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## **HAY MUSIC TRUST**
## **REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1168901**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
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## **Rereference and administrative details**
## **Registration**
Hay Music Trust (“HMT”) was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with the Charity Commission in England and Wales, registered charity number 1168901, on 24 August 2016. Its principal address (and address for correspondence) is Cedars, Nantyglasdwr Lane, Cusop, Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, HR3 5QY
## **Trustees**
Overall management of HMT is by a committee of charity trustees. Details of the managing committee of trustees who served during the year ended 31 December 2025 and serving as at that date are set out below:
|Mick Peake|Chairman|First Appointed 3 April 2018|
|---|---|---|
|||Appointed Chairman 22 October 2018|
|||Appointed Temporary Secretary 12 October 2021|
|||Reappointed Chairman 21 March 2022|
|||Reappointed Chairman 11
th November 2024|
|Charles Law|Treasurer|Appointed 22 October 2018|
|||Reappointed 21 March 2022|
|||Stood down 8thJuly 2025|
|Jane Neville||First Appointed 23 June 2015|
|||Reappointed 22 October 2018|
|||Reappointed 21 March 2022*|
|Sue Norrington||First Appointed 23 June 2015|
|||Reappointed 22 October 2018|
|||Reappointed 21 March 2022|
|||Stood down 11thNovember 2025|
|Nick Gethin||Appointed 22 October 2018|
|||Reappointed 21 March 2022*|
|Paul Keene||Appointed 1 December 2020*|
|Steve Jones||Appointed 12 October 2021|
|||Reappointed 11thNovember 2024|
|Allan Fraser-Rush||Appointed 6 March 2023*|
|Andrea Quinn||Appointed 22ndNovember 2025|
*Indicates members due for consideration of re-appointment in 2026
## **Statement of Financial Affairs for the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
The Statement of Financial Affairs is presented separately at the end of this report. Total Income for the year was £55,217, so the Accounts have been independently verified.
## **Bankers**
Our current bankers are: The Co-operative Bank plc; 1 Balloon Street, Manchester, M4 4BE The account with them was opened on 21[st] February 2024
Our previous bankers (from the date of our foundation) were: Barclays Bank plc Leicester LE87 2BB
However, following a Board decision in March 2024, that account was formally closed on 13[th] March 2025.
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## **Trustees’ annual report**
The trustees of HMT present their Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025. The Financial Statement is presented as a separate document at the end of this report as appendix 1. The reference and administrative details disclosed on pages 2 and 3 form part of this Annual Report.
Also attached are: Appendix 2 – our concert programme for 2025 Appendix 3 – the 2025 Hay Music Festival programme.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
HMT is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by a constitution adopted on 23 June 2015. HMT was registered with the Charities Commission on 24 August 2016 (prior to which HMT did not claim charitable status).
A committee of trustees manages HMT. All are unpaid volunteers and receive no private benefits from HMT. Trustees are selected on the basis of their skills, knowledge, commitment and the experience needed for the effective administration of HMT. Each trustee is appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of its trustees. On completion of that period, reappointment is possible for further three-year periods.
Two trustees resigned during 2025, namely our Treasurer, Charles Law and Sue Norrington. Steve Jones was appointed Treasurer in November 2024. One new member, Andrea Quinn, a professional conductor, was appointed on 22[nd] November 2025. All trustees are Board members. The Board had three routine meetings during 2025 and one extraordinary meeting which was called specifically to discuss the future of the Hay Music Festival. On each of the routine meetings, the Board received programming updates from the Chair, updated cash-flows from the Treasurer and reviewed HMT’s policies, operations and activities.
## **Objectives**
HMT’s objectives are (i) to further the enjoyment, appreciation and knowledge of music, through the organisation, promotion and support of high-quality performances, talks, and other associated educational events for the people of Hay on Wye, its surrounding area and visitors; (ii) to offer musicians, early in their careers, an opportunity to perform to a live, discriminating, audience; (iii) to offer under 25s and certain severely disadvantaged music lovers (to whom we issue a concessionary card) free or half-price tickets; and (iv) to undertake outreach activities based on bringing music and the experience of music to schools and to vulnerable adults in the Herefordshire / Powys border area.
