Reviews

Strings Attached Friends have provided useful feedback on the 2016/17 season which will be shared with Brighton Dome and Festival.

Highlights include our enjoyment of the varied repertoire and the mix of ensembles and approval of the temporary concert venue at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts.

Read a summary of feedback by SA Friends on the 2016/17 season here here

What’s it like to be early middle-aged French, and needing to rehearse after breakfast then perform at 11am on a Sunday at a chamber music concert in an English university venue in front of 208 eagerly awaiting people? That’s the boat More

Schubert Piano Trio No 2 in E flat major D.929

Having heard a performance two days previously of Schubert’s Piano Trio No 1 in B flat in Lewes, it was fascinating to her this, his second piano trio, a work I wasn’t familiar with. A lot of commentaries sing the praises of the B flat trio and are a little patronising about the E flat, even though More

Trio Wanderer

This morning’s concert  brought the season at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts to a close.  The audience has grown noticeably  this year and today’s stunning performance was given in an atmosphere of More

Here’s one for the psychologists. Does the combination of two women and two men comprising an ensemble promise perfect balance? Abba analysers might warn the ideal result could be temporary, although the pop music industry with its high casualty rate, More

To stand out among the extraordinary wealth of excellent quartets now playing, a new quartet has to have something unique. When the Castalian played for our launch concert in 2012 they were excellent but More