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New String Quartet by Timothy Salter
We are very pleased to announce we will be returning to Concerts at Cratfield in July 2011 to give the first performance of the new String Quartet No.3 by British composer, Timothy Salter. This Quartet has been specially comissioned by Blyth Valley Chamber Music, with generous support from The Ra... -
The Musical Brain Conference: Schumann: the Man, the Mind and the Music
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6th - 8th May Sacconi Festival 2011!
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Guardian review of Gwilym Simcock premiere
On Saturday 3 July, we premiered a new piano quintet, written specially for us, by Gwilym Simcock on the opening weekend of the 2010 Cheltenham Festival. It was a great concert and we really enjoyed performing the new piece. There was a journalist from the Guardian there, who has praised the conc... -
The Art of Neil Canning
Neil Canning, the wonderful artist, based in St Ives, created the 'Sacconi Suite' of images which we have the priviledge to use on the discs released on Sacconi Records. The intense colour and dynamic forms of Neil Canning's paintings make his work instantly recognisable. Dramatic moments... -
Sacconi Canterbury Concert in aid of St Gregory's Project
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Radio 4 Debut!
Yesterday, we played live on Radio 4's PM programme, on an article to do with music and the brain. Compared to the calm studio we play in for In Tune on Radio 3, this was packed and fast paced! (they had to move all the election paraphernalia from the corner so we could fit in... It's the same st... -
Sacconi Quartet on In Tune
Ahead of the eagerly awaited Sacconi Chamber Music Festival that starts on Friday (14 May), the Sacconi Quartet will be be appearing on BBC Radio 3's In Tune on Wednesday 12 May at 6.15pm. The Quartet will be performing t... -
Aberystwyth MusicFest - Sacconi chamber music course
This July the Sacconi Quartet will be running their own chamber music course at the MusicFest Aberystwyth, 24th-31st July 2010. This is aimed primarily at pre-formed groups (string quartets and trios, piano trios and other groups) of all levels – adult quartets, student ensembles from... -
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