Programme:
Beethoven — Sonata Op. 31 no.2
Stephen Hough — Sonata no.3
Shostakovich — Selection of Preludes and Fugues
No.5
No.3
No.4
No.7
No.24

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

Tickets are available to purchase via the Tickets page.

Emanuil Ivanov attracted international attention after receiving the First prize at the 2019 Ferruccio Busoni Piano Competition in Italy. This achievement was followed by concert engagements in some of the world's most prestigious halls including Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Herculessaal in Munich.

Emanuil Ivanov was born in 1998 in the town of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. From an early age he demonstrated a keen interest and love for music. He regards the presence of symphonic music, especially that of Gustav Mahler, as tremendously influential in his musical upbringing during his childhood. He started piano lessons with Galina Daskalova in his hometown around the age of seven. He later studied in and graduated from the Bertolt Brecht language high school in Pazardzhik. Ivanov studied with renowned bulgarian pianist Atanas Kurtev from 2013 to 2018. He is currently studying on a full scholarship at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under the tutelage of Pascal Nemirovski and Anthony Hewitt.

Ivanov has won prizes in competitions such as "Alessandro Casagrande", "Scriabin-Rachmaninoff", "Liszt-Bartok", "Young virtuosos" and "Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti". He was also awarded the honorary Crystal Iyre and teh Young Musician of the Year Award - some of the most prestigious awards in Bulgaria. In 2022, he received the honorary Silver Medal of the London Musicians' Company and later in the same year became a recipient of the Carnwath Piano Scholarship.

His participation in masterclasses include those of Dmitri Bashkirov, Dmitri Alexeev, Sir Stephen Hough, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Peter Donohoe, etc.

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.

There will be a retiring collection for the Cheryl King Trust, who provide bursaries for music lessons for disadvantaged children.

"…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.
A glass of wine or soft drink will be offered after the concert, included in the ticket price.

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.