MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME

AND OTHER CONCERTS

Welcome to the MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME website!


MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME is a series of concerts (not too heavy!) given at Farnham United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham, Surrey, on Tuesdays, usually the first Tuesday of the month, from October until the Spring. Concerts start at 1.10 p.m. and finish round about 1.50 p.m.

We sometimes hold other concerts at the church: for example see reviews here.

There is no charge for admission, but there is a retiring collection.

For a map showing the location of Farnham United Reformed Church click here.

Events for the 2009-10 season are as follows:

 Date

 Event
 
Tuesday
6 October 2009
1.10 p.m.

Steve Bowey, organ

Steve Bowey is the Organist at St Mary’s, Shaw-cum-Donnington, Newbury, and a regular recitalist. He won the coveted Limpus prize, among others, from the Royal College of Organists.

For a review of Steve's concert click here
 
Tuesday
27 October 2009
1.10 p.m.

Yllka Istrefi, piano

Yllka, from Kosovo, gave us a thrilling concert in October 2007. This concert promises to equally thrilling, consisting of sonatas by Beethoven (op. 109) and Prokofiev, Samuel Barber’s Excursions, op. 20, and a piece by Rafet Rudi, also from Kosovo.

www.yllka.com/index.html


For a review of Yllka's concert click here

 

Tuesday
17 November 2009
1.10 p.m.

 Elisabeth Tuson, flute and Susan Clark, piano


Elisabeth and Susan particularly enjoy creating varied, exciting programmes which include solo flute, solo piano and duo works.

For a review of their concert click here.

www.elisabethtuson.co.uk/

 

The concert originally scheduled for Tuesday 8th December will now be held on Tuesday 6th April 2010 (see below).

 
Tuesday
2 February 2010
1.10 p.m.

  Music students from
Frensham Heights School

Edwin Rolles, Director of Music

Frensham Heights School has an enviable musical tradition and the visits of Frensham
Heights music students are always popular. We shall be glad to welcome them back yet
again.
For a review of the concert click here.

 

 
Tuesday
6 April 2010
1.10 p.m.

  Hanson Duo


Alice and Harriet Murray, born in Farnham, are twin sisters who have formed themselves into the Hanson Duo (violin and cello) and are well known locally for their excellent
playing.

Originally they hoped to be able to play in this series in December 2009 but unfortunately that concert had to be postponed. It is with particular pleasure, therefore, that we shall be welcoming them to Music at Lunchtime in April 2010.

 

Tuesday
13 April 2010
1.10 p.m.

 Christopher Pelly

Christopher Pelly is studying conducting at Leeds University and hopes to conduct a performance of

Schubert's Symphony no. 5 in B flat

with an orchestra made up of his friends.
  

 Masayuki Tayama, piano

Unfortunately Masayuki Tayama's concert has had to be postponed and we are now looking forward to hearing him here on

1 March 2011

www.masatayama.com

Details of our concert season are posted on this site as soon as they are available, and also mailed to everybody on our mailing list, which is free, of course. If you wish your name to be added to, or removed from, the mailing list, click here, or telephone us at 01252 723548. Details of the programme are also available from the United Reformed Church in South Street, Farnham, and Farnham Library.

Last minute alterations (if any) will be posted on this web site and notices will be displayed in the United Reformed Church.

To see reports of previous seasons' concerts click below:

If you have any suggestions or requests for these concerts, please get in touch by e-mail, post or telephone at the same address as our mailing list.

For details of our mailing list click here.

To see the specification of the Farnham United Reformed Church organ click here.

To visit the website of Farnham United Reformed Church click here.

To e-mail us click here.

Mailing List

Our mailing list is used for sending details of forthcoming concerts to persons who might be interested, and for no other purpose. We try to mail details of forthcoming concerts at least annually, before the new season starts in the Autumn.

We are always pleased to receive comments on any aspect of our programme, especially suggestions as to future activities.

If you wish your name to be added to, or removed from, our mailing list, or to make any comments, you can e-mail us by clicking here.

Alternatively, telephone us at 01252 723548.

Specification of the Organ

The organ was built in 1906 by Henry Jones & Sons, South Kensington, renovated in 1986 by Bishop and Sons and rebuilt in 2005/6 by James Richardson-Jones.

 SWELL ORGAN  GREAT ORGAN  PEDAL ORGAN
1 Double Diapason 16 10 Open Diapason 8 17 Open Diapason  16
2 Open Diapason  8 11 Dulciana  8 18 Bourdon  16
3 Viol di Gamba  8 12 Rohr Flute* 8 19 Bass Flute (from no 18)†  8
4 Vox Angelica  8 13 Harmonic Flute 4 20 Super Octave (from no 17)†  4
5 Lieblich Gedact  8 14 Principal  4    
6 Gemshorn  4 15 Fifteenth  2    
7 Harmonic Piccolo  2  16 Mixture II†      
8 Cornopean  8        
9 Oboe  8        
           
 Tremulant    Swell to Great     Swell to Pedals  
  Swell Octave         Great to Pedals  

Compass of Manuals C to g³, 56 notes

Compass of Pedals C to f¹, 30 notes

Mechanical action to manuals; electro-pneumatic action to pedals

Balanced Swell pedal†

* – misnomer for Clarabella

† – items new at the 1986 renovation

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