Tag Archives: Bath International Music Festival

an upbeat string quartet

Posted on June 7, 2006 by vhk10

We missed a lot of this year’s new-look Bath Festival, unfortunately, but we did manage each to get to a concert by the Vanbrugh Quartet in the Assembly Rooms. My husband and daughter heard Haydn, Beethoven (Op. 131) and Bartók’s … Continue reading →

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two piano recitals

Posted on June 11, 2005 by vhk10

I attended two piano recitals during the Bath Festival. The first was Freddy Kempf playing Beethoven and Chopin in a programme consisting entirely of music I have known well for a long time. I wasn’t very happy with the performances, … Continue reading →

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more MacMillan in Julian Road

Posted on June 4, 2005 by vhk10

The Bath Festival Chorus has re-formed this year, and on Monday I went to hear them with James MacMillan conducting music by himself and others. Inevitably I found myself comparing the account of the Canticos Sagrados with the Exultate Singers’ … Continue reading →

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Biber in the Festival

Posted on May 26, 2004 by vhk10

I’m not going to very many concerts in the Bath Festival this year – I don’t have many free evenings, and also this is another year when the Bath Festival Chorus is not performing. I usually get to a concert … Continue reading →

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