Maria Włoszczowska
& Alasdair Beatson

Tuesday 5th November 2024 at 7:30pm

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without NE66 1PQ

Until recently Maria was the leader of the Royal Northern Sinfonia. She is to become the Orchestra’s Artistic Partner from autumn 2024, a role created especially for her with a focus on directing, along with solo and chamber work.

Alasdair works prolifically as a soloist and chamber musician, adept on modern and historical instruments. He champions a wide repertoire with particular areas of interest including Schubert, Schumann and particularly Gabriel Fauré, who died 100 years ago in 1924.

Maria and Alasdair regularly perform together.

Adults £18              19-30 years £6        18 and under Free

Book through the Alnwick Playhouse website:  https://alnwickplayhouse.co.uk

or via box office on: 01665 660550

Ben Goldscheider, Callum Smart &
Richard Uttley

Friday 24 May 2024 at 7:30pm

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, NE66 1PQ

As a European Concert Hall Organisation Rising Star for the 2021/22 season, Ben Goldscheider gave recitals at major concert halls across Europe.

Callum Smart is quickly developing an international reputation as one of Britain’s finest young violinists.

Pianist Richard Uttley is noted for the integrity and breadth of his musicianship as soloist and chamber musician.

There are very few pieces for this combination of instruments but Brahms’s Horn trio is one his best-loved chamber works. Ligeti’s Horn trio, Hommage à Brahms, is a work of immense depth and insight and considered by many to be one of the great chamber music works of the 20th century.

Adults £16              19-30 years £6        18 and under Free

Book through the Alnwick Playhouse website:
https://alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/event/ben-goldscheider-callum-smart-richard-uttley/

or via box office on: 01665 660550

Noriko Ogawa

Tuesday 13th September 2022 at 7:30pm

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, NE66 1PQ

Noriko Ogawa has achieved considerable renown throughout the world since her success at the Leeds International Piano Competition.

Noriko’s “ravishingly poetic playing” (Telegraph) sets her apart from her contemporaries, and acclaim for her complete Debussy series with BIS Records confirms her as a fine Debussy specialist.

Her recording of Debussy’s Images books 1 and 2 was chosen as the top recommendation in BBC Radio 3’s CD Review.

Noriko’s next recording for BIS records is of solo piano music by Eric Satie. 

“If you like your Debussy to sound like the musical equivalent of a chilled white wine, Noriko Ogawa is the pianist for you.”
Roger Vignoles, BBC Radio 3, CD Review

Adults £17              19-30 years £6        18 and under Free

Book through the Alnwick Playhouse website:
https://www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/event/noriko-ogawa/
or box office 01665 660550

Broen Ensemble

Sunday 10 September 2023 at 3.00pm

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, NE66 1PQ

Broen Ensemble is a young and exciting string ensemble based in Scotland. Formed in 2017 they strive to perform works that are less well-known or rarely played, alongside the more familiar masterpieces.

In 2020 the ensemble was invited to perform alongside the Maxwell Quartet and Isabel Charisius at the Loch Shiel Festival as featured Young Artists. As winners of the Tunnell Trust Award they are having their first Scottish tour in 2022.

The size of the group changes from quartet to large ensemble which allows them to be more creative when choosing their repertoire.

Adults £18              19-30 years £6        18 and under Free

Book through the Alnwick Playhouse website:
https://www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/event/broen-ensemble
or box office 01665 660550

Gina McCormack (violin) &
Nigel Clayton (piano)

Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 7.30pm

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, NE66 1PQ

Gina McCormack is well established as one of Britain’s leading artists, with regular performances as a soloist and chamber musician at venues across the country and abroad. She made her recital debut in London at the Wigmore Hall at the age of 21 and has appeared many times since then in both that Hall and at the South Bank Centre, and at venues and Festivals across the country.

Gina comes to us with her long-standing duo partner, pianist Nigel Clayton.  Nigel has played at most of the music clubs and festivals in his native Great Britain, appearing regularly on the BBC’s radio network, at the Wigmore Hall and at the South Bank Centre, where he has already performed over fifty recitals.

Adults £17              19-30 years £6        18 and under Free

Book through the Alnwick Playhouse website:  www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk
or box office 01665 660550

Fitzroy Quartet

Saturday 9th April 2022 at 3:00pm

St James’s Church, Pottergate, Alnwick NE66 1JW

Adults £16             19-30 years £6        18 and under Free

Described as “engaging and responsive to the emotional worlds of each piece in turn”, the Fitzroy Quartet was formed in 2015 while all four members were studying at the Royal Academy of Music.

The Quartet has won multiple prizes and awards. They are Tunnell Trust Award Winners for the 2019/20 season and recently won the Beethoven Prize at the Beethoven International Chamber Music competition in Lusławice, Poland.

“It was indeed a very special concert and the audience’s reaction showed that. They are a wonderful quartet.”

David Strange, FRAM

Alasdair Beatson

Wednesday 11 May 2022 at 7.30pm

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, NE66 1PQ

Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson works prolifically as a soloist and chamber musician. Despite the shadow of Covid, Alasdair kept busy during 2020/21, playing several times at Wigmore Hall, recording multiple concerts for BBC Radio 3 alongside Alina Ibragimova, Aleksei Kiseliov and the Nash Ensemble, and joining the Royal Northern Sinfonia as concerto soloist.

Alasdair is renowned as a sincere musician and intrepid programmer. Two new recordings were released in Spring 2021: three Beethoven sonatas for violin and fortepiano with Viktoria Mullova on Onyx, and a solo piano recital Aus Wien on Pentatone.

Adults £17              19-30 years £6        18 and under Free

Book through the Alnwick Playhouse website:  www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk
or box office 01665 660550