## **Activities**
## **1) Professional concerts**
HMT presented twenty-two concerts in 2025, two of which formed part of the Hay Festival in May 2025, one in the Hay Festival Winter Weekend and six of which were presented as part of our own Hay Music Festival in September 2025. This represents a similarly high level of concert activity compared to 2024 but remained higher than in previous years. This level of activity poses a significant burden on our small team of volunteers, so it has been agreed that we need to continue to take this into account in the planning of future activities. The 2025 concert programme is attached as an appendix to this report. Two concerts were presented by under age 30 early career professional musicians.
It is now firmly part of the mission of Hay Music to present more contemporary and new music in the large majority of our concerts. We presented three world premieres in 2024: pieces by Michael Finnissy, Jeremy Arden and Howard Skempton. There were another 10 pieces written either in the 21[st] or late 20[th] centuries.
**2) The 2025 Hay Music Festival**
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As reported in our 2024 report, this increase in activity is, in part, a result of us having taken back running of The Hay Music Festival and in September 2025 we presented the 10[th] Hay Music Festival. The theme of this Festival was ‘Exiles and Emigres’ and was run in partnership with the Fitzwilliam String Quartet. We presented six concerts, two films and two discussions. The Festival also presented an installation entitled ‘Ungrievable Lives’ by the artist Caroline Burraway in Hay Castle. The whole Festival was well attended and the feedback we received was universally positive. Outreach formed a significant part of the Festival and is reported below. The Festival had, since its inception, been run by a Festival Manager (Miranda Cooke) who was paid a nominal fee for her work. After the 2025 Festival she announced her decision to retire from that position and The Trust has agreed to pay a freelance intern to work with the Trust as the Festival Manager for our 2026 Festival.
The Trust is very grateful to the following trusts and foundations who provided financial support for the 2025 Festival, without which it would not have been possible:
The Mid Wales Music Trust The Elmley Foundation The Colwinston Charitable Trust The Ashley Family Foundation The Countess of Munster Trust Sinfonia Cyrmu The Mary Homfray Charitable Trust The D’Oyle Carte Charitable Foundation The Eveson Trust The Hereford Community Foundation
## **3) Venues and audiences**
The venues we use include: St. Mary’s Church, Hay on Wye, the Great Hall of Hay Castle and The Globe at Hay. The Castle, with its outstanding arts and cultural space, lends itself particularly well to small choral and chamber music events and is a popular attraction for visitors to Hay. The Globe at Hay is a less formal, club-like venue and its use allowed us to present three of our concerts in its relaxed atmosphere which were successful in attracting a number of new and younger people to the events. St Mary’s Church has a wonderful acoustic and houses a grand piano and an excellent organ. However, the seating capacity of all three venues is limited, ranging from around 100 to 170 which, unless we were to set very high ticket prices, limits the ensemble fees we can afford.
## **4) Outreach activities**
Hay Music’s programme of outreach activities continues to grow and is a regular component of our activities. HMT offers these at no cost to schools and in 2025 the costs were covered by grants from a number of Trusts and Foundations (see our Financial Statement for 2025 and individual donations). The 2025 programme consisted of the following events:
Workshops at local primary schools in 2025:
- January – Marsyas Trio workshop Hay Primary School
- April – Harpist Alys Huws plus Sinfonia Cymru workshop at Clifford Primary School
- June – Ferio Saxophone Quartet workshop at Clyro Primary Scholl
Outreach events as part of The Hay Music Festival, September 2025:
- Fairfield Secondary School - the Fitzwilliam String Quartet with GCE pupils.
- Michaelchurch Ecsley Primary School, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet with years 5 and 6 pupils
- Clyro primary school - the Fitzwilliam String Quartet with children ages 4 to 11years.
