Arctic Winds Review

Monday 16th March 2015 The final concert of the 2014-2015 season in the series promoted by Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts was given by Arctic Winds founded in 2011 and comprising five of Scotland’s most experienced and highly regarded wind players.

March 2015 Programme Notes

Three Short Pieces                                                                                Ibert (1890 – 1952) Allegro Andante Assez lent – Allegro scherzando A Parisian by birth, Ibert studied there at the Conservatoire as a student of Fauré.  His music combines the impressionist techniques of Debussy and Ravel

Programme notes February 2015

Quartet in D op. 18 no. 3                                                            Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Allegro Andante con moto Allegro Presto The six quartets op.18 were written in Vienna between 1798 and 1800.  We think of them now as belonging to Beethoven’s “first period”,

Pavri Duo review

Monday 12th January 2015 Of the four pieces in Monday’s programme, three had never before been performed at ACMC concerts. I was not surprised to find two of the works listed as first ACMC performances since Prabhanda by John Mayer