Newsletter #78

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

Coffee Concert 19th March 2023 – Joanna MacGregor & Brighton Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble – Strings Attached Review by Michael Wilkinson and Chris Darwin

 

Michael Wilkinson, who normally writes reviews of the Coffee Concerts, was unable to attend this concert, although he had done his usual extensive research on its material.  Here are the informative results of his research:

“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

Newsletter #76

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

19th March 2023 – Joanna MacGregor & Brighton Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble – Programme notes


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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