Hagai Shaham violin
Arnon Erez piano
Raphael Wallfisch cello

Programme:
Mozart — Piano Trio in E major, K.542
Shostakovich — Piano Trio no.2, Op. 67
Grieg — Andante con moto, EG 116
Dvořák — Piano Trio no.4 in E minor, Op. 90, B.166 "Dumky"

This concert takes place at St Bartholomew’s Church, Haslemere, GU27 1BP.

Tickets are available for purchase via the Tickets page.

Doors will open at St Bartholomew’s at 19:00 for a 19:30 start.
Wine and soft drinks will be available for purchase at 19:00 and during the interval.
There will be a retiring collection for The Cheryl King Trust, who fund music lessons for young people and bursaries for developing musicians.

"…the performers brought a spontaneity and freshness to the music with the inventive nature of the material really shining through. Overall, this was an evening of first rate music making and the performances of the Arensky and Brahms trios were exceptionally fine.”
Seen & Heard International

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch was founded in 2009 and comprises three of the finest international instrumentalists performing today: world renowned cellist Raphael Wallfisch alongside the outstanding talents of Hagai Shaham (violin) and Arnon Erez (piano).

Since its formation, the Trio has been invited numerous times to prestigious chamber music series at venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Rotterdam De Doellen, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie.

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch has an exclusive contract with Nimbus Records with releases to date including the Mendelssohn trios and works by Ravel, Arenski, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov. The trio's most recent release, a recording of Dvorak: Piano Trio no.3 (2023) was described in a 5 star review by BBC Music Magazine as showing "passionate engagement with the work's stirring rhetoric... beautifully nuanced."

HHH Concerts, in association with Haslemere Festival, in aid of the Meath Epilepsy Charity, Godalming

Programme:
J.S. Bach — Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

This concert takes place at St Christopher’s Church, St Christopher's Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

Tickets are available for purchase via the Tickets page.

Doors will open at St Christopher's at 18:30 for a 19:00 start.
Complementary wine and soft drinks will be served from 18:30 and after the concert (around 20:15).
Please note that there will be no interval.
There will be a retiring collection for The Meath Epilepsy Charity.

Angela Hewitt occupies a unique position among today’s leading pianists. With a wide-ranging repertoire and frequent appearances in recital and with major orchestras throughout Europe, Americas and Asia, she is also an award-winning recording artist whose performances of Bach have established her as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters. In 2020 she received the City of Leipzig Bach Medal: a huge honour that for the first time in its 17-year history was awarded to a woman.

In March 2024, Hewitt embarked on her latest major project entitled ​‘The Mozart Odyssey’, comprising the composer’s complete piano concertos, first appearing with Pierre Bleuse and Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. This follows Hewitt’s highly acclaimed Bach Odyssey cycle (2016 – 22), in which she performed the complete keyboard works of Bach across 12 recitals, also presented worldwide. The Mozart project continues in 2024/25 with a variety of engagements spanning nine countries; conductor-led performances include the Brussels Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, NAC (Ottawa), Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony and Ulster orchestras, among others. Hewitt is also much in demand as a play-conductor, collaborating with the Cameristi della Scala, Bochumer Symphoniker, Royal Northern Sinfonia, London Mozart Players and Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the Mozart Odyssey. She has previously led Hong Kong and Copenhagen philharmonic orchestras, Lucerne Festival Strings, Zurich, Basel, Swedish and Stuttgart Chamber orchestras, Salzburg Camerata, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in Japan, and Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra in Vienna’s Musikverein.

Aaron Akugbo trumpets
Harry Plant trumpets & flugelhorn
Zoë Tweed french horn
Chris Brewster trombone
Aled Meredith-Barrett tuba

Programme:
Holst — Jupiter from The Planets
Gabrieli — 2 Canzonas (1 & 2)
Elgar — Salut d’amour
Florence Price, arr. Blair — Adoration
Vivaldi — Concerto in F major
Tielman Susato — Dance Suite
Fauré, arr. Foster — Pavane
Gabrieli — 2 Canzonas (3 & 4)
Gershwin — 3 Preludes

This concert takes place at Haslemere Education Museum, 78 High St, Haslemere GU27 2LA.

Tickets available to purchase via the Tickets page.

Winners of the Inaugural Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition and the Royal Overseas League Competition, Connaught Brass seek to redefine how brass chamber music is perceived. Blending a deep respect for the genre’s rich heritage with a fresh, youthful perspective, their performances are not only marked by vibrance and boldness, but with warmth and approachability, reflecting the strong camaraderie at the heart of the ensemble. Through brand-new commissions, audience-favourite arrangements and a commitment to originality, Connaught Brass breathe new life into tradition, offering a unique and engaging concert experience with the ultimate goal of bringing brass chamber music to the forefront of today’s musical world.