- HayDay Café – the Fitzwilliam String Quartet with adults with a range of disabilities and dementia.
- Family Place Workshop - for children suffering from trauma and stress and their families. A creative
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workshop given by musicians Robert Peate (pianist and composer), Roz Gladstone (cellist) and Joy Rickwood (music therapist) used the score of a new piece by Philip Cashian called ‘Four Winter Moods’ that was commissioned by Hay Music and received its world premiere during a concert at the Festival.
We have commissioned a limited research programme to talk in depth to local schools and other providing outreach musical services to help us ensure that we are providing the maximum added benefit that we are able to do given our limited resources. We are expecting the report of that research to be presented to the Board early in 2026 and that it will influence the nature of our outreach programme for the future.
## **Public Benefit**
The trustees continue to consider the Charity Commissioner’s guidance on public benefit and again this year have strived to provide a varied programme of music and related talks to the widest possible audience, including to those with disabilities and to children in local schools. Ticket prices are subsidised, largely through donations, patrons, friends, and sponsors.
In 2025 we slightly increased our ticket prices, with the large majority being £20 for adults, occasionally increasing to £22.50. The average size of our audience remains stable with an average door nearing 90, but we are constantly reviewing our marketing to try and increase this. We continue to try and attract younger concert-goers and to make it possible for more financially disadvantaged music-lovers to attend. Many free tickets are available to people under 25 and, once those have been taken up, under 25s are offered halfprice tickets. We also offer half-price tickets to those adults known to our Board and Friends and Patrons who would welcome the opportunity to attend concerts but do not have the means to do so.
The feedback we receive from our audience and the schools and other organisations to whom we provide outreach activities has been universally positive.
## **Volunteers**
The members of the Board of trustees are all unpaid volunteers. Some further unpaid volunteers of a variable number contribute to the organisation and running of HMT and its programme of events. Such support includes assisting with stewarding at concerts, accommodating and transporting visiting musicians and providing them with meals. Trustees are most grateful to all our volunteers whose support is invaluable to the work of HMT, without which it would not be possible for the HMT to meet its objectives.
**Financial Support** (HMT’s Financial Statement for the year ending 31[st ] December 2025 is presented at the end of this report)
A significant proportion of funding is raised through subscriptions from Patrons and Friends of HMT. In 2025 this totalled £4120, a little less than the £4380 received in 2024. In 2025 we secured grants and donations of £23,095, less than the £28,100 we received in 2024. Of the income from grants and donations, £16,125 was given in form of restricted donations for the support of either specific concerts, our outreach programme or the 2025 Hay Music Festival.
The trustees are immensely grateful to all our Friends and Patrons and individual donors for their commitment to HMT. In addition, trustees are grateful to the Layton Bright Trust and to the Mid Wales Music Trust for their ongoing support. They are also extremely grateful to all the Trusts and Foundations who have so generously supported our work in 2025. These are listed on page 5 of our Financial Statement for the year ending 31.12.25.
Without our supporters it would not have been possible for HMT to have offered the number, variety and quality of events this year, let alone give us the stability from which we can confidently commit to an increasing level of outreach activities. We are most grateful to each and every one of them for their support.
## **Ticketing**
Our online ticketing service is provided by Ticket Tailor with the payment link to our bank account via Stripe.
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## **Reserves**
HMT has no employees, nor any fixed commitments, such as the rental or upkeep of premises. Its entire operation is based on an annual series of concerts, the Hay Music Festival and directly related events, including an outreach programme. The Board is charged with signing off a twelve-month period of musical activities based on a detailed projected budget for that series of events. This sign-off takes into account not only the financial risk of the proposed programme, but the state of our current financial reserve, which is dependent not only on our income from ticket sales, but significantly also on the financial support of our Friends, Patrons, other Trusts and occasional individual donors, and thus our resilience to remain solvent in the case of exceptionally low ticket sales. It has been agreed by the Board that we should maintain a reserve of at least £10,000. Our assets as of 31[st ] December 2025 were £28,151 but, as stated above, £16,125 of this amount is in the form of restricted funds, making it imperative that our Board continues to take a considered approach to the financial risk of expanding our programme of activities.
