Elias String Quartet & Robert Plane
Saturday saw a visit to Clonter of the Elias String Quartet and Robert Plane, treating both a Holmes Chapel Music Society audience and a number of Clonter supporters, to Beethoven's String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, but an unexpected treat of Brahms' Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, via...
Opera Prize
Clonter is now delighted to announce the results of this year’s Clonter Opera Prize. What a fantastic turn out we had on Saturday night. We were back up to nearly normal audience numbers, at over 200. Hooray! And hooray and congratulations to the numerous winners. More prizes were given out this year than usual, given the extraordinary...
Gospel@Clonter
London Adventist Chorale
14 choir members and their leader, Ken Burton, managed to make it up to Cheshire on Saturday night for their annual visit. They were one soprano down, but one of the gentlemen stepped into the breach to do one of the solos (Thank you Denzle), to rapturous applause...
World Mental Health Day
Colum Sands
Clonter’s first Ramsey Room Session since its reopening in June. How fitting it seemed that in this intimate space, it should be to mark World Mental Health Day, AND that it should have this wise and witty sage to do it...
Clonter Fair 2021
Thunder and lightning (very very frightening) was predicted today, but never came (who’d be a weatherman or woman). Our gardens did however get a good soaking today. Not like Sunday! The English are notorious for talking about the weather. And you wonder why. Of course. It is so changeable, and not something to be taken...
The cast and crew have now all left, and we breathe no small sigh of relief that our faith was rewarded. We made it to the end without anyone getting 'it'. It is possibly not necessary to spell out quite how risky an undertaking this was, but we did it. Due to the courage of...
Barber of Seville
17 - 24 July
‘Completely blown away’
A very enthusiastic opera novice audience, who watched the Public Dress Rehearsal last night, kick started the run of 6 performances...
Tea With...Songs from the Shows
During Lockdown, we have been very busy, not only re-releasing our back catalogue, running a training course, but also finding ways to play our part in reaching out to those who are most isolated during this time. Part of this programme has been to commission two artists, to create a bespoke virtual concert...
Masterclasses in Lockdown
We have been very busy this Spring in Lockdown, starting with the May Masterclasses, so although at first we thought we could not go ahead in any capacity, thanks to the powers of technology, and the flexibility, enthusiasm and creativity of all those involved, we were able to still make some music, which we are now delighted to be able to share with you.
Don Giovanni – 2019
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