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REVIEW: Graham Gouldman at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

8:39am Monday 15th April 2013

Graham Gouldman: Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

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Kendal concert sees cellist Alice Neary in imperious form

6:10pm Wednesday 27th March 2013

The only significant effect of the phenomenal snowfall that threatened the recent Lakeland Sinfonia’s concert was the understandable reduction in the audience size.

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Heath Quartet provides grand finale to wonderful Kendal Midday Concert Club season

3:43pm Thursday 21st March 2013

THE composers of string quartets frequently reveal their intimate thoughts in such works and successful performances will depend upon the depth of players’ awareness of such detail.

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BBC Philharmonic treat sinfonia society audience to mesmerising performance

11:30am Saturday 9th March 2013

The Westmorland Hall’s stage is crammed with the accoutrements of an orchestra of 90-plus players.

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REVIEW: Dozens were 'Dancing in the Moonlight' at Kendal Toploader gig last night

10:04am Saturday 2nd March 2013

OLD rockers and teeny bobbers alike packed the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal last night to watch English band Toploader.

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Cantaloube Trio display stylish musicianship

9:20am Sunday 24th February 2013

One of the many attractive features of the Kendal Midday Concert Club is the wide variety of music contained in its programmes.

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REVIEW: Ethan Johns at the Brewery Arts Centre at Kendal

9:55am Tuesday 19th February 2013

I did not know any of Ethan Johns’ own music before this gig but, as he is the producer of artists like Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon and The Vaccines, I had high hopes of his Brewery concert.

Jacqueline White and Clive Matthews devote Kendal Midday Concert Club performance to music of Francis Poulenc

5:00pm Monday 11th February 2013

Only infrequently does the Kendal Midday Concert Club invite a singer as its guest.

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European Union Chamber Orchestra's Kendal performance is truly outstanding

8:50am Saturday 9th February 2013

For a variety of reasons all concerts presented by the Lakeland Sinfonia Concert Society are memorable.

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Northern Sinfonia give exhilarating Kendal performance

12:06pm Thursday 10th January 2013

Kendal Midday Concert Club selected one of Lakeland’s most dismal days for its New Year recital - a visit by leading players of the Northern Sinfonia.

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Frankie Goes to Hollywood - they came, they conquered and created great music

10:19am Thursday 3rd January 2013

This ‘very best of’ 1980s sensational hitmakers Frankie Goes to Hollywood, captures their remarkable success brilliantly.

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Kendal performance highlights duo's magnificent combination of musical talent

10:19am Wednesday 19th December 2012

As was demonstrated recently by Huw Wiggin and Joseph Houston for the Kendal Midday Concert Club, there’s nothing better to warm the cockles of the heart than an hour’s programme of music provided by a saxophone and piano duo.

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Westmorland Music Council Gala Evening showcases top talent

1:00pm Sunday 9th December 2012

Levens Hall was the venue for A Celebration of Talents, a fund-raising concert organised by the Westmorland Music Council.

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Armitt Museum stages 100th birthday celebration

2:00pm Saturday 8th December 2012

THE Armitt marked the end of its centenary year with a reception recalling the triumphs and tribulations of the past, and celebrating its success.

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Pianist Mark Bebbington gives dazzling concert club performance

1:40pm Saturday 17th November 2012

Gathering my thoughts prior to writing this review I find myself to be suffering from shell-shock, so battered were my eardrums three hours ago when Mark Bebbington came to the end of his performance of Benjamin Dale’s Piano Sonata.

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