Sr Christabel's Trust Mother Teresa's Roses among the poor and rejected in India. If you wish to donate, but won't be at the concert, please send a cheque payable to LCAS, at 31 Elmer Cottages, Fetcham, KT22 9BU. At the concert, please write the amount you are giving to each charity on the back of the Gift Aid envelope, eg: "concert -£10, India - £20"
These Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with your kind generosity in the retiring collection as the principal source of funding. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after each concert. The nearest car parks are the multi-storey near Sainsbury's and the one facing the Theatre in Church Street. Lately, the car park further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall, has been known to fill up during the morning.
Just a few more events to mention:
This Wednesday lunchtime in Guildford, there is another chance to hear the two visiting French cathedral organists from Brittany (Rennes and St-Malo cathedrals). They will be playing the organ in St Mary's Quarry Street, for a "free with retiring collection" concert at 1.pm.
On Thursday evening in Holy Trinity Church, Westcott you can hear the Kings Men - choral scholars of Kings College Cambridge - at 7.30pm. Ticket info here.
We are making a special collection after the saxophone concert to raise money to support the work of Sr Christabel's Trust Mother Teresa's Roses among the poor and rejected in India. If you wish to donate, but won't be at the concert, please send a cheque payable to LCAS, at 31 Elmer Cottages, Fetcham, KT22 9BU. At the concert, please write the amount you are giving to each charity on the back of the Gift Aid envelope, eg: "concert -£10, India - £20"
These Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with your kind generosity in the retiring collection as the principal source of funding. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout, and tea and coffee are available after each concert. The nearest car parks are the multi-storey near Sainsbury's and the one facing the Theatre in Church Street. Lately, the car park further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall, has been known to fill up during the morning.
Just a few more events to mention:
This Wednesday lunchtime in Guildford, there is another chance to hear the two visiting French cathedral organists from Brittany (Rennes and St-Malo cathedrals). They will be playing the organ in St Mary's Quarry Street, for a "free with retiring collection" concert at 1.pm.
On Thursday evening in Holy Trinity Church, Westcott you can hear the Kings Men - choral scholars of Kings College Cambridge - at 7.30pm. Ticket info here.
And finally, on Friday and Saturday this weekend there's Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Leatherhead Theatre, There are both 3pm and 7pm performances of this fast-moving work. It's bound to be fun. More info here.
Enjoy your music-making and -listening, wherever you find yourself this month. (And please do take a look at the PS's below!)
Enjoy your music-making and -listening, wherever you find yourself this month. (And please do take a look at the PS's below!)
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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PS: There was great clamour at the end of last week's concert of English and Icelandic music for the Icelanders among us to sing their National Anthem. They resisted, so here is a lovely choral performance, complete with English subtitles
PPS: Here's a(nother) chance to listen to David Massey's wonderful guitar playing in two
recordings from his 30th July 2015 lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church.
On the left, Manuel Ponce's Andante, on the right the Bach lute work, Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV 998:
recordings from his 30th July 2015 lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church.
On the left, Manuel Ponce's Andante, on the right the Bach lute work, Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV 998:
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
3rd August 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
3rd August 2015
Dear Friends,
All the programme information for August's lunchtime concerts is now ready to view on each concert webpage. Let's start here with this Thursday's unusual concert of English and Icelandic Music - a great excuse to slip in two colourful flags, just here:
Góðan daginn herrar mínir og frúr.
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Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen
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Now to the serious matter of the programme for Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert. English flautist Emily Andrews and Icelandic pianist Eva þyri Hilmarsdóttir will open the concert with Handel, then Atli Heimir Sveinsson, a Lennox Berkeley Sonatina, a group of piano pieces by Icelandic composers, and finishing with a lovely Valse Caprice by Daniel S Wood who was first flute of the London Symphony Orchestra about 100 years ago (unfortunately, little else is known about Wood). You will find full biographies and programme information on this concert webpage.
Next week's concert on August 13th sees the return of Greek pianist Marios Panteliadis, this time accompanying fellow Royal Academy of Music student, the Italian violinist, Fabrizio Falasca. There are two works in their programme, by Beethoven and Brahms. Yes, two great composers in the same lunchtime. More information on these two musicians and their programme on this concert webpage.
These 12.30 Music on Thursdays lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead Methodist Church are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, so feel free to bring your sandwiches, and to stay for a chat. LMC is close to most of the town's central car parks. The one further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall, tends to fill during the morning so is often not the best choice.
Looking further afield, two of us heard a magnificent concert at St Michael's Abbey Church, Farnborough yesterday afternoon. The two visiting French cathedral organists, from Rennes and St Malo, will be giving another concert at 1.10pm, on Wednesday 12th September, on the Hill, Norman & Beard organ at St Mary's, Quarry Street, Guildford. Free entry, with a retiring collection there too.
On the evening of 13th August, in Holy Trinity Church, Westcott, you can hear The King's Men Cambridge in concert. We haven't had much information on this event but ticket and contact details are in the diary on this link.
On the afternoons and evenings of August 14th and 15th Leatherhead Theatre plays host to Stagecoach Theatre Arts for their production of Lloyd Webber and Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Full details here.
Have a great summer, and enjoy your music-making and -listening, wherever you find it !
Next week's concert on August 13th sees the return of Greek pianist Marios Panteliadis, this time accompanying fellow Royal Academy of Music student, the Italian violinist, Fabrizio Falasca. There are two works in their programme, by Beethoven and Brahms. Yes, two great composers in the same lunchtime. More information on these two musicians and their programme on this concert webpage.
These 12.30 Music on Thursdays lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead Methodist Church are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, so feel free to bring your sandwiches, and to stay for a chat. LMC is close to most of the town's central car parks. The one further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall, tends to fill during the morning so is often not the best choice.
Looking further afield, two of us heard a magnificent concert at St Michael's Abbey Church, Farnborough yesterday afternoon. The two visiting French cathedral organists, from Rennes and St Malo, will be giving another concert at 1.10pm, on Wednesday 12th September, on the Hill, Norman & Beard organ at St Mary's, Quarry Street, Guildford. Free entry, with a retiring collection there too.
On the evening of 13th August, in Holy Trinity Church, Westcott, you can hear The King's Men Cambridge in concert. We haven't had much information on this event but ticket and contact details are in the diary on this link.
On the afternoons and evenings of August 14th and 15th Leatherhead Theatre plays host to Stagecoach Theatre Arts for their production of Lloyd Webber and Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Full details here.
Have a great summer, and enjoy your music-making and -listening, wherever you find it !
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
27th July 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
27th July 2015
Dear Friends,
Solo classical guitar is the subject of this Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church. The soloist is the ever-popular David Massey who has performed for us in each year of these concerts. David's repertoire for Thursday includes a number of composers in different styles - from JS Bach to Peter Sculthorpe, with Takemitsu's arrangement of Summertime and works by Ponce and Pujol among others. For full details of the concert and David's brief biography please see the concert webpage.
Next week, on Thursday 6th August, we welcome back David's duo partner, flautist Emily Andrews, on this occasion appearing with another RAM graduate, Icelandic pianist Eva þyri Hilmarsdóttir. Emily and Eva þyri have put together an interesting programme of music we don't hear at all often - English & Icelandic Music. Come and hear just a little of the Nordic influenced music of our less populous neighbours, performed by two very talented musicians. Full details on this concert webpage.
Still to come this August - 13th sees the return of pianist Marios Panteliadis, this time accompanying fellow RAM student the violinist Fabrizio Falasca; on the 20th NUANCE Saxophone Quartet from the Birmingham Conservatoire; and on the 27th, soprano Alice Bishop with her accompanist Simon Marlow.
These lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, and the Church has level access throughout. You are advised to park in the town's central car parks - the one further long Church Road tends to fill up during the morning.
Next Sunday afternoon, August 2nd, if you can get out to the motorway or the A3, you might enjoy a trip down to St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough. Two French cathedral organists from Brittany are giving a concert on the Charles Mutin organ there. You'd have to be quite a purist to withhold the label Cavaillé-Coll here as the instrument includes much of his workshop's parts and ideas. The concert starts at 3pm, and you will find details of all the Abbey's concerts on this link.
If you are working or shopping in Guildford you can hear the same two organists on Wednesday 12th August when they give the 1.10pm lunchtime concert in St Mary's, Quarry Street. This is a much smaller instrument than at St Michael's Abbey, a Hill, Norman & Beard (the same builder as at Christ Church, Leatherhead). More details here.
We must also tell you about a concert even further ahead, because we hear tickets are selling extremely fast - last year they sold out a long way ahead. On Sunday evening 13th September MAIASTRA will be joined by Nicola Benedetti and Leonard Elschenbroich for a fund-raising concert at St Teresa's School, Effingham. Their programme is Mozart's 2 Viola Quintet and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence. More information and a link to online booking here.
We plan to keep you entertained through the summer, as do our music-making friends around the County.
Next week, on Thursday 6th August, we welcome back David's duo partner, flautist Emily Andrews, on this occasion appearing with another RAM graduate, Icelandic pianist Eva þyri Hilmarsdóttir. Emily and Eva þyri have put together an interesting programme of music we don't hear at all often - English & Icelandic Music. Come and hear just a little of the Nordic influenced music of our less populous neighbours, performed by two very talented musicians. Full details on this concert webpage.
Still to come this August - 13th sees the return of pianist Marios Panteliadis, this time accompanying fellow RAM student the violinist Fabrizio Falasca; on the 20th NUANCE Saxophone Quartet from the Birmingham Conservatoire; and on the 27th, soprano Alice Bishop with her accompanist Simon Marlow.
These lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, and the Church has level access throughout. You are advised to park in the town's central car parks - the one further long Church Road tends to fill up during the morning.
Next Sunday afternoon, August 2nd, if you can get out to the motorway or the A3, you might enjoy a trip down to St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough. Two French cathedral organists from Brittany are giving a concert on the Charles Mutin organ there. You'd have to be quite a purist to withhold the label Cavaillé-Coll here as the instrument includes much of his workshop's parts and ideas. The concert starts at 3pm, and you will find details of all the Abbey's concerts on this link.
If you are working or shopping in Guildford you can hear the same two organists on Wednesday 12th August when they give the 1.10pm lunchtime concert in St Mary's, Quarry Street. This is a much smaller instrument than at St Michael's Abbey, a Hill, Norman & Beard (the same builder as at Christ Church, Leatherhead). More details here.
We must also tell you about a concert even further ahead, because we hear tickets are selling extremely fast - last year they sold out a long way ahead. On Sunday evening 13th September MAIASTRA will be joined by Nicola Benedetti and Leonard Elschenbroich for a fund-raising concert at St Teresa's School, Effingham. Their programme is Mozart's 2 Viola Quintet and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence. More information and a link to online booking here.
We plan to keep you entertained through the summer, as do our music-making friends around the County.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
20th July 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
20th July 2015
Dear Friends,
It was encouraging to see a good-sized audience for last Wednesday's organ concert at Christ Church. Gary Sieling is an excellent organist and possibly the most polite I have ever turned pages for. He politely requested each turn, rather than merely giving the customary nod of the head. I asked afterwards if it was because I was late making the turns. He said, no, and that there was always time to be polite. So that's two reasons for inviting him to play again next year.
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Turning to this Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert, we welcome two musicians who are current students of the Royal Academy of Music, English flautist Katy Ovens, and Australian pianist Chris Lloyd. Bringing together the cream of young performers from different nations is one of the exciting things London's music colleges do. Their programme for our concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church opens with Mozart, then a Copeland Duo for flute and piano, a Sonata by Hindemith, and they finish with Jacob Gade's Tango Fantasia. Full details on this concert webpage.
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Next week sees this familiar face at LMC. Classical guitarist David Massey recently appeared here with his duo partner, the flautist Emily Andrews. Next week he will give a solo concert which opens with the technically demanding Grande Ouverture by Giuliani, and includes works by and transcriptions from JS Bach, Manuel Ponce, and Takemitsu's guitar arrangement of Summertime.
Full information on David's concert is on this concert webpage.
Emily Andrews will be with us the week after - August 6th - along with Icelandic pianist Eva þyri Hilmarsdóttir - for a concert of English and Icelandic music. Concert webpage here.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts in LMC are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, giving audience and musicians time and space to linger and chat a while. The Church has level access throughout and is a short distance from most of the town's central car parks.
Let's see what else is going on locally . . .
The coming weekend sees the next set of MAIASTRA concerts with a performance in St Anne's Kew on Friday 24th, and closer to home, in St Andrew's Church, Cobham, on Saturday evening, 25th July. These stunning concerts are lead by Guildhall School of Music and Drama Professor Arisa Fujita who takes the young musicians through a week's intensive study and rehearsal. The programme consists of a Haydn string quartet, an arrangement of a Bach Chaconne, and a Beethoven quartet.
Come early, bring a cushion, (and do tell your friends in Richmond, Twickenham, Brentford, Chiswick, etc about the concert at Kew). Full details on this link. Your friends around the Ilminster area of Somerset can enjoy the same concert as it is repeated there on Sunday evening.
If you live on the right side of the cycle route you may be able to get to a lovely concert at St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, on Sunday 2nd August. The concert at 3pm is given by two French cathedral organists who are currently organists of Kergonan Abbey in Brittany. This is well outside our area, so perhaps we should explain our connection. Florence Rousseau and Loïc Georgeault approached LCAS for a concert date back in January when we were working on this season's lunchtime programme. Unfortunately their dates didn't match ours, but Graham Davies gave them some possibilities to follow up, so we are really pleased to see they found some good dates.
St MIchael's Abbey has a Charles Mutin organ which was orginally attributed to Cavaillé-Coll - French organists on a French-built instrument - we are looking forward to a superb concert. They are also giving a recital on the Hill Norman & Beard organ at St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford, on Wednesday 12th August at 1.10pm.
We hope you enjoy your summer music-making and -listening !
Full information on David's concert is on this concert webpage.
Emily Andrews will be with us the week after - August 6th - along with Icelandic pianist Eva þyri Hilmarsdóttir - for a concert of English and Icelandic music. Concert webpage here.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts in LMC are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, giving audience and musicians time and space to linger and chat a while. The Church has level access throughout and is a short distance from most of the town's central car parks.
Let's see what else is going on locally . . .
The coming weekend sees the next set of MAIASTRA concerts with a performance in St Anne's Kew on Friday 24th, and closer to home, in St Andrew's Church, Cobham, on Saturday evening, 25th July. These stunning concerts are lead by Guildhall School of Music and Drama Professor Arisa Fujita who takes the young musicians through a week's intensive study and rehearsal. The programme consists of a Haydn string quartet, an arrangement of a Bach Chaconne, and a Beethoven quartet.
Come early, bring a cushion, (and do tell your friends in Richmond, Twickenham, Brentford, Chiswick, etc about the concert at Kew). Full details on this link. Your friends around the Ilminster area of Somerset can enjoy the same concert as it is repeated there on Sunday evening.
If you live on the right side of the cycle route you may be able to get to a lovely concert at St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, on Sunday 2nd August. The concert at 3pm is given by two French cathedral organists who are currently organists of Kergonan Abbey in Brittany. This is well outside our area, so perhaps we should explain our connection. Florence Rousseau and Loïc Georgeault approached LCAS for a concert date back in January when we were working on this season's lunchtime programme. Unfortunately their dates didn't match ours, but Graham Davies gave them some possibilities to follow up, so we are really pleased to see they found some good dates.
St MIchael's Abbey has a Charles Mutin organ which was orginally attributed to Cavaillé-Coll - French organists on a French-built instrument - we are looking forward to a superb concert. They are also giving a recital on the Hill Norman & Beard organ at St Mary's Quarry Street, Guildford, on Wednesday 12th August at 1.10pm.
We hope you enjoy your summer music-making and -listening !
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
6th July 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
6th July 2015
Dear Friends,
The mystery of August 20th is resolved ! We are pleased to tell you that arrangements have been finalised with a female saxophone group from the Birmingham Conservatoire. NUANCE have a programme of music by Gershwin, Dvorak, and Pedro Iturralde for us. We last heard a saxophone solo in these concerts in March 2012, but NUANCE will be the first saxophone group to play for us.
This Thursday, 9th July at 12.30 lunchtime, we have another first, our very first brass group. Buck Brass Trio have kept us somewhat on tenterhooks regarding their programme, but you will find it has been worth the waiting. These three students of the Royal Academy of Music - Daniel Walton, trumpet, Richard Buck, trombone, and Timothy Ellis, horn - will be playing works by and transcriptions from Thomas Adams, Steven Verhelst, Mozart, Haydn and Ibert. You will recognise the movement from the Mozart Horn concerto, while the lovely works by Adams, Verhelst, and Ibert may be less familiar.
We are rarely offered brass groups, so this is one concert not to miss! If you are unsure about the music, you will find links to samples of each work on the concert webpage, along with a little information about the Trio itself.
Next week sees our monthly visit to Christ Church Epsom Road, for Wednesdays at Christ Church. Our guest organist on July 15th is Gary Sieling who recently took up the post of organist and Director of Music at St Mary the Virgin Church, Henley-on-Thames (the Church you see as you cross the river into the town). This is a return invitation for Gary who played for us last summer too. This time his selection centres on works by English composers - Jeremiah Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary, John Stanley, Elgar, Herbert Howells, Britten, with a nod to the continent from Georg Muffat and Andreas Willscher. Full details of Gary's programme are on this concert webpage.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Both LMC and Christ Church have level access throughout (including toilets) and there is a chance to linger and chat over tea and coffee after each concert. Christ Church has the advantage of lots of onsite parking, while LMC is fairly close to the town's central car parks.
We'd like to tell you about a couple of highlights elsewhere over the coming weeks. Firstly Julian Lloyd Webber is playing at Leatherhead Theatre on Friday evening July 17th. Tickets and further details from the Theatre itself, or on this weblink.
And the following weekend our friends at MAIASTRA have the next of their quartet concerts at St Anne's Kew on the Friday evening, and at St Andrew's Cobham on Saturday 25th July (both at 7.30pm). If you have friends in the Ilminster area then do let them know that the concert is repeated on Sunday evening, 26th July, at Ilminster Arts, details locally and on the MAIASTRA website.
MAIASTRA players are students and recent graduates of London's internationally celebrated music colleges, and often past students of the Yehudi Menuhin School. They come together to prepare for these concerts by spending a week at Slyfield under the leadership of an experienced teacher. In this case it's Arisa Fujita, a professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The result is invariably one of the most superb performances you will ever experience - and it happens locally. The Surrey concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover the costs of the evening and of the week's course itself. The student musicians do not pay to take part. (We advise: 1 - come early, and 2 - bring a cushion !)
We are lucky to have such high quality musical experiences so close by, both at lunchtime and in the evenings. We do hope you will enjoy your choice of these events, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert very soon.
This Thursday, 9th July at 12.30 lunchtime, we have another first, our very first brass group. Buck Brass Trio have kept us somewhat on tenterhooks regarding their programme, but you will find it has been worth the waiting. These three students of the Royal Academy of Music - Daniel Walton, trumpet, Richard Buck, trombone, and Timothy Ellis, horn - will be playing works by and transcriptions from Thomas Adams, Steven Verhelst, Mozart, Haydn and Ibert. You will recognise the movement from the Mozart Horn concerto, while the lovely works by Adams, Verhelst, and Ibert may be less familiar.
We are rarely offered brass groups, so this is one concert not to miss! If you are unsure about the music, you will find links to samples of each work on the concert webpage, along with a little information about the Trio itself.
Next week sees our monthly visit to Christ Church Epsom Road, for Wednesdays at Christ Church. Our guest organist on July 15th is Gary Sieling who recently took up the post of organist and Director of Music at St Mary the Virgin Church, Henley-on-Thames (the Church you see as you cross the river into the town). This is a return invitation for Gary who played for us last summer too. This time his selection centres on works by English composers - Jeremiah Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary, John Stanley, Elgar, Herbert Howells, Britten, with a nod to the continent from Georg Muffat and Andreas Willscher. Full details of Gary's programme are on this concert webpage.
These 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Both LMC and Christ Church have level access throughout (including toilets) and there is a chance to linger and chat over tea and coffee after each concert. Christ Church has the advantage of lots of onsite parking, while LMC is fairly close to the town's central car parks.
We'd like to tell you about a couple of highlights elsewhere over the coming weeks. Firstly Julian Lloyd Webber is playing at Leatherhead Theatre on Friday evening July 17th. Tickets and further details from the Theatre itself, or on this weblink.
And the following weekend our friends at MAIASTRA have the next of their quartet concerts at St Anne's Kew on the Friday evening, and at St Andrew's Cobham on Saturday 25th July (both at 7.30pm). If you have friends in the Ilminster area then do let them know that the concert is repeated on Sunday evening, 26th July, at Ilminster Arts, details locally and on the MAIASTRA website.
MAIASTRA players are students and recent graduates of London's internationally celebrated music colleges, and often past students of the Yehudi Menuhin School. They come together to prepare for these concerts by spending a week at Slyfield under the leadership of an experienced teacher. In this case it's Arisa Fujita, a professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The result is invariably one of the most superb performances you will ever experience - and it happens locally. The Surrey concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover the costs of the evening and of the week's course itself. The student musicians do not pay to take part. (We advise: 1 - come early, and 2 - bring a cushion !)
We are lucky to have such high quality musical experiences so close by, both at lunchtime and in the evenings. We do hope you will enjoy your choice of these events, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert very soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
29th June 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
29th June 2015
Dear Friends,
Cellist Jacqueline Phillips is one of the favourite instrumentalists of the lunchtime audience in Leatherhead, On Thursday Jacqueline plays for us once again, this time with pianist Richard Black.
Their chosen works are movements from two sonatas by Bach and Brahms, and to round off the concert, Le Grand Tango, which Piazzolla specifically wrote for this combination of cello and piano. We can expect yet another superb concert from these professional musicians. You can read more about these two players and their selected works on this concert webpage.
Looking to next week, our concert on July 9th brings a new experience for the lunchtime series. Buck Brass Trio are three students of the Royal Academy of Music who play trumpet, trombone, and horn. They haven't played for us before, and we have not heard any brass group in the four years of these concerts (apart from two stunning tuba players - but that's not quite a "group"). Buck Brass are still finalising their programme so we will add information to this concert webpage as it comes in.
The mystery of August 20th isn't quite resolved yet, either. Originally booked to play that day's Music on Thursdays concert, clarinettist and wind group leader Anna Hashimoto has a clashing professional engagement. Through her work at the Birmingham Conservatoire Anna is in contact with several groups of young musicians and is considering one of them for this concert date. Watch for progress!
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concert, and Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout. The car park further along Church Road, behind the Parish Church Hall, is often full by mid-morning, but the town's multi-storey and the car park opposite the theatre are within five to eight minutes walk of LMC.
This coming Saturday evening brings a choice of local concerts, including Epsom Chamber Choir's The Star Spangled Banner in Big School, Epsom College (well it is the 4th of July), details on this link, and at the Menuhin Hall you will find young American violinist Chad Hoopes and the YMS Orchestra in a concert that includes an American-style supper - more here!
5pm Sunday there's the Summer Orchestral Picnic Concert at the Menuhin Hall, with this year's leavers as soloists - details here. With the weather we've been promised this week it should be a lovely evening.
We hope you enjoy your choice of music participation and listening, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert too.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
22nd June 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
22nd June 2015
Dear Friends,
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This week we welcome two newcomers to our Music on Thursdays lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead Methodist Church. The Duo Vastedt comprises Lithuanian violinst Irma Vastakaite and Swedish pianist Greta Astedt. They are both studying for their Masters degrees in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music. Their programme comprises a sonata by Beethoven and three fantasies by Schumann. Full details on this linked webpage.
Next week sees the return of cellist Jacqueline Phillips. Jacqueline often introduces fellow professional musicians to our concerts and July 2nd is no exception. Pianist Mina Miletić will join Jacqueline in a programme of music by Bach, Brahms and Piazzolla. Full details on this linked webpage. |
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Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout and after the concert audience members and performers are encouraged to linger and chat over a cup of tea or coffee.
There is plenty more going on in our area including a busy weekend at the Menuhin Hall. Each evening from Thursday 25th June to Sunday 28th at 7.30pm, and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 2pm, current students of the School perform in a series of Summer Festival Showcases. More details on the YMS website - here.
On Saturday evening (27th June) East Surrey Choral Society have a concert in Woldingham Village Hall - more information here. And the same evening Concordia Singers have a concert at St Wilfried's School in Crawley - more information here. And a little closer to home, Opera Holloway are performing Rossini's La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder) as part of the St Martin of Tours Festival in Epsom. More information here.
We look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert soon. Meanwhile, enjoy your music-making and -listening.
There is plenty more going on in our area including a busy weekend at the Menuhin Hall. Each evening from Thursday 25th June to Sunday 28th at 7.30pm, and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 2pm, current students of the School perform in a series of Summer Festival Showcases. More details on the YMS website - here.
On Saturday evening (27th June) East Surrey Choral Society have a concert in Woldingham Village Hall - more information here. And the same evening Concordia Singers have a concert at St Wilfried's School in Crawley - more information here. And a little closer to home, Opera Holloway are performing Rossini's La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder) as part of the St Martin of Tours Festival in Epsom. More information here.
We look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert soon. Meanwhile, enjoy your music-making and -listening.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
PS: Hold onto your diaries! We are having a rethink about the August 20th concert. More news next week, we hope.
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
PS: Hold onto your diaries! We are having a rethink about the August 20th concert. More news next week, we hope.
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
16th June 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
16th June 2015
Dear Friends,
At our final lunchtime concert of 2014 we heard two accordion players who were studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Russian Iosif Purits returns to Leatherhead at the end of September. Polish player, Bartosz Glowacki, is a member of the Deco Ensemble who are launching their new album Encuentro in a concert at the Purcell Room on London's South Bank, on Thursday 9th July. Here's a link to more information about that concert: southbank link
Graham Davies is the organist in tomorrow's 12.30 organ recital in the Wednesdays at Christ Church series. Graham's programme includes three Bach works as well as pieces by Buxtehude, John Stanley, Marcel Dupré, Jongen, and Vierne. Graham is Programme Director of Leatherhead's Wednesday and Thursday lunchtime concert series and organist and Assistant Director of Music at Pinner Parish Church. You will find more information about Graham's concert on this linked concert webpage.
This concert is free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Christ Church (United Reformed) has a modern pipe organ by Hill, Norman and Beard. The Church is situated on Epsom Road, Leatherhead, and has plenty of onsite parking. There is level access throughout, and tea and coffee will be available after the concert.
This concert is free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Christ Church (United Reformed) has a modern pipe organ by Hill, Norman and Beard. The Church is situated on Epsom Road, Leatherhead, and has plenty of onsite parking. There is level access throughout, and tea and coffee will be available after the concert.
Next week we return to Leatherhead Methodist Church and the Thursday lunchtime slot when our performers on June 25th are two current students of the Royal Academy of Music. Duo Vastedt comprises violinist Irma Vastakaite and pianist Greta Astedt. You can read more about these musicians and their Beethoven and Schumann concert on this linked webpage.
There are several local concerts this weekend and next, including:
► Ripieno Choir, Rutter & Tavener, Saturday 20th June, 7.30pm, All Saints, Weston-on-the-Green, Esher - weblink
► Melicus String Orchestra, Elgar, Britten, Poulenc, Sat 20th June, 7.30pm, St Martin's Church, Central Epsom - weblink
► Harry the piano: The Human Jukebox, Sunday 21st June, 3.30pm, St Martin's Central Epsom - weblink
► ClaZZical Concert, part of the Celebrity Series at Menuhin Hall, Stoke d'Abernon, Sunday 21st June, 7.30pm - weblink
► Summer Festival Showcases at Menuhin Hall, 7.30pm 25th to 28th June, and 2pm matinées on the 27th & 28th - weblink
► Concordia Singers, Music for a Summer Evening, 7.30pm, Sat 27th June, St Wilfred's Catholic School, Crawley - weblink
► East Surrey Choral Society, Big Splash - music inspired by the magic and mystery of water, 7.30 Sat 27th June, Woldingham Village Hall - weblink
► Opera Holloway, Rossini: La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder), 7.30pm, Saturday 27th June, St Martins Central Epsom - weblink
We hope you enjoy your choice of these concerts, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert soon.
There are several local concerts this weekend and next, including:
► Ripieno Choir, Rutter & Tavener, Saturday 20th June, 7.30pm, All Saints, Weston-on-the-Green, Esher - weblink
► Melicus String Orchestra, Elgar, Britten, Poulenc, Sat 20th June, 7.30pm, St Martin's Church, Central Epsom - weblink
► Harry the piano: The Human Jukebox, Sunday 21st June, 3.30pm, St Martin's Central Epsom - weblink
► ClaZZical Concert, part of the Celebrity Series at Menuhin Hall, Stoke d'Abernon, Sunday 21st June, 7.30pm - weblink
► Summer Festival Showcases at Menuhin Hall, 7.30pm 25th to 28th June, and 2pm matinées on the 27th & 28th - weblink
► Concordia Singers, Music for a Summer Evening, 7.30pm, Sat 27th June, St Wilfred's Catholic School, Crawley - weblink
► East Surrey Choral Society, Big Splash - music inspired by the magic and mystery of water, 7.30 Sat 27th June, Woldingham Village Hall - weblink
► Opera Holloway, Rossini: La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder), 7.30pm, Saturday 27th June, St Martins Central Epsom - weblink
We hope you enjoy your choice of these concerts, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
8th June 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
8th June 2015
Dear Friends,
It seemed like a full house for Leyla Cemiloglu's concert last Thursday lunchtime. She gave us a superb concert enjoyed by all present. Leyla has one year to go at Yehudi Menuhin School so if you find she is playing a concert in the coming months we recommend you put the event into your diary.
This Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church sees two more students of the Royal Academy of Music joining us. Dutch contralto Liza van der Peijl will be accompanied by Italian pianist Roberta Terchi Nocentini. They have chosen the theme "Flowers of a Frantic Love" which opens up repertoire from a number of 19th century composers - Sullivan, Donizetti, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Fauré and Saint-Saëns. For more information about this concert and the musicians please see their concert webpage.
Next week (June 17th) there is our monthly organ concert, Wednesdays at Christ Church, Epsom Road. Graham Davies is the organist. He has a busy concert diary these days and he has just taken on the role of organist and assistant Director of Music at the very active Pinner Parish Church. Graham promises us three Bach works, as well as Buxtehude, Marcel Dupré, John Stanley, Jongen and Vierne. More information about Graham's concert is ready on his concert webpage. Christ Church has plenty of on-site parking, and there is level access throughout.
We return to LMC on Thursday June 25th when the Duo Vastedt will be playing works for violin and piano by Beethoven and Schumann. Violinist Irma Vastakaite and pianist Greta Astedt are both post-graduate students of the Royal Academy of Music. More about their performance on the concert webpage.
These lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are served afterwards for those who like to stay and chat a while.
We like to look further afield to let you know about other music-making nearby. Here are a few concerts we have spotted:
- Daniel Power, viola, in the Yehudi Menuhin School's Celebrity Series, at 7.30pm, Thursday 11th June - weblink
- Epsom Choral Society, in St Martin of Tours Church, Central Epsom, at 7.30pm on Saturday, 13th June - weblink
- Festival Choral Evensong at St Martin of Tours Church, at 6.30pm, Sunday 14th - weblink
- Ripieno Choir, at All Saints Church, Weston-on-the-Green, Rutter & Tavener, 7.30pm on Saturday 20th June - weblink
- Melicus String Orchestra play Britten, Elgar & Poulenc, at St Martin of Tours Church, 7.30pm Saturday 20th June - weblink
- Harry the Piano: The Human Jukebox, at St Martin of Tours Church, 3.30pm, Sunday 21st June - weblink
- Celebrity Series at Yehudi Menuhin School - ClaZZical Concert, 7.30pm, Sunday 21st June - weblink
And finally, Francisco Correa recorded Emily Andrews and David Massey during their recent Leatherhead concert. Click on the video links below to access these recordings.
Enjoy your music-making and -listening !
This Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church sees two more students of the Royal Academy of Music joining us. Dutch contralto Liza van der Peijl will be accompanied by Italian pianist Roberta Terchi Nocentini. They have chosen the theme "Flowers of a Frantic Love" which opens up repertoire from a number of 19th century composers - Sullivan, Donizetti, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Fauré and Saint-Saëns. For more information about this concert and the musicians please see their concert webpage.
Next week (June 17th) there is our monthly organ concert, Wednesdays at Christ Church, Epsom Road. Graham Davies is the organist. He has a busy concert diary these days and he has just taken on the role of organist and assistant Director of Music at the very active Pinner Parish Church. Graham promises us three Bach works, as well as Buxtehude, Marcel Dupré, John Stanley, Jongen and Vierne. More information about Graham's concert is ready on his concert webpage. Christ Church has plenty of on-site parking, and there is level access throughout.
We return to LMC on Thursday June 25th when the Duo Vastedt will be playing works for violin and piano by Beethoven and Schumann. Violinist Irma Vastakaite and pianist Greta Astedt are both post-graduate students of the Royal Academy of Music. More about their performance on the concert webpage.
These lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are served afterwards for those who like to stay and chat a while.
We like to look further afield to let you know about other music-making nearby. Here are a few concerts we have spotted:
- Daniel Power, viola, in the Yehudi Menuhin School's Celebrity Series, at 7.30pm, Thursday 11th June - weblink
- Epsom Choral Society, in St Martin of Tours Church, Central Epsom, at 7.30pm on Saturday, 13th June - weblink
- Festival Choral Evensong at St Martin of Tours Church, at 6.30pm, Sunday 14th - weblink
- Ripieno Choir, at All Saints Church, Weston-on-the-Green, Rutter & Tavener, 7.30pm on Saturday 20th June - weblink
- Melicus String Orchestra play Britten, Elgar & Poulenc, at St Martin of Tours Church, 7.30pm Saturday 20th June - weblink
- Harry the Piano: The Human Jukebox, at St Martin of Tours Church, 3.30pm, Sunday 21st June - weblink
- Celebrity Series at Yehudi Menuhin School - ClaZZical Concert, 7.30pm, Sunday 21st June - weblink
And finally, Francisco Correa recorded Emily Andrews and David Massey during their recent Leatherhead concert. Click on the video links below to access these recordings.
Enjoy your music-making and -listening !
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
1st June 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
1st June 2015
Dear Friends,
This Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert sees our first performance by a current student of the nearby Yehudi Menuhin School. Leyla Cemiloglu is an extremely talented pianist who we are very fortunate to hear in this early stage of her musical career. Leyla's programme includes a Bach Partita, a theme and variations by Mendelssohn and a Liszt Étude. Full details on this linked concert webpage.
We haven't heard musicians from the Royal Academy of Music for a while. That is because May is a heavy exam month at the Academy. However, for next week's concert we welcome two RAM students - Dutch contralto Liza van der Peijl, and Italian pianist Roberta Terchi Nocentini. They have titled their concert of 19th century songs and arias Flowers of a Frantic Love. Full programme and biographic information is ready on this linked concert webpage.
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter with a retiring collection to cover costs. LMC has level access throughout and tea and coffee are available after the concert.
PARKING: The car park behind the Parish Church Hall seems to fill up by mid-morning these days, so please allow a little extra time to reach us. The Sainsbury's multi-storey is less than 10 minutes walk if you cut through the alleyway beside Rialto.
Looking around other music venues, we see that there are several events at the Menuhin Hall this month. Do take a look at their details on this link.
Dorking Camerata have an evening concert starting at 6.30pm on Sunday. There will be a longer interval to give audience members time to have a picnic! Full details of this choir and lute concert at St Barnabas Church, Ranmore, on this link. Could summer be here at last ?
Saturday week, Epsom Choral Society have a concert in St Martin's Church, Epsom. Full details of that event are on this link.
Enjoy your music-making and -listening! And we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert in Leatherhead very soon.
We haven't heard musicians from the Royal Academy of Music for a while. That is because May is a heavy exam month at the Academy. However, for next week's concert we welcome two RAM students - Dutch contralto Liza van der Peijl, and Italian pianist Roberta Terchi Nocentini. They have titled their concert of 19th century songs and arias Flowers of a Frantic Love. Full programme and biographic information is ready on this linked concert webpage.
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts are free to enter with a retiring collection to cover costs. LMC has level access throughout and tea and coffee are available after the concert.
PARKING: The car park behind the Parish Church Hall seems to fill up by mid-morning these days, so please allow a little extra time to reach us. The Sainsbury's multi-storey is less than 10 minutes walk if you cut through the alleyway beside Rialto.
Looking around other music venues, we see that there are several events at the Menuhin Hall this month. Do take a look at their details on this link.
