The Zadig Trio performed such a superlative concert for Cockermouth Music Society that the audience was gripped from start to finish.  One audience member stated that “Tonight might just be…

Elizabeth Bass, a charming and wonderful musician, gave us an evening of delight playing works by many composers on her powerful Erard harp.  A varied programme, performed with grace and…

What may be the last orchestral concert Cockermouth Music Society will be able to bring to Cockermouth sparkled with energy from a brilliant group of string players . Playing a…

The Maggini Quartet are no strangers to Cockermouth audiences.  We expected excellence and we were not disappointed.  A new player, Ciaran McCabe, appeared as second violin and fitted in seamlessly,…

Cockermouth Music Society’s October concert featured a quite remarkable pianist who stunned the audience with his manual brilliance, explosive energy and commitment.  John Paul Ekins spoke well about each piece…

The Temple Ensemble who played for Cockermouth Music Society’s first concert of the 2019-2020 season combined youthful enthusiasm, vitality and musical excellence to give us two great works of the…

Angela Turner, flute, Gabrielle Sanders, oboe, and Anne Louise Rothwell, clarinet , were joined by Oliver Wicker, piano, Ann Bishop, bassoon and Jody McQuiston, horn, for a wind and piano…

With 32 young musicians and good accompanists taking part this year, this was an evening of great interest and lots of contrast. Composers ranged from Schubert, Kabalevsky and Chopin to…

Our February concert was full of good things from flautist Daniel Shao and his accompanist Daniel King-Smith. An assured and gripping performance brought us some of the greatest flute music,…

Wind and snow made a determined but fortunately short lived attempt to disrupt the audience’s arrival for the Artington Quartet’s January concert for Cockermouth Music Society, but the undeterred were…

This was an evening with a difference! Warmed by the presence of a near capacity audience including the Cockermouth Early Music group, the five musicians proceeded to give us a…

Northern Chamber Orchestra returned to Cockermouth after a long absence to play for Cockermouth Music Society and Christchurch rang with the sound of their wonderful performance. Starting quite gently with…