Concerts

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Instruments in the collection are used in concerts throughout the year.
Concerts are held in the original Music Room of the house, design by Sir Reginald Blomfield 1903.
During the mid-summer break in the concert programmer, August, the Music Room is displayed as a Composer Museum.

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Olivia Sham

4 May 2016
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Olivia ShamOlivia Sham – piano (by Erard, 1845. Performed upon by Thalberg)

Schumann Papillons, Op. 2
Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Book 1, Op. 19
W. Sterndale-Bennett Fantaisie, Op.16 (dedicated to Schumann)

Olivia Sham is a research fellow at the Royal Academy of Music, where she recently finished her doctorate on Liszt performance practice. This concert places the Fantaisie by Sir William Sterndale Bennett, whose bicentenary is this year, in the context of music by Mendelssohn and Schumann, who were his friends and admirers during study years in Leipzig.

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Date:
4 May 2016
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Booking information

Online booking is available but if you prefer to book tickets by post please download our booking form, complete and send with SAE and a cheque

Lunchtime recitals

Last approximately one hour.

Evening concerts

Last approximately two hours with one interval
during which juice and wine are served.

Notices

Wheelchair access available. Please advise in advance.
Please note that tickets cannot be exchanged nor money refunded.
Tickets to recitals and concerts do not include free admittance to the house.
We reserve the right to refuse admission and change the programme and/or instrument without notice.
It may not always be possible to admit latecomers to the Music Room.

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