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Sat 26 April DixieMix Jazz Band.  Downton Abbey Era Jazz evening

Sat 17 May Trio Lalique. Beethoven, Shostakovich, Smetana
Concert dedicated to Roy Abrams (1929 – 2019)

FRIDAY 6 June François PINEAU-BENOIS (violin), Adam Szokolay (piano) Beethoven – two sonatas, Borodin – Wild Polovtsian Dances.

SUN 13 July  Fete at Swafield Hall. In aid of St.Nicholas, Swafield

Sat 30 Aug Norwich Baroque Quartet. Phantasticus! 17th-century music from both sides of the Alps

Friday 26th Sept – Silent movies night with Bruce VOGT, piano (at St.Nicholas, Swafield).

Sat 8 Nov Ilya Kondratiev – piano recital.

Sat 13 Dec Candlelit Christmas Concert. Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society.

SILENT MOVIE NIGHT

with live piano improvisations

Bruce VOGT (Canada) 

Friday 26 September 2025, 7.00pm, St. Nicholas Church, SWAFIELD

PROGRAMME

Charlie Chaplin: The Immigrant (1917)
Mary Pickford: Sparrows (1926).

Bringing Chopin or Schubert to life, in famed concert halls around the world, is nothing new for Canadian pianist Bruce Vogt. But Vogt’s alter ego brings different classics to life – namely silent films on the silver screen. Bruce Vogt is an avid fan of silent movies, which he calls “one of the true golden ages of film.” 
“Silent movies aren’t meant to be silent. They had music when they were made and usually had scores if they were of a more ambitious nature. I remember, when I was studying music in London,  just improvising for my student friends (when we were watching old movies) and then after they would pass the hat. Whatever the poor students could come up with, that’s how I got paid. I imagine I got about $20 or $30.” Seeing this opportunity to earn a few extra bucks, Vogt convinced the London Public Library to host a pair of movie nights during his last couple years on campus. 
 

After graduating, Vogt continued his education in England, before returning to Canada. He began his successful academic and concert pianist career in Victoria in 1980.
His silent movies improv days went silent until 2000 when Vogt was asked by a friend at a conservatory in Paris to accompany a couple of Chaplin films as part of a year-end celebration for the students. The students loved it. Vogt was reenergized and soon performed similar shows in Germany, England and Japan. 
“For the films, I’m pretty lazy. I don’t plan a score,” said Vogt, adding the performance is a much lighter feel than playing highly disciplined concerts. “The way I prepare is I make sure I know the film so well that I know exactly when to come in. I’m doing it for the first time every time I play, but I know the films very well. I’d stare at them (films) with great intent and have learned to play without taking my eyes off the movie. (by Paul Mayne, Western News)

The event will take place in St. Nicholas Church, Swafield. With a licensed bar.

The number of places is limited. Pre-booking only. Tickets: £10 – adult, £7 – children.

Tickets are available online, or by phoning 01692 402 624.

Proceeds from this event will be donated towards the restoration of St. Nicholas Church in Swafield, which is part of the parish of Trunch.

PIANO RECITAL

ILYA KONDRATIEV (London) 

Saturday 8 November 2025, 7.30pm, St. Botolph’s Church, TRUNCH

PROGRAMME

Liszt, Bach/Busoni

A critically acclaimed pianist, Ilya Kondratiev is the prize-winner of several renowned international music competitions, including Franz Liszt Budapest 2011, Franz Liszt Weimar 2011, the Fifth Tbilisi 2013, Brant Birmingham 2015 and Chappell Gold Medal in 2016. Born in Russia, he studied from the age of seven in Samara with the distinguished teacher Victoria Soifer and, from the age of 16, at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with the People’s Artist of Russia Zinaida Ignatieva.
In 2014 Ilya Kondratiev moved to London in order to further his studies at the Royal College of Music under Vanessa Latarche and Sofia Gulyak, graduating with a Master of Performance and an Artist Diploma. Ilya performs extensively as a soloist and chamber music player at venues such as the Great Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Gasteig Munich, Weimarhalle, Palacio de Festivales de Santander, the Palace of Arts in Budapest and the Great Hall of the Tbilisi Conservatoire.
In 2011 Ilya was invited to work with Elisabeth Leonskaya at the Franz Liszt Piano Academy in Schilllingfurst, Germany and with Pavel Gililov at the EppanPiano Academy in Italy. He has also performed in the masterclasses of Dina Yoffe, Konstantin Shcherbakov, Willem Brons, Dmitry Bashkirov, Jerome Rose, Leslie Howard, Lang Lang and Arie Vardi. 
In 2019 Ilya was appointed piano professor at the Royal College of Music London.

The concert will take place in St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch. With a licensed bar.

The number of places is limited. Pre-booking only. Tickets: £15 – adult, £7 – children.

Tickets are available online, or by phoning 01692 402 624.

Proceeds will be donated to Trunch Church restoration projects.

Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society

CANDLELIT CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Saturday 13 December 2025, 7.30pm,
St. Botolph’s Church, TRUNCH

Directed by David Ballard

Since its foundation in 1933, Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society have been bringing the joy of large-scale choral music-making to the Norfolk public.

The choir performs not only at St Peter’s in Sheringham or the Parish Church in Cromer, but they have also sung in the Auden Theatre, Norwich Cathedral, Sheringham LIttle Theatre, Salthouse, Salle and Walsingham churches. Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society perform a wide-ranging repertoire, mostly traditional choral works but sometimes venturing into operatic and other genres including pieces by contemporary composers and newly commissioned choral works. For their concerts the choir is often joined by professional soloists and either organ/piano or orchestral accompaniment.

At TRUNCH CONCERTS we are delighted to invite Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society to perform for the first time at St.Botolph’s. In Trunch they will be performing music dedicated to the three festive seasons of Advent, Christmas, and into Epiphany. Along the way there will be old classics, audience participation, new settings of old works and bringing the Christmas repertoire right up-to-date with contemporary styles and arrangements. 

The concert will take place in St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch. With a licensed bar.

The number of places is limited. Pre-booking only. Tickets: £15 – adult, £7 – children.

Tickets are available online, or by phoning 01692 402 624.

Proceeds from this concert will be donated to Trunch Church projects.

All proceeds will continue to be donated to Trunch and Swafield Church restoration projects.
The Church and community would like to thank both the audiences and the performers for their generosity. Since 1998 the concerts have raised about £40,000 towards these projects. Thanks too to the dynamic Trunch Village Society for its support for publicity.

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