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Past concerts: 2011
Saturday 30th April, 7.30pm
Chamber recital for the Hospice in the Weald
Works by Bach, Corelli, Franck, Schumann and others, performed by Harry
Gilfillan (cello), Tatiana Gilfillan (violin), Natalya Gilfillan (violin)
and Anastasia Gilfillan (piano)
Friday 6th May, 7.30pm
A Celebration of Song: three singers, three centuries
Music from Handel to Vaughan-Williams and from Brahms to Gershwin
Linda Taylor (Soprano), Heta Lumsden (Mezzo-Soprano), Mike Jeffree
(Baritone), Paul Clark (Accompanist)
Saturday
21st May, 7.30pm
The Glory of Venice
Music for double choir and brass, 1580 - 1610
The Decimus Consort of Voices, directed by Rupert Preston Bell, are joined by a
band of early music instrumentalists, featuring cornetts, sackbuts, curtal
and theorbo.
Programme includes motets by Gabrieli, Bassano and Monteverdi, and Lassus'
Missa Bell'Amfrit Altera
Saturday 13th February, 7.00pm
The Aiso Quartet
Schubert Quartett-Satz in C minor
Beethoven Quartet in D major Op.18-3
Mendelssohn Quartet in A minor Op.13
Saturday 24th April, 7.30pm
Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists
The Rose Trio
Suzanne Thorn (oboe), Rebecca Thorn (clarinet), Tamsin Thorn (bassoon)
Saturday 15th May, 7.30pm
The Sacred Word
King Charles Singers
Saturday 4th September, 7.30pm
Charles Wiffen, Piano
Music by Chopin, in celebration of his double-centenary, and J S Bach,
including the Goldberg Variations
Saturday 25th September, 7.30pm
Timothy Orpen (clarinet), Victoria Simonsen (cello) and Daniel Tong (piano)
Including music by Brahms and Beethoven
Saturday 9th October,7.30pm
Katie Stillman (violin) and Simon Lane (piano)
A programme of English music including Elgar's violin sonata in A minor
Saturday 23rd October, 7.30pm
Steven Devine directs Finchcocks Baroque and the Decimus Consort of Voices
Bach: Christ Lag in Todesbanden and other works
Saturday 14th November, 7.30pm
KEMSA Young Performers
Tonbridge-based Kent Music Schools Association presents an ensemble showcase of young talent from
students at Kent Music
Past concerts: 2009
Friday 20th February 7.30pm
The Aiso Quartet
Schubert String Quartet "Rosamunde"
Smetana String Quartet "From my Life"
Saturday 14th March 7.30pm
The King Charles Singers
"De Profundis": music of penitence and redemption.
Friday 15th May 7.30pm
Ken Aiso (violin), Iliana Machado (soprano) & Howard Moody (organ)
Tunbridge Wells International Music Festival
Friday 12th June 7.30pm
Sasha Grynyuk, piano
Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists
Saturday 20th June, 7.30pm
The Archduke Trio & friends
Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano in C minor
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major
Schubert: ‘Trout’ Quintet
Friday 4th September 7.30pm
The London Bridge Ensemble Bridge: Phantasie (string) Quartet in F minor
Schumann: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 88, "Fantasiestucke"
Bridge: Piano Quintet
Saturday 19th September 7.30pm
Roselyne Martel-Bonnal (soprano) and David Maw (piano)
Saturday 3rd October, 7.30pm
Centenary Celebration of the 1909 Walker Organ
Featuring the organists of King Charles in a medley of music and fun
Saturday 24th October, 7.30pm
Anthony Zerpa-Falcon (piano)
Music by Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Mozart and Albeniz
Saturday 7th November
Unexpected Opera: 'Messiah'
A semi-dramatised rendition of Handel's famous work presented by this
innovative local opera company.
Past concerts: 2008
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Sunday March 2nd
7.30pm

