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
Bonus trailer appearance: Sean Shibe (guitar): Walton, the first of his 5 Bagatelles. Ahead of appearing in the next Coffee Concert, on January 29.
Were Trio Isimsiz a holiday destination the brochures would be describing them as Continue reading Coffee Concert 18th December 2016 – Review by Richard Amey, Worthing Herald
Coffee Concert – 18 December 2016 – Trio Isimsiz
This is the second time we’ve heard Trio Isimsiz at a coffee concert and I’m getting a feel for what is so extraordinary about them. It’s their delicacy. It’s a delicacy that’s not just about playing quietly Continue reading Coffee Concert 18th December 2016 – Review by Andrew Polmear
Couperin Suite: Ritratto dell’amore (Portrait of Love, Royal Concert No 9 in E major; 1724); Dutilleux, Sonata for Oboe & Piano (1947); Saint-Saens, Sonata for Bassoon & Oboe Op 168 (1921); Schumann, Three Romances for Oboe & Piano Op 94 (1849); Jolivet, Sonatine for Oboe & Bassoon (1963); Poulenc, Trio for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano FP43 (1926). Continue reading Coffee Concert 20th November 2016 – Review by Richard Amey, Worthing Herald
Coffee Concert 20 November 2016 Amy Harman, Olivier Stankiewicz and Tom Poster
Have we found the perfect venue for chamber music? At the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA) we found ourselves in the most interesting building, architecturally, on the serene and elegant Continue reading Coffee Concert 20th November 2016 – Review by Andrew Polmear
Heath Quartet seem so much part of the Coffee Concerts family already. So entirely apposite it was to find there at the table selling their two new CDs was cellist Chris Murray’s mother. They’ve never had CDs to sell here before. Their recently award-winning live Wigmore Hall double CD of all Michael Tippet’s Quartets came out in March, and their imminent Tchaikovsky Quartets disc was on offer a week before its actual release.
Where has this atmosphere of an audience being a family come from? Continue reading Heath Quartet 23rd October 2016 – Review by Richard Amey, Worthing Herald
