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‘Front row’ seats for classical masterworks

Recently relaunched Bath Recitals, bringing some of the finest young professional talent in classical music to the city, starts its new season with MASTERWORKS on 24 April at the prestigious Pump Rooms. Featuring New Zealand violinist, Benjamin Baker and Hungarian pianist, Daniel Lebhardt, two international young artists whose electrifying partnership brings classical masterpieces to life. The programme includes the […]

Our concerts through the eyes of an artist

Bath Recitals is very pleased to have an artist amongst our audiences – Leo – who provides us with his sketch of each concert. We couldn’t resist sharing some of his recent drawings with you. Our chairman David Gregory said: “Leo’s work is fantastic. It illustrates the concerts in a way that taking pictures or making […]

Gershwin brought to life

The story of the great composer George Gershwin was told beautifully by actor Susan Porrett (Holby City, Poirot, Foyle’s War, Midsomer Murders), accompanied by some of his best loved melodies performed by piano virtuoso Viv McLean (Piano Winner, Royal Overseas League). Classic Gershwin was a rare chance to enjoy a concert in Bath’s beautiful Pump Room during the Bath International […]

Piano virtuoso Ashley Fripp thrills Bath

Ashley Fripp was in full pianistic flow with ‘Ode to Joy’ and ‘Tango’ from Thomas Ades’s intoxicating opera ‘Powder Her Face’ in the spectacular Pump Room, in Bath, recently as part of a Bath Recitals concert at Bath International Music Festival. This was Ashley at the glorious venue:

Bath Recitals volunteers take to the streets

During the Bath International Music Festival a small army of volunteers representing Bath Recitals headed out onto the streets of Bath to promote our two events that were taking place during the festival. Among the volunteers, Nicholas Keyworth said: “It was a really good atmosphere in the festival and there was a lot of interest […]