Our final concert of the 2024 series was an interesting mix of the familiar and the more experimental.  The trio once again dazzled with their skill and musicianship.  Their talent never fails to carry the full programme and delight our audience.

A super concert with a programme drawing from repertoire spanning almost 300 years.  Delicate Dvorak, stately Haydn, an atmospheric Evangeline Mason amd a sunlit Mendelssohn.

All performed with great technical skill and musicality - a real pleasure for the audience and organisers.

We were treated to a real audience pleasing concert by The Chicago Teddy Bears.

On a very damp September evening, the band warmed the hearts of everyone with their wide ranging repertoire and amusing stories.

Our thanks to the fabulous 2nd Rossendale Scout Group Band, for a wonderful evening of music!

Audience members were delighted to listen to a wide programme of the old and the new, the very powerful and the surprisingly gentle. All brilliantly woven together by compère and Musical Director, Graham Helm!

Together, in full flow, the band sounded awesome, but there were lots of young soloists, who each did a great job.

It’s was wonderful to see the mixed age range in the band and with so many talented youngsters! What a great job the leaders and organisers do developing young talent!

Everyone, without exception, as they were leaving, sang the Band’s praises!

Ethan Loch’s Concert was outstanding!

An audience member said  ‘I thought Ethan was outstanding - not just his playing but his personality and connection with the audience. They love him, well who wouldn’t? He’s an inspiration!’

Ethan showed us his virtuosity, his very personal compositions, and two encores, one an improvisation and the second a toe tapping jazz arrangement! He is phenomenal!

The audience queued up to say thank you and shake his hand at the end!

If you ever get the chance to see Ethan live, you must grab it with both hands! 

Our thanks to Aestus Quartet for their performance this evening.

Four very accomplished musicians played a varied programme, introducing us to new composers and music and giving us lots to talk about and discuss! 

A real voyage of adventure.

A truly wonderful concert tonight! Fifteen year old Julie Zhang’s performance was outstanding!

Her programme showcased her prowess at the piano, delivering a performance packed with excitement, poignancy and energy. So graceful on the keys, yet with such tenacity and strength!

The transition between the boldness of Beethoven and Scriabin and the gentleness of Chopin’s Tristesse and Nocturne was impressive!

This was Julie’s first full concert - we hope it’s the first of many!

A super concert this evening by Trio Volant! 

We were treated to a varied programme from 18th to 21st century music! That specific trio of instruments lent itself really well to the Mozart and Beethoven pieces in particular. 

'A great start to the new series’ ‘very enjoyable concert’ ‘definitely worth braving the weather for’ - just a few of the comments from the audience! 

Trio Kagura warmed up a very chilly evening with a superb performance of a varied and enjoyable programme.  We thank Kanako, Pijus and Yukki for stepping in to replace the planned performer at very short notice, and for giving us such a fabulous evening of music.

Our thanks to Northern String Quartet who played a wide programme of music, ranging from the 17th to the 20th Century. They covered recognisable string ‘standards’ to familiar and much loved opera, ballet and jazz.  The concert, a real musical chocolate box, was well received by a full and appreciative audience! 

Great concert with lots of positive comments about the musicianship of the players and their choice of programme.  Thanks to all those who played and to our lovely audence who made them so welcome.

Wednesday 31st May

Thanks to Meera and Lucy who gave a wonderful performance of a very varied programme.  The musicians received lots of compliments fom our audience and we were really pleased that the concert was so well received.

The church was dressed for a wedding the following day and this made an appropriate setting for several of the beautiful pieces.

Wednesday 26th April 2023

PIVA played a super concert for us tonight with the help of 35 different instruments, all replicas of instruments played during the Renaissance period.

Jane Moulder gave a fascinating commentary that brought to life the history and background to the music played.

All in all a very enjoyable evening.

Wednesday 29th March 2023

Favourites from six of the most popular comic operas were in the programme, performed with great enthusiasm and good humour.

Wonderful singing and great entertainment.  A thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Wednesday 22nd February 2023

Our thanks to Kanako Mizuno, Pijus Jonusas and Alec Smith for a fabulous concert. Brilliant musicians shared wonderful music from Beethoven, Bridge and Brahms.  A great start to our 2023 programme.

Wednesday 30th November 2022

What a super way to end our 2022 concert series.

A great display of musical talent and versatility.  The evening was a journey through centuries of music and across continents - a really eclectic mix of traditions!

Wednesday 26th October 2022

Our thanks to Will and Rachel for an extremely enjoyable, varied and virtuosic programme of music.

Lots of lovely appeciative comments from the audience too!  Just what we needed to raise our spirits.

Wednesday 28th September 2022

A great evening of Trad Jazz with lots of compliments from the audience

Wednesday 27th April 2022

A fabulous concert tonight from The Innsæi Quartet!

‘One of the best concerts so far’ and ‘superb musicianship’ were just two of the comments from the audience, whilst the musicians complemented the acoustics in the Church! Great all round then! 

Wednesday 30th March 2022

Tom Hicks played a superb concert for us tonight! A real mix of wonderfully familiar Chopin, Brahms and Schumann and surprisingly new works from Ireland, Clarke and C V Stanford! 

Another really enjoyable concert! Hope you can join us next time.

Wednesday 23rd February 2022

We had a fabulous concert at St Thomas's Church!

Thanks to the wonderful muscians and everyone who came to see them.  What a treat it was for us!

Wednesday 26th January 2022

Thanks to Jonathan, Duncan and Reyan,  for their wonderful performance at St Thomas’ Church! 

We had a great audience for our first concert in the new venue! Thank you to everyone who came along and for your positive comments. So many people, happy to be hearing live music together again. 

Wednesday 27th October 2021

Since its foundation in 2006, the Eblana String Trio have performed regularly throughout the UK, including Wigmore Hall, and beyond. All three members studied at the RNCM where the trio won the 2010 RNCM Chamber Music Award. The trio are joined by Hannah Roberts, Tutor in Cello at the RNCM and Principal Cellist with Manchester Camerata. 

Wednesday 29th September 2021

Harmony Hounds are a highly entertaining five-piece band who play jazz and dance music as it would have been heard in the hotels, dance halls and clubs of 1920s America. The band will play a wide range of music by popular composers.