Madeleine Mitchell violin
Gordon MacKay violin
Bridget Carey viola
Dorothea Vogel viola
Joseph Spooner cello
Kirsten Jenson cello

Programme:
Schubert — String Quintet in C major D956
Brahms — String Sextet No. 2 in G major Op. 36

This concert takes place at St Christopher’s Church, St Christopher's Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

Tickets are available to purchase via the Tickets page.

The London Chamber Ensemble Quartet has had huge success with their album last year of Howells & Wood, one of Gramophone’s recommended recordings 2024, described as “perfection”, performing live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune. They’ve been invited to prestigious festivals next year, including Three Choirs, and the English Music Festival at Dartington 23.5.26 where their further album will be released. They performed the Schubert Quintet for the Schubert Society of GB with Kirsten Jenson, with whom Madeleine Mitchell has a piano trio, giving a sold out concert at London’s Leighton House this summer.

www.londonchamberensemble.com

Penelope Appleyard soprano
Lily Robson mezzo soprano
Thomas Mottershead tenor
Joseph Taylor tenor
Augustus Perkins Ray bass

This 90-minute afternoon workshop will run as follows:
- Warm-up using the VOCES8 method
- APOLLO5 will teach Wade in the Watermedley
- APOLLO5 will teach a second piece
- Q&A
- End with APOLLO5 singing a piece

This concert takes place at St Christopher’s Church, St Christopher's Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

Workshop tickets available via the Tickets page. Please note these can be purchased independently of, or in combination with, the APOLLO5 evening concert ticket.

HHH Concerts is delighted to welcome APOLLO5, from the VOCES8 Foundation, back from their hugely successful USA tour, to a special extra concert in Haslemere with a programme to celebrate the New Year.

“exceptional cohesion and effortless style… faultless. ★★★★★”
BBC Music Magazine

APOLLO5 is a five-piece vocal ensemble from London and part of the VOCES8 Foundation. Since their formation in 2011, they have aimed to share stories, stir emotions and inspire audiences through singing.

Their repertoire spans more than 500 years of music, and with seven studio albums and international performances they have been fortunate to receive recognition from critics and audiences alike.

Celebrating their 15th anniversary in 2025, APOLLO5 stands out as one of Britain’s smallest but most dynamic vocal groups. Comprising a soprano, mezzo-soprano, two tenors, and a bass, the ensemble — named after the ancient Greek god of music — has earned a reputation for its ability to connect intimately with audiences whilst producing a rich, vibrant and versatile sound. With a repertoire that embraces Renaissance, classical, and contemporary choral works, alongside folk, jazz, and pop, the group’s five voices vividly bring five centuries of music to life.

https://apollo5.co.uk/

Penelope Appleyard soprano
Lily Robson mezzo soprano
Thomas Mottershead tenor
Joseph Taylor tenor
Augustus Perkins Ray bass

Programme:
William Byrd — Vigilate
Philippe Verdelot — Donna, se fiera stella
Cipriano de Rore — Hor che l’aria e la terra
Paul Mealor — Beneath Thy Compassion*
Lucy Walker — My Heart, O God, is steadfast*
Fraser Wilson — Anam*
Michael McGlynn — Am gaeth i m-muir†
trad. Scottish arr. Paul Smith/Ann Wright — The Parting Glass
trad. Scottish arr. Cedric Thorpe Davie — Johnnie Cope
Benjamin Britten — The Ballad of Green Broom
Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Christopher Moore — Whither Must I Wander*
Gerald Finzi — My Spirit Sang All Day
Shruthi Rajasekar — Who Has Seen the Wind?*
Tim Laycock arr. Penelope Appleyard — Row On*
Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields arr. Matt Greenwood — The Way You Look Tonight*
Elton John & Bernie Taupin arr. Matt Greenwood — Your Song*
Jack Strachey & Harry Link arr. Jim Clements — These Foolish Things
Bill Withers arr. Blake Morgan — Lovely Day*
Tom Petty arr. The Wailin’ Jennys/Penelope Appleyard — Wildflowers*

* denotes new arrangement for APOLLO5
† denotes new composition for APOLLO5

This concert takes place at St Christopher’s Church, St Christopher's Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

Tickets available via the Tickets page. Please note that this concert is not covered by the 6-concert season ticket.

