Coffee Concerts 2025
Bookings open on January 6 2025
subscriptions offer discounted tickets - an advanced booking offer - you become a FCG member
Single concert tickets released on January 24
Mikeleiz-Zucchi Duo
Sunday 16 February 11.30am
Single concert - ticket £16 U21s £8
Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade - accordian
David Zucchi - saxophone
The Mikeleiz-Zucchi Duo is a London–based ensemble formed by Canadian saxophonist David Zucchi and Spanish accordionist Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade. Winners of the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition’s Mixed Ensemble Prize and City Music Foundation Artists, the Mikeleiz-Zucchi Duo’s repertoire spans everything from reimagined traditional works to modern repertoire and improvisation, all vividly rendered by the unique combination of saxophone and accordion.
Flutes and Frets Duo
Sunday 2 March 11.30am
Single concert - ticket £16 U21s £8
Beth Stone - flute
Daniel Murphy - guitar
The Flutes & Frets Duo is a unique ensemble specialising in a wide scope of repertoire ranging from medieval all the way through to contemporary. Their passion is using the instruments that would have been around at the time throughout history to create a story that educates and enthrals.
Flutes & Frets have had the pleasure of performing all over the UK and Europe. Their radio debut with WDR 3 took place in 2023 and they have been featured in world-class festivals including Misteria Paschalia, the National Centre of Early Music, Alpen Classica Festival, Festival Van Vlaanderen Antwerpen, and the International Early Music Festival of Sierra Espuña. They were chosen as an ECOS Ensemble 2023 and an “IYAP Selected Promising Ensemble 2022” for the International Young Artist Presentation, enabling them to perform in the Early Music Festival, “Laus Polyphoniae” at AMUZ, Antwerp, Belgium. This led to being selected for an award from the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA) arranged by the European Festivals Association.
Jonathan Delbridge and Penelope Appleyard
Sunday 9 March 11.30am
Single concert - ticket £16 U21s £8
Jonathan Delbridge - square piano
Penelope Appleyard - soprano
Soprano Penelope Appleyard (Apollo 5, Fair Oriana) accompanied by Jonathan Delbridge on an 1814 Broadwood Square Piano, very similar to that owned by Jane Austen, presents the “Head vs Heart” love story of Jane Austen and music in celebration of her 250th anniversary.
Jonathan Delbridge is well known for his exciting and varied concert programmes on both the piano and organ. He is a versatile musician, performing major classical works, jazz standards and his own improvisations and likes to interact with the audience, giving background information to the pieces performed. Jonathan regularly performs at a wide range of small and large venues, from the Royal Albert Hall, and Birmingham Symphony Hall to Plymouth University and All Saints Church in his own village of Lopen, Somerset. He also has a beautifully restored 1814 Broadwood Square Piano which he uses to provide a unique concert experience in more intimate settings.
Penelope Appleyard has performed at prestigious venues internationally as both soloist and ensemble singer, ensembles including Apollo5, the Taverner Consort, the Monteverdi Choir, The New London Consort, The Academy of Ancient Music, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wiener Akademie, Arcangelo, Armonico Consort, Ex Cathedra and the Royal Shakespeare Company, among others, and appears on numerous recordings. Operatic roles have included Cupid (Venus and Adonis) Dorinda (The Tempest) Shepherdess and Siren (King Arthur) Bonvica (Bonduca) Pallas (Judgement of Paris) Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas) Mopsa (Fairy Queen) and Belinda (Dido and Aeneas). Solo concert work has included Messiah with the Academy of Ancient Music, Bach’s B minor Mass at the Bologna Festival, Arne’s Alfred with Steven Devine, Monteverdi Vespers with Laurence Cummings, King Arthur for the Brighton Early Music Festival and Messiah as a Nevill Holt Young Artist.
“The lovely soprano voice of Penelope Appleyard” – The Classical Review
A4 Brass
Sunday 30 March 3pm *Special full length concert
Single concert - ticket £25 U21s £12.50
The Quartet has a unique blend of instruments, with a cornet, tenor horn, baritone and euphonium creating an exclusive sound that stands out from the standard brass quartet. With this unusual instrumentation, A4 Brass has actively developed their repertoire, commissioning new music, composing and arranging music themselves. Formed in 2013 at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), A4 Brass Quartet has gone on to become a multi-award-winning chamber ensemble and establish itself at the forefront of British brass chamber music. Prizes including the Royal Over-Seas League Chamber Music Competition (2018); a Tunnell Trust Award (2018); the Musicians’ Company Maisie Lewis Prize (2018) and the Tillett Trust Young Artists’ Platform (2017).
Ticket Prices
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Adult £60
U21 £30
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Adult £16
U21 £8
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Adult £16
U21 £8
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Adult £16
U21 £8
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Adult £25
U21 £12.50
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Make your cheque made payable to Frome Concerts Group. Send to FCG, 10 Bath Street, Frome BA11 1DN. You can collect your tickets on the door or send us a SAE.
