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Autumn Contrasts at Lowes Court

To take Lowes Court Gallery through late summer into early autumn there is a new exhibition featuring the work of two contemporary mixed media landscape artists plus a selection of hand crafted ceramics.

Frances Winder uses a variety of painting materials to produce a surface which is alive with colour and texture. The resulting images (see insert) often comprising several linked sections, range from soft and mellow to dark and moody, though all have a vibrancy stemming directly from the rich tapestry of the countryside.

Chris Jones is well known locally for a range of prints and illustrations. Many of his most striking works are strong graphic images of West Lakeland landscapes, sometimes in monochrome, sometimes tinted with seasonal colours.

Alongside the artwork will be ceramic pieces by Sue Dunne, individually decorated from nature. Her delicate forms within bowls, beakers, vases and jugs reflect a long-held interest in wild flowers and plants.

SASRAs 55th Programme

Whether you've been coming to SASRA Music &Arts for each one of its 54 seasons to date or whether you can't tell your Brahms from your Brubeck, why not try a few of this year's seven concerts?
The quality of the music and the variety of the groups that we've brought to West Cumbria over the years has been remarkable. This year is no exception: from The Dave Black Jazz Quintet to the Navarra String Quartet, there is something to appeal to everyone.
Our concerts involving younger musicians are always popular. This year there are two recitals where we have the chance to hear performances by talented music students. The first is a brass quintet: 'Brass Mark 5', who are studying at the Royal Northern College in Manchester. Then Chetham's Music School Ensemble and soloists will play for us on 16 January 2009.
With such an exciting and varied programme it is difficult to pick out the 'best', but certainly the most ambitious is the Cumbria Concert Series in which we join with three other local music societies. This is the third time we have taken part in this 'Orchestras Live' project. We are fortunate to be able to welcome the famous orchestra The London Mozart Players. Their programme on 10th October in the Market Hall Egremont, is of music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Mozart and Haydn.
The season's most unusual event is 'In Memoria' on 7 November in which The Clerks Group are touring the country and performing 15th and 16th century choral masterpieces in 'non-musical' venues, such as a coal mine in Yorkshire, The Victoria Baths Manchester and as here, The Sellafield Visitors' Centre.
The final concert is for an unusual group of instruments: clarinet, viola and piano; The Plane Dukes Rahman Trio is a superb and very popular Ensemble who have performed widely in this country and all over the world. The main piece is the 'Kegelstatt' Trio by Mozart
That's the preview; we hope to see you at the first concert: Friday 12 September in Egremont Parish Church Hall, 8pm.

Keith Bradshaw

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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