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AGM Saturday 12th July 2025

13/6/2025

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​AGENDA 


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for the FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
​to be held at
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​Sardine Cottage, 6 Cushings Walk, Whitstable, CT5 1EZ

on Saturday 12th July at 3pm.


Welcome

Apologies for absence

Minutes of the AGM held on 6 th July 2024

Matters arising

​Chairmans Report 2025

Accounts for the year ending 30 th April 2025

​Annual Appointments

​Nominations:

  • Hon. Chairman J Walker
  • Hon. Vice Chairman G Smyth
  • Hon. Secretary S Wheeler
  • Hon. Treasurer I Cook
  • Trustee J Selby

Any other business
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Acknowledgements:
  • ​Sponsors and Donors
  • Louise Spiro - Page Turner
  • Interval Helpers
  • Methodist Church

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Lunchtime Recital - Thursday 8th May from 1:00pm

23/4/2025

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Michael McHale

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On behalf of the Whitstable Music Society and Whitstable Hearing I would like to invite you to a free lunchtime concert on Thursday 8th May at 1pm.

This special lunchtime concert is part of an event being organised by our sponsors Whitstable Hearing who are great supporters of Whitstable Music Society, to inform people of the recent advances in audiology which will include informative talks, interactive demonstrations and a chance to connect with others who are passionate about hearing wellness.  

With the support of Whitstable Hearing the Whitstable Music Society have arranged for the acclaimed Irish pianist Michael McHale to give a lunchtime recital starting at 1pm. 

Belfast-born Michael McHale has established himself as one of Ireland's and the UK's leading pianists and has developed a busy international career as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. His performances grace prestigious venues worldwide, including Wigmore Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Tokyo Spring Festival, and he has collaborated with renowned orchestras including the Hallé, Minnesota Symphony, and all of Ireland’s major orchestras. 

Michael's programme will be as follows:
Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp minor op.27 no.2 "Moonlight" 


Interval -

​Schubert: Impromptus op.90, nos. 2, 3 & 4
Trad Irish (arr.McHale): My Lagan Love 
Liszt: Concert Paraphrase on Verdi’s “Rigoletto” 


We do hope you will be able to join us for this lunchtime recital.  Please make a note of the date and time in your diary.  Refreshments will be provided!

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Next Concert - Saturday 26th April 2025 at 7.30 pm

20/4/2025

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Salome Quartet

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A final reminder of our concert on Sat 26th April when the acclaimed Salome Quartet will be playing the Purcell Chacony in G minor, the Hyden String Quartet Op.64 No.4 in G major, the Ravel String Quartet in F Major and works by Caroline Shaw and Hildegard von Bingen.

This is the final concert of our current season (Sept 2024 to April 2025) so we very much hope you will be able to join us to celebrate the end of another successful season of chamber music in Whitstable.

We will be back to start a new season in September 2025. This will be our 50th Anniversary Season- which is quite an achievement in itself! Over the last few months the committee has been planning a wonderful 50th Anniversary Season with some of our favorite artists and wonderful programmes to celebrate this special event. There will be more information about this on our website soon.

Hoping you will be able to join us this coming Saturday.​

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Next Concert - Saturday 29th March 2025 at 7.30 pm

6/3/2025

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Paddington Trio

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We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming concert on featuring the acclaimed Paddington Trio. This performance marks the penultimate event of our 2024-2025 season, leading up to our 50th anniversary celebrations commencing in September 2025, which will include seven exceptional concerts.

The Paddington Trio recently received a glowing five-star review from The Guardian (below) for their performance at Kings Place, London, highlighting their remarkable unity and expressive musicianship.
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We look forward to sharing this exciting musical experience with you.

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Extract of The Guardian Article - 

The unpredictability of concert life is not its only allure – or, for some of us, addiction – but nothing is more rewarding than being ambushed unexpectedly. The Paddington Trio, making their Kings Place debut, were new to me, though it turns out they have won numerous first prizes in the four years since they began playing together. I see why. 
Their programme of Mendelssohn (Trio No 2 in C minor), Sam Perkin (Freakshow, 2016), Ellen Lindquist (Shining Through, 2023) and Shostakovich (Piano Trio No 2 in E minor) looked intriguing enough on paper: two familiar masterworks, two novelties. It proved ever more revelatory as the concert progressed.

​These virtuosic musicians – Finnish violinist Tuulia Hero, Irish cellist Patrick Moriarty and American pianist Stephanie Tang – play as one, hardly needing to refer to the music. That they lean in and bend towards each other need make no difference to their musicality: that very act can sometimes appear an affectation. Not here. They lived every note. Shostakovich completed his second trio in 1944, dedicating it to a close friend who died during the course of its wartime composition. Its four movements encompass the gamut of emotion, from the muted cello harmonics of the opening lament to the wild maelstrom of grief in the finale, based on a Jewish dance theme. The work ends, as if exhausted, with a whispered, major key chord: stoicism, sufferance, release. Music can take you anywhere, when played like this.
Article: Sat. 1st Feb. 2025
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Next Concert - Saturday 25th January 2025 at 7.30 pm

21/1/2025

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New London Chamber Ensemble

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We are delighted to welcome the wonderful New London Chamber Ensemble, the renowned wind quintet, who will perform a programme of music by Debussy, Mozart, Hindemith, Holst and others.

The New London Chamber Ensemble last played for us in November 2021 and many of our audience at the time said "We must have them back!" so here they are four years, later for what I'm sure will be a wonderful recital.

Having graced stages globally, the NLCE has left an indelible mark with notable appearances in diverse settings.

​Highlights include collaborations with pianist Angela Hewitt at the Trasimeno Festival (Perugia) and Wigmore Hall; collaborating with percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie in the performance of two world premieres at the Lake District Summer Festival; performances for Courthouse Music in Sweden and the Banff Festival in Canada; the Two Moors Festival performing Walton’s Façade with Prunella Scales and Timothy West; collaborations with the Dante Quartet at the Swaledale Festival and Wigmore Hall; The Forge London with pianist Michael Dussek; Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals at the Leeds International Concert Season; King’s Place London with composer/pianist Martin Butler and premieres at the Cheltenham Festival in 2011 and 2014.

Tickets will also be available on the ticket desk on the evening of the concert.

We look forward to seeing you at the concert on Saturday at the usual start time of 7.30pm


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