Instruments in
the collection are used in concerts during the summer and autumn.
Concerts are held in the original Music Room of the house, designed
by Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1903.
During the mid-summer break in the concert programme series, August
& September,
the Music Room is displayed as a Composer Museum.
Lunchtime
recitals
Last approx 50 minutes and mostly take place on Wednesdays.
Evening
concerts
Tours of the Cobbe Collection and evening concerts also take place
during the season.
All keyboard
instruments used in this series of concerts are from the Cobbe Collection.
March
to July 2013
A
pdf version of the concerts programme may be downloaded here
A
pdf version of the booking form may be downloaded here
Wednesday 6 March 2013,
1.00–2.00pm
Carole Cerasi – Ruckers harpsichord
Lunchtime Concert as part of BBC Radio 3’s
‘Baroque Spring’ season Live broadcast
This concert is part of BBC Radio 3’s Baroque Spring – a month-long season of live music, drama and discussion designed to shed new light on the Baroque era, when composers such as Bach, Handel and Vivaldi produced some of the best-loved works of all time. Baroque Spring runs from Sunday 3 March to Monday 1 April and includes contributions from leading musicians, ensembles and experts in the field of Baroque music, with a host of live discussion, master-classes, performances and poetry put together to bring alive one of the most significant periods of musical development and discovery. For further information please visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
Wednesday 13 March
at 12 noon
Guildhall School of
Music & Drama
Cantata Project Ensemble
Directed by James Johnstone Celebrate the 450th anniversary of Dowland’s birth with a programme of his finest songs, contemporary settings for harps, virginals and recorders
Tuesday 19 March,
11.00am–12.30pm ALEC COBBE will give a Tour of the Cobbe Collection of Instruments.
Coffee & biscuits on arrival included in ticket price.
The Chopin Society are hosting this concert by Paula Rios, given on Chopin’s Pleyel piano adopted by the Chopin Society in 2011, of works composed by Chopin during his stay at Valldemossa.
Tickets: £30 Chopin Society Members & Friends; £40 non-Members to include a finger buffet with champagne following the concert available from:
The Chopin Society, 44 Bassett Road, London W10 6JL
(020 8960 4027) Email the Chopin Society or www.WeGotTickets.com
Chopin
Polonaise Op. 40, No. 1 in A
Polonaise Op.40, No. 2 in C
Ballade Op.38 in F
Scherzo Op.39 in C-sharp minor
24 Préludes, Op. 28
Tickets from
Chopin Society
(see description)
AVAILABLE
Wednesday 10 July at 12 noon
D’Arcy Trinkwon – Walker organ