## **Website**
Details of our current concert programme can be found on our website: www.haymusic.org
## **Declaration**
We declare that the trustees have approved the Trustees’ Report above.
Signed on behalf of Hay Music Trust’s trustees:
[Signed copy retained by Board]
[Signed copy retained by Board]
Michael Peake Steve Jones Chairman Treasurer Date: 06/04/26 Date: 0 6 / 0 4 / 2 6
APPENDIX 1
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**Hay Music Trust** Registered Charity 1168901
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
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## **Treasurer’s Report to the Trustees of Hay Music Trust**
The accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2025 are set out in this document.
This report was approved by the Trustees on 24[th] February 2026.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed. The trustees declare that they have approved these accounts as at the date given below.
[Signed original retained by Hay Music Trust]
## **Steven H Jones Treasurer, Hay Music Trust**
2 Chancery Court Hay-on-Wye Hereford HR3 5BP
26 January 2026
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## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE**
The following includes both the 2025 concert programme and the Hay Music Festival of 12-14[th] September 2025.
## **INCOME**
|**INCOME**||
|---|---|
|Ticket sales (gross, before commission)|£26,574|
|Festival grants|£11,180|
|Other donations|£7,795|
|Hay Festival artist fee refunds*|£2,838|
|Patrons’subscriptions|£3,380|
|Friends’subscriptions|£740|
|Gift Aid refund 2024 from HMRC|£1,530|
|Advertising|£450|
|Festival programme sales|£135|
|Cash ticket sales and donations|£595|
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|**TOTAL INCOME**|**£55,217**|
* This represents the repayment of artists fees from the Hay Festival having originally been paid by HMT immediately after the concerts.
## **EXPENDITURE**
|**EXPENDITURE**||
|---|---|
|Performers’fees|£36,064|
|Performers’travel and subsistence|£1,689|
|Performing Rights Society|£1,792|
|Venuehire andlighting|£5,398|
|Instrument hire and tuning|£625|
|Catering for performers|£227|
|Gifts|£125|
|Commission on ticket sales|£1,166|
|Publicity and website|£3,189|
|Ticketrefunds|£90|
|Public liability insurance|£144|
|Programme printing and stationery|£1,439|
|Equipment|£120|
|Outreach|£4,570|
|Festival Administrator fee|£3,000|
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|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|**£59,638**|
## **DEFICIT OF EXPENDITURE OVER INCOME: £4,421**
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## **BALANCE SHEET**
## **ASSETS**
|**ASSETS**||
|---|---|
|Debtors (GiftAidRebate2025 duefrom HMRC)|£1,204|
|Cash float|£40|
|Co-OperativeBankaccount balance|£26,907|
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|**TOTAL**|**£28,151**|
## **LIABILITIES**
|**LIABILITIES**||
|---|---|
|PerformingRights Society (paid quarterlyinarrears)|£216|
|||
|**TOTAL**|**£216**|
## **NET ASSETS: £27,935**
## **BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE**
|Bankbalance at1January2025|£31,328|
|---|---|
|Balancemovement2025|-£4,421|
|Bank balance at 31 December 2025|£26,907|
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## **GRANTS AND DONATIONS IN 2025**
## **Donations for general programming (Unrestricted)**
|Mid WalesMusicTrust|£1,100|
|---|---|
|The Layton Bright Trust|£1,000|
|Black Hill Charitable Trust|£500|
|Bruce and Joanna Jenkyn-Jones|£250|
|Friends and Patrons|£4,120|
|**TOTAL**|**£6,970**|
## **Restricted donations for particular concerts**
|Anonymous|£500|
|---|---|
|David Lipsey|£200|
|TheRadcliffeTrust|£2,500|
|Anonymous|£1,000|
|**TOTAL**|**£4,200**|
## **Outreach donations**
|**Outreach donations**||
|---|---|
|Anonymous|£500|
|Concert Programme donations|£245|
|**TOTAL**|**£745**|
## **Grants for Hay Music Festival 12[th] -14[th] September 2025**
|D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust|£2,000|
|---|---|
|TheAshleyFamilyFoundation|£500|
|TheMaryHolmesFoundation|£1,000|
|Mid Wales Music Trust|£1,100|
|The Elmley Foundation|£1,000|
|The Colwinston Trust|£2,500|
|The Eveson Trust|£1,080|
|Herefordshire CommunityFund|£2,000|
|**TOTAL**|**£11,180**|
## **TOTAL GRANTS AND DONATIONS: £23,095**
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## **HAY MUSIC FESTIVAL**
Hay Music Festival consisted of 13 events over the weekend of 12[th] -14[th] September 2025. In addition, two Outreach events were organised which were sponsored from Hay Music Outreach funds.
