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London Bridge Ensemble
- 1st July 2010 - Don't miss this exciting release on Dutton Epoch
The London Bridge Ensemble's survey of the early works of Frank Bridge continues with this release from Dutton Epoch at the end of the month. Don't miss this fabulous recording when it is on sale! Sound clips, courtesy of Dutton Epoch, are now available here.
- 18th June 2010 - Winchester 2010
Our third Winchester Chamber Music Festival took place this April. The ensemble had great fun making music with their two wonderful guests, Lucy Gould and Robert Plane. Audiences were large and enthusiastic, and innovations included a very special late-night concert in St Lawrence Church and our new festival club where convivial post-concert drinks and chat flourished. There was a poignant air as we finished the Brahms Piano Quintet, playing for the last time with Ben Nabarro, but it was an inspiring weekend full of great works and committed performances. Roll on 2011!
- 17th June 2010 - Benjamin Nabarro
Benjamin Nabarro, a founder member, has recently said farewell to the ensemble after eight years. We all remember many wonderful concerts and hugely enjoyable times with Ben over the years and want to wish him and his young family all the best for the future. Ben's fantastic fiddle playing is preserved on four recordings with the ensemble.
- 14th June 2010 - Bridge CD release on Dutton Label Imminent
Followers of the London Bridge Ensemble are shortly in for a double treat: part two of the group's survey of Bridge's early works will be released at the end of July on the Dutton label. Their Schumann recording will follow closely behind with the release scheduled for just after the summer. We look forward to bringing you clips from these super new recordings in the near future.
- 23rd December 2009 - Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2010 Unveiled
The London Bridge Ensemble are delighted to present their third festival of chamber music and song, as ever featuring masterpieces of the repertoire alongside less familiar but equally rewarding compositions. Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann rub shoulders with Bartók and Martinů and there’s a Romantic string quartet by Bridge, from whom the Ensemble takes its name.
As well as concerts at the Discovery Centre, there’s a late evening concert at the lovely St Lawrence Church, an event for families and a masterclass featuring some of the region’s budding young performers.
Full details Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2010: 23rd April - 25th April
- 17th November 2009 - Schumann release scheduled for bicentenary year
Following their recent Schumann recording for Sonimage Classics at Wyastone Concert Hall, plans are now well underway for this release during 2010, to coincide with the bicentenary of the composer's birth.
- Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 88, Fantasiestücke
- Liederkreis Op. 24
- Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
More information about Sonimage Classics can be found here
- 24th September 2009 - Survey of Bridge's early works continues
In response to the critical acclaim which followed the release of the ensemble's first CD of works by Frank Bridge (which included recommendations by both Gramophone and International Record Review), part two of their survey of the composer's early works will be recorded later this year on the Dutton label.
Reviews of "Frank Bridge Songs and Chamber Music" can be found here.
Extracts can be heard here.
- 14th February 2009 - Perfect performance by London Bridge Ensemble
- "perfect performance""notes of pure gold""international-class instrumentalists"
Read the full review, published in the Halifax Courier, of the ensembles concert for Halifax Philharmonic Club at Square Chapel Centre for the Arts on 6th February 2009
- 1st February 2009 - Ensemble present their 2009 Festival
Winchester Chamber Music Festival, presented by the London Bridge Ensemble, is back for its second year and once again features a rich and diverse programme of chamber music and song. Full details here.