Mar 2nd Recital with Alice Neary (cello) Bechstein Hall, London

Mar 8th Beethoven 4th Concerto with Bristol Ensemble United Reformed Church, Bristol

Mar 9th Beethoven 4th Concerto with Bristol Ensemble Christchurch, Nailsworth

Mar 11th Adderbury Ensemble Concert Chipping Norton Town Hall

Mar 14th Recital with Alice Neary (cello) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow

Mar 20th Recital with Alice Neary (cello) Shaw Library, LSE, London

Mar 21st Adderbury Ensemble Concert Witney Methodist Church, Oxford

Mar 23rd Gershwin Concerto with Adderbury Ensemble Chipping Norton Town Hall

Oct 4th-13th Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue plus with National Symphony Orchestra on board the Queen Mary 2 

Viv performed with The Hallé at the Bridgewater Hall in July -

Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs 

Martin Owen performs Benjamin Britten’s Serenade  for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31 with

Orchestra della Toscana / Michele Spotti, cond. / Robin Tritschler, tenor on the 8th March 2023 at Teatro Verdi, Firenze and 9th March at Teatro Garibaldi, Figline.

Viv McLean performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Manchester Concert Orchestra / Anthony Inglis on 27th November 2022 at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

News November 2021

On 12th September, Viv performs Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the London Concert Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London and on October 14th at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.

On 18th May 2021 LIVE STREAM RECITAL: Vv McLean at the Royal Overseas League, London

(see Viv's page - click More   below).

Viv McLean's two new CD Releases:

Live Recordings: Piano music by Bach, Brahms, Liszt, Medtner & Schubert

STONE RECORDS / Catalogue No: 5060192781014

Piano music by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849): Nocturnes & Polonaises

 STONE RECORDS / Catalogue No: 5060192780970

Marianne Thorsen to perform Beethoven's 'Spring' Sonanta (1st movt.) with pianist Jørgen Larsen on 22nd September at the Freemason Hall, Trondheim (Trondheim Chamber Music Festival) to celebrate the Hall's new Steinway piano.

Marianne to perform works by Beethoven, Hurum and Shostakovich with Christian Ihle Hadland, piano and Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen, cello on October 14th at Holy Cross Church, Bergen (Korskirken) for the Bergen Chamber Music Society.

In February 2020, Marianne Thorsen guest directed the Scottish Ensemble in performances of the Mendelssohn and Enescu String Octets at Perth Concert Hall on Monday 3rd, Aberdeen Music Hall on Tuesday 4th, The Queen’s Hall Edinburgh on Wednesday 5th, Crichton Church Dumfries on Thursday 6th and Glasgow Royal Concert Halls on Friday 7th.

Rui Pinherio conducted Orquestra Clássica do Sul and Chorus at the New Year's Concert, Lisbon on January 4th "From London to Venice" including VIVALDI Glória in D major, RV 589 and HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D major.

On January 5th, Rui Pinheiro conducted ‘CONCERTO DE REIS’ in Ourique, Portugal including 

HAENDEL Water Music – Suite No. 2 in D major and J. STRAUSS Blue Danube.

Rui Pinheiro conducts OCS String Ensemble at São Brás de Alportel, Faro, on 11th January including TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings, op. 48.

Marianne performed with Lawrence Power, Paul Watkins and Simon Crawford-Phillips in Switzerland: Nyon (Grande salle de la Colombière, Oct 6th), Geneva (Salle Centrale Madeleine, Oct 7th) and Vevey (Salle del Castillo, Oct 8th) including Beethoven: String Trio No 1, op. 3 and Brahms: Piano Quartet No 2, op. 26.

Marianne performed as first violin of the Nash Ensemble of London on Saturday 16th November at 7:30pm, Wigmore Hall, London.

Haydn: 'The Emperor' String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3, Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B flat Op. 34 (with Richard Hosford) and Schubert: String Quintet in C D956.

Rui Pinheiro conducted Orquestra Clássica do Sul and the OCS Chorus on WORLD MUSIC DAY on October 1st: ‘Around the World in 80 bars’ at Faro’s Teatro das Figuras in Portugal – a selection of works by Bizet, Puccini and Verdi.

Upcoming performances:

Jan 24th Mahler and Brahms Quartets with Adderbury Ensemble - Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham

Jan 28th Mahler and Brahms Quartets with Adderbury Ensemble - St Michael's Church, Milton Keynes

Feb 1st Recital with Mary Bevan (soprano) - Hertford International Concert Series