MAGNARD ENSEMBLE

Hello again! Thank you for visiting our blog. This week we had not one but two Cavatina Chamber Music Trust concerts, AND the second was at none other than Wigmore Hall itself! I think it's fair to say we've had a jolly good week - proof provided in the form of a photograph below. We love performing for Cavatina, as it gives us the opportunity to introduce music to more young people, and to see the fascination and joy in their faces is absolutely priceless. We always make sur

Hello everyone! Another new blogger this week! I’m Cat, the bassoonist of Magnard Ensemble - new to blogging and also the newest member of Magnard. Just a very quick bit about me! I’ve been playing the bassoon ever since I perfectly matched it in height - please see the attached photo of a grinning loony, in a spectacular outfit pushing the boundaries of fashion… This photo may be a gratuitous public embarrassment of myself, but I think it also demonstrates how exciting music

Hello world! I'm Mana, the oboist of the Magnard Ensemble. This is my first blog post ever, which is very exciting/daunting. What would people like to read about on a Sunday afternoon, I wonder? Probably not anything that I can provide! First, what have we been up to this week - on Wednesday we've had our first rehearsal of 2016, which we're pleased to say was very productive! We've got a lot to get through in the next couple of months - a quintet concert in the Swiss Connec

First concert of the New Year for Team Maggerz - a recital for the Tonbridge Music Club! They are a wonderful society who book amazing artists and ensembles, and to share a season with such names as Florilegium and the Heath Quartet (the latter of whom we'd worked with last year at Wigmore Hall) was rather exciting. Travelling down together from Victoria Station (with the exception of Suzie, who almost couldn't get her car to start!) we all congregated at the church for the f

Happy New Year everyone! After a relaxed Christmas for #teampig, we are straight back into action in the new year with a concert on Saturday 9th January at the Tonbridge Music Club (tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/benson-young-artists-concert-magnard-ensemble-wind-quintet-tickets-17904874963). We are very excited to be bringing a range of styles to Tonbridge in a programme that includes Papa Haydn's Divertimento that includes the St Antoni Chorale, an arrangement of