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September Bramley Music



7 September 2024







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.


The Villages Wednesday Club provides older people living in Shamley Green, Wonersh, Bramley and the surrounding villages with morning coffee, a freshly prepared lunch, entertainment and afternoon tea, for only £6 per person, and also the opportunity to have a lovely day out and meet old friends and make new ones.


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

Tickets for the concert are £10 (£5 students and under 18s) and are available from Stuart White  (stuartwhite2023@gmail.com) via online payment or from Robertsons, Bramley (in person, for cash only).   There is a free glass of wine or soft drink in the interval.  Do come and hear Patrick play beautiful music on our wonderful Steinway B Grand Piano, while supporting a worthy cause.   

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Previous Events

Concert at Grafham



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. 




Sunday afternoon concert April 2024



Over £900 was raised for Oakleaf at Sarah and Clem Pickering’s concert





Singalong March 2024 poster


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.


Rising Stars concert




Rising Stars concert, 27 January 2024






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/bramley-music-rising-stars-fundraising-concert-saturday-january-27/

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.

 

Saxophone concert poster



The Saxophone Craze on 28 October raised £1,018 for Citizens Advice South West Surrey




Queens College choir outside Holy Trinity

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.


Clarinet Goes to Town poster


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.




Kensington Three poster


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.



Jack Hancher


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

Beethoven to Bowen



10th Anniversary Concert




Chansons Francaises poster




The Harlequin Chamber Choir in 9 July 2022 raised just over £700 for Christians Against Poverty.







Dan's Fund for Burns concert


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.





Compassion concert poster


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


Beethoven in Bramley Nov 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! 





Celebration of Friendship poster


February 2018