Reviews

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

THE CASTALIAN QUARTET SINI SIMONEN: First Violin DANIEL ROBERTS: Second Violin CHARLOTTE BONNETON: Viola CHRISTOPHER GRAVES: Cello THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 15th January, 2018   Monday’s performance by the Castalian Quartet ushered in the new year in

LORENA PAZ NIETO: Soprano JOHAN BARNOIN: Piano THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 4th December, 2017   Monday’s concert was unusual. It is a long time since Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts have hosted a solo singer with piano accompaniment.