The Menuhin Hall Spring/Summer 2023 brochure

WHAT’S ON

What’s on this Season

Welcome

Welcome to The Menuhin Hall’s 2023 Spring/Summer season.

Alongside The Yehudi Menuhin School’s traditional Showcase concerts – including a Debut Showcase for pupils who have yet to appear at The Menuhin Hall –our world-class concert venue plays host to a number of exciting events, including a visit from the National Youth Harp Orchestra, the return of Gary Hoffman and a concert featuring the award-winning Sitkovetsky Trio, who will perform side-by-side with YMS pupils.

Of particular note is the memorial concert for Margaret Norris, who was a devoted teacher at the School for over 30 years. The impact that she had on generations of young musicians will be represented by the return of many YMS alumni for a moving tribute to Margaret’s remarkable musical legacy.

Our annual Founder’s Day concert features YMS staff performing alongside pupils and recent graduates, including the 2020 BBC Young Musician of the Year Strings winner, Coco Tomita.

The School’s Summer Festival, which also marks the launch of the School’s 60th birthday celebrations, has been given a major revamp this year. There will be solo performances spread throughout the summer term in a Friday-evening Summer Solos series celebrating the culmination of the pupils’ work over the course of the year. Then the Summer Festival itself will showcase the diverse range of musical activity which defines YMS, including orchestral concerts, a Family Day centred around Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals (featuring new texts and artwork produced by the School), chamber music recitals, solos from students in their final year of study and appearances by two of our Associate Artists, Maxim Rysanov and Alexander Sitkovetsky. In a spectacular Festival Finale we will round off the year with a performance of Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9 in a special arrangment for two pianos and choir and in collaboration with the Music in Secondary Schools Trust.

Looking forward, as it does, the Summer Festival provides a nod to the School’s 60th birthday celebrations beginning in September 2023. I trust you’ll find something to whet your appetite and I look forward to welcoming you to The Menuhin Hall in the coming months.

Ashley Wass Director of Music

Showcases

Pupil Showcases are at the heart of our programme here at The Menuhin Hall. After the hours of hard work mastering technique and perfecting the nuances of interpretation, this is when our extraordinary young musicians can share their passion with a real, live audience and you can experience the captivating talent of some of the finest young musicians in the world.

Debut Showcase

Thursday 2 March 7.30pm

Tickets: £10–£21, under 30s half price

A special opportunity to share in the joy and pride of our newest pupils as they make their solo debuts on stage in The Menuhin Hall.

Showcase

Tuesday 21 March 7.30pm

Tickets £10–£21, under 30s half price

In a nod to World Poetry Day, this showcase features a performance of a setting of Emily Dickinson’s poem Eden is that old-fashioned House by YMS’s Deputy Director of Music, Marco Galvani, and performed by the whole school choir.

Running times: 90 minutes plus interval

Summer Solos

Friday 28 April 7.30pm

Friday 5 May 7.30pm

Friday 12 May 7.30pm

Friday 19 May 7.30pm

Friday 9 June 7.30pm

Friday 16 June 7.30pm

Friday 23 June 7.30pm

Tickets: £10–£21, under 30s half price

New for this summer, the YMS pupils bring you a series of Friday evening solo recitals. Over the course of seven performances, there will be the chance to hear each and every one of the School’s pupils. From exuberant crowd-pleasers to exquisitely beautiful lesser-known gems, these concerts are perfectly programmed for switching off from the week and clearing your mind ready to enjoy the weekend ahead.

Plus, our bar opens one hour before the concert starts so you can arrive early and enjoy a drink and a stroll around our beautiful grounds in the early evening sunshine before heading into the concert hall to be entertained by glorious music, joyously played.

Running time: 90 minutes plus interval

Margaret Norris Memorial Concert

Thursday 9 March 7.30pm

Tickets: £23, under 18s £12 (incl glass of wine/drink at post-concert reception)

Past and present pupils and colleagues gather to celebrate violin teacher Margaret Norris’s 60-year contribution to both their own musical lives and that of The Yehudi Menuhin School.

