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© Wendover Music
reg charity no: 1072921
president : Ian Partridge CBE
WENDOVER
MUSIC
Wendover Music was started in 1995, as an arts development project from St Mary's Church Wendover and the people of Wendover in partnership with Aylesbury Vale Leisure Services. There are four concerts each year, in April, May, June and July, with artists of both national and international acclaim. Concerts take place at St Mary's Church, Wendover, well known for its superb natural acoustics and recently (and wonderfully) refurbished.
April 14th 2012, 7.30pmEMMA JOHNSON [clarinet]
& JOHN LENEHAN [piano]  The
much loved clarinettist will play a sparkling recital of pieces by
Debussy, Schumann, Weber, Copland and Milhaud. This is Emma's third
visit to Wendover, each time she has received raptuous applause.
May 12th 2012, 7.30pm ALAN BARNES JAZZ OCTET
 A
figurehead of British jazz assembles an octet of British jazz stars
to play arrangements of Duke Ellington, classics and the specially
composed three-piece Wendover Suite, depicting life in a Chilterns
village. SPECIAL TICKET PRICE OF £10 FOR THIS CONCERT.
June 09th 2012, 7.30pmHEATH STRING QUARTET
 The
prize winning and highly thought of young string quartet, formed in
2002, plays works by Haydn, Tippett and Tchaikovsky.
July 07th 2011, 7.30pmBENJAMIN GROSVENOR [piano]
 Nineteen-year-old
virtuoso, former winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year and
star of the First Night of the Proms returns to Wendover with a recital
of Chopin, Bach, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Ravell.
season
tickets and individual concert tickets
will be available from 06th February 2012Tickets will be available from the following :- Wendover Tourist
OfficeAylesbury Tourist
Information OfficePrinces Risborough
Tourist Information Office |
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If you would like to be put on our mailing list and receive information about our future concerts, please contact us.
For further details of each concert or of the season's concerts, please ring (01296) 615753.
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PROGRAMME
SPONSOR |
Our programme sponsor this year is Lane Castle Ltd, 32 High Street, Wendover, a residential and mixed-use developer.
Please visit the Lane Castle web site.
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ST
MARY'S
CHURCH |
The beautiful parish church of St Mary's has been at the centre of community life in Wendover since the thirteenth century. Today it continues to be a place where music, beauty, faith and life meet and take the heritage of the past to future generations. It has been recently refurbished.
Please visit the St Mary's Church web site.
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ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
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This year's
A.G.M. will take place on Saturday 03rd March 2012, 7.30pm. at St Mary's
Church, Wendover. Following the formal business, a musical recital will
be given by various groups from Aylesbury Music Centre; nibbles, wine and
chit chat follow.|
LINKS
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local
web links with a musical interest.8th March 2011