Archive for Concerts and recitals
A solo violin recital at Lewin House
On Friday, I was asked to play for a group of residents at Lewin House in Aylesbury (a care home for the elderly). When I arrived I was greeted by the events co-ordinator who sat amongst about 12 residents in a semi circle. I started by playing a piece by Kreisler called ‘Andantino’ and introduced [...]
Bach Double Violin Concerto at Charterhouse School
This Sunday, at 8.00pm in Charterhouse Hall, Godalming, Surrey the third annual concert by the Old Carthusian Music Society will be taking place. The programme will be popular in nature and include the following works:
Bach Double Violin Concerto in D minor (BWV 1043) (Soloists Vaughan Jones and Kiann Chow)
Brahms Academic Festival Overture (Op. 80)
Bizet Suite [...]
Concert of Philip G. W. Hendersons Music Last Night
Yesterday, we performed as a 10 piece ensemble in a programme of music by the English composer Philip Henderson. The 70 or so minutes of music that comprised the concert had largely been written in the last 12 months and all were receiving their first performances. It was a big day including 6 hours of [...]
Concert tomorrow at the Cadogan Hall
Tomorrow, the 10 piece string section and Manor House String Quartet (who are leading the various sections) will be performing a programme of music by British composer Philip G.W Henderson, with appearances by Pia Sukanya (singer) and Steve Hackett (guitar).
As a result, there has been a lot of individual preparation of the music as many [...]
Rehearsal for next Thursday - Cadogan Hall Concert
Today, the quartet got together at Julia’s house for the first rehearsal of some new works by contemporary English composer Philip G. W Henderson - which we will be premiering at the Cadogan Hall in London next Thursday evening, the 23rd September.
The concert is entitled ‘Penny Smith Unveils’ and features not only the two quartet [...]
Concert at St Pancras Church, London
Yesterday, Reiad and I performed a lunchtime concert as part of the Thursday series at the Church of St Pancras opposite Euston station in London. As we specialise in Violin / Viola repertoire it was difficult choosing just 45 minutes worth of chamber music to include in this short programme.
We decided to start with a [...]
Invitation to the Dance - A Concert
On Friday, we gave our first concert in St Mary’s Church, Haddenham. As this was also the first time we’d performed a recital in the village, it was a real unknown in many ways - we were not sure whether we’d have a large audience or just a few people along this first time. Having [...]
Invitation to the Dance - Concert in Haddenham
Well it’s been a very busy couple of weeks as our first concert in Haddenham (near Aylesbury and Thame) is approaching fast. The concert will be on very similar lines to our other ‘popular classics’ recitals, with most of the music performed being well known classical pieces, presented in a light and informal way - [...]
Duty, Concerts and a Pleasant Surprise
We had a nice comment yesterday. Speaking to someone who had attended our concert in Eaton Bray on Saturday the 5th of June, he made the observation that after talking to lots of members of the congregation since the concert, several people commented that they had turned up out of ‘duty’ to the recital as [...]
Travellers Tales at St Mary’s
On Saturday evening (after performing at a wedding in Hertfordshire during the afternoon), we gave our first concert in the 13th century Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Eaton Bray - Bedfordshire. The church had previously hosted a jazz event and has a choral concert planned for later in the year, but it was [...]