Margaret was a member of staff at the original school when it opened in London back in 1963 and she remained devoted to it, living on-site for 25 years, writing the music timetables and, of course, teaching the violin. She built many long-lasting relationships with countless pupils, and it is in tribute to her that so many talented and diverse musicians are returning to The Menuhin Hall for this memorial concert.

The evening will be a rekindling of old childhood partnerships and the forging of new collaborations between musicians from different decades. The second half will culminate in the coming together of 60 years of musical history, with current pupils playing alongside alumni, building new memories on the foundations of the past.

Running time: 90 minutes plus interval

National Youth Harp Orchestra

Sunday 12 March 3.00pm

Tickets: £20, under 16s £13

The National Youth Harp Orchestra is delighted to return to The Menuhin Hall with a concert programme of reflection, hope and joy. The orchestra of over 35 players draws on the finest young harpists from all over the UK and truly is a sight and sound not to be missed.

Running time: 90 minutes plus interval

Mussorgsky The Great Gate of Kiev

Robinson Hope

Matilda Whates Soloist

Catrin Finch Celtic Concerto

Surrey Mozart Players

Saturday 25 March 7.30pm

Tickets: £21, under 21s £5

Arensky Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

Shostakovich

Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky Suite No. 1 for Orchestra

Philip Ellis Conductor

Surrey Mozart Players return to The Menuhin Hall with a programme of tributes, homages and celebrations. On hearing of the death of his great friend, mentor and supporter Tchaikovsky, Anton Arensky composed his beautiful and heartfelt Tchaikovsky Variations as part of his second string quartet. Realising that he had created a gem, he re-scored the work for string orchestra, a much-treasured addition to the legacy of Tchaikovsky.

Antonina Suhanova Piano

Shostakovich’s second piano concerto was a birthday present – a father’s proud and loving gift to his son Maxim on his graduation from the Moscow Conservatoire. Two movements of celebration and high spirits, frame a stunning, achingly beautiful slow movement of Mozartian lyricism. Tchaikovsky’s Suite No. 1 for Orchestra is a celebration of the Baroque dance suite and a precursor of his great ballet music. Displaying astounding innovation and imagination this work shows us the full range of Tchaikovsky’s genius.

Antonina Suhanova is supported by The Musicians’ Company.

Running time: 80 minutes plus interval

© Anna Protko

Maiastra Chamber Concert

Sunday 2 April 7.30pm

Tickets: Free, with a retiring collection

Tickets must be reserved online or via The Menuhin Hall Box Office

Maiastra performs three celebrated string quartets, directed by multi-award-winning violinist and trustee of The Aidan Woodcock Charitable Trust, Arisa Fujita.

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

Beethoven String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127

Arisa Fujita Violin

Kryštof Kohout Violin

Clem Pickering Viola

Pere Puertas Cello

The first piece is Wolf’s lilting one-movement Italian Serenade for String Quartet, followed by the ominous String Quartet No. 8 by Shostakovich. The final item is Beethoven’s String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127. The first of his ‘late period’ quartets, the composition echoes this anxious and tumultuous time of Beethoven’s life, with dramatic and sudden polarity of characters.

The Aidan Woodcock Charitable Trust, under the name Maiastra, provides courses for emerging young professionals who are hoping to make chamber music a major part of their career.

Running time: 90 minutes plus interval

Wolf Italian Serenade for String Quartet

Founder’s Day

Saturday 22 April 7.30pm

Tickets: £10–£27, under 30s half price

As well as being one of the world’s greatest virtuoso violinists, Yehudi Menuhin loved playing chamber music with his friends and also with the students. To honour the School’s inspirational founder on what would have been his 106th birthday, Director of Music Ashley Wass has put together a programme of music to be performed by current students and staff.

For the centrepiece of the programme Ashley will be joined by recent alumna Coco Tomita, the School’s Professor of Cello Alex Chaushian and two percussionists to perform an arrangement of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15.

Programme to include: Shostakovich arr.

