Coffee Concert 29th January 2017 – Review by Richard Amey, Worthing Herald

Sean Shibe (guitar) – Coffee Concert, Sunday January 29

The Coffee Concerts have sexed themselves up! After a diet of violinists, violists, cellists, the odd double bassist, wind or horn players and pianists, they finally peered around a curtain into a Sunday morning world of sensuality only a guitarist Continue reading Coffee Concert 29th January 2017 – Review by Richard Amey, Worthing Herald

Coffee Concert 29th January 2017 – Review by Andrew Polmear

Coffee Concert January 29 2017 Sean Shibe

I was astounded by this concert. I don’t know enough about the guitar or the repertoire to write about them knowledgeably. But Sean Shibe’s performance was enough to sweep away Continue reading Coffee Concert 29th January 2017 – Review by Andrew Polmear

26th February 2017 Castalian Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin

Josef Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in B-flat Op 76 no 4 (‘Sunrise’) (1797)

Allegro con spirito
Adagio
Menuetto: Allegro

Finale: Allegro, ma non troppo

 

In 1795 Haydn returned from his spectacularly successful visits to England to the relatively Continue reading 26th February 2017 Castalian Quartet – Programme notes by Chris Darwin