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 Solo Piano Recital   -  Nina Savicevic 

Saturday 28th June at 7:30 pm

... concerts for the rest of 2025 coming soon !

Duncan and Despins are a truly talented married couple who will be celebrating the wonderful music written for two violins by the great composers.

They will be featuring violins made & restored by Michael Phoenix and his assistant Meiyan Fang in The Bluecoat Art Centre workshop.

Originating from Bucharest, Romania, Despina Reid started learning the violin at the age of five, and later studied at the George Enescu Lycée of Music whilst giving numerous solo recitals in concert halls across the country and live performances for Romanian TV and Radio.

In 2003, Despina won a major scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music. After graduating with Honours in 2007, Despina settled in Manchester and continues to perform both in the UK and abroad, taking part in various orchestral, chamber and solo projects. She has also worked and toured with the National Symphony Orchestra.

Despina plays on a Nicola Utili violin, made in 1912 in Bologna.

Duncan Reid, originally from Bristol, is a graduate of the joint course of the RNCM and Manchester University. He works with various orchestras and chamber ensembles, both in the local region and around the rest of the UK and is a well-regarded music teacher in schools. He also conducts the Xaverian College Chamber Orchestra.

Duncan plays on a fine example of a Joseph Hel violin made in Paris during the 1890's.

 Celebration of the Violin !!! - Duncan & Despina Reid

PLEASE NOTE: We do not issue a PHYSICAL PAPER TICKET ... when you book by PayPal you are added to our concertgoer's list automatically.  There is no need to print or bring any proof of purchase with you ... we just do good old fashioned ‘names at the door’.

 Cobie O'Brien - Solo Piano Recital

Saturday 29th March at 7:30 pm

A prize winner of both national and international competitions, British pianist Nina Savicevic is the recipient of the prestigious Wright Scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music. She began her studies under Dr Galina Kulish at St Petersburg's Rimsky Korsakov Conservatoire, Russia, and later on with Dr Caroline Diffley. She gave her very first concert after three months. In 2013 Nina was awarded a full scholarship to study under Hilary Coates at Wells Cathedral School, one of the UK’s specialist music schools.  

Born in Exeter 2001 of Croatian-Serbian descent, Nina often performs across the UK and abroad, actively promoting Serbo-Croatian classical music. Her overseas engagements include concerts in Croatia, Serbia, France, Germany and Hungary. She gave her most recent UK recitals in Manchester and Scotland, and has been invited to perform at the Fowey Festival, Salterton Music Festival and Tavistock Festival.  

Nina has worked alongside, performed for and received masterclasses from an array of eminent pianists, including Barry Douglas, Stephen Hough, Vovka Ashkenazy, Steven Osborne, Joanna Macgregor and Christopher Elton, as well as working overseas with professors from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Zagreb’s Academy of Music. She studied at the Royal Northern College under the tutelage of Helen Krizos. Nina performs across the UK, most notably at the 1901 Arts Club in London, St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, at the Cheltenham Music Festival, the Pittville Pump Room and Girton College, Cambridge. She is looking forward to perform Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto with the St John's Festival Orchestra in June 2025.

* Concession price of £10 on some concerts for under 18's and students.

** Raffle prizes could include: Romantic candlelit dinner for three (you and a choice of George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Gere, Brad Pitt, Mike or Jon); Azimut 86S Speedboat, Ferrari Purosangue V12 Car, MD 500E Helicopter, Luxury Villa on the Isle of Capri, ASDA Red Wine 70cl; Lidl White Wine 70cl; Cadbury's Milk Tray 360g; Box of Quality Street 220g; Best of Des O'Connor LPs ... and more !

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Lutenist Richard MacKenzie is rapidly gaining recognition as a soloist on early guitars, lutes and archlutes.

He has collaborated with numerous ensembles, including Mascherata, Balisiensis, Viaggio Musicale (University of Oxford ensemble, dir. Richard MacKenzie), Vespri Segreti and Oxford's New Chamber Opera.

Richard assistant-directed the European Lute Orchestra's appearance at the Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza. Music festival appearances include Royal Greenwich International Early Music Festival and Exhibition (twice), Oxford Early Music Festival, Turl Street Arts Festival and Freemantle Music and Arts Festival. Richard has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 3's 'In Tune' on multiple occasions.

Richard gained a degree in music at The Queen's College, University of Oxford. Whilst studying at the university he was also a keen solo performer. He performs open solo recitals in some of the most diverse concert venues across the UK.

Saturday 26th April at 7:30 pm

 Solo Lute Recital   -  Richard MacKenzie 

Hello Everybody and welcome to Mike and Jon's Concerts web site. 

All concerts take place at the Nordic Church, 138 Park Lane, L1 8HG and are priced

at £20 each *, which includes a welcome glass of wine, a programme and free entry into

our fantastic post-concert raffle **

The Chapel has only 110 seats so book your ticket in advance securely with a credit/debit card through  PayPal (you don't need an account to check-out as a guest) or in person at the Violin Workshop in the Bluecoat Art Centre garden. Any remaining tickets will be sold on the door until sold out.

The Nordic Kitchen Cafe is open 30 minutes before the performance and during the interval to purchase tea/coffee and cake.

 Polyphonica Recorder Trio

Saturday 25th January at 7:30 pm

 Q-Quartets String Quartet

Saturday 31st May at 7:30 pm

The Nordic chapel has a wonderful acoustic, never better demonstrated when a string quartet performs here.

We are please to welcome Q-Quartets to the Nordic.

Q-Quartets are four musicians/academics from the University of Liverpool.  They'll be playing some old and some new music by

Beethoven

James MacMillan

Roger Hill

Kai Nieminen

Hugh Benham

David Matthews

Violins: Anna Bennett and Frederick Jones
Viola: Tristan Apperley 

Cello: Alistair Ligertwood

Polyphonica Recorder Trio present ...

Pilgrim’s Delight
Pilgrimage has been popular and practised since the Middle Ages.

This beautiful programme of early instrumental and vocal music is influenced by the Francigena Pilgrimage trail which is still one of the most popular routes today, and will be played on a Renaissance consort of instruments after Bassano made by the late Dutch recorder maker Adriana Breukink.

Polyphonica Trio (Grace Barton, Michael Piraner and Simone Reid) was formed in 2006 and has since performed at venues across the UK and Europe. Three gifted musicians come together in this Trio to show the recorder at its best: delighting audiences with performances of the instruments' rich repertoire from Medieval to the present day. The Trio is committed to historically informed performance as well as advancing the recorder as a modern instrument through collaboration with composers.

Polyphonica released their self-titled debut album in August 2010, which features music from 14th century monody and music by Henry VIII, Susato, Holborne, Genzmer, Allworth, Matheson and Sieg. Their second CD, Music for Countertenor and Recorders featuring the renowned countertenor, Robert Cross, will be released soon.

Polyphonica is dedicated to providing workshops on recorder playing and performance practice to people of all ages through festivals, summer schools and other workshops including the annual recorder weekend at Knuston Hall, Northamptonshire. The members of Polyphonica all teach recorder privately and welcome contact from people seeking tuition or workshops.

Saturday 1st March at 7:30 pm