Doors open 18:00 for paid bar.

HHH Concerts is delighted to welcome APOLLO5, from the VOCES8 Foundation, back from their hugely successful USA tour, to a special extra concert in Haslemere with a programme to celebrate the New Year.

“exceptional cohesion and effortless style… faultless. ★★★★★”
BBC Music Magazine

APOLLO5 is a five-piece vocal ensemble from London and part of the VOCES8 Foundation. Since their formation in 2011, they have aimed to share stories, stir emotions and inspire audiences through singing.

Their repertoire spans more than 500 years of music, and with seven studio albums and international performances they have been fortunate to receive recognition from critics and audiences alike.

Celebrating their 15th anniversary in 2025, APOLLO5 stands out as one of Britain’s smallest but most dynamic vocal groups. Comprising a soprano, mezzo-soprano, two tenors, and a bass, the ensemble — named after the ancient Greek god of music — has earned a reputation for its ability to connect intimately with audiences whilst producing a rich, vibrant and versatile sound. With a repertoire that embraces Renaissance, classical, and contemporary choral works, alongside folk, jazz, and pop, the group’s five voices vividly bring five centuries of music to life.

https://apollo5.co.uk/

Ezo Sarici violin
Deniz Cengiz piano

Programme:
Szymanowski — Pieśń Kurpiowska and Pieśń Roksany
Lili Boulanger — Nocturne et Cortège
Paul Schoenfeld — Four Souvenirs
Beethoven — Violin Sonata No.7, Op.30 No.2 in C minor

This concert takes place at St Bartholomew’s Church, Church Hill, Haslemere, GU27 1BW.

Register for free entry via the Tickets page. There will be a retiring collection in favour of The Hunter Centre for Dementia.

Duo Ekeš, featuring violinist Ezo Sarici and pianist Deniz Cengiz, is an emerging violin-piano duo praised for their compelling performances and comedic interaction with their audiences.

Duo Ekeš are dedicated to exploring the underplayed corners of the classical repertoire, with a particular passion for works by Turkish composers whose music remains largely unknown. Their performances as a duo have taken them to venues such as Duke’s Hall, the Austrian Consulate of Istanbul, and Gregynog Hall in Wales, where they hold a residency.

They have earned recognition for their artistry and musical collaboration, connecting audiences with both familiar and lesser-known works.

The duo have had several concert tours in the UK and Turkey, with the latest in December 2024 and March 2025. These included performances in Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, London, Wales, and Scotland, continuing their mission to share their unique repertoire and dynamic performances with diverse audiences.

Ezo Sarici, born in 2002, is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where she now continues her Master’s degree under Professor Roman Simovic. Ezo’s career spans solo and chamber performances across Europe, with highlights including festivals such as the Sardinia International Music Festival and Aberystwyth Music Festival. She has performed at major venues such as the Royal Festival Hall and Barbican Centre and is also an emerging composer, with her folk-inspired works set to premiere at the Barbican Centre in 2025.

Deniz Cengiz, born in 2003, began her musical education in Istanbul before receiving a full scholarship to the Purcell School of Music. She is currently studying Solo Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig with Prof. Markus Tomas and Chamber Music with Prof. Boris Kusnezow. Deniz has performed as a soloist with orchestras performing Clara Schumann Piano Concerto and has appeared at venues including Wigmore Hall and Duke’s Hall. She has received multiple awards in international piano competitions and is an experienced recitalist and chamber musician.

https://www.instagram.com/duo.ekes/

Xander Croft violin
Miles Ames violin
Inis Oirr Asano viola
Felix Hughes cello

Programme:
Bartók — String Quartet No. 3 Sz.85
Beethoven — String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major Op. 127

This concert takes place at St Christopher’s Church, St Christopher's Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

Tickets are available for purchase via the Tickets page.

Elmore Quartet are supported by Kirckman Concerts.

“Style, assurance and direction from the first bar – an interpretation whose confidence and polish didn't preclude a sense of real drama"
Richard Bratby, classical writer and critic

Recipients of the prestigious Tunnell Trust Award in 2021, the Elmore Quartet is a young award-winning ensemble founded in 2017 at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Since their formation, the Elmore Quartet has been guided by some of the world's foremost chamber musicians, including Donald Grant (Elias Quartet), Petr Prause (Talich Quartet), Henk Guittart (Schoenberg Quartet), David Waterman (Endellion Quartet), and Marc Danel (Quatuor Danel).

