St Peter's Marlborough

History Society: Non Conformist Chapels & Meeting Houses in Wiltshire
2023-11-16 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | St Peter’s Marlborough, High Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1HQ, United Kingdom
SPEAKER:
James Holden, researcher and writer on historic buildings for the Wiltshire Building Record
TOPIC:
Wiltshire is particularly lucky in the variety and quality of its chapels, which range from tiny country meeting houses of traditional gable-ended design to large town churches with Classical facades and space for 1000 or more worshippers in their galleried interiors.
Free for History Society members
£5 on the door for non-members

Brilliant International Musicians Series : Harry Fox (piano) & Alisa Liubarskaya (cello)
2023-11-12 19:00 - 21:00
Alisa Liubarskaya
2nd principal Cello at the Royal Ballet Sinfonia as of January 2023. She regularly appears as a guest cellist at venues including the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Orchestra of the Scottish Opera, the Southbank Sinfonia, and the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera.
Alisa started playing the cello at the age of seven and began giving public performances soon after. During 2012 Alisa became a member of the Southbank Sinfonia and most recently has been invited as a Guest Section Principal with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Alisa has received first prizes at the Vivian Joseph Concerto Competition, and the Barbirolli Memorial Prize for Cellists. Her most recent performances, including solo concerto performances, have been with the Southbank Sinfonia, Trinity Laban Sinfonia, Canterbury Symphony Orchestra as well as chamber music recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St. John’s Smith Square and St. Martin’s in the Fields.
Harry Fox
A Steinway Artist and one of the most notable British Pianists of his generation. He has established an exciting career as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, having performed internationally at concerts, competitions and chamber music festivals in Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the United States. Performances at prestigious London venues include St Martin’s in the Fields, St John Smiths Square, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fairfield Halls, and Wigmore Hall.
Harry was accepted to attend Chetham’s school of Music in Manchester at the age of 8. When he was 13, he gave his concerto debut performing Grieg’s Piano concerto in A minor. Whilst at Trinity College of Music Harry won the opportunity to perform Chopin ́s 1st piano concerto in the United States
In 2017 he founded the Harry & Alisa Recital duo with his wife, the Cellist Alisa Liubarskaya. They have since performed a series of concerts in the UK, Greece, Valetta, Paris & Rome.
Programme for the evening
1st half
Brahms – Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118

Intermezzo in A minor. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato
Intermezzo in A major. Andante teneramente
Ballade in G minor. Allegro energico
Intermezzo in F minor. Allegretto un poco agitato
Romanze in F major. Andante
Intermezzo in E♭ Andante, largo e mesto

Bach-Bussoni
Chaconne in D minor aus der Partita II für Violine BWV 1004
Interval
2nd half
Bach –
Sonata in G major for Viola da Gamba, BWV 1027
Adagio
Allegro ma non tanto
Andante
Allegro moderato
Mendelssohn –
Cello Sonata No. 1 in Bb Major Opus. 45
Allegro Vivace
Andante
Allegro assai
Kapustin –
Elegy for Cello and Piano Op.96
This series is very generously supported by Elisabeth Clemency Cross

Cards for Good Causes
2023-11-02 10:00 - 2023-12-18 15:00
Cards for Good Causes are back with their pop up shop in St Peter’s from November 2nd.
They will be open daily from 10am to 3pm alongside the Cardinal Coffee Shop.
www.cardsforcharity.co.uk

Windfalls and Wildings
2023-10-22 14:30 - 16:30
The Apple’s Journey from the Heavenly Mountains to the Pewsey Vale told in original music, song, images and spoken word by Paul Darby and friends. In aid of Marlborough Community Orchard.
This performance will delight apple, nature and history lovers of all ages. It tells the story of the apple’s journey from the mountains of the middle east, over the centuries, to right here in the heart of Wiltshire.
Told with heart, joy and gentle humour you’ll be sure to leave with a love of apples and their fascinating history. October is peak season for apple harvest so this is perfect timing for an autumn afternoon of apple-y celebrations and community.
Doors open at 2.30pm. Performance at 3pm following a brief introduction to Marlborough Community Orchard.
Tickets available (cash only) from Sound Knowledge and the White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough High Street, or call 07876 230 540 for more details.
Very recently pressed apple juice straight from the community orchard will be on sale and there’s a chance to sponsor a new fruit tree, which will be added to the orchard ‘forest’ this autumn.
Free tastings of cider from local fruit.
Ticket price includes a cup of tea and a little piece of apple-y cake or flapjack too.
Come and find out more about Marlborough as a ‘Town in an Orchard’, and how you could help look after the trees and keep the orchard developing and healthy for the future.

