Concerts at Hammerwood are particularly special as over the past 20 years we have reintroduced and perfected the historic piano tuning system which restores emotion and better meaning to the piano repertoire of the 19th century. Surprisingly the tuning adds remarkably to the music of the 20th century too and brings better colour to the music of Bach, Haydn and Mozart of the 18th century. The tuning has been adopted for the Nice International Competition, the Kalamata Conservatoire in Greece and Steinway Artists in London and Genoa, Italy. Developed by David Pinnegar, it is now being adopted in the USA by technicians Tim Foster, Steinway Specialist Christopher Ris and teacher and Tuner, David Summerhays.

Each month, often on a weekday evening or Saturday afternoon we organise a concert in the Library which usually starts at 7.45pm or Saturday afternoons at 4pm. The range includes piano recitals, string duets and quartets, organ recitals, choral works and, normally once each summer a full orchestra in the Staircase Hall.

Sometimes there are additional concerts during public opening, starting at 4pm and on those days, the tour is usually curtailed at 3.20pm.

2025 CONCERTS

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• 26th April 4pm - Whimsical Worlds: Songs of Imagination and Play - A recital programme for soprano and piano presented by Betty Makharinsky and Pavel Timofeyevsky
• 10th May 4pm - Hammerwood STAR performer Angela Brownridge, piano. She's played at Hammerwood at least three times before and has her instrument tuned to Hammerwood tuning, saying that it's the first time than she's been in love with her Steinway. Accordingly we should expect a really stunning performance exploiting the Hammerwood instrument to the full.
• Saturday 1st June 4pm - Danilo Mascetti - piano. Danilo performed on the 1802 Stodart in December and returns to play the Bechstein. We haven't had the programme yet but will forward it as soon as we do.
• 12th July 4pm - Madeleine Brown - piano - another Hammerwood STAR performer. Moments Musicaux with Schubert and Rachmaninoff

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Betty Makharinsky and Pavel Timofeyevsky

• Full Fathom Five (from Ariel) by Jonathan Dove
• Sonatine by Maurice Ravel
  - Modéré
  - Mouvement de menuet
  - Animé
  - Après un rêve
  
• Mandoline by Gabriel Fauré
  
• Night by Florence Price
  
• On this Island by Benjamin Britten
  - Let the florid music praise!
  - Now the leaves are falling fast
  - Seascape
  - Nocturne
  - As it is, plenty
• The Nursery by Modest Mussorgsky
  - With Nanny
  - In the Corner
  - The Beetle
  - With the Doll
  - At Bedtime
• Gradus ad Parnassum (from Children’s Corner) by Claude Debussy
• La Courte Paille by Francis Poulenc
  - Le sommeil
  - Quelle aventure!
  - La reine de coeur
  - Ba, be, bi, bo, bu
  - Les anges musiciens
  - Le carafon
  - Lune d'avril

Programme Angela Brownridge

• Mozart Fantasy in C minor K475
  - Adagio
  - Allegro.
• Debussy Suite Bergamasque.
  - Prelude.
  - Menuet.
  - Clair de Lune.
  - Passepied.
• Tchaikovsky from Op. 72:
  - Meditation. - Chant Elegiaque .
  - Invitation to the Trepak.
• Brahms 16 Walzes Op. 39.
• Chopin Ballade no.1 Op. 23.
  -Largo.
  - Moderato.