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NEW DISC AND WIGMORE HALL DATES TO END THE YEAR
The Albion quartet have released their latest disc on Signum Classics of Walton and Shostakovich quartets. Already it has received a 5 star review from BBC Music magazine, and you can hear them playing this repertoire at the Wigmore Hall on the 30th December 2022. Buy the CD here, and tickets for the Wigmore concert here.
TAMSIN STEPS IN WITH THE LARK FOR THE CBSO
Standing in for Pekka Kuustiso, Tamsin played the Lark Ascending by Vaughan-Williams at Birmingham Symphony Hall.
OLiver Knussen day at the Aldeburgh Festival
Tamsin played a number of pieces during the day of concerts commemorating Oliver Knussen, including Reflection written especially for her and Huw Watkins. Richard Morrison wrote in The Times about their Ravel Sonata that day “also gave a staggering good performance of the Ravel Sonata, its perpetual-motion finale fizzing like a firecracker”.
TAMSIN TOURS WITH THE ZAGREB PHILHARMONIC
Tamsin undertook an 8 date tour playing Sibelius concerto, conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig with The Times writing “The finest thing was the Sibelius Concerto, played with colour and energy by the British violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen. She tailored her sound to every aspect of the concerto’s musical landscape, from the frigid opening to the lumbering finale, conjuring gorgeous tone in the instruments lower register, particularly in the slow movement.”
Tamsin and Huw at the Fidelio Café
Tamsin and Huw will be appearing for four nights at the Fidelio Café in London, playing Beethoven Sonatas 2, 4, 5, and 10. After the concert, Alan Rosenthal will serve special 3 course meal. Limited to 25 tickets a night, you can buy tickets and peruse the whole series here.
Concerts Announced at Wigmore Hall
Tamsin will be playing with the Albion quartet on the 29th of September and with Huw Watkins on the 16th November, as well as joining Stephen Kovacevich for his 80th birthday concert at this special autumn season that Wigmore Hall has planned. The concerts will be live-streamed and recorded by BBC Radio 3.
Two Moors Festival Announces Autumn Concerts
Tamsin is thrilled to be able to announce two weekend of celebratory concerts at the Two Moors Festival this September and October. Read about it and sign up to be the first to able to purchase tickets here.
5 STar reviews in for Beethoven Disc
Chosen by Gramophone Magazine as Editors Choice and BBC Music Magazine as Chamber Music Choice, Tamsin and Huw’s new Beethoven disc has been receiving rave reviews.
BEETHOVEN CD WITH HUW WATKINS IS RELEASED
Out today on Signum Classics – have a listen here!
TWO MOORS FESTIVAL PROGRAMME IS PUBLISHED
Tamsin is really pleased to be able to publish the planned festival programme for this autumn – check it out HERE! Or sign up for the mailing list here to be the first to know when tickets go on sale.
LIVING ROOM LIVE
At the beginning of Lockdown, Tamsin, together with her sister Freya, Freya’s fiance George Fu, and her husband Daniel, started Living Room Live, in an effort to create something positive for musicians and music lovers alike, as months of concerts were wiped from the diary. It is a collaborative sharing platform, and musicians from all over the world invite the listener in to their homes, to experience music the way we musicians live with it. Musicians are paid for their music making, and we invite donations and micropayments to support our online concert series. You can read more about it on our website, as well as watch all our past concerts at livingroom-live.com
ARTISTIC DIRECTORSHIP
Tamsin has been appointed Artistic Director of the Two Moors Festival! More information here – The Two Moors Festival
CPE BACH REVIEWS
The year started off with lovely reviews of the new triple CPE Bach disc with James Baillieu, including receiving editors choice in Gramophone Magazine. We also made a couple podcasts about it, The Classical Pod, and Thoroughly Good. You can of course stream or buy at all the usual places, or purchase it directly from Signum.
EDUCATIONAL CHARITY
With the Albion quartet, we have just launched our new educational charity, Friends of the Albion Quartet working with underprivileged and SEN schools across the country. Read more about it here.
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Many tears were shed on and off stage - it’s certainly the close of a major chapter for us and the beginning of a new one for all four of us. Feeling shattered today.
Just home from a devastatingly beautiful concert that I was so proud to be a part of. It was the @Albion_Quartet’s last ever concert. After the encore the audience at @hollywellmusic was on their feet and in tears. Huge thank you to them for all the music over the years 💛