2025 SEASON PROGRAMME
Tickets available from Tuesday 7 January 2025: go to https://tickets.shimf.co.uk
Tuesday 6 May
Young and Emerging Artists Concert with guided walk and talk by Katy Hamilton
West Horsley Place, 10.30am walk, 12.30pm talk and concert
Thursday 8 May
Alim Beisembayev (2021 Leeds Piano Competition winner), solo piano
Chopin Preludes and works by Scarlatti, Ravel and Liszt
The Menuhin Hall, Stoke d’Abernon, 7.30pm
Saturday 10 May
VOCES8: Twenty!
20 Songs from 20 years of VOCES8, including Allegri Miserere, Elgar Lux Aeterna (Nimrod) and other choral works from across the centuries
Holy Trinity Guildford, 7.30pm
Monday 12 May
Menuhin Students Concert with guided walk
St Michael’s Church Betchworth, 10.30am walk, 12.30pm concert
Thursday 15 May
The Late Romantics
Musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York; Sitkovetsky Trio
Barber Adagio for strings; Chaminade Piano Trio No.2; Wagner Albumblatt (Romance); Strauss Metamorphosen
The Menuhin Hall, Stoke d’Abernon, 7.30pm (talk at 6.30pm)
Saturday 17 May
Baroque Virtuoso
Including Bach Brandenburg Concerti Nos 4 & 5, Vivaldi Cello Concerto, Bach Double Concerto for two violins
St Martin’s Church, Dorking, 7.30pm
Stunning 2024 Season concludes
The 2024 season reached a marvellous climax on 18 May after a wonderful series of concerts with a stunning Finale performed by Dame Sarah Connolly with the English Concert in Holy Trinity Church Guildford.
The Piano Extravaganza concert at the Menuhin Hall, which featured two pianos and four pianists, is illustrated by the following excepts from the Rachmaninov Suite No. 2, performed by Wu Qian and Juho Pohjonen and Ravel’s La Valse, performed by Katya Apekisheva and Wu Qian
2024 Performers
What our audience said about the 2024 Festival
‘I thought that Sarah Connolly was on top form this evening and was brilliantly supported by The English Concert. Thursday night’s piano extravaganza was simply mind-blowing!’
‘How wonderful to be able to observe a group of musicians at the absolute top of their game at such close quarters.’
‘Thank you so much for a wonderful guided walk in the sunshine, and then you had gathered together a delightful group to give us a beautiful hour of music and history.’
‘The festival clearly gives much pleasure to all who attend….’
Reflections on the 2024 Verbier Music Festival
SHIMF Chair Julia Pearson gives a personal view of the 2024 Verbier Music Festival.
2024 Young Composer Competition results announced
The results of the 2024 Surrey Hills Young Composer Competition are announced here.
Concert Partner
RBC Brewin Dolphin, one of the largest British wealth management firms providing investment management and financial planning services to individuals, companies, intermediaries and charities, supported the Festival in 2024 as the Concert Partner for ‘Chamber Music at Wisley‘ on 11 May.
We are very grateful for this support from RBC Brewin Dolphin, which built on their sponsorship of the 2023 concert at Wisley.
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