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Great concert last night

acoustictriangle — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:35:37 +0000

Hi Malcolm,
My friends and I did enjoy last night at Turner-Sims.
We thought it was the best we heard Acoustic Triangle play, having first heard you at the Gower Festival in 2007 and subsequently at Turner Sims and Romsey.
Tim’s blowing seemed especially free last night.
All the best for the next 10 years!
Regards
Ian
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Ian Ross
Braishfield
Romsey

Audience comment from St George service/liturgy in Manchester Cathedral

acoustictriangle — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:11:27 +0000

Dear Conductor and Choir,

Yesterday evening I attended the St George service/liturgy in Manchester Cathedral. I just want to say I cannot recall listening to such a magnificent performance as your singing, and the playing, of that long piece while the St George cross was being made. It was simply wonderful. It was liquid gold. It was spell-binding. The quality of music playing and singing was incredible.

Tell all three instrumentalists, tell the conductor, tell every single member of the choir.

And where is there a recording of it that I can purchase?

Audience comments (Grim’s Dyke Concert)

acoustictriangle — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:06:16 +0000

We really enjoyed the brilliance of Acoustic Triangle last evening, it was a memorable occasion.

I think you must be really pleased – what a wonderful wonderful performance – Rodger and I totally agreed that this is how music should be – great musicians in a lovely friendly environment where everyone feels involved.

What a great evening, Jack! And a good room as well.

Many thanks for Sunday evening. A really memorable event. I have seen Acoustic Triangle playing five times now and if I had to make comparisons this was the best so far….Wonderful.

Thanks for arranging such an amazing evening

Congratulations on last night’s concert. It was superb and being able to use the Grimsdyke music room was a bonus too! Well done!

It was hugely successful I thought. The venue worked – and you even organised food! Everyone appeared happy.

As for the music, well, even though I was only there for half the gig, I felt high with it and still do. What a trio.

Comment from Jack Pine (Grim’s Dyke Concert)

acoustictriangle — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:03:38 +0000

Hi guys,
Thank you very much for an utterly superb gig. It was a truly moving musical event: it rocked, jazzed and smoked! The playing was fantastic and the atmosphere crackingly electric. It was our best ever gig!
We have already booked you again next year for 16 October (2011), so we are looking forward to that with huge anticipation.
Yours always,
Jack Pine

Acoustic Triangle makes a rare appearance in the London area

acoustictriangle — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:31:10 +0000

After a quiet year for the trio due to other commitments, Acoustic Triangle will be making a rare appearance in the London area.

On Sun 17th October at 7.30 pm Acoustic Triangle will be performing at The Grim’s Dyke, Old Redding, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, HA3 6SB.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Tickets are available from: jack@pinemail.co.uk ph: 020 8420 6330

www.grimsdyke.com

Audio-B recordings available from iTunes

acoustictriangle — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:22:05 +0000

Many Audio-B recordings are now available from iTunes

Visit Audio-B for more information

Or you can buy the CDs from the JTCD Shop

acoustictriangle — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:51:49 +0000

Jim Quilty of the Daily Star reviewed Acoustic Triangle’s “energetic performance” at al-Bustan:

“Thanks to the musicians who perform them, musical forms – “jazz,” “folk,” “classical” – are permeable things. That doesn’t mean all jazz pianists can be counted on to move through Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” like a hot knife through butter, or that an orchestra’s first violinist could, if pressed, manage a reel. So it’s an all the more pleasant surprise to find a trio inhabiting all these modes with equal comfort.

“That’s what Acoustic Triangle did at their Thursday evening concert at Al-Bustan Festival. This UK ensemble – Creese on double bass, pianist Gwilym Simcock, and Tim Garland on saxophones – are so relaxed with their music, and one another, that the only thing missing from the show was the ego that can accompany performance of this caliber.”

Read the full review here

acoustictriangle — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:26:27 +0000

Upcoming Concerts

Acoustic Triangle is performing two very diferent concerts in the next few weeks, one in Beirut and the other in London. The first features the trio version and the second is a collaboration with the six members of the Sacconi Strings. There is a special prize for anyone who makes it to both concerts!

Al Bustan Festival, Beirut, Lebanon

8.30pm on Thursday 26th February

Acoustic Triangle
Malcolm Creese – double bass
Tim Garland – saxophone, bass clarinet
Gwilym Simcock – piano

For more details, please visit: www.albustanfestival.com

Kings Place, London

7.30pm on Friday 6 March
Hall One, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG

Acoustic Triangle 3 Dimensions with The Sacconi Strings
Malcolm Creese – double bass
Tim Garland – saxophones, bass clarinet, flute
Gwilym Simcock – piano, French horn
Ben Hancox, Hannah Dawson, Emma Parker, Charlotte Scott – violins
Robin Ashwell – viola
Cara Berridge – cello

This is the final performance of the nine-piece incarnation of Acoustic Triangle, in which the group performs the music especially composed for its triumphant 2008 3 Dimensions Tour.

At 6.30pm there is a pre-concert talk by Tim Garland on Composing for Acoustic Triangle

For tickets and further information please visit www.kingsplace.co.uk

From our co-promoter in Sheffield, Jude Sacker

acoustictriangle — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:55:03 +0000

“Sheffield Jazz was proud to present the 3 Dimensions concert at the Cathedral. The event attracted a much wider audience than we get at our regular venue. We’re hoping that these people will come to some of our future concerts. The audience ranged from jazz fans to classical music lovers to people who don’t normally go to any music concerts.

Many members of the audience have told me what an awe-inspiring experience it was listening to such great music in the acoustic space of the Cathedral.”

From Phil Chaundy

acoustictriangle — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:52:43 +0000

I just wanted to say what a fantastic gig you did at Canterbury Cathedral a couple of weeks ago. It was an absolutely first class concert, with the strings and the movement of musicians around the Cathedral; you made sure you overcame the acoustic issues often encountered with the ‘Bell Harry’ tower. I can’t believe that as a group you are not touring the USA, and really an outfit like this represents the very best of British Music and cutting edge internationally of the classical world. I hope the Arts Council or the British Council will see fit to sponsoring a tour of sacred places in the States. I think it would go down an absolute storm. It is typical of this country not to recognise what it has when it has it!!! I look forward to seeing the Group play another gig soon. I have also enjoyed the other releases, Gwilym’s debut album and Tim’s ‘The Mystery’.

Good luck and regards, Phil Chaundy