The centrepiece of the concert was Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet No. 3 which was first performed just after the composer’s death in 1976. Hearing a live chamber music performance again after so long was as emotional as it was therapeutic; this programme was chillingly appropriate in view of the pandemic we are enduring. Cellist Felix […]
A happy and enthusiastic audience of members of Keswick Music Society and friends gathered at St. John’s Church Keswick on Saturday evening for their first live post-Covid concert. Ever since lockdown in 2020 brought an end to that concert season, various attempts to arrange concerts had been made, only to be overtaken by spikes of
Dear Members, We are working on a date in early summer for a free concert for 2019-2020 KMS members at St. John’s Church, and will let you know all details about it as soon as possible. Due to the disruption to our programme because of COVID19, we have delayed restarting our membership scheme until the
Dear Members, Due to the disruption to our programme because of COVID19, we will delay restarting our membership scheme until the 2021-2022 season, and we aim to announce this in February-March 2021. Our move into national lockdown sadly means the cancellation of the rescheduled concert by Festivo Winds in St Johns Church Keswick which we
After various attempts, we are hoping to hold our long-delayed AGM on Tuesday March 2nd at 11am location TBA. Members will be informed of the details and we do hope that as many as possible will be able to come. At the last committee Meeting Gill Edmonds, our popular and long serving Chairman, announced her wish to
Great news at last! The Theatre will be reopening in February, but even before that we will try yet again to give our members some compensation for the abrupt ending of last season. We hopefully present again, on Sunday January 24th, Festivo Winds, a young and brilliant group of wind players who will play a
Our members’ only concert on 24 January 2021 will go ahead as planned. The date of the February 2021 concerts has been changed to 21st February. This information is correct as long as current Government regulations remain the same.
Sunday 23rd August, Sunday 30th August, Sunday 13th September, Sunday 20th September – 4.00pm – Parish Church of Keswick, St John John Cooper Green will start the recitals next Sunday (23rd August) and they will then be every week at 4.00pm until the end of September, with the exception of Sunday September 6th. Government guide
“The Brandenburg Seasons” A powdered wig and a Musical Saw! On Sunday night, Storm Dennis blew Johann Sebastian Bach’s best wig away.Dutch violinist, Tim Kliphuis, and his Trio snatched hold of one of the Brandenberg Concertos and with a few confident chords they were off on a fantastical, kaleidoscopic musical journey, mixing styles, mixing rhythms,
On Wednesday February 12th a full house of parents and siblings were treated to a most enjoyable evening – a concert given by the young musicians of Keswick with the support of the Keswick Music society. Pupils in an age range from Junior schools to Keswick School produced a really impressive programme of instrumental and