The following tables show the breakdown of Festival income and expenditure. These figures are included in the Trust’s overall income and expenditure figures shown previously. These figures show that the festival made a slight loss of £523.
|Ticket sales (gross, before commission)|£7,932|
|---|---|
|Festival grants|£11,180|
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|**FESTIVAL INCOME**|**£19,112**|
|Concert costs (performers, venues, etc.)|£11,265|
|---|---|
|Festival costs (advertising, etc.)|£1,478|
|Administration fee|£3,000|
|PRS|£360|
|Ticket commission|£461|
|Outreach|£3,070|
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|**FESTIVAL COSTS**|**£19,634**|
**FESTIVAL LOSS: £523**
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## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Charity Information**
Hay Music Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. It was registered with the Charity Commissioners on 24 August 2016 with Charity Registration Number 1168901. Prior to that date it had operated since its foundation in 2011 as a society. Hay Music Trust’s constitution was adopted on 23 June 2015 and was amended on 4 April 2016. Its registered address is: Cedars, Nantyglasdwr Lane, Cusop, Hereford HR3 5QY.
## **Accounting Convention**
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011, and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)” (as amended for accounting periods from 1 January 2016).
The accounts are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest pound.
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **Going Concern**
At the time of approving the accounts, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **Charitable Funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives unless the funds have been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how or when they may be used. As of 31[st] December 2025, £12,550 of funds were marked as Restricted.
## **Incoming Resources**
Income is recognised when received.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Any donations advised to, but not yet received by, the charity are recorded in these Notes to the Accounts. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised in the year the tax is recovered.
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business.
**Resources Expended** are included on an accruals basis and allocated to the relevant item.
## **Cash and Cash Equivalents**
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Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts would be shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
## **Basic Financial Assets**
Basic Financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. Trade creditors are recognised at transaction price.
