Reviews

In association with THE SOUND FESTIVAL 2015 Beethoven Plus Monday 9th of November 2015 This second concert in the series promoted by Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts was also the final event in this year’s sound Festival. It was also the

THE ARCADIA STRING QUARTET Monday, 12 October 2015  It is a couple of years since the Arcadia String Quartet were in Queen’s Cross Church to play for Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts. They made a memorable impression on the audience on

Scotland’s National Chamber Music Day promoted by Enterprise Music Scotland which, funded by the Scottish Arts Council, gives support to the network of music clubs, music societies, arts guilds and other organisations run by volunteers throughout Scotland had twenty events

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.

Monday 16th February 2015 This was the first concert in what will be our regular venue during the refurbishment of the Cowdray Hall. Chamber Music Concerts have been at Queen’s Cross before, most notably in November of 2013 for a

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

Monday 10th November 2014 Since Monday’s performance by The Atalanta Piano Quartet was another of the now regular annual collaborations between Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts and SOUND, I will begin this review with the one contemporary piece in the programme.

6th October 2014 The Castalian String Quartet was formed in London in 2010 and then in 2011 these vibrant young musicians won the Royal Overseas League Elias Fawcett Award given to “an outstanding chamber music ensemble”. On Monday, Aberdeen Chamber

We were approached recently by the organisation Making Music – Scotland and Northern Ireland (of which Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts is a member) who had followed our news about our “Write a Review” competition with a view to writing a

Monday 17th March The Leonore Piano Trio: Tim Horton, piano; Benjamin Nabarro, violin and Gemma Rosefield, cello gave three sensational performances of highly contrasting masterpieces for piano trio at this the sixth and final concert of the 2013/14 season promoted