Dorking Camerata have an evening concert starting at 6.30pm on Sunday. There will be a longer interval to give audience members time to have a picnic! Full details of this choir and lute concert at St Barnabas Church, Ranmore, on this link. Could summer be here at last ?
Saturday week, Epsom Choral Society have a concert in St Martin's Church, Epsom. Full details of that event are on this link.
Enjoy your music-making and -listening! And we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert in Leatherhead very soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
PS: One of last year's RAM artistes was Catalan violinist Sara Cubarsi. We have just been sent this link to an excellent recording of hers which we'd like to share with you.
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
PS: One of last year's RAM artistes was Catalan violinist Sara Cubarsi. We have just been sent this link to an excellent recording of hers which we'd like to share with you.
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
25th May 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
25th May 2015
Dear Friends,
This Thursday we welcome once again the Andrews Massey Flute and Guitar Duo to Leatherhead Methodist Church. The duo have prepared a concert including several of their own arrangements, of a Bach work and of traditional melodies too. For more details of this Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert by Emily Andrews and David Massey please follow this link.
Next week we welcome our youngest ever performer, and our first current student of the Yehudi Menuhin School. On June 4th our lunchtime concert at LMC will be given by pianist Leyla Cemiloglu. Her programme has works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Liszt. More about Leyla and her concert will be found on this concert webpage.
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts remain free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, and Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout. Church Road is a gentle stroll from most of the town's central car parks - although we've noticed that the nearest one (behind the Parish Church Hall) has been busier recently.
Our friends in Leatherhead Art Club remind us that their Spring Exhibition is running daily until Sunday May 31st, in the Old Help Shop in Leatherhead High Street. Entry is free.
Looking further afield, we see that pianist John Lill is giving a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley next Saturday, 30th May. It looks a terrific concert with Mozart, Schumann, Prokofiev, Brahms and Beethoven on the programme. More details on this link.
On Sunday 7th June Dorking Camerata are giving a concert in St Barnabas Church, Ranmore, with lutenist Christopher Godwin. Here's a link to their website for more information.
We hope you enjoy your musical choices and we look forward to welcoming you to Leatherhead's lunchtime concerts.
Next week we welcome our youngest ever performer, and our first current student of the Yehudi Menuhin School. On June 4th our lunchtime concert at LMC will be given by pianist Leyla Cemiloglu. Her programme has works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Liszt. More about Leyla and her concert will be found on this concert webpage.
Music on Thursdays 12.30 lunchtime concerts remain free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts, and Leatherhead Methodist Church has level access throughout. Church Road is a gentle stroll from most of the town's central car parks - although we've noticed that the nearest one (behind the Parish Church Hall) has been busier recently.
Our friends in Leatherhead Art Club remind us that their Spring Exhibition is running daily until Sunday May 31st, in the Old Help Shop in Leatherhead High Street. Entry is free.
Looking further afield, we see that pianist John Lill is giving a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley next Saturday, 30th May. It looks a terrific concert with Mozart, Schumann, Prokofiev, Brahms and Beethoven on the programme. More details on this link.
On Sunday 7th June Dorking Camerata are giving a concert in St Barnabas Church, Ranmore, with lutenist Christopher Godwin. Here's a link to their website for more information.
We hope you enjoy your musical choices and we look forward to welcoming you to Leatherhead's lunchtime concerts.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
17th May 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
17th May 2015
Dear Friends,
More than thirty of us braved the appalling weather to attend last Thursday's lunchtime cello concert. The concert overran, but with the rain beating down outside and the beautiful music inside, there were no complaints - and plenty of takers for tea and coffee after the concert!
This week our 12.30 lunchtime concert is on Wednesday (there's Messy Church at the Methodist Church this Thursday). Our guest organist at Christ Church URC comes to us from the City of London, where he runs his own lunchtime concert series. Jonathan Melling is organist and Director of Music at All Hallows by the Tower. His programme for May 20th includes music from several 19th and 20th century composers. Full detail on this concert webpage.
Next week we will be back in LMC when our performers are the Andrews Massey flute and guitar Duo. Emily Andrews and David Massey are playing arrangements of both classical and traditional music. For details of this concert at 12.30 on May 28th please visit this concert webpage.
Working in Kingston ? If you are you may be able to get along to Graham Davies' free lunchtime organ concert at 1.15pm tomorrow (Monday 18th) in Kingston Parish Church.
From Wednesday this week and daily until Sunday May 31st, Leatherhead Art Club have their Spring exhibition in the former Help Shop on Leatherhead High Street. Entry is free. Please check opening hours on this link.
Next Saturday, May 23rd, Epsom Male Voice Choir have their annual Epsom Concert at the Playhouse. Their website is on this link.
Finally, John Lill is playing the Celebrity Concert in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley, on Saturday 30th May. More information on this website.
Enjoy your music-making and -listening!
This week our 12.30 lunchtime concert is on Wednesday (there's Messy Church at the Methodist Church this Thursday). Our guest organist at Christ Church URC comes to us from the City of London, where he runs his own lunchtime concert series. Jonathan Melling is organist and Director of Music at All Hallows by the Tower. His programme for May 20th includes music from several 19th and 20th century composers. Full detail on this concert webpage.
Next week we will be back in LMC when our performers are the Andrews Massey flute and guitar Duo. Emily Andrews and David Massey are playing arrangements of both classical and traditional music. For details of this concert at 12.30 on May 28th please visit this concert webpage.
Working in Kingston ? If you are you may be able to get along to Graham Davies' free lunchtime organ concert at 1.15pm tomorrow (Monday 18th) in Kingston Parish Church.
From Wednesday this week and daily until Sunday May 31st, Leatherhead Art Club have their Spring exhibition in the former Help Shop on Leatherhead High Street. Entry is free. Please check opening hours on this link.
Next Saturday, May 23rd, Epsom Male Voice Choir have their annual Epsom Concert at the Playhouse. Their website is on this link.
Finally, John Lill is playing the Celebrity Concert in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley, on Saturday 30th May. More information on this website.
Enjoy your music-making and -listening!
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
11th May 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
11th May 2015
Dear Friends,
The first musician to use our new piano stool was last week's artiste, the Colombian guitarist Francisco Correa. This was a very well-attended concert, with 46 of us held spell-bound by Francisco's wonderful playing. As an encore he was joined by his wife, Emily Andrews, singing a lovely Spanish song to Francisco's guitar accompaniment. Emily will be with us again, with her duo partner David Massey, on Thursday May 28th. Andrews Massey Concert webpage.
This Thursday lunchtime (14th May) we welcome another familiar face, the cellist Jacqueline Phillips. Jacqueline has brought us several duo partners over the years, but this is the first time she has paired with a fellow cellist. Julian Metzger and Jacqueline will be playing works by David Popper, Berhard Romberg, reinhold Gliere, and Antonin Kraft. Join us to hear these works, and the mellow sound of two professional cellists making music together. Two Cellos Concert webpage.
Next week's 12.30 lunchtime concert is on Wednesday 20th May. This next in the Wednesdays at Christ Church series features visiting organist Jonathan Meller. Jonathan is Director of Music and organist at the City of London church, All Hallows by the Tower, where he too runs a lunchtime concert series. For this Leatherhead concert he has chosen to play works by Guilmant, John Stanley, Josef Rheinberger, Alfred Hollins, Adrian Self, Flor Peeters, and Frank Bridge. You will find full information on Jonathan Melling's Concert webpage.
We return to Leatherhead Methodist Church the week after, for the Andrews Massey Duo's flute and guitar concert, on May 28th.