Viktor Derevianko

Symphony No. 15

Alexander Chaushian Cello

Coco Tomita Violin

Ashley Wass Piano

YMS pupils

Percussionists to be confirmed

Running time: 90 minutes plus interval

© Brett & Lindsey Clarke (Made of Pixels)

Arvin Kocharian

Surrey Hills International Music Festival: Gary Hoffman and Wu Qian

Thursday 11 May 7.30pm

Tickets: £36, under 30s £10

Following their unforgettable concert in 2022, Gary Hoffman together with Surrey Hills International Music Festival Artistic Director Wu Qian return with a programme combining the gorgeous German Romanticism of Mendelssohn and Brahms with sun-drenched melodies from Spain.

“Gary Hoffman is one of the music world’s best-kept secrets, a fine and uncompromising cellist whose rare appearances mesmerise.”

– Ariane Todes

Mendelssohn Cello Sonata in B flat major No. 1 Op. 45

Nin Suite Espagnole

Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38

Cassadó Requiebros

Gary Hoffman Cello Wu Qian Piano

Running time: 80 minutes plus interval

© Matthew Gordon

Surrey Hills International Music Festival: Sitkovetsky Trio and Friends

Saturday 13 May 7.30pm with pre-concert talk at 6.00pm

Tickets: £40 Talk & Concert (incl drink), £36 Concert only, under 30s £10

A pre-concert talk by the ‘erudite, funny…’ Katy Hamilton, with live musical examples performed by the Sitkovetsky Trio, will delve into the historical context and musical detail of this evening’s programme, enhancing your experience of the full performance to follow.

The concert opens with Beethoven’s famously atmospheric ‘Ghost’ Piano Trio, after which the Sitkovetsky Trio will join forces with two of The Yehudi Menuhin School’s pupils to perform Dvořák’s chamber masterpiece – his sublime Piano Quintet No. 2.

A publicity partnership between The Surrey Hills International Music Festival and The Arts Society.

Beethoven Piano Trio in D major Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’

Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81

Alexander Sitkovetsky Violin Isang Enders Cello Wu Qian Piano

Running time: 45-minute talk, 70-minute concert plus interval

© Julia Severinson

Farnham Youth Choir: Hope

Saturday 17 June 6.00pm

Tickets: £27, under 18s £12

The world-renowned, Farnham Youth Choir will be performing some of their competition repertoire from the International Choral Competition hosted by Interkultur, which takes place in Hull this May. The concert includes songs from composers such as Michael Higgins, Cecilia McDowall and Bárdos Lajos. Our Senior Choir will be joined by our Junior and Training Choirs who will perform a selection of songs from their current repertoire, celebrating a busy year of high-profile performances.

Farnham Youth Choir

Patrick Barrett, Margaret O’Shea, Claire Robbins

Conductors

Matthew Rickard, Susan Norman Accompanists

Running time: 75 minutes without interval

SUMMER FESTIVAL 1–7

July

A week-long celebration of beautiful music.

Orchestral Picnic and Family Day

Orchestral

Picnic: Around the World

Saturday 1 July 5.00pm

Grounds open from 4.00pm to 8.00pm

Tickets: £10–£33, under 30s half price

4.00pm Bar & Grounds open

5.00pm Concert, first half

6.00pm Picnic Interval

7.15pm Concert, second half

Gather a group of family and friends, bring a picnic, spread a blanket on the lawn in the School’s beautiful grounds and settle in for an afternoon of gorgeous music. And don’t forget that our bar will be serving chilled Prosecco and the essential summer Pimm’s!

In The Menuhin Hall pupils will perform pieces from their forthcoming recording on the Orchid Classics label followed by Dvořák’s glorious Serenade, conducted by Associate Artist Maxim Rysanov

Running time: 120 minutes plus 75-minute interval for picnic

Family Day: The Carnival of the Animals

Sunday 2 July Performances at 1.15pm & 3.45pm*

Grounds open from 12 noon to 5.00pm

Tickets £10, under 30s half price

Have you ever seen a tortoise dancing the can-can or an elephant attempting a nimble waltz? How about violins masquerading as cheeky, pecking hens or kangaroos leaping across pianos? No? Well, you can find them all and more in Saint-Saëns’ fun-filled The Carnival of the Animals.

