Venue for all concerts will be the Gransden Hall, The Merritt Centre, Sherborne Girls, Bradford Road, Sherborne DT9 3QN unless stated otherwise. Queenie’s Café will be open 30 minutes before the Subscription Series Concerts and in the intervals to buy light refreshments. All tickets (including free admission) are available from events@sherborne.com, except where marked otherwise or not open to the public**
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Tuesdays as listed
1.45pm Cheap Street Church, Sherborne
30 April | 21 May
Fridays as listed
1.45pm Gransden Hall, The Merritt Centre
3 May | 17 May | 21 June
Sunday Abbey Services**
21 April – Holy Communion
19 May – Joint Service with Sherborne School
11.30am
CONTACT DETAILS:
Director of Music - Mark Cracknell | E: m.cracknell@sherborne.com
Music Administrator/The Merritt Centre Manager
T: 01935 818212 | E: music@sherborne.com
Following a hugely busy and inspiring Lent term programme of musical events, we are delighted to bring you our Trinity Term Music Diary.
I encourage you to join us at those events which are public; from Friday lunchtime concerts to our Cheap St Church recitals and some of our evening events; we are excited about the quality and breadth of our music and are keen to share it! Music is life, in our very souls.
Please join us in celebrating and encouraging our amazing young people as they enhance all of our lives with the joy of music.
As the incredible Leonard Bernstein said, ‘I can’t live one day without hearing music, playing it, studying it, or thinking about it.”
Mark Cracknell Director of Music
Music Scholarships are available at 11+, 13+ and 16+
Please contact me if you would like more information or to arrange a pre -audition
Friday 19 April | 7.30pm | Ruth
R U T H R O G E R S
Ruth Rogers studied with Itzhak Rashkovsky and Herman Krebbers Described as “the finest of the younger generation of violinists” (Musical Opinion) and hailed by the Guardian as “superb”, Ruth is in demand as soloist, leader, and chamber musician She was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal - the Royal College of Music’s highest accolade. She appears regularly at such prestigious venues as The Wigmore Hall with the Aquinas Piano Trio and has made many recordings as part of that ensemble, including recent releases by Naxos which have been very well received by the critics.
Ruth was appointed as Leader of the London Mozart Players in 2015 and Leader of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra in 2022. She worked as Co-Leader of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 2008 until 2012 and appears as a guest leader of many other major orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, the CBSO and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Ruth regularly leads orchestras abroad and has performed as a soloist in many different countries Ruth has played to orphans, landmine victims and malaria patients in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border.
www.ruthrogers.net
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Simon Callaghan performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, in parallel with a highly successful career as a recording artist. Recital partners have included Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Nicholas Daniel, Adrian Brendel, Feng Ning, Samuel West, Prunella Scales and Timothy West. He is a founding member of the London Piano Quartet, joining colleagues from the renowned Piatti Quartet to showcase the repertoire for piano quartet with a particular focus on revivifying works that have fallen into obscurity. He has a strong profile on BBC Radio 3: his first disc for Hyperion, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, formed part of his PhD at the Royal Northern College of Music and was praised by BBC Radio 3’s Andrew McGregor: “I have nothing but praise for the performances... impressive pianism”.
Simon Callaghan’s reputation and experience in chamber music led to his appointment as Artistic Director at London’s celebrated Conway Hall, only the sixth incumbent since the founding of the series in 1887. He was elected a Steinway Artist in 2012
PROGRAMME:
www.simoncallaghan.com
Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, op.24 “Spring”
Poulenc: Sonata for Violin and Piano Interval
Amy Beach: Romance for Violin and Piano, op.23
Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
Tickets £20 available from events@sherborne.com or scan the QR code
Saturday 27 April
SHERBORNE GIRLS PIANO RECITAL
A recital given by pianists and piano trio of Sherborne Girls 7.00pm
Coach House Pianos 79-91 New Kings Road
London SW6 4SQ
NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – INVITATION ONLY
Sunday 28 April
GSA CHOIR OF THE YEAR FINAL
Congratulations to our Madrigal Society who have reached the national final of this competition
1.45pm
Wimbledon High School Mansel Road
London SW19 4AB
Tickets are free but limited so on a first come, first served basis, available from events@sherborne.com by Monday 22 April
Saturday 4 May
Aquinas Piano Trio 3.30pm
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | Sherborne Girls
Ruth Rogers violin | Katherine Jenkinson cello | Martin Cousin piano
Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in D major, Hob. XV:7
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio no 2 in C minor
Franz Schubert Piano Trio no.1 in B flat major, D898
The Aquinas Piano Trio is firmly established as one of the leading piano trios in the country, with violinist Ruth Rogers also well known to local audiences Praise by the critics for ‘exquisite virtuosity’ and for being ‘spot on in interpretative instinct’ (Gramophone) has resulted in an increasing catalogue of recordings Look forward to these qualities in the elegantly sublime Haydn D major trio (recently released on Naxos), the stormy and thrilling C minor trio by Mendelssohn and one of the great pinnacles of the chamber music repertory – the mighty Schubert B flat trio. In short, an unmissable afternoon for chamber music lovers, ahead of the group ’ s next W igmore Hall appearance.
Tickets £15
Sunday 5 May
The English Orpheus
3.30pm
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | Sherborne Girls
Kieran White tenor | David Wright harpsichord; chamber organ
Henry Purcell: songs and arias
Kieran White – ex-Sherborne chorister and now leading, internationally sought-after tenor – presents a programme of songs and arias accompanied by renowned harpsichordist extraordinaire David Wright W ith favourites including the transcendent ‘Sweeter Than Roses’ and ‘One Charming Night’ from The Fairy Queen, this an absolute treat of an afternoon recital for Purcell lovers
Tickets £15
Photos: Francesco Vitali; Krystian Data
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Tuesday 7 May
Sherbor ne Girls Madrigal Society Concert
An eclectic mix of music sung by our wonderful Madrigal Society 1.30pm
Sherborne Abbey
Admission free – no need to book
Tuesday 7 May
Sherbor ne Girls Chamber Music Concert 4.30pm
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | Sherborne Girls
Chamber music at its best, performed by our advanced chamber ensembles
Admission free – no need to book
Wednesday 15 May**
Joint Schools’ Unplugged
7.30pm
Gransden Hall
The Merritt Centre
Sherborne Girls
Friday 14 June Music Scholars’ Concert
7.30pm
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre
Sherborne Girls
Come and support our talented music scholars as they perform solo repertoire
FREE Admission: book at events@sherborne.com
Saturday 22 June
125TH ANNIVERSARY OG CONCERT
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | 7.00pm
Sunday 23 June
CONCERTO CONCERT
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | 7.00pm
Monday 24 June
THE KANNEH-MASONS AND FRIENDS CONCERT
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | 7.00pm
Tuesday 25 June
COMMEMORATION CONCERT
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | 7.30pm
Thursday 27 June
LEAVERS’ SERVICE**
Sherborne Abbey | 4.00pm
Thursday 27 June
LEAVERS’ GALA CONCERT
Gransden Hall | The Merritt Centre | 6.30pm
Friday 28 June
COMMEMORATION SERVICE**
Sherborne Abbey | 11.00am
Friday 28 June
PRIZEGIVING**
Marquee | 12.30pm
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