Contact details:
Hon Secretary of the Friends: Gill Roffey (01303) 263739 13 Cobay Close, Hythe CT21 5AA
e-mail: gillian@roffey20k.freeserve.co.uk
Church Director of Music: Berkeley Hill (01303) 265312 1 Brockhill Road, Hythe CT21 4AB.
e-mail: b.hill@imperial.ac.uk
Parish Office: (01303) 262370
e-mail: shirlie@freenetname.co.uk
Church website: stleonardschurch.com
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
BRANDON'S MUSIC SHOP, 55 HIGH STREET, HYTHE.
(Tickets for Young Professionals Series £7. Others vary in price.)
Young Professionals Series is presented by the Friends in association with Trinity College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Onward Trust. It is intended to provide professional musicians at the outset of their careers with concert opportunities.
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Date |
Details All on Saturdays and start at 7.30 unless otherwise indicated
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Series/ Organisers |
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Feb. 17 |
The Edlian Piano Trio - Charlotte Edwards (violin), Ann Lines (cello) Tatiana Andrianova (piano). The Trio specialises in Russian music and has played for music societies throughout the UK and internationally. |
Friends |
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March 3 |
Salvation Army and Hythe Town Concert Bands Organised by the Hythe Salvation Army, St Leonard's provides a warm acoustic for band music. |
HytheSA Retiring Collection |
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March 24 |
Anne Smith (cello) and Heather MacPherson (piano) These musicians have played for the Friends on several previous occasions and have a strong following. |
Friends |
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April 1 (Sunday at 6.30) |
Palm Sunday Music 6.30pm Shepway Singers - Music for Palm Sunday and Passiontide (with readings) |
Retiring Collection |
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April 15 (Sunday at 3.00) |
Dorothee Jansen (soprano) and Francis Grier (piano) A previous Sunday afternoon recital by these world-famous artists proved popular. These performances of Franz Schubert's music are soon to be recorded for CD. |
Friends |
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Apri1 21 |
Christine Stevenson (piano) Australian concert pianist Christine makes a welcome return. While studying with Ronald Smith and living in Hythe, Christine became a Friends founder-member. |
Friends |
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May 5 |
Presti Guitar Quartet (Royal College of Music) This quartet comprises Florence Nisbet and colleagues |
Young Professionals Series |
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May 19 |
Brussels Madrigal Singers - A multinational ensemble presenting madrigals and motets (English and German)
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Friends |
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May 24 & 25 (Thur& Fri) at 7.00 |
" Noye's Fludde" - Benjamin Britten Opera for children, adults and professionals, with audience participation. This is a major activity for the new school in Hythe. (Special prices apply to families). |
Hythe Bay C of E Primary School |
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June 9 |
The Greenwich Trio (Trinity College, London) Lana Trotovsek (violin), Stjepan Hauser (cello), Yoko Misumi (piano) |
Friends |
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June 30 to July 8 |
St Leonard's Music Festival Week |
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Sat. June 30 |
Bavarian Musicians - Caroline Bergius, Rebekkah Hartmann and Alan Bergius and a singer |
Friends |
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Sun. 1 July |
Festival Evensong (with choir of Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone) 6.30pm |
Voluntary collection |
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Mon. 2 |
Highworth Guitar Quartet and Norton Knatchbull Hot 8 Jazz Band |
Friends |
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Tues. 3 |
12.00 Lunchtime recital- ORGAN Janet Hughes (formerly organist St Andrew's, Brussels) |
Retiring Collection |
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Wed. 4 |
DUO Eleanor Percy (violin), Irina Lyakhovskaya (piano) The visit of these young players in 2006 made a great impression. Their performance quality is outstanding. |
Young Professionals Series |
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Thurs. 5 |
12.00 Lunchtime recital- PIANO Rafael Orth (Hoehsehule fur Musik, Freiburg) |
Retiring Collection |
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Fri. 6 |
"Bells, Organ and Voices" - the ringers, singers and players of St Leonard's, with Berkeley Hill (organ) An event that combines the church's tower bells and hand-bells with music (organ, solo and choral) and poems inspired by the sound of bells. |
Retiring Collection |
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Sat. 7 |
Canterbury Cathedral Choir - directed by Dr David Flood (Organist and Master of the Choristers) This is a rare opportunity to hear the world-famous full Cathedral Choir outside its normal home. The concert is dedicated to the memory of Frank and Asa Martin and is to celebrate their contribution to the Friends. |
Friend, and Mr DAmans. Tickets £10 |
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Sun.8 |
3.00 AftemoonJazz and Tombstone Teas (at 4.00). The young band RED HERRINGS play mainly traditional jazz. |
Retiring Collection |
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Sun.8 |
6.30pm Festival of Favourite Hymns |
Friends |
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July 21 |
Snowdown Male Voice Choir This Kent choir is in strong demand throughout England and Wales. |
Friends |
| July 27 | London Primevera Orchestra | Primevera |
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Aug. 18 |
Nigel Ogden - BBC's 'The Organist Entertains' Nigel has been making visits for many years, always to highly appreciative audiences. His unique style of delivery covers light classics and popular music. |
Friends and Rev Desmond Sampson |
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Sept. 8 |
Students from Trinity College London Prema Kesselman, (flute) and pianist (forthcoming) |
Young Professionals Series |
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Sept. 29 |
Dr David Flood - organ concert The Organist and Master of the Choristers at Canterbury Cathedral is well-known for his ability to communicate his enthusiasm to audiences. |
Friends |
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Oct. 20 |
Jianing Kong (piano) Royal College of Music A further return visit from this brilliant player, now studying in London, provides compulsive pianism. |
Young Professionals Series |
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Nov. 10 |
Hythe Town Band The traditional Remembrance concert |
HytheTown Band |
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Nov. 24 |
Trinity College of Music, London Artists to be advertised later |
Young Professionals Series |
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Dec. 21 |
Carols for All- St Leonard's Church choirs and the Shepway Singers |
Retiring Collection |