Pack a picnic and bring the whole family along for an afternoon of musical magic with workshops, poetry, facepainting and much more. Giggles are guaranteed!

Running time: Performances last approximately 1 hour

*Your ticket is valid for your selected 1.15pm or 3.45pm performance but you are welcome to stay and enjoy the School’s grounds and activities all afternoon.

Chamber Showcase

The Rite of Spring

Monday 3 July 7.30pm

Tickets: £10–£21, under 30s half price

Chamber music holds a very special place in life at YMS with many life-long friendships and enduring professional partnerships forged over spirited rehearsals of Beethoven String Quartets. Every student in the school is part of at least one chamber group, and this evening’s programme showcases some of the repertoire that they have learned this academic year.

This concert will feature Stravinsky’s infamous masterpiece in the composer’s own arrangement for two pianos, with YMS pianists joining Director of Music Ashley Wass for a performance as unforgettable and theatrical as the ballet itself.

Running time: 90 minutes plus interval

And All the People Rejoice

Tuesday 4 July 7.30pm

Tickets: £10–£27, under 30s half price

Written by Ian Skelly, the ever-popular

BBC

Radio 3 presenter

and speech-writer for HRH King Charles III when he was The Prince of Wales, this evening offers a highly entertaining, witty and insightful look into the richly historied relationship between music and the monarchy.

Told from the perspective of the very first Master of the King’s Musick, Nicholas Lanier – played by the British star of stage and screen Henry Goodman* – as he travels back and forth in time, the show covers several centuries, numerous monarchs and countless composers.

The evening promises to be a quirky and often comical entertainment, full of fascinating anecdotes and wonderful music.

Running time: 80 minutes plus interval

*Please note that Henry Goodman’s appearance is subject to confirmation

Leavers’ Showcases

Wednesday 5 July 7.30pm

Thursday 6 July 7.30pm

Tickets: £10–£21, under 30s half price

A final chance to hear our graduating students perform together before they head off on new adventures. This year, to allow the School’s leavers to share as many of their favourite pieces as possible, we’re putting on two concerts in The Menuhin Hall.

Expect glittering performances, passionate playing and maybe even a tear or two at this celebratory farewell concert.

Each concert will be followed by the presentation of scores to graduating students.

Running time: 90 minutes plus interval

Ode to Joy!

Friday 7 July 7.30pm

Tickets: £10–£33, under 30s half price

A joyous musical spectacle to end the school year will bring together the entire school with celebrated YMS alumni and community partner the Music in Secondary Schools Trust.

In the first half Alexander Sitkovetsky and Wu Qian join the School’s Junior Orchestra to perform Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings, an enchanting work written when the composer was just 14 years old.

After the interval we bring the festival to a close with a spine-tingling showstopper: Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9 in an arrangement for two pianos and choir. Music Director Ashley Wass will take one of the piano parts alongside four YMS piano pupils who will each play a movement with the massed voices of the School’s choir and singers from MiSST secondary schools performing the magnificent final movement.

Running time: 130 minutes plus interval

Mendelssohn Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

arr. for two pianos

Ode to Joy

Alexander Sitkovetsky Violin

Wu Qian Piano

Ashley Wass Piano

The YMS Orchestra

The YMS Choir

Pupils from MiSST secondary schools

Soloists to be confirmed

FRIENDS EVENTS

Each season, Friends and Members of The Menuhin Circle enjoy exclusive events, talks and other opportunities to share their support of The Yehudi Menuhin School, its pupils and performances.

Why not join us for the Friends AGM on Thursday 16 March to find out more? For further information contact development@menuhinschool.co.uk or call 01932 584744.

Further details of Friends and Menuhin Circle events for the Spring/ Summer Season will be sent to members in the coming weeks.

Love classical music?

Support our young musicians!

Here’s how you can help classical music thrive through The Yehudi Menuhin School.

