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
85th season
Famous performers of the past include Dame Myra Hess, Kathleen Ferrier, Artur Rubinstein, Gerald Moore, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dame Janet Baker, the Amadeus String Quartet, Julian Bream and Radu Lupu.
More recently, Elizabeth Watts, winner of the lieder section of the Cardiff Singer of the World, delighted us with her performance. The Society invites young talented professional artists to perform in a variety of chamber concerts.
A committee of dedicated local people run the Society with care and enthusiasm. Concerts are open to the public, but we would prefer to welcome you as a new member. Subscribers enjoy the extra benefits of a free concert and discounted ticket prices for the regular series of concerts and for the second additional concert. To apply to join the society please fill in an application form.
The concerts take place in a pleasant venue centrally situated near a good car park and just a short walk from Woking Railway Station. Do come and give us a try. For further details, contact a member of the committee.
Annual General Meeting
The AGM will be held on Friday 11th July 2008 in the small church hall at Woodham Church, Woodham Lane (near Six Cross Roads) by kind permission of the PCC.
7.30 pm |
AGM |
8.30 pm (approx) |
Drink and nibbles (£3.00, any surplus going to Society funds) |
9.00 pm (approx) |
Short recital by Amy Turk (harp), Woking Young Musician of the Year 2008. |
The committee is keen to increase its strength, particularly in the area of publicity. If
you can help, please contact the Chairman, Secretary or any other
committee member.
Programme for 2007-8 Season
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| All concerts take place in the Kemp Room of the H. G. Wells Centre |
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| Sunday 7 October 2007 at 7.30pm |
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The Zephyr Ensemble of London (wind quintet) |
| Mozart | . . . | Overture 'The Magic Flute' |
| Debussy | . . . | Suite No. 2 |
| Haydn | . . . | Divertimento in B flat |
| Hindemith | . . . | Kammermusik No. 2 |
| Ibert | . . . | Trois Pièces Brèves |
| Holst | . . . | Quintet in A flat |
| Patterson | . . . | Westerly Winds |
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| Sunday 11 November 2007 at 7.30pm |
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Oliver Coates (cello) and
Danny Driver (piano) |
| Britten | . . . | Sonata in C Op.65 |
| Beethoven | . . . | Sonata No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 |
| Rachmaninoff | . . . | Sonata Op. 19 |
| (Oliver Coates is a Philip & Dorothy Green Young Concert Artist) |
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Additional concert, free to subscribers:
Tuesday 27 November 2007 at 7.30pm |
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The Filsell Piano Trio - Jeremy Filsell (piano),
Oliver Lewis (violin) and
Neil Heyde (cello)
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| Rachmaninoff | . . . | Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor 'Élégiaque' (1892) |
| Mozart | . . . | Piano Trio No. 2 in B flat major K502 |
| Ireland | . . . | Piano Trio No. 3 in E major |
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| Sunday 13 January 2008 at 3pm |
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Gudrún Ólafsdóttir (mezzo-soprano)
and Michael Hampton (piano) |
| 'A Nordic Recital'
Songs by Carl Nielsen, Jean Sibelius, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger,
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns and Edvard Grieg |
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| This concert was changed at short notice due to illness. See the concert report. |
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Second additional concert:
Wednesday 23 January 2008 at The Lightbox |
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Irina Lankova (piano) |
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| Sunday 3 February 2008 at 3pm |
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Eleftheria Kotzia (guitar) |
| 'A Mediterranean Journey'
Guitar music from Greece and other Mediterranean countries |
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| Sunday 2 March 2008 at 7.30pm |
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Sophia Lisovskaya (piano) |
| Bach | . . . | Partita No. 6 |
| Schumann | . . . | Arabesque Op. 18 |
| Chopin | . . . | Nocturnes Op. 27 No. 2, Op. posth in C sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2, Op. 55 No. 1 |
| Rachmaninoff | . . . | Thirteen Preludes Op. 32 |
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| See the concert report. |
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| Sunday 6 April 2008 at 7.30pm |
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Carducci String Quartet |
| Haydn | . . . | String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 |
| Vaughan Williams | . . . | String Quartet No. 2 |
| Beethoven | . . . | String Quartet Op. 59 No. 2 |
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| All concerts take place in the Kemp Room of the H. G. Wells Centre |
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Past concerts: 2006-7
Reg. Charity No. 278937.
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