## **Trustees**
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Hay Music Trust**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011
- follow the procedures of section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
The examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. It included a review of the accounting records and a comparison with the accounts. It included consideration of any unusual items or disclosures and seeking explanations for any of these from the trustees. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence required from an audit and therefore no opinion is given as to whether the accounts provide a true and fair view. The report is limited to those matters set out in the statement.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter came to my attention. Therefore, I believe that
- accounting records have been kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011
- accounts have been prepared in agreement with the accounting records and complying with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
- there is no matter to which attention should be drawn in the accounts
## [Signed original retained by Hay Music Trust]
## **Charles Law - Examiner**
Oaklands Glasbury Hereford HR3 5LH
26 January 2026
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|Date/time|Ensemble/Player|Type|Programme|Venue|Ticketprice|
|Sunday 12th
January
3.30pm|Marsyas Trio
(Helen Vidovich -
flute, Olga Stezhko
- piano, Val
Welbanks – cello) +
Lotte Betts-Dean,
mezzo-soprano|Piano, Flute,
Cello and
Soprano|**_Pre-concert talk /discussion with_**
**_Michael Finnissy, Judith Weir_**
**_and ensemble members_**
Concert programme
**‘Echoes of a Distant Land’**
**Judith Weir**Nuits d'Afrique
**Michael Finnissy**Wisdom (World
Premiere)
_Interval_
**Mel Bonis**Scenes de la foret
**Saint-Saëns**Une flûte invisible
**Rave**l La flute enchantée
(Shéhérazade)
**Rave**l Chansons madécasses|St Mary’s
Church
Plus school
workshop
on Monday
morning –
Hay Primary
School|Tickets £20|
|Saturday
15th
February
8pm|Engegård Quartet|String quartet
with
Hardanger
Fiddles etc|**Norwegian Folk music concert**|The Globe|Tickets £15
+meal offer|
|Sunday 16th
February
3.30pm|Engegård Quartet|String quartet|**Beethoven**Quartet No 11, Op 95,
in F minor
**Johan Kvandal**1stString Quartet,
Op 11, No. 1
_Interval_
**Traditional**Norwegian folk songs
**Brahms**A minor quartet Op 51,
No. 2|St Mary’s
church|Tickets £20|
|Monday
17th
February|Engegård Quartet|String quartet|Workshop|Hay and
Clifford
schools||
|Saturday
15thMarch
7pm|Nigel Clayton and
Imma Setiadi
(Connect-four)|Piano duet|**Holst**- The Planets, Op. 32
(Version for one piano four-
hands by the composer, with
Nora Day and Vally Lasker, edited
by John and Fiona York)
I Mars, the Bringer of War
II Venus, the Bringer of Peace
III Mercury, the Winged
Messenger
IV Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
V Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
VI Uranus, the Magician
VII Neptune, the Mystic
_Interval_
**Chabrier/Messager**España
**Philip Wilby**Diptych (2021)
i. Shir Hama’alot (Sow in Tears,
Reap in Joy)
ii. Psalmus
**Rachmaninoff/Anderson**
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
**Rachmaninoff**
Italian Polka
**Rachmaninoff**Slava, Op. 11 No
6|St Mary’s
church|Ticket price:
£20|
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||||**Debussy**Dialogue du vent et de
la mer|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Friday 4th
April 2025
7pm
preconcert
talk
7.30pm
concert|Alis Huws, (Royal
Harpist) with a
quartet of Sinfonia
Cymru players|Harp quintet:
Harp, flute
and string trio|**Programme**
**‘Musical Gems’**
Curated by The Former Royal
Harpist, Alis Huws
**Discovering Music**– an
illustrated introduction to the
pieces by Alis Huws and the
Quintet
**Guy Ropartz**– Quintet
**Charles Rochester Young**- Song
of the Lark
**Eloise Gynn**- Song for an Ancient
Tree
**Joseph Jongen**- Concert a cinq,
Op. 71|Hay Castle
School
workshop at
Clifford
School|Tickets £15|
|Saturday
26thApril
2025
7.30pm|Piers Adams and
Lyndy Mayle (from
Red Priest)|Recorder and
keyboard duo|**Baroque Alchemy**
- mixed programme of Baroque
and Baroque - inspired pieces|Hay Castle|£17.50|
|Sunday 25th
May 2025.
2.30pm**Hay**
**Festival**
**concert**|Maki Sekiya and
Ilya Chetverikov|Two pianos|**Shostakovich**Concertino
**Debussy**Prelude l’apres midi
d’un faune
**Ligeti**Three pieces for two
pianos: Monument, Self-portrait
& Movement
**Jeremy Arden**Passacaglia (world
premiere)
**Ravel**La Valse|St Mary’s
church|£18 (price tbc
with Hay
Festival)|
|Saturday
31stMay
2025
2.30pm
**Hay Festival**
**concert**|James Woodrow|Solo guitar|**JS Bach**: Violin Sonata No1
**Gavin Bryars**: Epilogue from
Wonderlawn
**Stravinsky**: Elegie (all three
arranged by J.W.)
