Classical Concerts in Weybridge & Cobham – Classical Guitar Recital
Saturday April 28th 2018 – A Musical Tour of Europe – A Classical Guitar Recital with Jim Kelleher
Organised by: Surrey Concerts
Where: Churchgate House Centre,
Downside Bridge Road,
Cobham,
Surrey KT11 3EJ
Other Concerts: Monthly in both Weybridge and Cobham – see programme lower on this page.
Ticket Prices: Free Concert with a retiring collection,
or optional £13/15 for adults (standard seating / front 3 rows)
Book Tickets Online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-musical-tour-of-europe-a-classical-guitar-recital-with-jim-kelleher-tickets-42629552138
Tickets On The Door: Priced as above – subject to availability
A Cash Bar will be available
Highlights of this performance will include:
Mozart’s ‘Der Hölle Rache’ The Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute
Handel’s ‘V’adoro pupille’
Puccini’s ‘Un Bel Di Vedremo’ from Madame Butterfly
Classical Guitar Recital with Jim Kelleher
With over 500 years of music to choose from, Jim creates a beautiful, sensitive and balanced musical ambience, drawing from early traditional and Celtic styles, through Renaissance and Baroque, to Spanish and contemporary classical music.
The music Jim performs at events is also the music that he personally chooses to listen to, which guarantees a passionate and heartfelt performance every time.
Jim plays a 10-string classical guitar, which is a unique and unusual instrument. The extra strings enable him to perform a wider range of music, allowig him to remain more faithful to the original arrangements and styles. It is particularly useful for Celtic, Renaissance and Baroque music.
Recent clients include RBS and Magdalene College Oxford. Venues Jim has performed at in London include The Dorchester, The Langham, Mandarin Oriental, The Hilton Group, The Four Seasons Group, The Great Eastern and the Commonwealth Club, as well as wedding venues throughout the south including Hampton Court, The Lainston, Pennyhill Park, Goodwood, Runnymede, Windsor Guildhall, Farnham Castle and Wiston House.
Free Concert With Retiring Collection
We will open the doors at 7pm for a drinks reception and aim to start at 7.30pm
We look forward to seeing you soon,
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Programme Of Classical Concerts In Weybridge & Cobham
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Organised by: Surrey Concerts
Where: St James Church, Weybridge
Ticket Prices: from £13.50/£15/£20 in advance or from £17 on the door)
Tickets On The Door: From the Parish Hall concert reception desk at 6.30pm on the night.
More Information: Seana Davey _Harp Concert
St James Church, Weybridge
Tickets from £13.50 in advance or from £17 on the door)
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St Andrews Church, Cobham
Tickets: Free with retiring collection. See above for prices regarding optional bookings for front 3 rows / standard ticket optional booking.
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St Andrews Church, Cobham
Tickets from £13.50/£15/£20 in advance or from £17 on the door)
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St James’ Church
27 Church Street
Weybridge
KT13 8DF
Tickets from £11.37 – £16.76 in advance.
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St Andrews Church, Cobham
July 14th 2018 – Act TBC
St James Church, Weybridge
July 28th 2018 – Act TBC
St Andrews Church, Cobham
About Our Guest Musician: Tau Wey, Pianist
Born in Taiwan, Tau subsequently lived in Germany and then in England. After reading music at Cambridge, he studied with Yonty Solomon and Douglas Finch at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and with Jacob Lateiner at Mannes College of Music in New York.
He was awarded First Prize in the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Competition.
He gave his London debut solo recital at Blackheath Halls in 2006 and his overseas debut at the Music Forum in Taipei the following year. He has made appearances on Radio 3, at the Aldeburgh Festival and at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms season.
Tau is currently Head of Keyboard at Sevenoaks School and a piano tutor on the Kent International Piano Course.
After entertaining us in 2013 as a part of a two-piano duo, he pays a return visit to Esher, this time in a solo capacity, and the core of his programme will be the ever popular ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ by Mussorgsky
Programme For Tau Wey’s Concert
Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte also has a double life as an orchestral piece. It is a beautifully evocative dance in the neo-classical style, and inspired by a picture of a little dancing princess by Velazquez.
Ginastera was one of the most important Argentine composers. The Danzas Argentinas, though they do not relate to pictures and have not been orchestrated, are wonderfully descriptive pieces ideally written for the virtuosic medium of the piano.
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
Promenade
1 Gnome[Promenade 2] 2 The old castle[Promenade 3] 3 Tuileries (Dispute between children at play)
4 Cattle[Promenade 4] 5 Ballet of the unhatched chicks
6 “Samuel” Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle”[Promenade 5] 7 The market (the big news)
8 Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum)
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua (With the dead in a dead language)
9 The hut on hen’s legs (Baba-Yaga)
10 The Knight’s Gate (in the ancient capital, Kiev)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 (1937)
I Dance of the old herdsman
II Dance of the beautiful maiden
Musicians Art Gallery
Sera accepts commissions, so if you have a photo of musicians, a dancer or something else you’d like painted in her style, then please get in touch with Sera. Her contact details are on the Surrey Artists website.
