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.

Other concerts are sometimes held at the church: for example see the first concert mentioned below.

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

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

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Evening Concert held in the 2011-2012 season:

Saturday 1st October 2011 at 7.30 p.m.

J. S. Bach: MASS IN B MINOR

Surrey Voices

under their conductor, Malcolm Hicks

and joined by the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists playing original instruments

Farnham's first ever period performance of Bach's great masterpiece

 

Surrey voices: click on the picture for a larger version

Music at Lunchtime 2011-2012:

 Date

 Event
 
Tuesday
4 October 2011
1.10 p.m.

The Mike Miller Jazz Trio

The Mike Miller Jazz Trio, described by veteran jazz critic Derek Ansell (Jazz Journal International) as a "Lock, stock and smokin' jazz trio", presented a programme of jazz - the first time that jazz has featured in Music at Lunchtime.

For a review of the concert click here

www.myspace.com/mikemillerjazzguitarist

 

Tuesday
1 November 2011
1.10 p.m.

The D'Avanzo Piano Trio
 

Unfortunately because of an injury sustained by Peter Mallinson, Duo Figaro are not able to perform on 1st November 2011. In their place we are delighted to welcome the D'Avanzo Piano Trio (Lucia D'Avanzo, violin, Noelle Casella, cello and Sebastian Grand, piano), who will perform a concert of music by Bridge, Lalo and Van der Roost.

For a review of the concert click here

www.luciadavanzo.co.uk

 

Tuesday
6 December 2011
1.10 p.m.

 Litsa Tunnah, violin

Litsa made her concerto debut at the age of 12 playing Mendelssohn, and has since appeared frequently as a concerto soloist, working in collaboration with orchestras such as the Eastbourne symphony orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the London International Orchestra. She was a pupil at the Purcell School of Music and is a graduate of both the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.

In 2002 Litsa was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, and as a result appeared on BBC 2 and BBC4. Litsa has also broadcast on radio for BBC radio3, BBC Southern and Classic FM.

For a review of the concert click here

http://myspace.com/litsatunnah

 
Tuesday
7 February 2012
1.10 p.m.

Gillian Lloyd, Organ

Unfortunately the music students from Frensham Heights, who were down to perform at this concert, are not able to do so.

We are very grateful to Gillian Lloyd for agreeing to step in at short notice to give us an organ recital instead. Gillian is a distinguished church organist and recitalist from Guildford who has appeared at lunchtime recitals on a number of ocasions in the past and her concert is sure to please.
 

For a review of the concert click here.

 

Wednesday
28 March 2012
1.10 p.m.

 Chris Pelly, trumpet, with Barbara Henvest, piano

Chris Pelly is currently reading music at university. He is well known to regular attenders at our concerts, having conducted Schubert's 5th Symphony here in April 2010.

His concert is devoted to modern music for trumpet and piano.

Barbara Henvest is the keyboard player for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

For a review of the concert click here.

 
 Tuesday 
10 April 2012
1.10 p.m.

 Matthew Rickard, piano

Matthew Rickard read Music at the University of Surrey where he studied the piano with Clive Williamson. He pursued his postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, specialising in piano accompaniment. Matthew currently enjoys a busy career as a chamber musician and soloist. Recent highlights include appearances at the 2011 English Music Festival and at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

www.matthewrickard.co.uk

For a review of the concert click here

 

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 this and 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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