Tickets for 22 November coffee concert
The good news is that the coffee concert on 22 November sold out within four hours of going on sale. The bad news Continue reading Newsletter: November coffee concert sold out
Coffee Concerts
Newsletter #55
Strings Attached has just learned that tickets for the concert on 22 November are now on sale from the Brighton Dome Box Office online at https://brightondome.org . Choose ‘What’s ON’ then ‘Classical Music’ then click on the Gildas concert and choose ‘View Event’. Alternatively, book by telephone on 01273 709709 Tuesday to Friday 10am to 2 pm.
The details are as given in the last newsletter:
Date: 22 November 2020
Time: 11.30am
Place: Brighton Dome Concert Hall,
Performers: Joanna MacGregor (piano) and the Gildas String Quartet
Programme: Schubert Quartettsatz
Haydn String Quartet Opus 76 No.1
Shostakovich Piano Quintet
Newsletter #54
It gives us enormous pleasure to be able to give advanced notice of a Strings Attached coffee concert next month.
Date: 22 November 2020
Time: 11.30am (a little later than usual to allow staff to prepare the venue after the previous night’s show)
Place: Brighton Dome Concert Hall, where the Stalls will be reconfigured in cabaret style, to ensure social distancing (see picture). If needed there will be additional seating, suitably distanced, in the Stalls Circle. Continue reading Newsletter #54
Newsletter #53
We regret to say that we are still unable to announce plans for a possible 2020/21 coffee concert season. However, we have two announcements to make which might interest our members.
Seaford Music Society are to stream three live concerts:
- 25 July Raphael Wallfisch (cello) and Sebastian Comberti (cello) play works for solo cello and two cellos Continue reading Newsletter #53
Newsletter #52
This is the last in our series of occasional newsletters featuring chamber music that means something special to our authors. The next newsletter will be sent when we are able to inform you about plans for the 2020/21 season. Until we know what those plans are we shall not be asking members to renew their subscriptions.
Today’s article is by Jack Adler-McKean, step-son of Mary, our Chair. Jack takes us into territory that is unfamiliar Continue reading Newsletter #52
Newsletter #51
This is the sixth in our series of newsletters focusing on individual pieces of chamber music, chosen by members of the Strings Attached team. This time Helen Simpson, Strings Attached committee member, writes about another relatively unknown piece from the 20th century. And if the name Seeger seems familiar, yes, she was the step mother of Pete Seeger and mother of Peggy!
Ruth Crawford was an American composer, known for Continue reading Newsletter #51