Matt Denton violin, Michelle Fleming violin,Eoin Schmidt-Martin viola, Emma Denton cello, with Peter Lale viola Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat Shostakovich String Quartet No.9 in E flat, Op.117 Mozart String Quintet (viola) No.4 in G, K.516 The Forum Theatre was packed for the Carducci String Quartet’s return to Malvern. The three …
In past years, we have launched the new season at the March concert, with members able to pick up their brochures and renewal packs then. The committee has decided that this year the launch should be at our April concert. Also, unless there is good reason, that this should be …
Beethoven Sonata for piano and violin No. 6 in A, Op.30, no.1 Beethoven Sonata for piano and violin No.3 in E flat, Op.12, Beethoven Sonata for piano and violinNo.9 in A, Op. 47, Kreutzer This was the last of a series of three concerts presenting all Beethoven’s sonatas for piano and violin. As …
Mozart String Quartet No.15 in D minor, K.421 Dutilleux String Quartet Ainsi La Nuit Smetana String Quartet No.1 in E minor From My Life We were privileged to be able to hear the internationally famous Takács Quartet live in the Forum Theatre. They perform eighty concerts a year worldwide; they …
For several decades the Concert Club has maintained an extensive record of its activities, absorbing material preserved by a few interested individuals and expanding this where possible. The collection is a rich one, containing as it does committee minutes since 1930, concert programmes, newsletters, press reviews and letters as well …
On Thursday 11 November we welcomed the famous Tákacs Quartet, a long established ensemble showered with accolades and awards, with a proud recording history. With Barbara Thomas’s permission, the concert was dedicated to the memory of Peter, her late husband, and our former Club Secretary. There was a tribute to …
With the help of a grant from the Club, Severn Arts has run two more events for local primary schools, once again using the services of Toscana Strings. This group delivered two concerts on Friday 22 October: at Great Malvern Primary School (for KS2 pupils) and at Somers Park Primary …
If you are able to publicise our 2021-22 season of concerts by displaying a poster, please download the 119th Season Poster. The poster can be used online or by printing it out.
While uncertainty remains over whether audience capacity for any given concert will be restricted by social distancing rules, Malvern Concert Club feels that a subscription to a concert series for a whole season would not be appropriate. Instead, we invite you to take out or renew Club membership at £10 …
Despite the latest government announcement on relaxing restrictions from 4 July, we are still no clearer about when theatres might be able to open and what the exact rules may be when they do so. It seems likely that there will need to be social distancing rules – for performers …
A report from our retiring Publicity Officer We have all missed attending concerts and hearing live music during the past few months. Like me, I feel sure you will have rediscovered forgotten CDs lying at the back of the shelf and enjoyed listening to recorded music you had overlooked in …
From Sarah Musgrave: As you will have noted from the AGM item, I have retired from the committee, having served for six years. After having acted as the Club’s Publicity and Marketing Officer for the latter part of my first year, I agreed to take on this role for a …
Malvern Concert Club has for many years maintained an Outreach programme to bring the joy, excitement and beauty of live music to young people in Malvern. We are delighted to announce that discussions have begun with Severn Arts to fund a series of school concerts to Primary schools in the …
As the coronavirus pandemic developed, and the social distancing guidelines prevented a physical Annual General Meeting, the Committee decided to hold a virtual meeting, to take effect on the date we had originally planned – Thursday 2 July. Unsurprisingly, this was new ground for all of us. If the crisis …
Covid-19 presents an uncertain future for our theatres and concert halls and we are all feeling the loss of live stage performances at present. An appeal has been launched to help support Malvern Theatres through this difficult time. Malvern Concert Club very much values the position of the Theatres in …
It is with great sadness that we report the death recently of our former Club Secretary, Peter Thomas. He had been suffering from Motor Neurone Disease. Peter retired as Secretary at the last AGM after five years in that office, a period of considerable innovation and achievement for the Club, …
Those of you attending the inspirational piano recital by Pavel Kolesnikov last November will have noticed that the lighting in The Forum was quite subdued – unlike the artist or indeed the audience. Some liked it, and felt it aided their concentration on an intense, and through- played programme. Others …