The Elmores accepted the position as Studio Quartet at the RNCM in 2020 and in the same year, were awarded second prize in the CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition at Wigmore Hall. Their journey continued with their appointment as Junior Fellows in Chamber Music at the Royal Northern College of Music from 2021 to 2023.

Over the past two years, the Elmore Quartet has recorded for BBC Radio 3 and has performed at renowned UK venues, including Wigmore Hall, Conway Hall, the Pitville Pump Room, and Oxford’s Holywell Music Room.

Adding to their accolades, the Quartet proudly launched the Elmore Chamber Music Festival in 2020, and it has since become an annual event held in the village of Elmore in Gloucestershire every August.

In 2023 the Elmores were finalists in the Irene Steels-Wilsing International String Quartet Competition in Germany, and became members of the esteemed Netherlands String Quartet Academy (NSKA). They also received multiple festival invitations, including Casa del Quartetto (Italy), Crans Montana Master Classes (Switzerland), Residart Festival (Italy) and are looking forward to attending the Vibre Festival (France) in the spring of 2024.

Presently, holding the position of Hans Keller Chamber Fellows at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, the Elmore Quartet have enjoyed a busy past year performing across the UK and Europe. Noteworthy collaborations have included performances with the Jerusalem Quartet, Elias Quartet as well as pianists Keigo Mukawa and Victor Lim.

https://www.elmorequartet.com/

Programme:
J. S. Bach arr. Busoni — Chorale: Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland
Liszt — Années de pèlerinage - deuxième année: Italie
iv) Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
v) Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
vi) Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Ravel — Gaspard de la Nuit

This concert takes place at St Bartholomew’s Church, Church Hill, Haslemere, GU27 1BW.

Register for free entry via the Tickets page.

This concert is fundraising for the Haslemere Hospital League of Friends audiology project. There will be a retiring collection after the concert. Please give what you can afford; a minimum donation of £10 per adult is recommended.

Complementary coffee, tea and cakes will be served by the League of Friends volunteers from 10:30.

British pianist Ashley Fripp has performed extensively as recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, Asia, North America, Africa and Australia in many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls.

He has won prizes at more than a dozen national and international competitions, including at the Hamamatsu (Japan), Birmingham and Leeds International Piano Competitions, the Royal Over-Seas League Competition, the Concours Européen de Piano (France) and the coveted Gold Medal from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Ashley was awarded the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ highest award, The Prince’s Prize, and was chosen as a ‘Rising Star’ by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO).

Ashley studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Ronan O’Hora and with Eliso Virsaladze at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Italy). In 2021 he was awarded a doctorate for his research into the piano music of British composer Thomas Adès.

https://ashleyfripp.co.uk/

Alexander Sitkovetsky violin
Isang Enders cello
Wu Qian piano
Julian Bliss clarinet

Programme:
Clara Schumann — Andante from Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Op. 17
Chaminade — Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 34
Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps

This concert takes place at St Christopher’s Church, St Christopher's Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

This concert is kindly sponsored by Mrs Hilary Jenkins.

Tickets are available to purchase via the Tickets page.

Sitkovetsky Trio
The Sitkovetsky Trio has established itself as an exceptional piano trio of today. Their thoughtful and committed approach has brought the ensemble critical acclaim and invitations to renowned concert halls around the world, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Palais des Beaux Arts, Musée du Louvre, l’Auditori Barcelona, Wigmore Hall or Lincoln Center New York.

Recently, the Sitkovetsky Trio received the Chamber Music Award from BBC Music Magazine. They were previously first prize-winners of the International Commerzbank Chamber Music Award and recipients of the NORDMETALL Chamber Music Award at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, as well as the Philharmonia-Martin Chamber Music Award. They have been supported by the Hattori Foundation, the Musicians Benevolent Fund, the Fidelio Trust and the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation. Last season, the Sitkovetsky Trio received generous funding from the Initiative Musik as part of the Neustart Kultur programme launched by the German government.

