Chamber Music is perhaps less generally understood and appreciated than it used to be and has gained an unfair reputation for something that is perhaps highbrow, elite or “not for us”. I am sure our season of concerts will show that this is not the case and that the term merely represents the scale. Chamber music concerts allow us the opportunity to enjoy wonderful tunes in smaller more intimate settings.
The musicians are not distanced as they would be in a large concert hall and so we can become engaged with them in their performance in a more intimate way. Whether it is a string quartet, trio or fewer performers we can see their interaction which informs and shapes the performance. Also, we are not remote from them and they can feed off our reactions so that the performance can feel like a collaboration between musicians and audience.
Tim Raistrick
Chairman
Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music is a charitable incorporated organisation originally set up in 1964 to present music of the highest quality in the town.
Since then notable performers have included theAllegri String Quartet, Emma Johnson, John Lill, The Bochmann Quartet, Emma Kirkby, Julian Bream, Benjamin Luxon, John Williams, Melvyn Tan, Robert Tear, Lindsay String Quartet, Ian Partridge, Raphael Wallfisch, Roderick Williams and Jack Brymer to name but a few.
Acknowledgements
Stratford Chamber Music gratefully acknowledges support from:
Stratford-upon-Avon Town Trust
Retirement Security Limited
All its patrons including John and Sally Cohen
and for a major legacy from Brian Midgley
Registered charity number 1217327
The Officers and Committee
President: David Curtis
Chairman: Tim Raistrick
Treasurer: David Fletcher
John Cohen
Diane Edwards
John Ryder
John Scampion CBE
Contact: stratfordchambermusic@gmail.com