Tamsin Waley-Cohen was spellbinding at Duns Parish Church, the first external event for the festival, while the Kosmos Ensemble dazzled back at Paxton House
In the splendour of the Picture Gallery of Paxton House, the recital duo of Viktoria Mullova (violin) and Alasdair Beatson (piano) selected a mature and robust programme of three core works from two great Austro-German masters Schubert and Beethoven.
The Consone Quartet are in their second year as Music at Paxton’s Associate Ensemble, and my Edinburgh Music Review colleague Brian Bannatyne-Scott was very impressed last year with the distinctive sound of their period instruments with gut strings, and the lovely way they worked together.
Music at Paxton: The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, Paxton House, Berwickshire, written by Ken Walton If it appeared ironic for the British-based Piatti Quartet to call off Friday’s programme due to the train strikes and be replaced by the Netherlands-based Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, but the latter nonetheless provided their own brand of refreshing opener to this year’s […]
With its Palladian grandeur and Georgian interiors, Paxton House always carries the air of a pleasure palace of a bygone era. That feeling of refined enjoyment was cleverly mined by the soprano Rowan Pierce and the pianist Christopher Glynn in their programme at this years Music at Paxton festival.
An exciting summer of music at the Music at Paxton Festival Friday 21 – Sunday 30 July 2023 Festival Highlights▪ New Music at Paxton Associate Ensemble, Consone Quartet, multiple award-winners(Royal Over-Seas League, Borletti-Buitoni Trust, and more) and current members of theprestigious BBC New Generation Artists scheme.▪ Song recitals presented by exceptional young artists with superb […]
Dame Sarah Connolly demonstrated her versatility with a performance encompassing everything from Schoenberg to show tunes
Glasgow’s Royal Conservatoire of Scotland alumnus Ryan Corbett recently became the first player of the accordion to join the BBC’s career-making New Generation Artists scheme, and it is also true that “box” players are a rare sight in the Picture Gallery of Paxton House
The Picture Gallery at Paxton House is sold out for the first concert of this year’s Music at Paxton Festival. The Paxton Estate, like other parts of the eastern Borders, was severely hit by Storm Arwen and lost many trees, but the grounds are colourful with floral tubs, the Marquee is in place, and the Picture Gallery is back to full capacity last year’s very welcome, but still distanced events.
At this year’s Music at Paxton festival, veteran baritone Roderick Williams will be premiering new work by Sarah Cattley. Her songs are “absolute winners”, he tells Ken Walton.