The Connaughts have shared their music-making widely across the UK and Europe at venues including London’s Wigmore Hall, the Lucerne Festival, De Doelen Rotterdam, Societá Filarmonica Trento, Snape Maltings, Kings Place, St George’s Bristol, Hidden Doors Arts Festival Edinburgh and Music for Wexford Ireland. Additional highlights include performing live on radio from the Concertgebouw’s Spiegelzaal and regularly on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune programme. The 24/25 season will see the group make debut performances at the Barbican Centre in London and in Wales at Cowbridge Music Festival, return to Ferrandou Musique Festival in France and undertake an exciting collaboration project with pianist Zeynep Özsuca, alongside an extensive performance schedule across the rest of the UK.

In previous years, the quintet have become artists of the Tillett Trust, City Music Foundation, Kirckman Concert Society and Britten Pears Chamber Music Residency. They also take great pride in undertaking masterclasses at conservatoires and education work in primary and secondary schools across the UK and Europe, including that supported by the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust and the Musicians Company.

Having been principal players and members of the European Union Youth Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, members of Connaught Brass perform regularly on the professional orchestral circuit. They have performed with prestigious orchestras and companies, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Sinfonia of London, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Royal Opera House, English National Opera, English National Ballet, Opera North, Welsh National Opera, and Ulster Orchestra. In addition to their classical work, they are also in high demand commercially, collaborating with high-profile artists such as Stormzy, Jamie Cullum, Bruno Mars, Florence and the Machine, Alison Sudol, and Cody Fry.

For more information about Connaught Brass, please see their website and Instagram.

Programme:
Ravel — Miroirs, M.43
Chopin — 12 Études, Op. 25

This concert takes place at Hindhead Music Centre, Hindhead, GU26 6BA.

Tickets (including tea and cakes in the Conservatory) are available to purchase via the Tickets page.

Élisabeth Pion loves chamber music. Her partners on stage include Dame Imogen Cooper in four-hands duets, Juliana Koch (Principal Oboe, London Symphony Orchestra), Julie Price (Principal Bassoon, BBC Symphony Orchestra), Quatuor Cobalt, Vertavo Quartet, vocal ensemble Les Rugissants, and tenor Mark Padmore. She has been invited to perform as part of chamber music festivals such as IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Leeds International Concert Season and Midsummer Music.

She also cultivates a partnership with Greek mezzo-soprano Alexandra Achillea Pouta, with whom she has notably performed at the Barbican as well as Carnegie Hall. She was previously the pianist of the De Beauvoir Trio (2020-23), a Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme Ensemble in residence, and prize-winner of both the 2022 Stasys Vainiunas Competition and the 2021 Virtuoso & Bel Canto Competitions.

Élisabeth is a regular guest artist with orchestras such as the Orchestre Métropolitain, Toledo Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Arion Orchestre Baroque, and Orchestre Classique de Montréal. She has collaborated with conductors such as Kensho Watanabe, Roberto Tibiriçá, Andrés Felipe Jaime, Elizabeth Vergara, Alain Trudel, Mathieu Lussier, Jacques Lacombe, Geneviève Leclair & Gordon Gerrard, and has also fostered a close collaboration with conductor Thomas Le Duc-Moreau and the Ensemble Volte. She enjoys performing a broad range of concerto repertoire, engaging with known masterworks whilst simultaneously bringing unknown masterpieces to audiences.

An experienced recitalist, Élisabeth has performed in prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. She can be heard on CBC/Radio-Classique, BBC Radio 3 and France Musique. Élisabeth is an alumna of the Imogen Cooper Music Trust and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she worked with Professor Ronan O’Hora and graduated with the Junior Fellowship, Artist Diploma & Artist Masters with highest honours. She has also studied conducting from the keyboard with Ricardo Castro at the Scuela di Musica di Fiesole, and worked with Benedetto Lupo at the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo. She previously worked in Canada with Francine Lacroix, Suzanne Goyette and André Laplante.

She is grateful for the guidance of the wonderful artists with whom she has had the privilege to work throughout her journey, such as Robert Levin, Yulianna Avdeeva, Alfred Brendel, Boris Berman, Leif Ove Andsnes, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Anne Queffélec, Bertrand Chamayou, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Cédric Pescia, Jonathan Biss, Maggie Cole, Christian Blackshaw, Stephen Hough, Joanna MacGregor, Richard Goode, Akiko Ebi, Paul Lewis, Adrian Brendel, Anthony Marwood, and David Takeno.