Archive for Concerts and recitals
Music for a Summer’s Evening - Concert at Eaton Bray
On the 10th September, the quartet will be giving our second concert in the lovely village church of St Mary the Virgin in Eaton Bray (a village between Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable). The concert will aim to raise funds for the upkeep of the church and if it goes as well as last time, ought [...]
Concert at West End House, Cheddington
Last Sunday, Adrian Smith (Viola) and I gave an intimate concert in the garden of a local private house - the event was held jointly in aid of the St Giles Church Bell Restoration Fund and Cancer Research UK. Although there are many ‘picnic concerts’ of classical music which involve a full sized orchestra, this [...]
Beethoven Violin Concerto with St Giles Orchestra
On Saturday the 25th June, I gave a performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the St Giles Orchestra from Oxford. The concert was conducted by Geoffrey Bushell and the orchestra led by Emily Ormerond.
It was the second time I’d played the piece with an orchestra (the first being 18 months ago) and it was an altogether [...]
Beethoven Violin Concerto in Oxford
On Saturday June the 25th, at 7.30pm, I shall be performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto in D with the St Giles Orchestra. The concert will take place in St Andrews Church, Summertown, Oxford. The orchestra will also be performing Tchaikovsky’s 4th symphony and a Gopak by Mussorgsky.
Tickets are £9 (full) or £7 (concessions) and can [...]
Friday the 13th May - Concert in St Giles Church
On Friday, we gave our summer concert in our local village Church (St Giles, Cheddington). It was once again a real highlight of our musical year with such a warm and appreciative audience of around 70 people, many of whom are our friends and neighbours and some who come from further afield.
The theme of the [...]
Concert at the Red Hedgehog, Highgate
Last Sunday the 8th of May, we played for the first time at the intimate North London chamber music venue - The Red Hedgehog. The Red Hedgehog is named after the 19th century coffee house ‘Zum Roten Igel’ - a favourite social venue for composers such as Brahms, Schubert and Mendelssohn. The recital we gave [...]
An Alphabet of Music, Friday the 13th May, Cheddington
This Friday, we are very much looking forward to playing again in our local village church, St Giles in Cheddington. The church are splitting the profits from the concert between the ‘Cherish Your Church’ campaign and the St Giles Church Bell Restoration Appeal.
As usual, we will be presenting a programme of light and popular pieces [...]
Beethoven…… and His Secretary
We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be giving our first coffee concert at the Red Hedgehog in Highgate on the 8th of May. The Red Hedgehog is an intimate chamber music and arts venue which is located opposite Highgate tube station in London, making it easily accessible by public transport. As this will be a [...]
Grains Album Launch Night
On the 31st January, the quartet are going to be taking part in a performance to help launch the new album ‘Grains’ by Contemporary composer Jim Perkins. Jim works within the alternative classical genre and has written works involving electronically generated sounds, piano and strings. Details of the event can be found here on the [...]
New Years Day Viennese Gala Concert - Ivinghoe Church
On Saturday the 1st of January, we gave our first concert in St Mary’s Church, Ivinghoe - and appropriately for New Years Day, it was a recital of uplifting Viennese dance music. As this was the first time we’d played in Ivinghoe, even though it’s only 2 miles away from Cheddington we weren’t expecting a [...]
