Woking Concert Society
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
87th 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; new members are very welcome (see the extra discount that membership brings) and the concerts are open to the public. The concerts take place in a pleasant venue, the Kemp Room of the H. G. Wells Centre, situated near a good car park, and only 5 minutes' walk from Woking Station. Do come and give us a try - contact a member of the committee for further details. 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 to join the society please fill in an application form.
Programme for 2009-10 Season
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| All concerts take place in the Kemp Room of the
H. G. Wells Centre
commencing at 7.30pm. |
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| Sunday 25 October 2009 at 7.30 pm |
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Katie Stillman (violin) and
Simon Lane (piano) |
| Franz Schubert | . . . | Sonatina in G minor D408 |
| Ethel Smyth | . . . | Sonata in A minor Op. 7 |
| Leos Janácek | . . . | Sonata in A flat minor, JW VII/7 |
| Maurice Ravel | . . . | Sonata in G minor |
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| Sunday 22 November 2009 at 7.30 pm |
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Helen Reid (piano) |
| Alexander Skryabin | . . . | Six Preludes from Op. 11 |
| Cecilia McDowall | . . . | Colour is the Keyboard |
| Robert Schumann | . . . | Faschingswank aus Wien Op. 26 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | . . . | Sonata in A flat Op. 110 |
| Claude Debussy | . . . | Nocturne; L'Île Joyeuse |
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| This concert has been supported by the Making Music Concert Promoters' Network scheme. |
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| Sunday 10 January 2010 at 7.30 pm |
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The Grove and
Holywell String Quartets of the Royal Academy of Music |
| This concert postponed because of winter weather. New date, probably in May, to be confirmed soon. |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | . . . | String Quartet in A major Op. 18 No. 5 | - Grove Quartet |
| Franz Schubert | . . . | String Quartet in A minor D804 | - Holywell Quartet |
| Felix Mendelssohn | . . . | Octet for Strings Op. 20 | |
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| Sunday 14 February 2010 at 7.30 pm |
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David Butt Philip (baritone) and
Simon Lane (piano) |
| 'Songs for St Valentine's Day' |
| Programme will include Gabriel Fauré's song cycle 'La Bonne Chanson' and Seven Elizabethan Lyrics by Roger Quilter. |
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| Sunday 14 March 2010 at 7.30pm |
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Erato Piano Trio |
| Joseph Haydn | . . . | Piano Trio in C Hob XV 27 |
| Alfred Shnitke | . . . | Piano Trio |
| Franz Schubert | . . . | Piano Trio in E flat D929 |
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| Sunday 11 April 2010 at 7.30pm |
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Stanford String Quartet |
| 'The English String Quartet' |
| R. Vaughan Williams | . . . | String Quartet No. 1 in G minor (1944) |
| Ethel Smyth | . . . | String Quartet in E minor (1902/12) |
| William Walton | . . . | String Quartet (1947) |
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| This concert has been supported by the Making Music Concert Promoters' Network scheme. |
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| All concerts take place in the Kemp Room of the
H. G. Wells Centre
commencing at 7.30pm. |
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