Next Monday, May 18th, Graham Davies is the organist for the free 1.15pm lunchtime concert in Kingston Parish Church.
Daily from May 20th to the 31st our friends from Leatherhead Art Club have their Spring exhibition in the old Help Shop on Leatherhead High Street. Several members paint and sketch during our concerts, and the membership cover a wide range of subjects in a variety of media. There is no charge to visit the exhibition.
Epsom Male Voice Choir have their annual Epsom Concert on Saturday 23rd May, at 7.30pm in Epsom Playhouse. Ian Assersohn is the choir's Musical Director, and Lynda Chang their accompanist.
There is always a warm welcome at the lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead's Methodist and URC Churches. We look forward to seeing you.
This Thursday lunchtime (14th May) we welcome another familiar face, the cellist Jacqueline Phillips. Jacqueline has brought us several duo partners over the years, but this is the first time she has paired with a fellow cellist. Julian Metzger and Jacqueline will be playing works by David Popper, Berhard Romberg, reinhold Gliere, and Antonin Kraft. Join us to hear these works, and the mellow sound of two professional cellists making music together. Two Cellos Concert webpage.
Next week's 12.30 lunchtime concert is on Wednesday 20th May. This next in the Wednesdays at Christ Church series features visiting organist Jonathan Meller. Jonathan is Director of Music and organist at the City of London church, All Hallows by the Tower, where he too runs a lunchtime concert series. For this Leatherhead concert he has chosen to play works by Guilmant, John Stanley, Josef Rheinberger, Alfred Hollins, Adrian Self, Flor Peeters, and Frank Bridge. You will find full information on Jonathan Melling's Concert webpage.
We return to Leatherhead Methodist Church the week after, for the Andrews Massey Duo's flute and guitar concert, on May 28th.
Next Monday, May 18th, Graham Davies is the organist for the free 1.15pm lunchtime concert in Kingston Parish Church.
Daily from May 20th to the 31st our friends from Leatherhead Art Club have their Spring exhibition in the old Help Shop on Leatherhead High Street. Several members paint and sketch during our concerts, and the membership cover a wide range of subjects in a variety of media. There is no charge to visit the exhibition.
Epsom Male Voice Choir have their annual Epsom Concert on Saturday 23rd May, at 7.30pm in Epsom Playhouse. Ian Assersohn is the choir's Musical Director, and Lynda Chang their accompanist.
There is always a warm welcome at the lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead's Methodist and URC Churches. We look forward to seeing you.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
4th May 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
4th May 2015
Dear Friends,
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This Thursday's 12.30 lunchtime concert will be performed by one of our regular visitors, the classical guitarist Francisco Correa. Francisco comes from a family of Colombian musicians, and his wife, flautist Emily Andrews, is another familiar face to the Leatherhead audience.
Francisco is to play works by Legnani, Bach, Manuel Ponce and William Walton. You will find full details of his concert on this linked webpage. |
Jacqueline Phillips has developed quite a following in Leatherhead over these last four years. We can always rely on Jackie for a good concert. For her concert next week she is joined by fellow professional cellist, Julian Metzger. Their duo concert brings us music by David Popper, Romberg, Gliere and Antonin Kraft. Full details of their programme for Thursday 14th May are ready on this linked webpage.
Next weekend there are several musical options:
Come and Sing Brahms German Requiem (in English), directed by Ian Assersohn. All are welcome to come along and sing with members of Leatherhead Choral Society, from 1pm to 5pm next Saturday 9th May, in Christ Church, Epsom Road. More info here.
In Dorking on Saturday evening, at 7.30pm, Dorking Chamber Orchestra have a concert in St Martin's Church, with violinist Clare Kennington. Beethoven, Copland, Delius and Schubert are the composers for this concert and you will find more information on this link.
Also on Saturday evening, in St Michael's Church, Betchworth, trumpet-player Crispian Steele-Perkins has a concert, with organist Ian LeGrice. This concert also starts at 7.30pm on Saturday 9th May and includes works by Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Howard Goodall (composer of the Dibley theme, the musical The Hired Man, music for the Blackadder series, and much more). Tickets are £15 each at the door - come early though, tickets are going very well, we are told. More info here.
Coming later in the month we have our Wednesday organ concert at Christ Church on the 20th, and Leatherhead Art Club's Spring exhibition starts the same day in the former Help Shop on Leatherhead High Street.
Enjoy your music-making and listening. We look forward to seeing you at a lunchtime concert soon.
Next weekend there are several musical options:
Come and Sing Brahms German Requiem (in English), directed by Ian Assersohn. All are welcome to come along and sing with members of Leatherhead Choral Society, from 1pm to 5pm next Saturday 9th May, in Christ Church, Epsom Road. More info here.
In Dorking on Saturday evening, at 7.30pm, Dorking Chamber Orchestra have a concert in St Martin's Church, with violinist Clare Kennington. Beethoven, Copland, Delius and Schubert are the composers for this concert and you will find more information on this link.
Also on Saturday evening, in St Michael's Church, Betchworth, trumpet-player Crispian Steele-Perkins has a concert, with organist Ian LeGrice. This concert also starts at 7.30pm on Saturday 9th May and includes works by Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Howard Goodall (composer of the Dibley theme, the musical The Hired Man, music for the Blackadder series, and much more). Tickets are £15 each at the door - come early though, tickets are going very well, we are told. More info here.
Coming later in the month we have our Wednesday organ concert at Christ Church on the 20th, and Leatherhead Art Club's Spring exhibition starts the same day in the former Help Shop on Leatherhead High Street.
Enjoy your music-making and listening. We look forward to seeing you at a lunchtime concert soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
5th May Postscript: This morning an adjustable piano stool was donated to LMC and the lunchtime concerts. This will be a boon not just to pianists who come to play for us, but also to harp and guitar players, and probably other instrumentalists too. We are indebted to the kind donor who is simply pleased to know the stool will be put to very good use.
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
5th May Postscript: This morning an adjustable piano stool was donated to LMC and the lunchtime concerts. This will be a boon not just to pianists who come to play for us, but also to harp and guitar players, and probably other instrumentalists too. We are indebted to the kind donor who is simply pleased to know the stool will be put to very good use.
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
27th April 2015
Dear Friends,
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
27th April 2015
Dear Friends,
There were 60 of us at last week's very enjoyable "Thoroughly English" lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church. Lesley Gladigau and Lynda Chang performed a lovely programme of English songs on St George's Day.
This Thursday, April 30th, we welcome the first of this year's international students from the Royal Academy of Music. Marios Panteliadis is a young Greek pianist who has already taught at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory. His programme for our 12.30 lunchtime concert presents works by Haydn, Liszt and Bartok. You will find more about Marios and his programme on this link.
Looking forward to next week, we have the return of a Music on Thursdays favourite, Colombian classical guitarist, Francisco Correa. Legnani, Bach, Manuel Ponce and William Walton are the composers in this concert. The concert webpage for May 7th is on this link.
These Music on Thursdays lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts.
This Thursday, April 30th, we welcome the first of this year's international students from the Royal Academy of Music. Marios Panteliadis is a young Greek pianist who has already taught at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory. His programme for our 12.30 lunchtime concert presents works by Haydn, Liszt and Bartok. You will find more about Marios and his programme on this link.
Looking forward to next week, we have the return of a Music on Thursdays favourite, Colombian classical guitarist, Francisco Correa. Legnani, Bach, Manuel Ponce and William Walton are the composers in this concert. The concert webpage for May 7th is on this link.
These Music on Thursdays lunchtime concerts are free to enter, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee are available after the concerts.