The Yehudi Menuhin School provides a specialist education for exceptionally talented young musicians from around the world. Our alumni, including names such as Nicola Benedetti, Nigel Kennedy and Kathryn Stott, are ambassadors for classical music on a global scale, bringing joy to millions through their performances.

Your support is vital: our pupils are admitted based on talent, potential and passion for music, not their ability to pay the fees, and more than 90% need financial assistance to attend the school.

Please support us today to help our pupils become the next generation of world-class musicians.

Ways to support us:

• DONATE TODAY

Make a secure, online donation today.

• JOIN THE FRIENDS

Be part of our community of supporters and enjoy a range of benefits. Membership from £40 per annum.

• JOIN THE MENUHIN CIRCLE

Enjoy exclusive opportunities to meet pupils, alumni and teachers as well as private events. Donations of £1,000 and above per annum.

• LEAVE A GIFT IN YOUR WILL

Transform the lives of future generations with a legacy gift. For a confidential discussion contact Marion Chow at marion.chow@menuhinschool.co.uk or call 01932 584744

The Yehudi Menuhin School (Registered Charity 312010)

Out and About

Saturday 25 February 7.30pm

Spire Church, South Street, Farnham

Chamber concert for Tilford Bach Society

tilbach.org.uk

Thursday 9 March 1.00pm

Barnes Music Festival

Lunchtime concert at St Mary’s Church, Barnes barnesmusicfestival.com

Tuesday 14 March 1.00pm

Cranleigh Arts Centre

Lunchtime concert

cranleigharts.org

Box Office: 01483 278000

Thursday 16 March 1.00pm

The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich

Lunchtime concert eventbrite.co.uk

(set location to ‘Norwich, UK’ and search ‘Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School’)

Friday 17 March 11.00am

King’s Lynn Town Hall

Coffee concert

kingslynncornexchange.co.uk 01553 764864

Saturday 29 April 7.30pm

Banstead Arts Festival, Community

Association Hall, Park Road, Banstead

Chamber and orchestral concert bansteadarts.co.uk

Thursday 4 May 7.30pm

Music in Lanark, Christ Church, Hope Street, Lanark Chamber Concert

www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk

Friday 5 May 3.00pm

Cannongatekirk, Edinburgh Recital

To book email henrietta.thewes@outlook.com or call 07768 591989

Sunday 7 May 3.00pm

Blair Castle, Pitlochry Recital

To book email alaviniagordon@gmail.com or call 07850 268820

Thursday 15 June 1.00pm

Pinner Music Festival

Lunchtime concert in Pinner Parish Church pinnermusicfestival.co.uk

Wednesday 12 July 1.00pm and 7.30pm

Lichfield Music Festival

Concert in Lichfield Cathedral

To book email boxoffice@lichfieldfestival.org or call 01543 306271

Friday 14 July 7.30pm

Petworth Festival

Showcase concert

petworthfestival.org.uk

Box Office: 01798 344576

Monday 17 July 7.30pm

Menuhin Festival Gstaad

Orchestral concert in Chateau d’Oeux Church gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch

Leavers’ Concert

Around the World in 80 Minutes

Wednesday 15 March 8.00pm

Kings Place, London

Tickets are only available from kingsplace.co.uk and not from The Menuhin Hall Box Office

Our annual Leavers’ Concert is a chance for our graduating students to perform together in a celebratory concert at one of London’s major concert halls. The unique, family-like bond shared by our students lends this feel-good evening of chamber music an extraspecial sparkle.

Bach Four Duets, BWV 802–805

Turnage Slide Stride

Milhaud Scaramouche

Stravinsky arr. Wright Eight Easy Pieces

Andres Martin Tango

Across the Border

Arensky Piano Quintet in D major, Op. 51

At this year’s concert our final-year students will perform pieces from Around the World in 80 Minutes, their forthcoming recording on the Orchid Classics label. Join them as they embark on a journey through Western classical music from Bach’s exquisitely-crafted (and very Germanic) Four Duets to Slide Stride, Mark Anthony Turnage’s exuberant homage to American composer and jazz pianist James P. Johnson.

Running time: 80 minutes plus interval

Lectures

Lecture series by local societies have formed an integral part of The Menuhin Hall’s programme of events from the outset, with The Arts Society, East Surrey Area as well as the Claremont & Oxshott Arts Society and Surrey U3A all holding regular lectures here. On a number of occasions lecture days will also feature short taster performances by The Menuhin School’s pupils.

Surrey U3A

There are more than twenty U3As in Surrey offering opportunities to ‘Learn, Laugh and Live’ in small interest groups covering scores of different subjects and activities. Surrey U3A will be offering the option of either physical or virtual attendance. Study days: 9.30am–4pm

Friday 17 March

A Study Day on Poetry

Steven Fowler, James Haddow and Roger McGough

Friday 21 April

The Story of Polar Exploration and Arctic Frontiers in a Changing Climate

John Ash and Robert Headland, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Friday 19 May

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Professor Hugh Williamson, University of Oxford

Friday 16 Jun

The Vikings and Their Influence in the World Imogen Corrigan

To book, contact Denise Dobbs

07964 798791 / surreyu3astudyday@btinternet.com

A fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Detail from the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Claremont & Oxshott Arts Society

Claremont Arts Society brings people together through a shared curiosity for the arts. Their events provide welcoming places to hear expert lecturers share their specialist knowledge about the arts. Members contribute to and preserve our artistic heritage through volunteering and grants with the aim of creating a better, healthier and more connected society.

Doors open: 1.45pm / Event: 2.15pm

Wednesday 8 March

The Frick, The Wallace and their connection to Knole

Hillary Williams

Wednesday 12 April

Field of the Cloth of Gold

Jo Mabbutt

Wednesday 10 May

Baroque on a Roll: classical music in the modern media

Tony Rawlins

Wednesday 14 June

The Partnership of Gertrude Jekyll and Sir Edwin Lutyens

Tom Duncan

To book, contact Patricia Corben

01932 240505 / pcorben@talktalk.net

The Arts Society, East Surrey Area

The Arts Society, East Surrey Area is a leading arts charity widely acknowledged for its valuable contribution to arts education and heritage conservation. Members enjoy high quality and wide-ranging lectures, special events and volunteering activities.

Saturday 13 May

The Arts Society, East Surrey Area, in a publicity partnership with the Surrey Hills International Music Festival, present a pre-concert talk by music lecturer Katy Hamilton.

This will be followed by a performance by the Sitkovetsky Trio with pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School of music by Beethoven and Dvořák.

For full details please see page 10.

Tickets available from The Menuhin Hall Box Office.

For more information, contact The Arts Society, East Surrey Area esaartssociety2020@gmail.com

Local Offers

The Old Plough Cobham

The Old Plough, Station Road, Stoke d’Abernon KT11 3BN

01932 862244

info@oldploughcobham.co.uk

www.oldploughcobham.co.uk

The Cobham Bookshop

12A Anyards Rd, Cobham KT11 2JZ 01932 862903

info@cobhambooks.com

www.cobhambooks.com

The Wine Reserve

7 Oakdene Parade, Cobham KT11 2LR 01932 866682

www.thewinereserve.co.uk

The Old Plough is pleased to offer The Menuhin Hall audience a 20% discount off (food only), for customers who have settled their bill by 7.30pm. This offer is available Monday to Friday, both before concerts and on non-concert days.

Available Monday to Friday only upon production of your concert tickets (valid within 6 months of intended purchase). The discount is not transferable, is subject to availability and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

The Cobham Bookshop is delighted to offer The Menuhin Hall audience 10% off all stock (books, stationery, DVDs etc.) upon presentation of your concert tickets (physical or online).

The discount is not transferable, is subject to availability and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers including the Loyalty Card Scheme. This offer is available on production of a recent concert ticket for The Menuhin Hall. I.e. for an event that has taken place within 6 months of the intended purchase at The Cobham Bookshop. One concert ticket per transaction, please.

