@madeleinemitchell.bsky.social
Violinist, Director London Chamber Ensemble & The Red Violin festival reg charity, professor Royal College of Music, opera and art lover, Mama
Yes, thank you. Itβs the piece that initiated my London Chamber Ensemble years ago. We recorded the work and played it at the BBC Proms etc. Itβll be so interesting seeing the companion play by @jessicaduchen.bsky.social in the first half. This has footage of Stalag VIII youtu.be/XnAADx4o3ok?...
26.01.2026 23:11 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0We loved playing Mel Bonis piano trio pieces recently
21.01.2026 23:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wonderful! We can probably arrange a lift for you, at least afterwards to the nearest station, Walton-on-Thames with quite a good service back to Waterloo
21.01.2026 19:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Photo: Madeleine Mitchell, Joseph Spooner Anthony Friend and Ian Pace perform Messiaen Quartet for the end of time
Tues 27 Jan 7-9pm Riverhouse Barn Arts #Walton-on-Thames #Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps with @ianpace.bsky.social @anthonyfriend.bsky.social & Joseph Spooner, preceded by the companion play by @jessicaduchen.bsky.social Tx www.riverhousebarn.co.uk/events/13968... #LondonChamberEnsemble
18.01.2026 22:28 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0Ah Laila Cunningham, @citywestminster.bsky.social #LancasterGate Ward Councillor who hasnβt replied to many emails about the disruptive closures of Lancaster Gate station whenever thereβs a #TFL staff shortage.
18.01.2026 22:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@fionahmaddocks.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
10.12.2025 22:52 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0This is with our London Chamber Ensemble Quartet culminating in a concert Alton, Hants 19.4.26
29.11.2025 06:23 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Delighted to be invited to give a recital of British music from Elgar to @errollynwallen.bsky.social at the British Ambassadorβs elegant residence in Turkey @ukinturkiye.bsky.social & violin master classes @bilkentuniv.bsky.social
26.11.2025 15:57 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0London Chamber Ensemble 1st recordings quartets CharlesWood (1866-1926) SOMM May β26 b.#Armagh
Stanford pupil @rcmlondon.bsky.social taught @caiuscollege.bsky.social Well crafted romantic infused w Irish folk music @belfasttelegraph.co.uk Concerts @englishmusic.bsky.social @threechoirs.bsky.social
Lovely concert with great colleagues yesterday in the beautiful little St Maryβs Perivale. Mel Bonis, Dyson short pieces, Brahms Bmajor trio: youtube.com/live/vFgb5rs...
Weβll be playing at Ludlow Assembly Rooms and Southend Council series later in the season.
This is fun - a medley of various tunes featured in the #BBCProms in the next week from Vivaldi to Gershwin (about 9β in)
18.07.2025 16:57 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Brahms Clarinet Quintet
15.07.2025 20:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good to be teaching & playing in W Wales again. A friendly course based Llandovery College, train from London π. Staff concert Mon 21.7 8pm in the Great Hall. All welcome. Incl Brahms, Debussyπ» sonatas, solo piano, sax, new work cor anglais & audience @lovellandovery.bsky.social www.LMFL.org
15.07.2025 17:46 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Quel bon goΓ»t!
09.07.2025 14:23 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0C16 ChΓ’teau #Normandie for tonightβs sold out concert: Flute quartets/trios by Mozart, Rossini, Haydn, Dvorak and very interesting #ArthurBliss Conversations (1920) with Oboe/Cor
05.07.2025 15:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Arriving in rural Normandy after a long train journey from London. Lovely place to rehearse flute quartets and #Bliss Conversations for concerts #Sourdeval 4.7 & #Chaulieu 5.7 @francemusique.fr
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Renowned opera singer Stuart Burrows dies at 92.
I was deeply honoured to receive the Stuart Burrows Award from the Welsh Music Guild last year βfor significant promotion of Welsh musicβ. RIP a great lyric tenor. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thank you. This was sold out! Julian Milford, Kirsten Jenson and I will be repeating the programme 14.9, 3pm at St Maryβs Perivale. Free admission, also live streamed st-marys-perivale.org.uk
28.06.2025 15:39 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Wish Iβd been able to get to the #aldeburghfestival to see this and hope very much itβll be programmed again @fabermusic.bsky.social
26.06.2025 20:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you to everyone who came to our Piano Trio concert at Leighton House, sold out! Spectacular venue, great colleagues Julian Milford, piano & Kirsten Jenson, cello; glorious music #Bonis #Dyson, #Brahms π @rbkc.gov.uk libraries #chambermusic #musicalsalons #music&art β€οΈ @theartsdesk.bsky.social
26.06.2025 12:25 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Agreed! Canβt wait for our piano trio concert 24.6 in Leightonβs studio, like a mini Wigmore Hall + paintings. Private view for the audience before the 1hr concert Brahms etc, followed by drinks in the adjacent cafΓ© & garden. My highlight is the Arab-tiled hall www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/madeleine-...
20.06.2025 08:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Many congratulations, Ruth. Good news @britishcouncil.bsky.social
20.06.2025 08:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Job vacancy: Lecturer in Composition (0.4) at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire @royalbirmcons.bsky.social
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Writer,editor,artist Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social has re-published his βFirst,Last,Anythingβ+πΆ incl. @levparikian.bsky.social @musicclerk.bsky.social I enjoyed our chat ranging from #Menuhin to the Fires & @errollynwallen.bsky.social πΏincl #BillEvans
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Honoured to talk to @madeleinemitchell.bsky.social on #FirstLastAnything in Jul 2023 to discuss her superb 'Violin Conversations' album, Menuhin, and her Red Violin festivals.
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Details of her ace London concert on 24 June: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/madeleine-...
Itβs also good to have #booksigning #CDsigning I gave a concert in the @hayfestival.bsky.social last year, stayed for a talk by the poet laureate, bought a book, queued to have it signed. It made a nice present.
24.05.2025 22:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Julian Milford piano, Madeleine Mitchell violin and Kirsten Jenson cello
Sir George Dyson portrait at the Royal College of Music
Sir George Dyson 1883-1964, son of musical Yorks blacksmith, FRCO at 16, scholar @rcmlondon.bsky.social pupil Stanford & Parry, won Mendelssohn Scholarship. Was RCM Dir in WWII. Biog Paul Spicer. Hear 4 of his charming 1920s salon pieces +Brahms & Mel Bonis 24.6 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/madeleine-...
23.05.2025 12:41 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you. The London Chamber Ensemble Quartet are excited for our 1st time out with the lovely βHighgateβ Quartet + Variations on an Irish folk tune by Charles Wood (teacher of RVW, Bliss & Tippett) which weβre recording thanks to your support. A few tkts left: www.tickettailor.com/events/salon...
16.05.2025 19:48 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0For anyone who missed this, we are also offering a private view of this stunning museum before our Piano Trio concert (Bonis, Dyson, Brahms) 24th June, 6.30 followed by drinks in the adjacent cafΓ© and garden www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/madeleine-...
15.05.2025 11:31 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0