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Newsletter – Joan Griffiths Memorial Concert

Many Strings Attached members will remember Joan Griffiths who, before her death, was one of our most loyal and generous supporters. Her husband Mike has asked us to circulate this invitation to our members. The concert is to celebrate her love of life and the arts and, in particular, music. Continue reading Newsletter – Joan Griffiths Memorial Concert

Newsletter – 20th May 2022

This is a brief note to let you know the dates of the Coffee Concerts for the 2022-23 season. They are:

16/10/22
20/11/22
11/12/22

22/01/23
19/02/23
19/03/23

We hope to be able to give you details of performers and programmes in early July. It seems clear that the season will at least start, once more, at ACCA at the University of Sussex.

We hope everyone is enjoying the Brighton Festival.

Coffee Concert 20th March 2022 – Mithras Trio – Strings Attached Review by Michael Wilkinson

This has been a fascinating season, brought to a fitting end in this intriguing and splendidly performed programme by the personable Mithras Trio. Performances were not merely technically accomplished but deeply considered: each of the three works made considerable demands, not simply musically but in depth of emotion.

It is always good to have a Haydn Piano Trio programmed. Charles Rosen, in his Continue reading Coffee Concert 20th March 2022 – Mithras Trio – Strings Attached Review by Michael Wilkinson

20th March 2022 – Mithras Trio – Programme notes by Chris Darwin

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Piano Trio No. 7 in G, Hob. XV:41 (c 1760-1767)Print/PDF

Allegro
Menuet
Adagio
Finale. Allegro

Despite its high number in the Hoboken catalogue (41st trio out of 45), this work is one of Haydn’s first trios, probably dating from the early 1760s.  Around that time, Continue reading 20th March 2022 – Mithras Trio – Programme notes by Chris Darwin