**Michael Tippett:**The Blue Guitar|St Mary’s
church|£18 (price tbc
with Hay
Festival)|
|Friday 20th
June 2025
7.30pm|Ferio Saxophone
Quartet|Saxophone
Quartet|**Club night**– film, musical, stage
music.|The Castle
+school
workshop;
Clyro school|Tickets
£17.50|
|Saturday
21stJune
2024 7pm|Ferio Saxophone
Quartet|Saxophone
Quartet|**JS Bach**, (_arr. Iain Farrington_)
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
**GF Handel**, (_arr. Farrington_)
Sarabande from Harpsichord
Suite in D minor, HWV 437
**Florence Price**(_arr. Farrington_):
Arrangement of “3 Little Negro
Dances” or “Levee Dance”
**Kurt Weill**, (_arr. Harle_) Music
from The Threepenny Opera
_Interval_
**Philip Glass**: Saxophone Quartet
**Leonard Bernstein**, (_arr._
_Boatman_)West Side StorySuite|St Mary’s
Church|£20|
|Friday 25th
July 2025
7pm|Lotte Betts-Dean -
mezzo-soprano
Helen Vidovich -
flute/piccolo|String trio,
piano,
clarinet and|**Joseph Haydn**Symphony No.
104 (‘The London’) arr. Clementi
for flute, violin, cello and piano|St Mary’s|£20|
18
||Val Welbanks –
cello
Chad Vindin –
piano
Raymond Brien -
clarinet/bass
clarinet
Patrick Dawkins -
violin/viola/piano|mezzo-
soprano|**Claude Debussy**Sonata for cello
and piano in D minor
**Claude Debussy**‘Pantomime’,
‘Pierrot ‘and ‘Clair de lune’ (from
Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse)
**Marika Hackman**Claude’s Girl
**Arnold Schoenberg**Pierrot
Lunaire Op21|+ school
workshop
tbc||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|August
Saturday
30th|Chris Brannick and
Jackie Mann|Percussion
duo|11am; Workshop 1: ‘**Shake Rattle**
**and Bash**’ for children 8 years
and over
2pm; Workshop 2: ‘**Samba for**
**grown-ups’**|The Globe|£7.50 per
child
£10|
|September
12-15th
2025|Hay Music Festival
With the
Fitzwilliam
Quartet, Sarah
Nicholls, Alysia
Hanshaw (see
below)and others||**10th Hay Music Festival**
**Theme: ‘Exiles and Emigres’**
Programme TBC: 6 concerts, plus
films and workshops + an
outreach programme|Various
venues|Various|
|Hay Music
Festival
September
Saturday
13th|Alysia Hanshaw +
pianist (tbc)|Soprano (+
piano)
Countess of
Munster Trust
Artist|**Erich Korngold:**
Liebesbriefchen,
Schneeglöckchen,
Sterbelied
**Serge Rachmaninov:**Lilacs Op 21,
No 5,
At my window Op 26, No 10
**Frederik Chopin**: Mazurkas Op
24, Nos 2 & 4**Greig:**Zur
Rosenzeit Op 48, No 5
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV.
