Bramley Music
Future Events
1 February 2025
The annual
Rising Stars concert in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley will take place at 7pm on Saturday 1st
February - the rising stars this time are Beth
Stone and Daniel Murphy, graduates of the Royal College of Music, who
bring us something completely different! Beth and Daniel have formed
the Flutes and Frets Duo (https://www.flutesandfretsduo.com )
and this concert will chronologically explore music written for the stage including excerpts from masque, ballet, opera and
theatre productions spanning over 600 years, from ancient Gregorian chant to Broadway favourites.
You will hear them playing lute, theorbo,
two generations of guitar, and four different generations of flute.
As usual with our collaborations with the Royal College, we shall
be supporting the RCM Hardship Fund.
Tickets (£10 adults, £5 under 18s) are
available online via Stuart White, or in person
(cash only) from Robertsons in Bramley High Street. There is a free
glass of wine or soft drink in the interval, and our informative
programmes are also free.
12 April 2025
Piano recital entitled ‘Finger Prints’ by Paul Guinery.
Previous Events
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