Woking Concert Society

Promoting concerts by professional musicians --- All concerts open to the public

The society was founded in 1923 as Woking Music Club by Mrs Margaret Walker, a prominent local figure on the music scene.  It is now (under a new name) in its 89th season.

Famous performers for the society in the past include Dame Myra Hess, Kathleen Ferrier, Artur Rubinstein, Gerald Moore, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dame Janet Baker, Julian Bream, Radu Lupu and the Amadeus String Quartet.  More recently we have enjoyed performances by brilliant young musicians including violinist Chloe Hanslip, cellist Alice Neary, flautist Emily Beynon, the Katona guitar duo, the Carducci String Quartet and soprano Elizabeth Watts, winner of the lieder section of the Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

A committee of dedicated local people run the society with care and enthusiasm.  All concerts are open to the public, but you save money by subscribing in advance for three or more concerts.  The more you subscribe for, the less each concert costs.  By subscribing for concerts you automatically become a member of the society;  new members are always welcome.  The concerts take place in a pleasant venue, the Kemp Room of the H. G. Wells Conference and Events Centre, situated near a good, well lit car park, and only 5 minutes' walk from Woking Station.  For further details please contact a member of the committee.  Please also support our advertisers, some of whom provide extra discounts.

A warm welcome awaits members and visitors from our sister societies in the area, and I look forward to meeting you at the concerts and hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Valia Hedley - Chairman

To apply for tickets and to join the society please fill in an application form.

Programme for 2011-12 Season

All concerts take place in the Kemp Room of the H. G. Wells Conference and Events Centre.     Sunday 25 September 2011 at 7.00 pm ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING  --  followed (~7:30) by:   John Paul Ekins (piano) Mendelssohn   . . .   Variations Sérieuses Liszt   . . .   Années de Pèlerinage -- selection Ethel Smyth   . . .   Nocturne Cecilia McDowall   . . .   New commission -- première Schumann   . . .   Sonata in G minor, Op. 22   See the concert report.     Sunday 16 October 2011 at 7.30 pm   Duncan Rock (baritone) and Joseph Middleton (piano) Tchaikovsky   . . .   Don Juan's Serenade;  It was in Early Spring;   At the Ball;  None but the Lonely Heart Rakhmaninov   . . .   She is Fair as a Blaze on Noon;  On the Death of a Linnet;   Yesterday we Met;  In the Silent Night T.B.A.   . . .   (piano solo) Duparc   . . .   Sérénade Florentine;  Soupir;   La Vague et la Cloche;  Phidylé Hahn   . . .   Fêtes Galantes;  Offrande;   Trois Jours de Vendange;  Les Cygnes   This concert is sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust See the concert report.     Sunday 20 November 2011 at 7.30 pm   The Marylebone Wind Quintet  and  Tim End (piano) from the Royal Academy of Music Arnold   . . .   Three Sea Shanties for Wind Quintet, Op. 4 Beethoven   . . .   Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 11 Poulenc   . . .   Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Ibert   . . .   Trois Pièces Brèves for Wind Quintet Saint-Saens   . . .   Tarantella for Clarinet, Flute and Piano, Op. 6 Nielsen   . . .   Wind Quintet, Op. 43   See the concert report.     Sunday 11 March 2012 at 7.30pm   Lawson Trio Schubert   . . .   Sonatensatz R. Panufnik   . . .   Around Three Corners Debussy   . . .   Piano Trio Schubert   . . .   Piano Trio in B flat, Op.99   This concert is supported by the Making Music Concert Promoters Network Scheme     Sunday 15 April 2012 at 7.30pm   Timothy Orpen (clarinet) and John Reid (piano) Mozart   . . .   Sonata in B flat major, K378 Finzi   . . .   Five Bagatelles Schumann   . . .   Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Brahms   . . .   Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2 Weber   . . .   Grand Duo Concertante, Op. 48   This concert has been sponsored by a member of the Committee     Sunday 13 May 2012 at 7.30 pm   Piatti String Quartet Haydn   . . .   String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3, 'The Emperor' Beethoven   . . .   String Quartet Op. 74, 'The Harp' Smetana   . . .   String Quartet No. 1, 'From My Life'    Making Music Award for Young Concert Artists  Winner of the St.Martins-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition 2010     All concerts take place in the Kemp Room of the H. G. Wells Conference and Events Centre.

Past concerts:  2010-11  2009-10  2008-9  2007-8  2006-7

Reg. Charity No. 278937.             The National Federation of Music Societies

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