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The 2026 West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival
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Sep
19

The 2026 West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival

Saturday 19th September 2026

£25 - 8pm-10:15pm

The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hambleden, RG9 6RX

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Event Description:

The West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival at Hambleden is now in its 16th year. It was founded by the world-renowned viola player Lawrence Power, who is the artistic director of the Festival and one of the performers. He grew up in this area and every year he returns to present this exclusive and intimate concert series.

The five concerts span five centuries and will be performed by some of the finest musicians in the world of chamber music today.

This concert is the final one of the five concerts which together make up the season.

Writing about the Festival, Lawrence comments:

“In this year’s five concerts we will be exploring the idea of “TIME”. I never cease to be amazed by how deeply music and time are intertwined and it’s inspiring to remember that in Ancient Greece astronomy, music, maths and physics were all equally studied. The Quadrivium as it was known brought these four disciplines together with equal significance in an attempt to understand the mysteries of the universe.  Music unfolds in time and time is made tangible through music.”

 Concert #5          Saturday 19th  September at 8 pm

                                    “TIME REIMAGINED’                                            £25

Bayard Rustin         ‘I saw her as I came and went’

Diego Ortiz               Ricercata Segunda

Bach                          Air from Suite  no.3

Rameau                    Entrance of Mercury

Terry Riley                 Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector

Vivaldi                       Cello Concerto in B minor RV 423

                                    INTERVAL

Finzi                           Eclogue for piano and strings

Machaut                   ‘My end is my beginning’

Piazolla                     Calle 92

Falconieri                 Suave Melodie

Edith Piaf                  ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’

Hans Zimmer          Time

Haydn                        Symphony no.101 ‘The Clock’ – Andante

Rameau                    Les Sauvages from Les Indes Gallantes

Geminiani                Concerto Grosso ‘La Folia’

Stephanie Gonley, Charlotte Spruit and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough (cello), Sergio Bucheli (lutes), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano).

* Event details accurate at the time of publishing; please check the organiser's website for the latest updates.

Event Location:

The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hambleden, RG9 6RX
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