Fenella Humphreys & Friends Fenella Humphreys, violin Sam Armstrong, piano Gary Pomeroy, viola Cara Berridge, cello
Friday 6 November 2026 – Bridport Arts Centre – 11.30am
Friday 6 November 2026 – Ilminster Arts Centre – 7.30pm
Saturday 7 November 2026 – The Dance House, Crewkerne – 7.30pm
Fenella Humphreys, winner of BBC Music Magazine Awards in 2025, 2023 and 2018, has at- tracted critical admiration and audience acclaim with the grace and intensity of her remarkable performances. She performs widely as a soloist. Her recent album of Sibelius’ solo works with BBC National Orchestra of Wales has been featured in BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library and Gramophone Magazine’s Guide to the Concerto. BBC Music Magazine wrote of the recording: “Fenella Humphreys’s playing is a genuine revelation in the way it brings out the music’s dark and introspective qualities, with no shortage of technical panache.”
Violist Gary Pomeroy studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and the Reina Sofia in Madrid. He enjoys a range of education work, mostly at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and is a founder member of the Heath Quartet who have recorded several albums, performed recitals worldwide and toured with opera and theatre companies.
Cellist Cara Berridge is a passionate chamber musician, founder member of the Sacconi Quartet, cellist in London Bridge Piano Trio and Ensemble Perpetuo. Sacconi Quartet have won prizes at many International competitions and have performed extensively throughout the UK and Europe.
Hailed as ‘a major new talent’ by International Piano and a ‘pianist of splendid individuality’ by The Arts Desk, British pianist Sam Armstrong brings deeply-felt interpretive power to the solo, chamber music and vocal repertoire. Passionate about music education, Sam is currently Senior Tutor in Keyboard Chamber Music and Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
www.fenellahumphreys.com www.caraberridge.com www.samarmstrongpianist.com
Programme:
Ilminster and Crewkerne:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sally Beamish
Richard Strauss
Bridport:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Richard Strauss
Box office details:
Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478 ’Spell’ for Piano Quartet (2023) Piano Quartet in C minor op 13
Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478 Piano Quartet in C minor op 13
Tickets can be purchased online at www.concertsinthewest.org, where further concert details can also be found.
Times: Ilminster and The Dance House, Crewkerne start at 7.30pm. The Bridport coffee concert will start at 11.30am and finish at 12.30pm.
Tickets: evening concerts: £20; Bridport: £16 (optional donation at all the concerts)
Friday 6 November – 11.30am – BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR – Doors open 11.10am. Box Office: 01308 42420 – Bridport Tourist Information Centre – All online ticket sales via the Bridport Arts Centre at www.bridport-arts.com . Tickets can also be purchased on the door from 11am by card. Town parking & car parks, Disabled access.
Friday 6 November – 7.30pm – ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN. Doors open 6.45pm. Tickets can be purchased online at
www.concertsinthewest.org ; alternatively at the IAC Office: 01460 54973 – Or you can buy on the door (card only). The bar will be open before the concert and during the interval for drinks. IAC & town parking & car parks. Disabled access to the concert.
Saturday 7 November – 7.30pm – THE DANCE HOUSE, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL. Doors open – 6.45pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.concertsinthewest.org ; alternatively via email: [email protected] ; OR the Tourist Information Centre in Crewkerne – 01460 75928. Drinks are available before the concert and during the Interval. Town parking and Abbey Car Park. No disabled access. Directions: The Dance House is just behind the Baptist Church in North Street – red double doors in the lane.
