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UPDATED ON 3 OCTOBER 2023
CONCERTS IN THE WEST
CONCERTS SERIES 2023
BOOKING FOR THE CONCERTS IN 2023
You can see all the details for each tour. Click on the All Concerts button.
NEW WEBSITE - We are in the process of changing from this website to a new one. There is a bit more work to be done on the new one and once that is complete this one will disappear. The new one will take its place on the same domain name.
Season 2024 - next year's season is listed on the Home page of the new website. This LINK will take you there.
NEWS
ALASDAIR BEATSON is one of the Artistic Directors of the ERNEN FESTIVAL in Switzerland. This wonderful festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary. LAURENCE CUMMINGS, who is also one of our Patrons, gave a recital there this year.
MELA GUITAR QUARTET
Congratulations to the Mela guitar quartet for winning first prize at this year’s Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) Ensemble Competition!
BENJAMIN BAKER, VIOLIN AND
DANIEL LEBHARDT, PIANO 1919: Coda (Delphian Records) https://www.benjamin-baker.com/albums/1919-coda
Some reviews:
"The playing is marvellously poised, an exemplary concept album aptly adapted to each composer’s circumstances and individuality. Baker and Lebhardt tell four very human stories, each of them flawed. I was on the edge of my seat throughout."
5 Stars - Norman Lebrecht, La Scena Musicale
"Baker and Lebhardt, who listen and respond to each other precisely and sensitively, are ideal and impassioned guides" - Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian
"Three excellent sonatas played with passion and understanding here, making for a compelling recital. It puts us into the sound of Europe emerging into a different world" - Record Review, BBC Radio 3
Ben and Daniel came to Concerts in the West in May as members of the Northern Chords Ensemble.
FENELLA HUMPHREYS has exciting news. Her Caprices album won the Premiere Award at the 2023 BBC Music Magazine Awards. Many congratulations.
HUW WIGGIN, saxophone, has just brought out his new recording with Noriko Ogawa, piano, Rhapsody. https://www.huwwiggin.com/recordings Huw has been to Concerts in the West on three occasions, twice with the Ferio Saxophone Quartet. Their last tour in June 2021 gave us live music again after Covid. Some reviews: https://tashmina.co.uk/news/clarinet-saxophone-magazine-huw-wiggin-rhapsody/
ROSALIND VENTRIS, who was with us in March this year, has recently had her new recording, SOLA, reviewed in Gramophone. https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/sola-music-for-viola-by-women-composers-rosalind-ventris
ONLINE BOOKING There are links on each tour page. Please follow this link on How to Book.
There are other ways of buying tickets and these are shown on the Booking pages (please see the menu in the top right of the screen).
If you need help please call - 01823 252658 - or email on concertsinthewest@gmail.com
TAKING PART IN CONCERTS IN THE WEST
There is more information HERE. Thank you for getting in touch. We get so many requests that it is difficult to respond to everyone. This may seem very rude but we do welcome your interest.
ANTHONY PITHER very sadly died in November. He was a Trustee and Chairman of Concerts in the West for many years. Click HERE for a brief biography of his life.
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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.
Catherine Maddocks
& The Trustees of CinW
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PELLEAS ENSEMBLE IN ILMINSTER - APRIL 2022
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Upcoming Concerts All Concerts
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The CONCERTS IN THE WEST series of MINI-TOURS offers a broad spectrum of Classical chamber music.
Concerts in the West was launched in 2006 and as with many organisations it has grown in the work that it undertakes.
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.
Short 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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SAM ARMSTRONG IN BRIDPORT - MAY 2022
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LINKS
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