WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE STRINGS ATTACHED COFFEE CONCERTS FOR 2023-2024 TO BE HELD IN THE CORN EXCHANGE
For technical reasons connected with the refurbishment of the Corn Exchange, there will not be a concert on 22 October as previously stated. There will nevertheless be seven concerts between November and April rather than the usual six. Tickets will be on sale from 11 August. Continue reading Newsletter #78
This is a brief note to let you know the dates of the Coffee Concerts for the 2023-2024 season and to confirm that we will be back in the refurbished Corn Exchange for the entire season. The dates are:
22/10 /23
19/11/23
10/12 23
21/1/24
18/2/24
24/3/24 and an additional 7th concert
14/4/24 Continue reading Newsletter #77
The dates of the Coffee Concerts for the 2023-24 season are:
October 22nd 2023
November 19th 2023
December 10th 2023
January 21st 2024
February 18th 2024
March 24th 2024
April 14th 2024
The concerts will will take place in the refurbished Brighton Dome Corn Exchange.
“Our ‘local’ ensemble has become a fixture in this series, and a most welcome one, in terms of sheer musicianship and adventurous Continue reading Coffee Concert 19th March 2023 – Joanna MacGregor & Brighton Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble – Strings Attached Review by Michael Wilkinson and Chris Darwin
NEXT CONCERT
The sixth and final concert of the season will be given by Joanna MacGregor and Brighton Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble on Sunday 19th March at 11.00am at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA), University of Sussex.
PROGRAMME (English Landscapes)
Rebecca Clarke: Two Pieces for String Quartet: Comodo e amabile (Comfortable and gentle) and Poem (1924)
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor Op.15
– Interval –
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84 (1918) Continue reading Newsletter #76
Rebecca Clarke 1886-1979
Two Pieces for String Quartet: Comodo e amabile (Comfortable and gentle) and Poem
Composed 1924
Rebecca Clarke was born in Harrow in 1886. Her father was American and her mother of German descent. They were a musical family and Rebecca was encouraged to learn the Viola and study Composition, Harmony and Counterpoint. In 1907 she became Continue reading 19th March 2023 – Joanna MacGregor & Brighton Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble – Programme notes
