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THE WEBSITE WAS UPDATED ON 20 JANUARY 2021
CONCERTS IN THE WEST
CONCERTS SERIES 2021 Our plans are constantly changing due to CV19. We are now planning to restart live concerts in MAY 2021, which is exciting and we hope that we can make it happen. There are a few changes to the season. The Solem Quartet will come in 2022 as will Savitri Grier and Richard Uttley. The May tour in 2021 will now be TRIO KLEIN. Other venues in the tours will be confirmed later.
Individual concert pages will be available on this website by the end of January.
We are now beginning to work on 2022 when we hope that life will be more normal. As we have had to cancel seven tours in 2020 those musicians are mostly coming in 2021.
I will be sending out enews about new CD releases and musical projects from our musicians. In spite of severe restrictions they have managed to record during the last year, which is wonderful.
TRIO KLEIN
KAMILA BYDLOWSKA VIOLIN
SHIRY RASHKOVSKY VIOLA
ELLA RUNDLE CELLO
14 MAY - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am
& Ilminster Arts Centre - 7.30pm 15 MAY - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30
FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET
HUW WIGGIN SOPRANO ELLIE MCMURRAY ALTO ANTHONY BROWN TENOR SHEVAUGHAN BEERE BARITONE 18 JUNE - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am & Ilminster Arts Centre - 7.30pm 19 JUNE - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30pm www.feriosax.co.uk
CARMENCO
CREATING CARMEN
EMILY ANDREWS FLUTE/VOICE DAVID MASSEY & FRANCISCO CORREA GUITARS 23 JULY - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am & Ilminster Arts Centre - 7.30pm 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 & Ilminster Arts Centre - 7.30pm 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 1 OCTOBER - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am & Ilminster Arts Centre - 7.30pm 2 OCTOBER - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30pm www.emmahalnan.co.uk www.eblanastringtrio.com
RIYAD NICOLAS PIANO
5 NOVEMBER - Bridport Arts Centre - 11.30am & Ilminster Arts Centre - 7.30pm 6 NOVEMBER - The Dance House, Crewkerne - 7.30 www.riyadnicolas.com
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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Upcoming Concerts All Concerts
Sorry, we have no concerts available at this time.
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Please see opposite for the tours arranged for 2021. Individual pages will be created by the end of January.
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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TWITTER - @ConcertsinWest
FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/ConcertsintheWest
LINKS
Links to the performers are on the relevant event page.
JOIN US FOR WONDERFUL MUSIC AND DAZZLING LIVE PERFORMANCES IN INTIMATE AND UNUSUAL VENUES.
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Tweets from Concerts In The West
The next thing is to make sure that EU & UK musicians can travel freely to and fro. It is a joy to hear musicians f? t.co/3YEz9eNP5s
We are also planning 2022 which we hope will be a more normal year - crossing fingers for us all.
I think we have a 2021 season! May - Trio Klein; June - Ferio Saxophone Quartet; July - CarmenCo; September - Linos? t.co/XfhCsGsrJy
Upcoming Concerts
Sorry, we have no concerts available at this time.