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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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.
Tuesday 10 April 2012 1.10 p.m.
Matthew
Rickard, pianoMatthew 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.
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.
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.
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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Unfortunately the
music students from Frensham Heights, who were down to perform
at this concert, are not able to do so.