Reviews

FITZROY QUARTET AT THE PHOENIX HALL, NEWTON DEE DAN-IULIAN DRUTAC: First Violin LAURA CUSTODIO SABAS: Second Violin EMILY POND: Viola MICHAEL NEWMAN: Cello Tuesday 21st January, 2020 at 1.15pm Every year, at least one of the ensembles that give us

THE FITZROY QUARTET DAN-IULIAN DRUTAC: First Violin LAURA CUSTODIO SABAS: Second Violin EMILY POND: Viola MICHAEL NEWMAN: Cello THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 20th January, 2020 The fourth of six concerts in Aberdeen Chamber Music’s current subscription series

SARAH BETH BRIGGS DENIS MATTHEWS CENTENARY PIANO RECITAL   THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 7th October, 2019   Denis Matthews (1919 – 1988) was an English concert pianist, musicologist and teacher. This year sees the centenary of his

ENSEMBLE BURLETTA AT PHOENIX HALL   SHELLEY LEVY: Clarinet KATALIN KERTÉSZ: First Violin LUCY HEWSON: Second Violin NICHOLA BLAKEY: Viola CRESSIDA NASH: Cello   PHOENIX HALL, NEWTON DEE Tuesday 12thMarch at 1.30 pm   We were grateful to the Ensemble

ENSEMBLE BURLETTA SHELLEY LEVY: Clarinet KATALIN KERTÉSZ: First Violin LUCY HEWSON: Second Violin NICHOLA BLAKEY: Viola CRESSIDA NASH: Cello THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 11thMarch, 2019   The final concert in the current season of promotions by Aberdeen

JESS GILLAM: Saxophones ZEYNEP ŐZSUCA: Piano The Sanctuary, Queen’s Cross Church, Aberdeen Monday 11thFebruary, 2019   Up all the way to Aberdeen after her starring appearance in the Royal Albert Hall playing at the BAFTAS on Sunday, Aberdeen Chamber Music

THE NAVARRA STRING QUARTET MAGNUS JOHNSTON: First violin MARIJE JOHNSTON: Second violin SASCHA BOTA: Viola BRIAN O’KANE: Cello The Sanctuary, Queen’s Cross Church, Aberdeen Monday 14thJanuary, 2019   Formed at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2002, the Navarra

THE MAXWELL QUARTET  COLIN SCOBIE: First violin GEORGE SMITH: Second violin ELLIOT PERKS: Viola DUNCAN STRACHAN: Cello THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 3rdDecember, 2018 Monday’s performance given by the Maxwell String Quartet was the third in the series

THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE SIMON BLENDIS: Violin DOUGLAS PATERSON: Viola JANE SALMON: Cello WILLIAM HOWARD: Piano THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 12th March, 2018   Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts have often brought musical ensembles to the City who are

PIANO TRIO ISIMSIZ PABLO HERNÁN BENEDETÍ: Violin MICHAEL PETROV: Cello ERDEM MISIRLIOGLU: Piano THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 19th February, 2018   The Piano Trio Isimsiz formed in 2009 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama is