Review

It is unusual for a mother, Jenny Stern, and son, Emmanuel Bach, to form a musical duo and it offers the possibility of exceptional shared understanding and intimacy in the interpretation of the music. Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata is a powerful work of turbulent emotions. An introductory Adagio is followed by an intense Presto with the instruments striving for dominance. […]

The Kosmos Ensemble  Meg-Rosaleen Hamilton, on viola, wore a large red rose in her hair. The violinist, Harriet Mackenzie, swathed in a red dress, had her hair secured by one turquoise and one ultramarine butterfly and Milos Milivojevic sat on a white stool, as he played his classical accordion, like a benign Puck. The viola

The Korros Ensemble The Korros ensemble are a trio with a very special musical sound – the sympathetic but contrasting timbres of the flute and clarinet with the etherial sound of the harp. However, they have no music to play. Hardly anyone has written for this combination of instruments, but, for them, this isn’t an

For the first concert of Keswick Music Society’s new season the Da Vinci Trio presented us with three number ones: Beethoven’s Opus 1 no. 1 in E flat; Shostakovich’s No. 1 in C minor and Mendelssohn’s No 1 in D minor, Op. 49. Beethoven made the piano trio into a conversation between friends, the piano’s

Programme    Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio, Paul Schoenfield: Cafe Music, Brahms: Trio no 1 in B Major, Op.8 ( Revised version) The Piano Trio by Rebecca Clarke trio was a revelation. Here was the powerful individual voice of a female composer who was unjustly neglected for decades. Clarke was born in Britain of American and German parents.

Keswick Music Society Concert 24th February 2024: Review Last Saturday Keswick Music Society treated its audience to another outstanding musical evening at St. John’s Church. The Society’s previous concert featured the distinguished and much-loved pianist Dame Imogen Cooper. This time it was two youthful musicians who are building their careers and reputations: Charlotte Spruit, a Dutch

Imogen Cooper’s concert was attended by one of the largest audiences of recent years, and she lived magnificently up to all expectations as one of the most distinguished and cherished pianists of our time.  Her programme with music by Schubert, Bach, Thomas Adès and Beethoven took us on a fascinating musical journey and it was

Lara Melda is a young and brilliant pianist currently delighting audiences around Britain, Europe and the antipodes: her career, launched when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2010 as a 16 year old, continued through college and later with such celebrated mentors as Alfred Brendel. She is now widely recognised

On Saturday evening Keswick Music Society started its 23/24 season with a superb concert featuring a young London-based string ensemble, The Alkyona Quartet, in the Society’s new venue at St. John’s Church. KMS has been looking for a permanent home since the previous arrangement with the Theatre by the Lake, which had hosted the Society’s

“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!” cries King Lear in the storm on the heath, and the wind players of PIVA certainly blew with very swollen cheeks to create the sounds of Shakespeare’s theatre. Keswick Music Society‘s concert at Theatre by the Lake on Tuesday evening attracted a large and enthusiastic audience for