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Venice and the Italian Baroque
Kent Baroque (leader, Theresa Caudle), directed by Sarah
Stuart-Pennink, with Shaun Marten (recorder).
Programme includes
Mancini: Recorder Concerto
Handel: Concerto Grosso
Vivaldi: Gloria
The opening concert is given by the chamber ensemble Kent Baroque,
with a varied programme of music from the cultural zenith of 17th and
18th century Italy. The orchestra is joined by a choir including the
King Charles Singers and members of the Mead School for Vivaldi’s
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Saturday 8th March
7.30pm

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Anthony Zerpa-Falcon (piano)
Programme includes music by Rachmaninov and Beethoven
A finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition, and
winner of the Making Music Young Concert Artist Award, Anthony
Zerpa-Falcon has performed throughout the United States, the Far East
and Europe and has broadcast for BBC Radio 3, ‘ARTE’ and Spanish
national radio and television.
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Saturday 26th April
7.30pm

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Katie Stillman (Violin) and Simon Lane (Piano)
Beethoven: Sonata in G
Ravel: Sonata in G
Britten: Suite, Op.6
Prokofiev: Sonata no.2
Canadian Grand Prize Winner Katie Stillman and recital partner Simon
Lane have won numerous awards, both individually and as a recital duo.
Recent and forthcoming performances together include recitals at St.
John’s Smith Square, St. James’s Piccadilly and Wigmore Hall.
“..combining tenderness, wistful nostalgia and red-blooded passion in
an interpretation of terrific distinction and compelling emotional
force.” Geoffrey Norris - The Daily Telegraph |
Saturday 24th May
7.30pm

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Serenade to Music
King Charles Singers, Ken Aiso (violin), other strings tba, Paul
Guinery (piano)This concert includes an
arrangement of Vaughan-Williams’ famous Serenade with a string quintet
to accompany the 16 solo voices for which it was originally written.
The remainder of the programme features a wide range of instrumental
and vocal music from England’s Romantic early 20th century.
Paul Guinery has worked for many years for BBC Radio 3 as newsreader
and presenter. He studied the piano at the Royal College of Music,
where he was also a repetiteur in the Opera School. He performs
regularly with the wind quintet Harmoniemusik including their annual
chamber music festival at St. Columb, in Cornwall. |
Saturday 21st June
7.30pm

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The Kokoschka Trio Music
for piano trio by Ravel, Beethoven and Schubert
Born out of a shared passion for chamber music and long term
friendship, this highly powerful combination of three accomplished and
committed musicians gave its first performance in 2004. They have
appeared at festivals such as the Aberystwyth Musicfest and the Deal
Festival, and recently gave a recital at St. John’s Smith Square. |
Saturday 5th July
7.30pm

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The Barbirolli Quartet with David Campbell
(clarinet) Schubert: Quartettsatz in C
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major
Mendelssohn: Fugue in E Flat Major
Brahms: String Quartet in C minor
The Barbirolli Quartet brings together a wealth of experience, its
members each having performed widely in their native countries of
Canada, Wales, Australia and New Zealand. Upcoming engagements include
their Purcell Room debut as Park Lane Group Young Artists and a
Wigmore Hall concert. They are joined by David Campbell,
internationally recognised as one of Britain’s finest musicians, for
the Mozart Clarinet Quintet. |
Saturday 20th September
7.30pm

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Guy Johnston ('cello) and Simon Lane (piano)
Programme includes music by Chopin, Bridge, Stravinsky
and Beethoven.
Guy Johnston made his debut in London at the Proms playing the Elgar
Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin.
He was BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2000, and is a founder member
of the Aronowitz Ensemble. “Johnston has already forged a place as one
of the country’s most promising and distinctive cellists.” (The Strad). |
Saturday 11th October
7.30pm

