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UPDATED ON 9 SEPTEMBER 2021
CONCERTS IN THE WEST
CONCERTS SERIES 2021 LINOS PIANO TRIO treated us to three stunning concerts from 3-4 September. We were so pleased that they finally managed to come down to the West Country after many months of planning. You can read a review from this link.
At the end of September EMMA HALNAN & the EBLANA STRING TRIO will be giving five concerts from 30 September to 3 October. Again they should have been with us in 2020 but their tour had to be cancelled due to Covid-19. It is exciting that they will be with us shortly.
Thursday 30 September
Bishops Hull Hub - 7.30pm
Friday 1 October
Bridport Arts Centre – 11.30am
Friday 1 October
Ilminster Arts Centre – 8pm
Saturday 2 October
The Dance House, Crewkerne – 7.30pm
Sunday 3 October - 3pm
St Laurence Church, Upwey
Emma Halnan (flute) and The Eblana String Trio perform an imaginative mix of quartets by Mozart, Beethoven and Viotti, a trio by the English composer Gerald Finzi and several pieces with intriguing titles, such as The Jet Whistle (Villa-Lobos) and A Blackbird Sang (David Matthews).
Emma, a winner of several prestigious prizes including BBC Young Musician (wind category) and Royal Overseas League (Sussex Prize), was a student at the Purcell School and graduated from the Royal Academy of Music. As a soloist Emma has performed with several leading orchestras including the London Mozart Players and BBC Concert Orchestra.
The Eblana String Trio was formed in 2006 while its players were student at the Royal Northern College of Music where they won major prizes. From 2013 to 2015 the Trio held a performing and teaching Fellowship at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and are now Visiting Tutors in Chamber Music. Jonathan Martindale (violin), Lucy Nolan (viola) and Peggy Nolan (cello) each enjoy successful individual careers as soloists and orchestral players with leading European orchestras.
COVID - Audiences will not be socially distanced and are not required by law to wear face coverings, although the option is there. The musicians are comfortable with this approach and we hope that our audiences will be too. If you have concerns please let us know.
ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street, Ilminster, TA19 0AN
musicbookingsIAC@gmail.com
01460 54973
£15 per ticket - Students - £5; Children - Free for children aged 12 and under, with an accompanying paying adult.
CREWKERNE - THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
concertsinthewest@gmail.com 01823 252658 OR lic@crewkerne-tc.gov.uk 01460 75928
£15 per ticket - Students - £5; Children - Free for children aged 12 and under, with an accompanying paying adult.
BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NR
Tourist Information Centre 01308 424901 OR
online from https://www.bridport-arts.com
£12 per ticket - Students - £5; Children - Free for children aged 12 and under, with an accompanying paying adult.
BISHOPS HULL HUB
Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA1 5EB concertsinthewest@gmail.com
01823 252658
(answerphone if no one is available)
OR buy on the door from 6.45pm.
£15 per ticket - Students - £5; Children - Free for children aged 12 and under, with an accompanying paying adult.
ST LAURENCE CHURCH, UPWEY
Nr. Weymouth, DT3 5QE
Broadwey Stores - 01305 812019 OR concertsinthewest@gmail.com - 01823 252658 (answerphone if no one is available) OR buy on the door from 2.30pm. £15 per ticket - Students - £5; Children - Free for children aged 12 and under, with an accompanying paying adult. The Menu icon will take you to other areas of the website.  You can download the flyers from these links:
ILMINSTER SUPPERS update. There will be no suppers at the Arts Centre before the concert. We hope that they will resume in the future.
TICKETS - £15 for all afternoon and evening concerts and £12 for the Bridport morning concert. The price remains the same for 2021 but there is always the opportunity to support the concerts via a BACS online donation (please email for bank details) or via CAF (the link is above).
VENUES - We will be taking the tours, or some of them, to BRIDPORT, ILMINSTER, CREWKERNE, UPLYME, BISHOPS HULL AND UPWEY (please see each concert tour page for details). Sadly we will not be going to Minehead as we had hoped but we are already making plans for 2022. Planning concerts and events has become very complex due to Covid-19.
I will be sending out enews regularly over the coming months. Plans are in place for 2022 and will be added to the website by early October.
For more information please go to the
individual tour pages.
FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET
HUW WIGGIN SOPRANO
ELLIE MCMURRAY ALTO ANTHONY BROWN TENOR KATIE SAMWAYS BARITONE 18 JUNE - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am 18 JUNE - Ilminster Arts Centre - 8pm 19 JUNE - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30pm www.feriosax.co.uk
CARMENCO
CREATING CARMEN
EMILY ANDREWS FLUTE/VOICE DAVID MASSEY & FRANCISCO CORREA GUITARS Merimee played by NIALL ASHDOWN Carmen played by ALICE IMELDA
DIRECTED by NICHOLAS RENTON
WRITTEN by CLARE NORBURN 23 JULY - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am 23 JULY - Ilminster Arts Centre - 8pm 24 JULY - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30pm www.carmenco.co.uk
LINOS PIANO TRIO
PRACH BOONDISKULCHOK PIANO KONRAD ELIAS TROSTMANN VIOLIN VLADIMIR WALTHAM CELLO 3 SEPTEMBER - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am 3 SEPTEMBER - Ilminster Arts Centre - 8pm 4 SEPTEMBER - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30 www.linospianotrio.com
EMMA HALNAN FLUTE
& EBLANA STRING TRIO JONATHAN MARTINDALE VIOLIN LUCY NOLAN VIOLA PEGGY NOLAN CELLO 30 SEPTEMBER - Bishops Hull Hub, Taunton - 7.30PM
1 OCTOBER - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am
1 OCTOBER - Ilminster Arts Centre - 8pm 2 OCTOBER - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30pm
3 OCTOBER - St Laurence Church, Upwey - 3pm
www.emmahalnan.co.uk www.eblanastringtrio.com
RIYAD NICOLAS PIANO
5 NOVEMBER - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am 5 NOVEMBER - Ilminster Arts Centre - 8pm 6 NOVEMBER - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30 www.riyadnicolas.com
TRIO KLEIN
KAMILA BYDLOWSKA VIOLIN
SHIRY RASHKOVSKY VIOLA
ELLA RUNDLE CELLO
19 NOVEMBER - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am
19 NOVEMBER - SS Peter & Paul Church, Uplyme - 7.30pm 20 NOVEMBER - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30
21 NOVEMBER - St Laurence Church, Upwey - 3PM
All venues will be following the COVID safety guidelines required at the time. Please email me at concertsinthewest@gmail.com if you have any queries.
I have created a page about the Online Series. Please click HERE
If you would like to be added to our enews list (or removed) please email me on concertsinthewest@gmail.com. I will add your details. We are now using EmailOctopus.
2020 SEASON
We had a wonderful start to the season when ANDREW MARRINER, ALASDAIR BEATSON and MICHAEL PETROV gave three lovely concerts earlier in January to raise funds for Concerts in the West. We are so grateful to them for their support.
In February NICHOLAS MULROY, JOHN REID, and WILLIAM LINDLEY gave us three beautiful and unusual concerts with atmospheric moving images projected onto the walls and ceiling. We also had the second performance of Elgar's First Symphony (transcribed for piano only).
In March NICHOLAS MCCARTHY joined us again for inspiring performances and a workshop for young players at the Centre for Young Musicians Taunton, which had them enthralled.
2019 season - TRIO SŌRA, SARA DEBORAH & FRIENDS, MĒLA GUITAR QUARTET, ALASDAIR BEATSON & ELISSA CASSINI, MORIARTY WINDS, CLARE HAMMOND,
EUSEBIUS QUARTET, NATHANIEL BOYD & SIMON LANE, CONSONE QUARTET and the RUISI QUARTET.
Catherine Maddocks
& The Trustees of CinW
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MELA GUITAR QUARTET - APRIL 2019
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The CONCERTS IN THE WEST series of MINI-TOURS offers a broad spectrum of Classical and Baroque chamber music.
Concerts in the West was launched in 2006 and as with many organisations it has grown in the work that it undertakes and has many plans for the future, particularly in the area of education. We feel that there is an audience for Classical Music of all types, but it has to be nurtured early, even if it takes some years to bring the two together.
Concerts in the West aims to bring talented young musicians to small venues in the West Country in areas that may not have easy access to music of this quality.
Small intensive tours, in Devon, Dorset and Somerset, are arranged for the musicians over a few days, when they have the opportunity to work on new repertoire, or to embed works more fully for upcoming recordings and major concerts elsewhere.
The enthusiasm and skill of these young people is breathtaking and has come about through many years of study (at least to postgraduate level), dedication and hard work. We feel very priviledged to hear them in such intimate settings.
The music played at the concerts is enormously varied and gives local audiences a wonderful opportunity to hear both familiar and unusual works for voice and instrument in many combinations.
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You can see details on the individual tour pages and booking details for the concerts can be found on the BOOKING/VENUE INFO page.
If you would like to see who has played for us before you can see
a brief view under the button PAST CONCERTS 2006-20. You can reach me on concertsinthewest@gmail.com CATHERINE MADDOCKS (HODGSON) |
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LINKS
Links to the performers are on the relevant event page.
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Tweets from Concerts In The West
RT @TashminaArtists: Absolute devotion to the music ? Linos excelled | Review | Linos Piano Trio Concerts in the West, Andrew Maddocks http?
So looking forward to welcoming the wonderful @eblana_trio to CIW soon alongside the wonderful flute player? t.co/EsXefCytZa
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