Author Archives: Philip Venables

COMPETITION to win the latest Onyx Brass CD

We’re running a competition to celebrate our first quarterly newsletter that is being sent out on Friday.  Sign up to our newsletter on the form on the left of this homepage and we’ll enter you in a draw to win one of three copies of ‘Time to Time’, Onyx Brass’s latest CD featuring baritone Mark Stone.  The winners will be announced in the next edition of the newsletter in September.   Send it round all your friends and they can sign up to win too!

Good luck!

 

ENDYMION on BBC Radio 3′s Hear and Now, Saturday 21st July

Endymion’s recent concert with the BBC Singers went fantastically well last week,  at Cheltenham International Music Festival.  The concert was recorded by the BBC, and included world premieres of pieces by John Tavener and Judith Bingham, performed by Endymion and the BBC Singers, conducted by David Hill.

The edition of Hear and Now will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 90-93 FM on Saturday 21st July, starting at 22:30.  You can tune in live online or listen again for seven days after the broadcast, here.

Endymion at Wigmore Hall, Temple Church and Cheltenham Festival in July

Endymion has a busy few weeks ahead, with performances at Cheltenham Festival, Temple Church and Wigmore Hall.

They will be joined by the BBC Singers for a Radio 3 broadcast concert on 5th July at Cheltenham International Music Festival, with a world premiere by Judith Bingham and a piece by John Tavener.   Tickets can be bought here.

On 11th July Endymion will be performing one of their most popular programmes at Temple Church, featuring the Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets, featuring clarinettist Mark van de Wiel.  A perfect Summer evening’s entertainment!   Tickets for that are available here.

On 15th July, they’ll be making their first ever appearance in the prestigious Wigmore Hall Coffee Concert series, performing Brahms’ sumptuous Clarinet Trio and Horn Trio.  Don’t miss it!  Tickets for that concert are only £12, with concessions available.  They are selling very well, so book quickly to avoid disappointment.  Tickets available here.

UNLEASHED is now casting

The UNLEASHED production is now casting for two male violinists, a male actor and the lead role, a male singer (baritone).

We need to find the right people for this project – as interesting and individual as possible!  All the details about the casting call are on the UNLEASHED mini-site, here.

Tell your friends!

Phoenix have a great time launching their new CD at Wigmore

The Phoenix Piano Trio had a great time on Sunday 13th May making their debut at London’s prestigious Wigmore Hall.  The trio performed music by Thomas Dunhill, John Ireland and Beethoven – cheered on by a very large and appreciative audience.   The concert marked several special occasions: John Ireland’s 50th anniversary since his death in 1952, and the launch of the Trio’s first CD on the Stone Records label, of Beethoven’s Archduke Trio and Op.70/2 Trio, the latter that they performed in the concert.  One punter commented afterwards: “I’m not a big Ludwig fan (I know, blasphemy!) but this just took my breath away!”.

The disc, pictured above, has been selling really well, and can be ordered direct from Stone Records here.  We’re looking forward to performing the Ireland more through this year and 2013, and our next recording, and our next Wigmore concert.  Stay tuned!

Onyx Brass on BBC Radio 3

Onyx Brass made another lively appearance last Thursday on In Tune, BBC Radio 3′s drivetime show with Sean Rafferty.  The quintet were promoting their gala performance at the Southbank Centre, which is this coming Thursday at 7.45pm.  Tickets are still available here.  They performed live in the studio with baritone Mark Stone – check it out here!