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Anyone want to try out improv? Join Jon Rees in Bristol jonathanreescello.co.uk/improv-club

Exciting world premiere coming soon! asmf.org/whats-on/bridg…

Only 6 and a half weeks till the next concert 😊🎻 concert-diary.com/concert/212592…

If you haven’t heard Aileen Sweeney’s Glisk before, there’s a recording on YouTube to get you in the mood for our performance in May youtube.com/watch?v=I6laVl…

facebook.com/share/v/1H4BsP…. Listen to our soloist Lauren Reeve-Rawlings in rehearsal here. Tickets are still available for the concert on Saturday 14th March at St George’s Bristol. stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/brand…

Fancy a foretaste of Mozart 41 before March 14th? open.spotify.com/album/0adpWTDC…

From French refinement to Classical Grandeur - mailchi.mp/9b3523108cb1/r…

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Richard Wagner Lifespan: 1813–1883 Known for: Music dramas like The Ring cycle and Tristan und Isolde Fun Fact: Designed his own opera house in Bayreuth with a hidden orchestra pit.

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Franz Liszt Lifespan: 1811–1886 Known for: Piano virtuoso; symphonic poems Fun Fact: Invented the solo “piano recital” as a public format.

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Clara Schumann Lifespan: 1819–1896 Known for: Pianist-composer; piano concerto, chamber works Fun Fact: Was one of the 19th century’s most celebrated touring virtuoso pianists.

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Robert Schumann Lifespan: 1810–1856 Known for: Piano works, songs, symphonies Fun Fact: Began as a piano virtuoso-in-training but injured his hand with a finger-strengthening device.

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Frédéric Chopin Lifespan: 1810–1849 Known for: Nocturnes, ballades, mazurkas, piano works Fun Fact: Almost all his mature output is for solo piano.

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Lifespan: 1805–1847 Known for: Songs and piano works; important Romantic composer Fun Fact: Many of her works were initially published under her brother Felix’s name.

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Felix Mendelssohn Lifespan: 1809–1847 Known for: Violin Concerto, A Midsummer Night’s Dream overture Fun Fact: Helped revive interest in Bach by conducting the St. Matthew Passion in 1829.

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Franz Schubert Lifespan: 1797–1828 Known for: Lieder (art songs) and symphonies Fun Fact: Wrote over 600 songs despite dying at just 31.

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Ludwig van Beethoven Lifespan: 1770–1827 Known for: 9 symphonies, piano sonatas, late string quartets Fun Fact: At first he was known more as a fiery piano improviser than as a composer.

Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, which opens our concert in March, is dedicated to friends the composer lost in WWI. Yet the music is light, graceful, and full of life. Ravel famously explained: “The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence.” #Ravel #MusicHistory #BHCO

🎼 Composer Fun fact: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lifespan: 1756–1791 Known for: Operas (The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni), symphonies, concertos Fun Fact: Toured Europe as a child prodigy with his sister Nannerl, who was also an exceptional musician.

🎼 Composer of the Day: George Frideric Handel Lifespan: 1685–1759 Known for: Oratorios like Messiah, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks Fun Fact: Survived a duel with a fellow composer (Mattheson) when the other man's sword broke on a button.

Date for your diary now! 14th March 2026 - Ravel, Britten and Mozart concert-diary.com/concert/209462…