The history of the trombone quartet is not a long and illustrious one; no weighty Beethoven masterpieces, effervescent Mozart divertimenti or poignant Brahms rhapsodies to draw on, not even in the more adventurous twentieth-century are there many offerings for this sonorous and humorous collection of instruments. Of course, there are some of the usual suspects, […]

The history of the trombone quartet is not a long and illustrious one; no weighty Beethoven masterpieces, effervescent Mozart divertimenti or poignant Brahms rhapsodies to draw on, not even in the more adventurous twentieth-century are there many offerings for this sonorous and humorous collection of instruments. Of course, there are some of the usual suspects, […]

With her striking long, tightly curled hair cascading down her back, one might have expected pianist Ida Pelliccioli to specialise in dramatic, ostentatious repertoire that gave plenty of opportunity for her hair to provide a theatrical accompaniment to the music being performed. However, on an intimate night at the Acorn Centre in Inverurie, we were […]