Category Archives: going to concerts

Eastern European brass lives!

Posted on May 1, 2015 by vhk10

Some of my family went to see distinguished visitors to Colston Hall – the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek. Josef Špaček was the soloist in two works – Mendelssohn’s violin concerto and that local favourite The Lark Ascending. I … Continue reading →

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a first hearing of the Bath Cantata Group

Posted on April 3, 2015 by vhk10

The Bach Cantata Group perform at least once a year in St. Stephen’s Church very near us but I’d never been to hear them. They gave a concert under the direction of Neil Moore accompanied by an orchestra led by … Continue reading →

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The Bachfest 2015

Posted on March 22, 2015 by vhk10

The Bachfest is the descendant of the Bach festivals which were once built around the Chantry Singers, and which has outlived them. My husband went to hear the Academy of Ancient Music under Bojan Čičić playing mostly J. S. Bach … Continue reading →

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Lunchtime in the Building of Bath Museum

Posted on December 13, 2014 by vhk10

I went to a lunchtime concert given by the ‘Men with Horns’ (only without the horns) conducted by Mike Daniels in the Building of Bath Museum. This concert was very popular as the choir had all asked their friends, and … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2014 (2): Padmore/Emersons/Vertavo

Posted on December 1, 2014 by vhk10

There’s been a lot of music around (what a good thing) so it’ll be a whistle-stop tour through some of the other concerts we went to. Mark Padmore has performed at the Mozartfest before, and I will soon be sharing … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2014 (1): Imogen Cooper and a twang from the Sitkovetskys

Posted on November 30, 2014 by vhk10

While the International Music Festival struggles, the Bath Mozartfest is thriving (and now described by its chairman as ‘Bath’s premier music festival’). Part of the reason for this is the well-established relationships with certain leading performers and groups, plus some … Continue reading →

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Fitting in Prom 68

Posted on September 22, 2014 by vhk10

My family realised that time was running out for getting to a Prom this year and so some of them went to Prom 68, the Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst. This concert wasn’t all that well attended (they had been … Continue reading →

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Prom 44: Strauss, Elgar and Berlioz

Posted on September 5, 2014 by vhk10

I don’t think I’ve been in the Arena for a sell-out Prom before. I was sold my ticket with seconds to spare before I squeezed into the Arena. A popular programme, and I heard a fair few Australian accents in … Continue reading →

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inside the Masonic Hall

Posted on May 28, 2014 by vhk10

I’d never been in a Masonic hall before, but Bath’s was used for a series of late-night concerts in the Festival. These were informal, in that you could take your drink into the concert hall and the seats were unreserved. … Continue reading →

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Shopping songs

Posted on May 27, 2014 by vhk10

I was very proud to see my youngest child performing along with others in his class in the Bath Festival in a free lunchtime concert of music written for children by Peter Maxwell Davies and Alasdair Nicolson, the Festival’s director. … Continue reading →

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a Bath Camerata workshop

Posted on March 4, 2014 by vhk10

I didn’t attend the workshop which invited others to join the Bath Camerata to rehearse and perform a short programme, but came along to the concert at the end. Partly because it was local, but also to meet Camerata members … Continue reading →

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Martin and Tallis in the Victoria Rooms

Posted on March 4, 2014 by vhk10

After my awful experience with the toaster last time, I made sure that the programme for the Bristol University Singers’ concert was unaccompanied. They interleaved Frank Martin’s Mass for double choir with Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah, in a demanding programme … Continue reading →

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