The Wine Reserve in Cobham has generously agreed to offer The Menuhin Hall audience their case price for single bottles. The case price is the price for six bottles or more that usually works out approximately 10% less than the one to five bottle price. Just show your concert tickets when purchasing to claim your discount.

This offer is available on production of a recent concert ticket i.e. for an event that has taken place within 6 months of the intended purchase at The Wine Reserve. One concert ticket per transaction, please (which may be physical or virtual).

Booking Information

PRIORITY BOOKING:

Menuhin Circle opens 30 January

Best Friends opens 30 January

Friends opens 6 February

General booking opens 13 February

Book online at:

THE MENUHIN HALL.CO.UK

Box Office: 01932 559400

We encourage all patrons to book their tickets at themenuhinhall.co.uk

If you need help with your booking, please do not hesitate to call the Box Office. Our opening times are Monday to Friday 10am–3pm (lunch 12.15pm–12.45pm). The Box Office will also be open one hour before each concert commences. Please keep an eye on our website for the latest updates and changes.

Your Menuhin Hall ticket will give you access to a number of offers at local businesses. Have a look at our website for up to date details: themenuhinhall.co.uk/offers

Accessibility

The Menuhin Hall is a level access venue with seating for disabled patrons in the Stalls. Patrons who need the assistance of a frame or crutches should please contact the Box Office for advice.

Wheelchair patrons will be issued with a parking permit to enable level access to the venue. Issued permits will ensure that a seat is removed in the Auditorium to allow wheelchair access.

Only patrons who have been allocated a Menuhin Hall parking permit by the Box Office may park in these bays.

Blue badge holders may park in the 6 unreserved bays available in the lower car park. Please note that access from the lower car park involves 13 steps and an 80-yard walk. Patrons who require level access to the building can be dropped off behind the Hall in the parking permit area. Assistance can be provided by a member of staff if required.

A loop system is installed. Headsets for infrared audio are available from the Box Office.

Guide Dogs are welcome. Please advise the Box Office in advance so that an appropriate aisle seat can be provided.

Guidance for Visitors

We are delighted to be able to welcome a live audience to The Menuhin Hall.

The safety of our visitors, staff and pupils remains our top priority, and we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure that your visit is both safe and enjoyable.

Please follow the guidance of our Front of House team, observing any signage and oneway systems that may be in place. The Menuhin Hall is well ventilated and we have a stringent programme of cleaning in place. We have hand sanitisers on site and masks available should you wish to wear one.

Your patience and support, as ever, are greatly appreciated.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Our full terms and conditions can be viewed online at www.themenuhinhall.co.uk/ terms-conditions. All information is correct at the time of going to print. The Menuhin Hall reserves the right to alter, cancel or change concerts, events, artists, times and dates without prior notice. Please check our website for the latest information.

DATA PROTECTION

Your contact details are held on file for the use of The Menuhin Hall and The Yehudi Menuhin School only and will not be passed to any third party. If you do not wish to receive any further information, please inform the Box Office on 01932 559400 or by email at boxoffice@menuhinschool.co.uk

Map and Directions

PLANNING YOUR VISIT

Our address is: The Menuhin Hall, Cobham Road, Stoke d’Abernon, Surrey KT11 3QQ

By Train: Cobham & Stoke d’Abernon Station is on the Guildford via Cobham line from London Waterloo. Taxis are available at Cobham Station. Cobham cars: 01932 863335

By Car: The Hall is easily accessible from the M25 junctions 9 (Leatherhead) and 10 (Cobham). The Hall is a few minutes’ drive from Cobham and Fetcham.

From Cobham and Leatherhead: follow signs towards Fetcham and Bookham, driving past Squire’s Garden Centre. The Hall is on the right, immediately after crossing the M25 flyover.

From Fetcham: follow the road towards Cobham. Keep an eye out for a stone sign on the left indicating The Menuhin School’s white upper gate; drive past this entrance and after a few tight bends you will reach The Menuhin Hall’s main entrance, just before the M25 flyover.

The Menuhin Hall

Seating Plan

General booking opens 10am, Monday 13 February. Ticket prices may vary depending on seating area as shown during the booking process on our website.