Ligeti in context: Ensemble 360 offers a superb centenary tribute

By Phil Parker, 02 October 2023

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“middle-period Ligeti, which mixed the cerebral and the comic in equal measure”

Reviewed at Upper Chapel, Sheffield on 30 September 2023

Doratí, Duo Concertante

Ligeti, Études: selection

Lutosławski, Dance Preludes

Farkas, Antique Hungarian Dances

Ligeti, 10 pieces for wind quintet

Ensemble 360

Adrian Wilson, Oboe

Robert Plane, Clarinet

Eilidh Gillespie, Flute

Florence Plane, Bassoon

Tim Horton, Piano

Naomi Atherton, French horn

Symmetries in Sound: Ensemble 360 explores music and maths

Phil Parker, 13th February

Forwards? Backwards? Upside down? All three at once? From Machaut to Pärt, Ensemble 360 considers the relationship between musical structures and varieties of mathematical pattern.

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A trio of Mozart quintets from Ensemble 360

Phil Parker, 15th January

Ensemble 360’s opening concert of their Sheffield spring season reveals the rich variety present in three very different Mozart quintets.

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A concert of masterworks from Ensemble 360 and guests

Phil Parker, 22nd May

Another day, another impeccable concert by Ensemble 360 and friends at this year’s Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

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Bach at Breakfast: Ensemble 360 serve up a Goldberg feast

Phil Parker, 18th May

A concert at 07:30 am? In a cemetery chapel? It must be the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival!

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Ensemble 360’s Lark takes wing

Phil Parker, 5th February

Ensemble 360’s Music in the Round concert is a homage to the 20th-century English industrialist Walter Willson Cobbett... and also to the enduring popularity of The Lark Ascending.

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Wind masterpieces take centre stage in Ensemble 360 Sheffield concert

Phil Parker, 22nd January

In a programmed titled Birds and Bagatelles, Ensemble 360’s wind players offered vividly characterised music in this programme of 20th-century classics of the repertoire.

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Phil Parker

Phil is a retired A-level English teacher who is now able to devote his life to things he really wants to do with his time. These include, but are not limited to: writing short fiction (his first collection, Girl with Fan, was published in late 2023), singing, creating programme notes for his choir’s concerts, volunteering, cooking, reading, and attending all home games at his beloved Manchester City. Alongside these is listening to classical music (live, on disc and on the radio), a lifetime’s love of which was sparked at the age of 11 when he discovered Haydn.