Friends of Cwmdu Music

We are a charity based in Cwmdu, Crickhowell, Mid-Wales

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Ear worms—Tabea Debus and Toby Carr

Caroline Jones has invited an internationally acclaimed recorder player, Tabea Debus, to give a recital on Saturday 22nd February at 6.00pm, Clarence Hall, Crickhowell.

Portraits of a recorder player ang luenist holding their instruments. Image: Ear worms: Tabea Debus and Toby Carr

Tabea will be accompanied on lute by another outstanding musician, Toby Carr, who is a Professor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. To reserve your ticket simply email mirjam.morat@gmail.com. Tickets are £10.00 for adults and children have free entry.

As a soloist and chamber musician Tabea regularly appears with La Serenissima and The English Concert, and joined the recorder quartet Palisander in 2023. She is a regular guest on the BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and Early Music Show, and has released seven solo discs to date.

Awards include the CAG/Richard S. Weinert Award for Innovation in Classical Music, the soloist prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 1st prize at the Society of Recorder Players/Moeck International Solo Recorder Competition in London, as well as at the Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Hülsta Woodwinds International Competitions.

Toby Carr has performed with most of the principal period instrument ensembles in the UK and beyond, as well as with many symphony orchestras, opera companies and ballet companies. Highlights have included touring over a dozen shows around the country with English Touring Opera from 2016 – 2023, joining the orchestra of the Royal Opera House for Handel’s Jepthah in 2023, and performing at the BBC Proms 2022 with La Nuova Musica.

Tabea and Toby performed to a sell-out audience at the 2024 Gower Festival.

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Hay Music-Engegård String Quartet

Saturday Feb 15th, 19:00–22:00 (Norwegian Folk Music at The Globe, Hay) and Sunday Feb 16th, 15:30–17:30 (Beethoven, Brahms, Johan Kvanda at St Mary’s Church, Hay)—two concerts from the Engegård String Quartet.

Formed under the midnight sun in Lofoten in 2005, the Engegård Quartet has rapidly become one of Norway’s most sought after ensembles. Their bold, fresh interpretations of the classical repertoire combined with a deep attachment to their Scandinavian roots has attracted international acclaim and inspired some innovative partnerships and programming.

Tickets and full details at haymusic.org.

A string quartet holding their instruments.

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