The eclectic combination of viola, flute and harp that is the Pelléas Ensemble gave a rich and expressive performance at the Cavendish Hall on 28th November, with a repertoire spanning three centuries. The ensemble was formed in 2011 when Guildhall School of Drama students Luba Tunnicliffe (viola) and Henry Roberts (flute) approached a third, Oliver […]
Villiers Quartet Entrance Peak Music Audience
Last Monday I and my close friend Elizabeth took our seats in the Cavendish Hall, ready to be entertained by a group of string players we had not heard before. From their first entry on the stage, the group promised we would hear and see something very special. The opening work was Haydn’s ‘Jack-in-the-box’ Quartet […]
Baroque Alchemy
One might imagine that the pairing of a powerful and technically sophisticated instrument such as the synthesiser with one which is essentially a tube of wood with holes in it would be something of a mismatch, but Baroque Alchemy proved how well it can work. Recorder maestro Piers Adams and his keyboard partner Lyndy Mayle’s […]
Scottish charm leaves Peak Music audience spellbound
The Maxwell Quartet performed their programme with finesse and sensitivity, with quartets from Haydn and Beethoven along with their own arrangements of some folk music of Scotland. Their playing showed excellence not only in their musicality but also in how they smilingly interacted with each other as each moved in or out of a […]
A Stunning Tribute!
A packed Cavendish Hall was treated to a fantastic musical tribute to the late Dudley Moore by the James Pearson Trio, in Peak Music’s penultimate concert of the 2023-24 season. Many people fondly remember Dudley Moore as the little man in the mac alongside Peter Cook in their television series, and later as a major […]
¡Ole! Peak Music audience spellbound by Katona Twins’ Spanish Night
The Katona Twins, Péter and Zoltán, delivered a bravura performance at the Cavendish Hall for the Peak Music Society on 7th November. The sheer range of their technique was dazzling and the programme for their Spanish night gave full rein to its expression. It was a real eye-opener for those unfamiliar with the classical guitar […]
Jervaulx Singers Opera Delight!
The Jervaulx singers were founded by Charlie Gower-Smith and Jenny Blanco – both having worked in the Arts for many years. Charlie also runs the Chapter House Youth Choir in North Yorkshire, the Thirsk Sinfonia Orchestra, Voices at the Rivers Edge Youth Choir at the Sage Gateshead, and the Hallé Youth Choir. Based in the […]
From soft and gentle to triumphant and thrilling
An empty stage and ethereal music coming from the back of the hall was the unusual, but captivating opening for the first concert in the new Peak Music season, featuring the trombone quartet Bones Apart. Fittingly, for an all-female group, the evening’s programme celebrated influential women throughout the ages, be they composers, artists or historical […]
A brilliant end to a great season!
The Sacconi Quartet combined the music of traditional string quartets with more modern classical music. Bringing together the quality of a group who naturally feel the music, as a group they embraced the breadth and depth of the possibilities of stringed instruments. The variety of techniques associated with stringed instruments (pizzicato, strumming, full range bowing […]
They Certainly Got Rhythm
For a programme centred on George Gershwin, the references in Lizzie Ball and James Pearson’s concert at the Cavendish Hall were wide and impressive. Fritz Kreisler, Leonard Bernstein, Astor Piazzolla, Aaron Copland, Maurice Ravel, Stephane Grappelli, Sergei Rachmaninoff and a few others were incorporated in a sparkling performance which brought a packed audience to its […]