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Programme Poster / reviews
22nd May 2022
The Market Cross, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1BT.
Recital for flute cello and harp.
Music by Bach JS & CPE, Beethoven, Bantock, Jongen, Piazzolla, Thea Musgrave, Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson
24th April 2022
the Greyladyes Arts Foundation, School Rd, Bursledon, Southampton SO31 8BX.
Recital for flute cello and harp.
Bach JS & CPE, Beethoven, Bantock, Jongen, Piazzolla, Thea Musgrave, Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, Katherine Hempshall
10th October 2018
Marden House, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0JJ
as part of the Calne Music and Arts Festival.
Music by Rameau, Ravel and Jongen.
2nd September 2018
The Old Bluecoat School, Chapel St., Thatcham, RG18 4JT
as part of the West Berks Performing Arts 2018 Tea and Cakes Concert Programme.
Music by Fauré, Rameau, Jongen, Ravel.
8 July 2017
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hungerford, as part of the Hungerford and District Community Arts Festival.
Rameau: Fifth Concert
von Weber: Trio in G Minor, Op 63
Fauré: Sicilienne
Joseph Jongen: Dieux Pièces en Trio, Op 80
Edward Watson: Aegean Dances.
"... an enthralling concert."
The combination worked brilliantly, with the contrasting instruments blending very well together. The harp’s built-in resonance was an effective foil to the less resonant acoustics of the cello and flute.
Clare’s flute-playing often demonstrated rapid-fire techniques and Jenny’s harp-playing was intricate and always accurate. A few times she used rapid, sweeping glissandi across the entire range of the instrument. Lucinda’s intonation on her cello was unerringly accurate and she produced a beautifully rich tone from her instrument.
Not many works have been written for this unusual combination of instruments. Many of the harp parts were originally written for a keyboard and were transcribed by Jenny. The cello parts were often written for viola and some flute parts for violin.
The programme travelled from the 18th century to the present day, opening with Rameau’s charmingly atmospheric Fifth Concert, which started with the harp. It was followed by von Weber’s Trio in G Minor, Op 63.
After the interval came Fauré’s well-known Sicilienne, led beautifully by the flute. Then came Belgian Joseph Jongen’s Dieux Pièces en Trio, Op 80, featuring some fabulous cello playing, and finally, a work written specially for Trio Sospiroso by contemporary composer Edward Watson – Aegean Dances.
The audience was obviously impressed by the trio, who have performed all over the UK.
Nick Davies, Newbury Weekly News.
25 October 2014
St Mary’s Church, Chapel Street, Penzance.
Claude Debussy: Sonate
Sally Beamish: Between Earth and Sea
Eduardo Angulo: Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas
Ladislas de Rohozinski: Suite Brève
24 October 2014
Collegiate Church of Saint Endellion, St Endellion, North Cornwall.
Endelienta concert in association with the North Cornwall Book Festival.
Claude Debussy: Sonate
Sally Beamish: Between Earth and Sea
Eduardo Angulo: Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas
Ladislas de Rohozinski: Suite Brève
"It was lovely to have you and your ensemble down here and I thought it was a most enjoyable concert. I thought the literature-music combination worked well."

"Thank you again for coming and giving us a very different chamber group experience which was lovely"
7 September 2014
Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell.
Claude Debussy: Sonate
Sally Beamish: Between Earth and Sea
Eduardo Angulo: Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas
Ladislas de Rohozinski: Suite Brève
30 April 2014
Flute and Harp Concert at
Emmanuel UR Church, Trumpington St, Cambridge.
Music by JS Bach, Harty, Debussy and Piazzolla.
18 July 2013
Magdalen Chapel
Bath
Chiaroscuro:
music moving from dark to light

Bax: Elegiac Trio
Debussy: Sonate
Musgrave: Sunlight
Rohozinski: Suite Brève
Ravel: Sonatine
"I gather from N that the concert was very well received, ... someone walking down the street came in delighted. .....N thought your performance was wonderful!"
12 May 2013
St Nicolas Church
Abingdon
Inspired by Dance
Eduardo Angulo: Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas
Debussy: Children's Corner Suite
Edward Watson: Aegean Dances
13 April 2013
Greyladyes Arts Foundation, The GAF Centre, School Road,
Old Bursledon, Southampton, SO31 8BX.
Georges Bizet: Minuetto from L'Arlésienne
Claude Debussy: Children's Corner
Paul Lewis: Divertimento
Eduardo Angulo: Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas
Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne
Edward Watson: Aegean Dances
What a great opportunity to hear this talented trio. As well as some familiar pieces, there were also some which were new and I found Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas by Eduardo Angulo particularly enjoyable. We were also very interested in the workings of a concert harp shown to us by Jenny Broome. I hadn't realised that it had six pedals, each having three positions. How lucky we are that GAF provides us with such entertainment on our own doorsteps. This again showed how superb the acoustics in the chapel are for small scale chamber groups.
Diana Sneezum
17 March 2013
Church of St Michael and all Angels,
Hilperton, near Trowbridge.
Concert of Chamber Music, sponsored by Wiltshire Rural Music School.
Angulo, Lambert, Musgrave, Debussy.
11 March 2013
St Michael's at the North Gate, CornMarket St., Oxford.
Music for flute, oboe and harp, with Rachel Porter, oboe.
16 September 2012
Westridge Drawing Room, Highclere nr Newbury.
Debussy: Sonate,
Edward Lambert: Short Story,
Eduardo Angulo: Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas,
Fauré: Sicilienne
Feedback from promoter "It is lovely to know that you enjoyed us, almost as greatly as we did you! It was a glorious afternoon, beautiful music perfectly played. A wonderful combination of instruments - and what repertoire. A joy to hear the modern composers and a pleasure to meet Edward Lambert, not to mention yourselves. We look forward to next time!"
17 August 2012
Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds.
Ravel: Menuet Antique,
Thea Musgrave: Sunrise,
Edward Lambert: Short Story,
Eduardo Angulo: Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas
16 August 2012
Emmanuel UR Church, Trumpington St, Cambridge.
Ravel: Menuet Antique,
Thea Musgrave: Sunrise,
Edward Lambert: Short Story,
Eduardo Angulo: Cuatro Danzas Sibilinas
1 June 2012
Central URC Church, Argyle St. Bath,
part of the Bath Festival.