Reviews
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…
Read MoreHarriet 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…
Read MoreDavid Owen Norris Piano Trio, 23 September 2022
Concert given by The David Owen Norris Piano Trio Friday 23rd September 2022 in St Peter’s Church, Stockbridge The Stockbridge Music faithful eagerly awaited the approaching climax concert of the…
Read MoreGesualdo Six Concert 22nd October 2021
When you go to a concert you may hope for moments of delight but you do not expect the hairs to stand up on the back of your neck. Yet…
Read MoreDuo Bayanello with Andrey Lebedev
In 2015 two young prize-winning musicians, the British cellist Cecilia Bignall and the Russian classical accordionist losif Purits met to form Duo Bayanello, now described as one of the most…
Read MoreIndex Cantorum – St Peters Church – June 8th 2018
This concert, called Caledonian Connexions, proved full of contrasts, twists and turns. Choral music that intrigued and enlightened at one. Obviously the theme was Scotland – mostly by association. As…
Read MoreConcert by the Sansara Consort – St Peter’s Church – 10th November 2017
This is the fourth time Sansara have performed for Stockbridge Music. The choir has grown fast in stature here and abroad, and it’s difficult to avoid endless superlatives about their…
Read MoreConcert by the Delmege Quartet – Stockbridge Town Hall – September 16th 2017
They have thrilled us before in the ideal acoustic of Stockbridge Town Hall. Remarkably, three years on, the make-up of this superbly gifted youthful group has seen only one change, the viola…
Read MoreReview of Sansara – Monday 11th December 2016
By James Montgomery Had Jean Mouton been in St Peter’s Church Stockbridge for this additional Stockbridge Music concert (he was born around 1459 and lived for at least sixty years)…
Read MoreReview of David Owen Norris – Saturday 15th October 2016
By James Montgomery Does Professor Norris ever sleep? He must be the most energetic and prodigious musician alive today. You name it, he’s done it, does it, plays it, and…
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