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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Some Cattiness

Norman Lebrecht or Simon's Cat? - take your pick. http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/2115

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Prrrleased to hear via A Nonny Mouse (??) that violinist and cellist sisters Lucy and Kate Gould are starting a new festival: the Ironstone Chamber Music Festival, in the picturesque village of Horley in North Oxfordshire, on 28th and 29th June 2013. Kate says: "The ICMF gives us a rare chance to play together and invite friends and colleagues who have a personal connection to us both. We are thrilled to be joined by Simon Blendis, Lily Francis and pianist Viv McLean, who will give a lunchtime recital of Chopin piano works." Evening concerts include piano quintets by Schumann and Dvorak and string quartets by Beethoven and Haydn: "many temptations that might draw you to this beautiful part of England!" The festival doesn't yet have a website. For info/booking, please contact howelltessa@hotmail.co.uk or phone 01295 738313. Prize purrs and a thank-you nose-nudge to the Goulds and also to "Nonny".

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