Bombay Bicycle Club | SOLD OUT
2023-10-22 12:00 - 13:30
Event by Sound Knowledge in partnership with St Peter’s Marlborough
** SOLD OUT**
We’re delighted to be partnering with Sound Knowledge who are welcoming back Bombay Bicycle Club for an intimate outstore at 12.30pm on Sunday 22nd October in St. Peter’s Church to promote the release of their brand new album ‘My Big Day’.
The band’s sixth album, ‘My Big Day’ promises to be a vibrant and joyous set of compositions from the much loved four-piece and features guest appearances from Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, and Holly Humberstone and Damon Albarn. It’s released on 20th October on CD, LP and a pink vinyl exclusive to indie shops like us. They previously joined us to celebrate their Top 5 comeback album ‘Everything Else Has Gone Wrong’ in one of our last events before the pandemic hit and we can’t wait to hear the new songs, this time in the incredible setting of St. Peter’s.

History Society: Crofton Beam Engines ~ A Social History
2023-10-19 19:00 - 21:00
SPEAKER:
David Throup: retiring from a career in high performance electronic engineering, a second career helping to maintain some Georgian technology was the obvious choice. What started as a fun thing to do on a Tuesday turned into a multi faceted journey through the mind of James Watt and his impact on this corner of Wiltshire.
TOPIC:
Crofton Beam Engines – its families 1808-1959. Over this time only 13 families have lived and worked to run the engines pumping water to the top of the Kennet and Avon Canal. This is their story interwoven with great technological changes.
Tickets available on the door £5
Free entry to History Society Members.

Brilliant International Musicians Series : Judith Choi-Castro (violin) & JP Ekins (piano)
2023-10-15 19:00 - 21:00
Judith Choi-Castro
Spanish-South Korean violinist Judith Choi-Castro enjoys a versatile career performing internationally as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. Judith was born in the Canary Islands, Spain and at the age of 17 moved to London where she graduated with a BMus (Hons) degree and a Masters degree from the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. Highlighted concerts and touring include: the Stockhausen Donnerstag aus Licht; playing with the London Sinfonietta at the Royal Festival Hall in London (2019); Japan and Russian tours with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski (2017 & 2018); and BBC Proms concerts with Britten Sinfonia, London Philharmonic, and BBC Symphony Orchestras at the Royal Albert Hall.

John Paul Ekins
In great demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician, John Paul Ekins has given performances throughout the UK, and overseas in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain and Switzerland.
In 2009 he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Charles Owen, graduating with ‘Master of Performance’ (Distinction) in 2011. International performances have taken him to prestigious venues such as Bucharest Athenaeum, Zurich’s Tonhalle, London’s Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall (where he made his concerto debut in 2013), Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. John Paul was particularly honoured to be presented to Her Majesty, The Queen and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip at a Reception for Young Performers in Buckingham Palace.
This series is very generously supported by Elisabeth Clemency Cross

History Society : Progress During the Ages of Victoria & Elizabeth II by Patrick Hickman-Robertson
2023-09-21 19:00 - 21:00
SPEAKER:
Patrick Hickman-Robertson, OBE, is the author of a number of best-selling books on social history and on cinema. He has broadcast and lectured on these topics on both sides of the Atlantic. Co-founder and a former chairman of the Ephemera Society, he has a special interest in ‘the minor transient documents of everyday life’ as evidence of the past we all share.
TOPIC:
Patrick enquires whether the Victorians or we, the new Elizabethans, saw greater change in our daily lives during the two longest reigns.

Tickets available on the door £5
Free to History Society Members
