Saturday 4th July, 10.30 am coffee, 11.00 am performance
Monthly Organ Recital on the Bevington Organ with Barrie Magill
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Saturday 11th July and Sunday 12th July
Hay Music – International Rising Stars of the Piano Weekend
Saturday 11th July, 3-5 pm – Concert 1, William Bracken and Misha Kaploukhii
William Bracken (England) plays
Fryderyk Chopin 3 Mazurkas op. 59
Fryderyk Chopin Etude op. 25 no. 7
Alexander Scriabin Etude op. 42 no. 5
Unsuk Chin etude no. 1 “in C”
Fryderyk Chopin etude op. 25 no. 2
Alexander Scriabin etude op. 42 no. 3
Alexander Scriabin Sonata no. 10 op. 70
Fryderyk Chopin Ballade no. 3 in A flat
(This programme replaces the previously announced programme of Preludes)
Misha Kaploukhii (Russia) plays
Michael Tippett Piano Sonata number 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff Selection from Études-Tableaux, op. 39
Saturday 11th July, 7-9 pm – Concert 2, Iyad Sughayer and Giulia Contaldo
Iyad Sughayer (Palestine /Jordan) plays
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Twelve Variations on ‘Ah vous dirai-je, Maman’, K. 265
Jean Sibelius Impromptus op. 5
Aram Khachaturian Ballet Scenes
Giulia Contaldo (Italy) plays
Ottorino Respighi Notturno
Franz Liszt Two Legends
Karol Szymanowsky Calypso from Metopes op. 29
Isaac Albeniz Iberia Book I
Sunday 12th July, 5-7.15 pm – Concert 3, Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Misha Kaploukhii
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Piano no. 2, op. 2 in A major
William Bracken
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Piano no. 29, op. 106, ‘Hammerklavier’
Iyad Sughayer
Ludvig van Beethoven no. 15 in D major, op. 28 ‘Pastoral’
Giulia Contaldo
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Piano no. 32, op. 111 in C minor
Full information and tickets – including a Weekend Saver Ticket – from Hay Music
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Saturday 8th August, 3-4 pm
Songs of Love and Longing
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11th – 14th September – Hay Music Festival 2026
“To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.” Robert Schumann
The following concerts are being held at S. Mary’s church. There are lots more events at other venues around Hay.
Friday 11th September, 7-9 pm (Event 1)
The Fitzwilliam Quartet with Simon Callaghan, piano – ‘Bringing light into darkness’
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet K80
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet op. 18 no. 1
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet
Saturday 12th September, 3-5 pm (Event 3)
Sinfonia Cymru String Octet/Nonet – ‘Music that brings joy’
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Octet
Ollie Mustonen Nonet 2
Jean Francaix Dixtuor – movements 3 and 4
Lili Boulanger arr. David John Roche D’un matin de Printemps (a new arrangement for strings nonet and wind quintet)
Sunday 13th September, 5-7 pm (Event 7)
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet – ‘Music that heals’
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet no. 14 in G Major, K387 (‘Spring’)
Nigel Osborne new string quartet based on his experiences with war veterans in Ukraine (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet no. 15, op 132
For tickets and full details please see Hay Music
