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Classical Music in St Peter's Church, Wallingford
Music at St Peter's is a series of concerts of classical chamber and choral music, given on Saturday evenings between May and October by professional musicians in the eighteenth-century church of St Peter in Wallingford. The acoustics are excellent, and the concerts regularly receive enthusiastic reviews in the Oxford Times. "A bench-mark for excellence" "Long may these concerts continue""Another magnificent chamber music-fest"
(The Oxford Times on previous seasons) Music-lovers come from all over the region to the concerts. Details of the 2012 season (the 27th) are given below and in the calendar .Ticket prices for 2012 are as follows:-
Single tickets for individual concerts: £11 if bought and paid for in advance, or £13 on the door
Season tickets for all concerts: £70 (not including the additional recital on 22 September - see below)
To receive our 2012 brochure and booking form, please send an e-mail form giving your name and postal address.In conjunction with the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, we offer free admission to children and students between the ages of 8 and 25. No need to book - just turn up. Children between 8 and 14 must be accompanied by an adult
FIRST-TIMERS FREE!If you live in the OX, RG, HP or SL postcode areas and have never been to a Music at St Peter's concert, we are offering a limited number of of free tickets subject to certain simple conditions. The brochure contains further details - request it by email giving your postal address.We look forward to welcoming you - and parking is easy and free on Saturday evening in Wallingford!CONCERT CALENDAR FOR 2012All concerts start at 8.00 p.m.
SATURDAY 12 MAY: MARTINU STRING QUARTET. Quartets by Mozart, Janacek and Grieg
SATURDAY 26 MAY: ALEKSEI KISELIOV (Cello) AND ALEXANDER MUZIKANTOV (Piano)Sonatas by Beethoven, Chopin and Prokofiev, and Pizzolla's Grand Tango
SATURDAY 23 JUNE: HUW WIGGIN (Saxophone) and JOSEPH HOUSTON (Piano).
Music by Milhaud's Scaramouche, Bernstein's West Side Story Suite, Borne's Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen, Iturralde's Pequena Czarda, and Maurice's Tableaux de Provence
SATURDAY 7 JULY: THE SACCONI STRING QUARTET with TOM POSTER (Piano)
String Quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn, and Franck's Piano Quintet in F minor
SATURDAY 21 JULY: ELOISA-FLEUR THOM (Violin) and MARK AUSTIN (Piano). Violin Sonatas by Mozart, Brahms and Ravel, Szymanowski's Mythes, and Heifetz's Suite on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
SATURDAY 18 AUGUST: THE CAVALERI STRING QUARTET
Quartets by Haydn, Ravel and Schubert (Death and the Maiden)
SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER: THE AURORA ENSEMBLE
Mozart's Divertimento (Quintet for Piano and Wind in F flat), Poulenc's Sextet for Piano and Wind, and Wind Quintets by Danzi and Goleminov
SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER: THE BMF PIANO TRIO
Piano Trios by Mozart and Schubert (No 1 in B flat), and music by Roxanna Panufnik and Hanna Kulenty
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER: ANITA D'ATTELLIS (Piano)
Debussy's Pour le piano, Beethoven's "Pathétique" Sonata, Prokofiev's 3rd Sonata, and three of Chopin's Scherzos.
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN TO BENSON CHORAL SOCIETY AND IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL SEASON TICKET
SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER: THE THAMES CONSORT. Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle
Conducted by Jeremy Boughton, with Caroline MacPhie (soprano), Elinor Carter (mezzo), John McMunn (tenor) and Peter Wilton (bass)
Music at St Peter's is promoted by Wallingford Chameleon Arts, Registered Charity 1021045 |
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