Solveigs sang
**Kaija Saariaho**: Leino Songs
Schoenberg: Op 2, 4 Lieder, Nos 1
& 2
**Alberto Ginastera**: Danzas
Argentinas No.2 Dvorak: Gypsy
songs Op 55, Nos 1, 3 and 4
**Kurt Weill**: Youkali|St Mary’s
Church|tbc|
|Friday 3rd
October
2025
7pm|Simon Callaghan|Solo piano|**Beethoven**Pathétique Sonata
**Debussy**Images Book 1
_Interval_
**Frederic Rzewski**The People
United will Never be Defeated
**_Stephen Montague_**_(composer_
_and close friend of the late_
_Frederick Rzewski) will be there_
_and, with Simon, discuss Rzewski_
_and his work as part of the event._
_Possible film/discussion prior to_
_the concert_|St Mary’s
Church
Hire of
Steinway D
piano
confirmed|£20 - ?£17.50|
|Friday 17th
October
1.30pm|Janet Oates and
Despina
Homatidou|Soprano and
Harpsichord|**School workshop**|**Clifford**
**School**|N/A|
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|Saturday
November
8th7pm|Willam Howard|Solo piano|**Leos Janacek**Sonata
**Robert Schuman**n 9 pieces from
Bunte Blatter Op.99
**Maurice Ravel**Sonatine
_Interval_
**Howard Skempton**new Work –
world premiere (23’-25’)
**Frederik Chopin**Mazurka in A
minor Op.17 Nop.4
**Frederik Chopin**Ballade No.4 in F
minor|St Mary’s
church
(Using the
Yamaha
piano)|£17.50|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Sunday 30th
November
**Part of Hay**
**Festival**
**Winter**
**weekend**
Start time
tbc|Michael Poll|Solo Guitar|**JS Bach**Suite for Lute BWV 995 in
G Minor
**JS Bach**Suite for Lute BWV 996 in
E Minor
**Federico Moreno Torroba**Suite
Castellana|St Mary’s
Church|tbc|
|Friday 19th
December
2025
7pm|Vox Urbane|Mixed choir|**_Christmas concert_**
**Hildegard von Bingen**
O virga ac diadema
**William Byrd**
Lullaby My Sweet Little Baby
**Tomás Luis de Victoria**
Quem Vidistis Pastores
**Vaughan Williams**
Wither’s Rocking Hymn
**Peter Warlock**
Bethlehem Down
**Elizabeth Poston**
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
**Elizabeth Maconchy**
I Sing of a Maiden
**Herbert Howells**Sing Lullaby
**Edward Naylor**Vox Dicentis
_Interval_
**Avo Pärt**Magnificat
**Arvo Pärt**Alleluia Tropus
**Arvo Pärt**The Deer's Cry
**John Tavener**
The Lamb
**Errollyn Wallen**Peace on Earth
**Owain Park**
O Magnum Mysterium
**Joanna Marsh**
In Winter’s
House
**Sally Beamish**
In the Stillness
**Tamsin Jones**
Noel Verbum
Caro Factum Est|St Mary’s
Church|£25.00 – to
include
programme|
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## **The Hay Music Festival 12th – 15th September 2025 APPENDIX 3**
## **OUTLINE PROGRAMME (‘Exiles and emigrés’)**
## **FRIDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER**
Concert by Iranian Musician, Zanyar Hesami, on the Saz
Film: “The Kiterunner”
Pre-concert talk by composer Charlotte Bray & artist Caroline Burraway
Concert by the Fitzwilliam String Quartet of works by Purcell, Bray, Schubert & Delius
## **SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER**
Coffee Concert by Sinfonia Cymru of “Seascapes” by Sally Beamish
Discussion "Exiles & Emigres" with Caroline Burraway, Charlotte Bray, Stephen Johnson and Zanyar Hesami, chaired by Peter Florence
Concert by soprano Alysia Henshaw and pianist Jay Carroll to include works by Korngold and Saariaho
Jazz in Hay Castle with the McQuaid Quintet
## **SUNDAY 14[TH] SEPTEMBER**
Talk on the making of Kesulat (Fields of War) with Alan Trow (Director) and Jimi Tehofsi (screenplay write and actor)
Film “Kesulat” (Fields of War)
Concert by the Fitzwilliam String Quartet & pianist Sarah Nicolls of works by Glazunov, Weinberg, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich
There was also an exhibition in Hay Castle of “Ungrievable Lives” by artist Caroline Burraway (on show throughout September)
Outreach events for local schoolchildren, vulnerable adults and children took place throughout the weekend and all day on Monday 15th September