|
THE WEBSITE WAS UPDATED ON 18 OCTOBER 2019
JOIN US FOR WONDERFUL MUSIC AND DAZZLING LIVE PERFORMANCES IN INTIMATE AND UNUSUAL VENUES.
Eight very different tours have given us great pleasure over the last few months. TRIO SŌRA, SARA DEBORAH & FRIENDS, MĒLA GUITAR QUARTET, ALASDAIR BEATSON & ELISSA CASSINI, MORIARTY WINDS, CLARE HAMMOND, EUSEBIUS QUARTET and NATHANIEL BOYD & SIMON LANE.
CONSONE QUARTET
31 OCTOBER TO 2 NOVEMBER 2019
CICCIC, Creative Innovation Centre, Taunton Bridport Arts Centre Ilminster Arts Centre
The Dance House, Crewkerne
AGATA DARASKAITE violin
MAGDALENA LOTH-HILL violin,
ELITSA BOGDANOVA viola
GEORGE ROSS cello
The list of awards and achievements reaped by the Consone Quartet since its formation at the Royal College of Music is no less remarkable than the individual honours achieved by the group’s own four founding members - Agata Daraskaite, Magdalena Loth-Hill, Elitsa Bogdanova and George Ross.
Concerts in the West is therefore delighted to be showcasing this quartet of high flying musicians at four concerts held in individual venues in Dorset and Somerset from 31 October to 2 November 2019. In 2018 the group was selected to become a Concordia Foundation Artist.
Recently selected as BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet enjoys exploring Classical and Early Romantic repertoire on period instruments. Their list of wins/ awards/ prizes includes the 2016 Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Prize in London, plus two prizes at the 2015 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, including a place on the ‘EEEmerging’ Emerging European Ensembles Scheme associated with the Ambronay Festival in France and six other early music festivals across Europe.
The quartet recently made an acclaimed debut at London’s Wigmore Hall, as well as performances at King's Place, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cheltenham, Lammermuir, Buxton and King’s Lynn Festivals.
The Consone Quartet is rapidly gaining international recognition performing in France, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Belgium (AMUZ in Antwerp), Italy, Switzerland and in spring 2018 they toured in South America performing across Bolivia and Peru.
The quartet’s debut CD, featuring music by Haydn and Mendelssohn, was released on the Ambronay Label in October 2018 and has received a number of glowing reviews.
The 2020 SEASON is planned and details will appear on the website by mid-November. An email has already been sent out to those on our enews list giving dates of the tours but not the details. If you would like to join please let me know on concertsinthewest@gmail.com The website has been updated to function better on mobile phones and we are in the process of updating the content.
Please look at the event page to see where each group is going and when. Each tour has its own event page. Please check the Booking/Venue Info page and Event pages for the exact venues as there are two in Taunton and two in Ilminster and the pattern is not necessarily the same for all the venues as in previous seasons. If you find it difficult to navigate the website just get in contact by email concertsinthewest@gmail.com
Booking is open for all the tours.
Regular enews will be sent out before each tour.
Catherine Maddocks
DIRECTOR |
||
|
|
||
.jpg)
Upcoming Concerts All Concerts
|
2020 SEASON
Dates and details will appear on the website by mid-November.
The CONCERTS IN THE WEST series of MINI-TOURS offers a broad spectrum of Classical and Baroque chamber music.
Concerts in the West was started 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. We are delighted to be working again with the Centre for Young Musicians, Taunton in 2019.
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.
|
|
|
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 2006-19. You can reach me on concertsinthewest@gmail.com CATHERINE MADDOCKS (HODGSON) |
|
|
ENEWS
If you would like to join our enews list please click on the link at the bottom of this page, which should take you to MAILCHIMP where you can sign up. We send out reminders about upcoming concerts. If you are not able to make this work please email us and we will do it for you.
TWITTER - @ConcertsinWest
FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/ConcertsintheWest
LINKS
Links to the performers are on the relevant event page. |
Tweets from Concerts In The West
Our season has got off to a brilliant start with Trio Sora in February and Sara Deborah and Friends in March. The w? t.co/Q96Ybgx8lA
Concerts in the West 2019 runs from 14 February to 15 November. All these wonderful musicians will be coming to the? t.co/Zeo7y5e7Mv
Moriarty Winds @moriarty_winds, Clare Hammond @clare_pianist, Eusebius Quartet @EusebiusQuartet, Nathaniel Boyd & S? t.co/6xxOhBx9Bp
Join our Newsletter
If you would like to receive regular updates from Concerts in the West, please enter your email address above to subscribe to our newsletter.