Rook Lane Blog

December 14, 2016

Passacaglia have performed to great acclaim at venues such as Wigmore Hall, have made many BBC Radio 3 broadcasts, and issued CDs on the Linn label to consistently enthusiastic reviews.

“The performances display clarity and crispness that perfectly matches the spirit of the music” Daily Telegraph.

December 12, 2016

Enlightenment music for brother cellos, York Early Music Fest prize winners, Vladimir Waltham and Jonathon Rees explore the “swooningly melodic compositions” of Beethoven associates – Jean-Pierre and Jean-Louis Duport, interspersed with anecdotes about Voltaire, Napolean and others.

December 12, 2016

Five young, award-winning and extremely talented brass players have combined to form a quintet called Total Brass. Undeterred by the relative lack of original brass quintet compositions, Total Brass entertained the audience with music full of interest and variety.

November 4, 2016

The Frukes are back for a fun-packed fundraising Christmas concert.

Get your dance shoes on and come up to Rook Lane Chapel for a great night out! Including bar, raffle and Christmassy shenanigans…

October 28, 2016

Hal Hartley’s reinvention of small-town life and the loves and ambitions of an out-of-kilter younger generation is peopled with intriguingly unconventional stock characters interacting not quite predictably and is a joy to watch.

September 20, 2016

“A young pianist with a rare sense of inborn musicality…a technique to match any virtuoso” (Pianist magazine).

September 20, 2016

Two children make an epic journey through a muted but astonishing landscape.

September 20, 2016

This atmospheric and satirical study of moral bankruptcy is played out on the sleazy side of the tracks in small-town post-war Germany. Fassbinder’s film is a garish and flamboyant cautionary tale with a wonderfully abandoned performance by Barbara Sukowa in the title role.

September 20, 2016

A storytelling performance with music. Horror, humour, high adventure and thrilling music mingle in this fantastic duet of wicked words and virtuoso guitar playing.

July 29, 2016

Frome Concerts Group’s popular Teatime Concerts season welcomes the Behn Quartet featuring Kate Oswin (violin), Alicia Berendse (violin), Lydia Abell (viola), Victoria Bernath (guest viola) & Ghislaine McMullin (cello).

The Behn Quartet will be performing Dvorak ‘American’ Quartet No.12 in F Major and Dvorak String Quintet in E flat Major, op. 97.