2019 Festival Programme

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Wednesday 10 April – Insight Evening
7.30pm – The Lodge, Shere, GU5 9JA

The ever popular Sandy Burnett returned to the Festival to explore the music of this year’s season.

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Thursday 2 May 8pm – Clare Teal and her Trio
Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking RH5 6AA

Award-winning jazz vocalist and BBC Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal brought us her brand new show!
Clare Teal with Jason Rebello: Piano, Simon Little: Bass, Sebastiaan de Krom: Drums

                                                                                                                               Clare Teal 

Website: www.clareteal.co.uk     

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Saturday 4 May 7.30pm – Celebration Concert
Mairlot Hall, St Teresa’s, Effingham KT24 5PN

To celebrate the Festival’s 10th year, we were thrilled to present this very special concert including not only the sublime Nicola Benedetti performing Bruch’s much loved Violin Concerto No.1, but also the World Premiere of a work commissioned by the Festival especially for the occasion: Charlotte Bray’s Triple Concerto “Germinate”.

The Philharmonia Orchestra, Pierre-André Valade, conductor
Nicola Benedetti, Sitkovetsky Trio

            Mendelssohn, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op 26
            Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op 26 (Nicola Benedetti, Violin)
            Bray,  Triple Concerto, (Wu Qian, Piano; Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin; Isang Enders, Cello)
           van Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op 21 

Nicola Benedetti

Website: www.nicolabenedetti.co.uk

Website: www.philharmonia.co.uk

The Sitkovetsky Trio’s performance in this concert was supported by a generous contribution from Allianz Musical Insurance – the UK’s No.1 Musical Instrument Insurer.

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Thursday 9 May 7.30pm – An American in Paris
The Menuhin Hall, Cobham KT11 3QQ

Wu Qian and fellow pianist Juho Pohjonen presented a gorgeous programme combining Gershwin with Debussy, Ravel and Saint-Saëns.
           Debussy, Petite Suite
           Ravel,  Gaspard de la Nuit M.55 (Juho Pohjonen)
          Saint-Saëns, Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for 2 pianos, Op.35
           Gershwin, An American in Paris

       Juho Pohjonen                                                                            Wu Qian 

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Saturday 11 May 7.30pm – Spanish Glories of the 16th Century
Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford GU1 3RR

Tenebrae, directed by Nigel Short, performed a glorious programme of Renaissance choral masterpieces

           Lobo, Versa est in luctum
           Luis de Victoria, Selection from Tenebrae Responsories & Lamentations for Holy Saturday
           Luis de Victoria, Requiem Mass, 1605

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Tenebrae

Website: www.tenebrae-choir.com