The following weekend presents several music events. For singers there is the Come and Sing afternoon on Saturday 9th May at Christ Church, Epsom Road, Leatherhead. From 1pm to 5pm you will have a chance in Brahms' German Requiem (English version). Ian Assersohn will direct with members of Leatherhead Choral Society. The £15 costs covers music hire and refreshments.
On the evening of 9th May Dorking Chamber Orchestra's Music in May concert takes place in St Martin's Church, Dorking. They will be performing works by Beethoven, Copland, Delius and Schubert, with local soloist Clare Kennington. More information on the DCO website.
Also on 9th May, at 7.30pm, trumpet-player Crispian Steele-Perkins, accompanied at the organ by Ian Le Grice, have a concert in Betchworth Parish Church. Tickets for this concert are £15 each. More information and details of how to get tickets are on this link.
We hope you enjoy for music-making and your listening, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert soon.
On the evening of 9th May Dorking Chamber Orchestra's Music in May concert takes place in St Martin's Church, Dorking. They will be performing works by Beethoven, Copland, Delius and Schubert, with local soloist Clare Kennington. More information on the DCO website.
Also on 9th May, at 7.30pm, trumpet-player Crispian Steele-Perkins, accompanied at the organ by Ian Le Grice, have a concert in Betchworth Parish Church. Tickets for this concert are £15 each. More information and details of how to get tickets are on this link.
We hope you enjoy for music-making and your listening, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
20th April 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
20th April 2015
Dear Friends,
Our fourth season of lunchtime concerts is well and truly underway, with last Wednesday's organ concert being well-received by all present.
This week sees the opening concert at Leatherhead Methodist Church, appropriately titled A Thoroughly English Concert for St George's Day. Soprano Lesley Gladigau and pianist Lynda Chang have put together an excellent selection of English songs for us. You will find full details of their 12.30 Thursday 23rd April concert on this linked webpage. (Includes song texts)
The following week (Thursday April 30th) brings the first of our piano concerts when Royal Academy of Music student Marios Panteliadis plays works by Haydn, Liszt and Bartók. You will find his programme and biography on this linked webpage.
For lovers of song there is another delight coming when soprano Alice Bishop performs in Mickleham Parish Church at 7pm next Sunday, 26th April. Accompanist is Simon Marlow for a programme that includes Elgar's Sea Pictures, Dring's A Bay in Anglesey, and songs by Head and Bantock.
The weekend after next there is the annual Surrey Hills International Music Festival. Three very good concerts, more details of which you will find on this link to their website.
If you are a singer who enjoys a challenge, then we should look a little further ahead, On Saturday 9th May, from 1pm to 5pm, Ian Assersohn leads an afternoon on Brahms' German Requiem (don't worry, it's in English). All are welcome to come and sing, with members of Leatherhead Choral Society, in Christ Church, Epsom Road. The cost is £15 which includes music hire and refreshments.
We look forward to welcoming you to the lunchtime concerts and hope you enjoy your choice of the other events mentioned this week.
This week sees the opening concert at Leatherhead Methodist Church, appropriately titled A Thoroughly English Concert for St George's Day. Soprano Lesley Gladigau and pianist Lynda Chang have put together an excellent selection of English songs for us. You will find full details of their 12.30 Thursday 23rd April concert on this linked webpage. (Includes song texts)
The following week (Thursday April 30th) brings the first of our piano concerts when Royal Academy of Music student Marios Panteliadis plays works by Haydn, Liszt and Bartók. You will find his programme and biography on this linked webpage.
For lovers of song there is another delight coming when soprano Alice Bishop performs in Mickleham Parish Church at 7pm next Sunday, 26th April. Accompanist is Simon Marlow for a programme that includes Elgar's Sea Pictures, Dring's A Bay in Anglesey, and songs by Head and Bantock.
The weekend after next there is the annual Surrey Hills International Music Festival. Three very good concerts, more details of which you will find on this link to their website.
If you are a singer who enjoys a challenge, then we should look a little further ahead, On Saturday 9th May, from 1pm to 5pm, Ian Assersohn leads an afternoon on Brahms' German Requiem (don't worry, it's in English). All are welcome to come and sing, with members of Leatherhead Choral Society, in Christ Church, Epsom Road. The cost is £15 which includes music hire and refreshments.
We look forward to welcoming you to the lunchtime concerts and hope you enjoy your choice of the other events mentioned this week.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
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Wednesdays at Christ Church
31st March 2015
Dear Friends,
and
Wednesdays at Christ Church
31st March 2015
Dear Friends,
You may have received a copy of the coming season's programme - along with two extra copies to pass on to friends. If you haven't seen the leaflets yet, you should find them in local libraries (Ashtead, Bookham, Leatherhead, and Performing Arts at Denbies), at the Letherhead Institute, Leatherhead Methodist Church, and Christ Church (United Reformed), and at our sponsor - Patricia Morgan Opticians.
The first concert is on Wednesday 15th April which sees the return of John Sharples, organist of Charlwood Parish Church. John's programme for this 12.30 lunchtime concert at Christ Church, Epsom Road includes works by JS Bach, Herbert Howells and Edward Elgar. More information on this webpage.
Our first lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church is entitled A Thoroughly English Concert for St George's Day. Soprano Lesley Gladigau will be accompanied by pianist Lynda Chang. Their programme for April 23rd is ready on this webpage.
If you would like to take a look at the year's complete concert calendar please download the file on the left, below, or click on "2015 Diary" at the top of this page. The file on the right is a poster showing the first few weeks from April 15th to June 11th.
The first concert is on Wednesday 15th April which sees the return of John Sharples, organist of Charlwood Parish Church. John's programme for this 12.30 lunchtime concert at Christ Church, Epsom Road includes works by JS Bach, Herbert Howells and Edward Elgar. More information on this webpage.
Our first lunchtime concert in Leatherhead Methodist Church is entitled A Thoroughly English Concert for St George's Day. Soprano Lesley Gladigau will be accompanied by pianist Lynda Chang. Their programme for April 23rd is ready on this webpage.
If you would like to take a look at the year's complete concert calendar please download the file on the left, below, or click on "2015 Diary" at the top of this page. The file on the right is a poster showing the first few weeks from April 15th to June 11th.
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Next week Dorking Halls will be filled with the singing of many local choral societies for the Leith Hill Musical Festival. Do take a look at their website which has all the details on this lovely annual event.
And finally, on Sunday evening (Easter Day) at 7.30pm in St Anne's Church, Kew Green you will find the next MAIASTRA concert. Having spent all this week working on their programme together, Arisa Fujita will lead the string quartet in Mozart's Quartet in D minor K421, Bartok's Quartet No 2 Op 17, and Dvorak's Quartet in Ab Op 105. MAIASTRA concerts are of the very highest standard. Entry is free with a retiring collection to cover costs.
We hope you enjoy your music-making and listening this Easter, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert soon.
And finally, on Sunday evening (Easter Day) at 7.30pm in St Anne's Church, Kew Green you will find the next MAIASTRA concert. Having spent all this week working on their programme together, Arisa Fujita will lead the string quartet in Mozart's Quartet in D minor K421, Bartok's Quartet No 2 Op 17, and Dvorak's Quartet in Ab Op 105. MAIASTRA concerts are of the very highest standard. Entry is free with a retiring collection to cover costs.
We hope you enjoy your music-making and listening this Easter, and we look forward to welcoming you to a lunchtime concert soon.
Peter Steadman & Graham Davies
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
Music on Thursdays at LMC
Wednesdays at Christ Church
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