Why endure the traffic, bustle and expense of a city to be inspired, uplifted and entranced by brilliant music? In beautiful, tranquil, Melrose, our recitals offer amazing variety and great musicianship in an intimate, idyllic venue.
Our Next Concert
On 16 August 2026 we welcome back our own Maria Waszyrowska alongside Harris Playfair to perform for us. Maria, accompanied by the majestically versatile Harris, will sing songs from her native Poland, and begin our celebration of Bruno Walter, exploring links between Europe and Broadway. Walter fled Vienna in 1938 as the Nazis took control, as did Georg von Trapp, whose story was adapted into The Sound of Music, with Edelweiss paying tribute to Austrian folk music. Rodgers also loved to mimic Viennese operetta, and composed as many great waltzes as Johann Strauss. Weill, like Walter, was a refugee who achieved fame in America; Gershwin sought classical respectability, admiring Ravel and Schoenberg.
Tickets may be booked online through Ticketebo by clicking on this concert in the list of upcoming concerts below, or may be purchased at the door.
The programme will include:
George Gershwin – Someone to Watch Over Me; They Can’t Take That Away from Me
Frédéric Chopin – Życzenie; Poseł; Wiosna; Śliczny Chłopiec; Niema czego trzeba
Karol Szymanowski – Lecioły zórazie; Wysła burzycka; U jeziorecka; A pod borem siwe kunie; Uwoz, mamo
Richard Rodgers – Some Enchanted Evening; Falling in Love with Love; It might as well be Spring; Edelweiss
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Twas in the Early Spring; Amid the Din of the Ball
Eden ahbez – Nature Boy
Bruno Walter – Waldtraut’s Lied 1 & 2; Die Elfe; Die Lerche;
Des Kindes Schlaf; Solvejg’s Lied
Kurt Weill – It Never was You
Upcoming Concerts:
- Sunday, August 16th 3pm – Maria Waszyrowska, soprano & Harris Playfair, piano
- Sunday, Sept. 6th, 3pm – Boglárka György, violin & Amy Butler, piano
- Sunday, Sept. 27th, 3pm – Duo B!z’art, piano four-hands
- Sunday, Oct. 25th, 3pm – Nikodem Rodzeń, violin
- Sunday, Nov. 8th, 7:30pm – Ian Watt, guitar: “Pieces of Picasso”
Please join the society by buying a season ticket. This is still worthwhile if you plan on attending the remaining five concerts of the season.
Here is the brochure for our current season, May to November 2026:
Our concerts are held in Melrose Parish Church Hall. We thank the Church for its always friendly co-operation in making this wonderful venue available. It is blessed with gloriously clear and warm acoustics.
Contact: info@melrosemusicsociety.org.uk
