A recital by two outstanding musicians was guaranteed to fill St Peter’s Church in Stockbridge and Raphael Wallfisch and Simon Callaghan did not disappoint. Beethoven’s third cello sonata was played … [Read more...] about Raphael Wallfisch (cello) and Simon Callaghan (piano)
Reviews
Stockbridge Music: Bach Winchester Voices & Orchestra Sunday 7 December 2025
J. S. Bach at Christmas Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the cornerstones of Western classical music, a cultural giant whose influence spreads into areas such as jazz and rock and whose music is … [Read more...] about Stockbridge Music: Bach Winchester Voices & Orchestra Sunday 7 December 2025
Leia Zhu Violin, Friday 14 November 2025
Imagine giving your first professional concert when the rest of your peers are just starting at primary school or performing with the London Symphony Orchestra when your peers are contemplating their … [Read more...] about Leia Zhu Violin, Friday 14 November 2025
Music for Two Harpsichords – David Hill MBE and David Ponsford
One might be forgiven for thinking that two harpsichords playing together in a resonant acoustic would just produce a mass of sound, especially when realising the complex layers that comprise the … [Read more...] about Music for Two Harpsichords – David Hill MBE and David Ponsford
VOCES8
Review of VOCES8 at Stockbridge Music, 9 May 2025 VOCES8’s reputation for fabulous ensemble singing ensured a capacity, enthusiastic audience at St Peter’s Church, Stockbridge on 9 May and the … [Read more...] about VOCES8
David Owen Norris 7 March 2025
The 2025 season of Stockbridge Music concerts burst into life on Friday 7 March, when a packed St Peter’s Church relished a programme of music played on an eighteenth-century square piano by David … [Read more...] about David Owen Norris 7 March 2025
Paul Turner, Piano – Friday 8 November
It is every concert promoter’s worst fear when an artist cancels a concert due to illness – finding replacements at short notice is never easy. Imagine then the problem when the replacement artist … [Read more...] about Paul Turner, Piano – Friday 8 November
Review: The Craig Ogden Ensemble, A Baroque Journey towards the Goldberg Variations, 17 May 2024
Stockbridge Music continues to enrich our musical lives. The Craig Ogden Ensemble attracted an audience from as far away as Wales for their concert in May. In the first half, David Juritz (violin), … [Read more...] about Review: The Craig Ogden Ensemble, A Baroque Journey towards the Goldberg Variations, 17 May 2024
Review: Morassi Quartet, 3rd March 2023
Stockbridge Music has unearthed a young treasure in the form of the Morassi Quartet. Average age 23, these four talented artists played as one, with an emotional maturity belying their years. We … [Read more...] about Review: Morassi Quartet, 3rd March 2023
Harriet Adie – The Harp at Christmas
If the king of instruments is said to be the organ, the harp is surely the queen of the orchestra. Stockbridge Music, ever keen to explore fresh or unusual musical territory to place before its … [Read more...] about Harriet Adie – The Harp at Christmas
