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Phoenix Piano Trio on Radio 3

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Philip Venables| Comments Off

Phoenix Piano Trio are wrapping up their Beethoven series this week, with the final programme featuring his best known trio, the Archduke, and a new piece to accompany it by Cheryl Frances Hoad.   Last night they performed this programme at the Forge in Camden.  Tomorrow night they take it to Hampshire, and on Saturday to the Holywell Music Room in Oxford.

The trio appeared on BBC Radio 3′s In Tune a few weeks ago, promoting the Beyond Beethoven series, and they performed excerpts from two Beethoven trios and the new commission by Philip Venables, Klaviertrio im Geiste. You can hear them with Sean Raffery live in the studio, here!
BBC Radio 3, In Tune. 10th June 2011. Phoenix Piano Trio by Fourfortytwo

And here they are in the BBC Studios!

If you can make it to Oxford on Saturday, do!  Tickets here:

 

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Beyond Beethoven begins

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Philip Venables| Leave a comment

Well, the Phoenix Piano Trio’s Beyond Beethoven series got off to a wonderful and jam-packed start this week, with concerts at Blackheath, 22 Mansfield Street, The Forge in Camden, Walnut Cottage in Hampshire, to be rounded off with a performance tonight (in 2 hours and ten minutes’ time!) at the Holywell Music Room in Oxford.  If you are around Oxford tonight, go along!  Tickets are still available on the door.

The exuberant Opus 1 Beethoven trio was a wonderfully youthful start to this series, and a great complement to the youth and energy of the new trio.  You should definitely come and check out the later concerts in the series: the next one is at the Forge on 27th April.  Tickets and more info here.

Here’s Sholto and two friends after the 22 Mansfield Street concert on Tuesday… A post-concert drink in the local ;-)

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Thank you RVW Trust and Leche Trust

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Philip Venables| Leave a comment

Two bits of good news came within 24 hours this week.  The RVW Trust have very generously agreed to support the Phoenix Piano Trio’s  wonderful Beyond Beethoven project, which commissions five composers to write new works for piano trio in response to Beethoven works for piano trio.  The Phoenix trio, over five different programmes, will perform all of Beethoven’s music for piano trio and the five new works.  Each programme is being repeated around the country, including all five programmes in London  at The Forge and in Oxford at the Holywell Music Room.

On the same day I found out that the amazing Leche Trust has agreed to support Endymion and EXAUDI‘s Music for People project which is commissioning 4 composers to write new works for instruments and voices, to be premiered in London and Aberdeen, in conjunction with sound festival Scotland and the Southbank Centre in London.  This support will be matched by the equally amazing Marina Kleinwort trust.

A MASSIVE thanks to both these trusts and their very supportive trustees.

If only every day was this great!

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