Andover Music Club - Ensemble Mirage
Thursday 7:30pm
Main auditorium
Description
Andover Music Club presents Ensemble Mirage in February of 2023, part of their 76th season.
Please note: Tickets must be booked at The Lights box office, in person or over the phone.
Ensemble Mirage is a dynamic flexi-ensemble, focusing on the fantastic range of mixed Wind-String-Piano chamber music. From trios to octets – working with a small group of dedicated, passionate and award-winning chamber musicians – they aim to expand the standard chamber repertoire, bringing to light many often over-looked works. Each programme focuses on a particular instrumental combination, presenting the well-known works alongside more rarely heard pieces for that chamber medium.
This programme they focus on the ‘Clarinet, Violin and Piano Trio’: "a fun programme ranging from the Neo-Classical wit of Milhaud’s Trio, a set of lyrical melodies from Shostakovich’s Ballet’s and films, Khachaturian’s whimsical Trio weaving Armenian folk dances/melodies, a Suite from Stravinsky’s striking theatrical work ‘The Soldier’s Tale’, to Paul Schoenfield’s showstopping blend of Jewish ‘Klezmer’ folk-music in his blazingly virtuosic Trio".
Finalists in the 66th Royal Overseas League Mixed Chamber category and Making Music Selected Artists ('Matthew Scott and Friends'), they were also St. John’s Smith Square Young Artists and held an Aldeburgh Chamber Music Residency. Evolving from Trio Mirage – Royal Academy of Music Chamber Fellows and Harold Craxton Prize winners – the ensemble grew to explore larger repertoire resulting in the foundation of Ensemble Mirage.
Individually members are award winning artists in their own right active across all areas of the profession, from solo, chamber and orchestral, to outreach work; performing with many of the UK’s top orchestras. With many members alumni of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust Recital Scheme and Making Music’s Award for Young Concert Artists, the ensemble has grown and performed in various combinations for Music Societies and Festivals throughout the UK.
