Bramley Music
Future Events
Sunday afternoon Sing-Along, 27th April at 3pm
Fancy a chance to sing some favourite songs? Come to Holy
Trinity Church, Bramley on Sunday 27th April at 3pm. Back by popular demand! Led by the
Wintershall Singers we’ll
all be singing songs from the shows (including West Side Story,
Showboat, Oliver, and The Boy Friend) and elsewhere, followed by
delicious
tea and cake.
Poster attached. No singing ability required, just come and join in,
song sheets provided. No charge but donations to Holy Trinity invited
at the end - please contact me (bramleymusic2012@gmail.com or
01483 892645) to book your place as that helps with the catering.
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Previous Events
The annual Rising Stars concert was performed by the Flutes and Frets Duo, Beth Stone and Daniel Murphy, graduates of the Royal College of Music, in support of the RCM Hardship Fund.
Piano recital by Patrick Hemmerlé (https://patrickhemmerle,com) entitled ‘From Darkness to Light’, at Holy Trinity Church at 7pm on 7 September, in support of the Villages Wednesday Club.
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland (arranged Busoni), Aria “Ich habe Genug” (arranged Hemmerlé), C minor Fantasy BWV 906
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata opus 11
Frédéric Chopin: Fantasie opus 4, Polonaise-Fantaisie opus 61, Barcarolle opus 60
On Sunday 12 May at 4pm there was Flute and Harp recital at St Andrew’s Church, Grafham, just down the A281 from Bramley. It was another ‘Rising Stars’ concert by graduates from the Royal College of Music.
Over £900 was raised for Oakleaf at Sarah and Clem Pickering’s concert
The Sing-Along on Palm Sunday was much enjoyed by all who came, the large audience made a merry noise! The Sing-Along raised over £750 for which Holy Trinity Church is most grateful. Many thanks to the Wintershall Singers, and to the home team for the delicious tea and cake.
The first concert of 2024 was on Saturday 27th January at 7pm in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley – see attached flier. Paul Mnatsakanov, an undoubted ‘Rising Star’, came to us from the Royal College of Music, and here is the full programme for his piano recital:
- W.A. Mozart: Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 "Alla turca"
- L. van Beethoven: Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 "Quasi una fantasia"
- M. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
The Steinway Grand was specially serviced and prepare in
readiness. For some background to the piano and the concert series, see
this article which recently appeared in the Guildford
Dragon https://guildford-dragon.com/
Two charities were supported at this concert – the RCM Hardship Fund as usual, plus (as a one-off) the Bramley Music/Steinway fund, which is paying for the piano’s refurbishment.
The Saxophone Craze on 28 October raised £1,018 for Citizens Advice South West Surrey
The Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford – one of the foremost mixed choirs in the country – came to Holy Trinity in June in support of the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.
This concert in May 2023 by Emma Johnson’s Jazz Trio was a great success, and raised just over £2,000 for Medecins Sans Frontieres.
The February 2023 concert by the Kensington Three raised over £400 for each of the Cheryl King Trust and the Royal College of Music Hardship Fund.
The January 2023 guitar recital by Jack Hancher was a great success, with over £700 raised for the Friends of St
Andrew’s, Grafham.
2022
10th Anniversary Concert
The Harlequin Chamber Choir in 9 July 2022 raised just over £700 for Christians Against Poverty.
On 7 May 2022, we were pleased to welcome back Danae, Kimon and Ed to Bramley, for another concert of songs, arias and duets, in support of local charity, Dan's Fund.
On Sunday 10th April Sarah Pickering’s superb recent piano recital raised over £1,000 for Compassion UK. Also, having a teatime concert clearly went down well, with many people taking advantage of the plentiful cakes to have seconds!
The violin and piano recital on 26 February by Madeleine Pickering and John Paul Ekins raised £950 for Music in Hospitals and Care.
2021
Bramley Music’s first post-lockdown concert on 4th September -
‘Beethoven in Bramley’ with concert pianist Maureen Galea - was sold out
within just a few days! As a result, we announced a repeat of the
concert in November 2021, and that was also sold out within just a few days. Clearly we had been missing live music!
February 2018