Reviews

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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). More

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 More