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Karina Lucas (mezzo) and Simon Lane (piano)
Schumann: 'Frauenliebe und Leben'; Britten 'A Charm of
Lullabies'; Grieg 'Sechs Lieder'; Granados and Obradors collections of
songs. Karina Lucas is of English and Spanish
descent and studied at the RNCM and the National Opera Studio. Karina
and Simon opened the prestigious Park Lane Group New Year Series 2007
at the Purcell Room with excellent reviews.
"Karina Lucas' name is one to remember. She entranced us". Musical
Pointers. |
Saturday 15th November
7.30pm

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Sophia Lisovskaya (piano)
Programme includes Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, and
Etudes and Nocturnes by Chopin. Sophia was
born in Moscow and at the age of 13 won first prize in the All Soviet
Competition 'New Names'. She completed her musical education in the
West and has performed all over the world.
"Coming close to the standard set by Sofronitzky and Richter for these
pieces. These are outstanding performances." American Record Guide
review of Sophia's recording of music by Scriabin |
Concerts: 2007
Saturday November 24th: 7.30pm. The Aiso Quartet
Programme includes quartets by Bartok, Mozart and Haydn.
Sunday November 4th: 7.30pm. King Charles Singers
French sacred choral and organ music
Duruflé: Mass Cum Jubilo, and Fauré: Messe Basse
Saturday, 29th September 2007: Konevets Male Voice Quartet
Return of the Konevets Male Voice Quartet, at the
invitation of TWIYCA (Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists
Competition) in a fund-raising concert in the run-up to the next competition
in July 2008.
Saturday July 21st: 7.30pm. Aiso Quartet
Mozart - Dissonance Quartet
Debussy - String Quartet
Beethoven - Harp Quartet
Sunday June 10th: 6.30pm. Haydn's Nelson Mass in service of Holy
Communion, with the Aiso Quartet and members of the King Charles Singers
(Church service - no admission charge)
March 18th 2007, 7.00pm: Handel Messiah (extracts); Caldara
Stabat Mater
Performed by The Mead School Choir directed by Sarah Stuart-Pennink,
with members of King Charles parish choir, the King Charles Singers, and a
Baroque instrumental ensemble led by
Teresa Caudle

(Mead School and the King Charles Singers.
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February 17th, 7.30pm: Piano recital by Anthony Zerpa-Falcon
In aid of Cancer Research. Music by Albeniz, Mozart, Liszt and Chopin.
February 24th, 7.30pm: "From Tallis to Tavener"
Choral music from the Renaissance to the present day, given by
chamber choir Terpsichore.
March 3rd, 7.30pm: Concert in aid of Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic
Hospital
Concerts 2006
January 29th 2006, 6.30pm: Festival Evensong
The King Charles Singers. Music by Purcell
February 4th 2006, 7.30pm: Cellists of the RPO
Villa Lobos and much more
March 25th 2006, 7.30pm: Cambridge Taverner Choir
The Coronation of James I
April 9th 2006, 6.30pm: Duruflé's Requiem
Devotional performance for Palm Sunday
May 4th 2006, 2pm and 6.30pm: Raphael Wallfisch
Masterclass and recital of the complete Bach cello suites
May 20th 2006, 7.30pm: Composers of Tunbridge Wells
The London Archduke Trio, led by Charles Wiffen
May 28th 2006, 7.30pm: Death and the Maiden
The Aiso String Quartet, led by Ken Aiso, with a programme including
Schubert's late quartet
June 3rd 2006, 7.30pm: Music's Garland
Amanda Pitt (soprano) and
David Owen Norris (piano): an
evening of songs and piano music from the Romantic period
June 17th 2006, 7.30pm: From Madrigal to McCartney
A riotous evening with
Cantabile, the London Quartet
June 25th 2006, 7.30pm: Handel festival concert
Directed by
Richard Egarr,
Director of the Academy of Ancient Music
Organ Recital Series 2006
September 16th, 6.00pm: David Maw
September 23rd, 6.00pm: Michael Bacon
October 7th, 6.00pm: Jamie McVinnie
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