Since 2014, a large number of recordings by the Sitkovetsky Trio have been released on the BIS Records label, including a compilation of works by Smetana, Suk and Dvořák, which was enthusiastically received by critics. This was followed by further releases on the Wigmore Live label and recordings of Mendelssohn piano trios, as well as an album with Ravel and Saint-Saëns, which was honoured with the BBC Music Magazine Award, among others.

The Sitkovetsky Trio is currently working on a cycle of all of Ludwig van Beethoven's trio works. Volume 1 has already received the Diapason d'Or ARTE.

Highlights of the 2024/2025 season include concerts in Madrid, London, Istanbul, Hong Kong and at the Heidelberger Frühling. They are also the ensemble in residence at the Beethovenfest Bonn and will be on tour in the USA and Israel.

Alexander Sitkovetsky is playing the 1679 ‘Parera’ Antonio Stradivarius Violin, kindly loaned to him through the Beare’s International Violin Society,; Isang Enders is playing a cello by Carlo Tononi (Venice, 1720) which has been kindly loaned by the J. & A. Beare Violin Society.

https://www.impresariat-simmenauer.de/en/artist/sitkovetsky-trio/

Julian Bliss is recognised as one of the world’s finest clarinettists, celebrated for his versatility as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, jazz artist, and educator. He began playing at the age of four and honed his craft at Indiana University and under the legendary Sabine Meyer in Germany.

Bliss has graced prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, Verbier, Lincoln Center, and Gstaad and performed as a soloist with leading orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, São Paulo Symphony, and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Recent highlights include a performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony and the world premiere of Ross Harris’s Clarinet Concerto in New Zealand.

Bliss’s recording portfolio showcases his artistry and range. His recent releases include John Mackey’s Clarinet Concerto and a Schumann recital album, as well as collaborations with the Carducci Quartet and James Baillieu. Past recordings feature works by Brahms, Mozart, and Reich, and his Gershwin-inspired album I Got Rhythm with the Julian Bliss Septet received glowing reviews. The Septet’s vibrant performances of jazz and swing have thrilled audiences worldwide, from Ronnie Scott’s to Jazz at Lincoln Center.

In addition to performing, Bliss is dedicated to expanding the clarinet repertoire. Through Bliss Music, he publishes arrangements such as Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata, which is now featured in the London College of Music syllabus.

Julian is proud to be a Buffet Crampon and Vandoren Performing Artist.

https://www.julianbliss.com/

Luna De Mol violin
Krystof Kohout violin
Elliot Kempton viola
Findlay Spence cello

Programme:
Haydn — String Quartet Op. 64 No. 5 in D major ‘The Lark’
Debussy — String Quartet in G minor
Schumann — String Quartet No. 3 in A major

This concert will take place at St Christopher’s Church, St Christopher’s Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

Tickets are available to reserve via the Tickets page.

Fibonacci Quartet are supported by Kirckman Concerts.

Originally formed at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Fibonacci Quartet are a Resident Ensemble at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid with Günter Pichler and at the Dutch String Quartet Academy in Amsterdam. Following public finals at Wigmore Hall last May, they were selected to join the Young Classical Artist Trust (YCAT) roster.

During the 2024/25 season the Quartet will perform extensively throughout Europe, including concerts in the UK, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and France. They will undertake residencies with ProQuartet in Paris and Britten Pears Arts in Aldeburgh, as well teaching and performing at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff in their position as Resident Quartet.

The Fibonacci Quartet are prolific prizewinners and have received numerous awards including First Prize in the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, The RPS Henderson Chamber Ensemble Award, First Prize in the International Triomphe de l’Art Competition in Belgium, The Kirckman Society Award, Audience Prize at the Schiermonnikoog Festival and Special Prizes of the Shostakovich Association in Paris and Peermusic in Hamburg.

Additionally, the Quartet regularly give radio and television broadcasts including on Dutch National Television, Dutch Concert Radio, BBC Radio 3 and RAI tv, Italy. They were honoured to work closely with Kaija Saariaho on a new recording of ‘Terra Memoria’ made at the Barbican as part of the BBC Total Immersion series.

The Fibonacci Quartet are generously supported by the Escuela Reina Sofía, the Hattori Foundation, the Cosman Keller Trust, The Frost Trust and Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre in Paris.

https://www.fibonacciquartet.com/