The Chester Music Society Celebrity Section has enjoyed concert performances by many well known performers since its foundation in 1946. They are listed below by concert season.
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| Performer | Year | |
|---|---|---|
The Coull String Quartet | 2024/25 | |
Meera Maharaja and Dominic Degavino | 2024/25 | |
Mithras Piano Trio | 2024/25 | |
Frederico Paixao and Mark Rodgers | 2023/24 | |
A4 Brass Quartet | 2023/24 | |
Mathilde Milwidsky and Annie Yim | 2023/24 | |
The Original Panama Jazz Band | 2023/24 | |
Charles Owen | 2023/24 | |
Brodsky Quartet | 2023/24 | |
Sacconi String Quartet | 2022/23 | |
Martin Roscoe | 2022/23 | |
Leo Popplewell and Antonina Suhanova | 2022/23 | |
Goldscheider Ensemble | 2022/23 | |
Rossetti Ensemble | 2022/23 | |
Peter Edge and John Gough | 2022/23 | |
Antonina Suhanova | 2021/22 | |
The Hefin Duo | 2021/22 | |
Sam Haywood | 2021/22 | |
Craig Ogden | 2021/22 | |
Imogen Royce and Imma Setiadi | 2021/22 | |
Pleyel Ensemble | 2021/22 | |
Alkyona Quartet (virtual concert) | 2020/21 | |
Sophie Rosa and Ian Buckle (virtual concert) | 2020/21 | |
Mithras Trio (virtual concert) | 2020/21 | |
Imogen Royce and Imma Setiadi (virtual concert) | 2020/21 | |
Antonina Suhanova (virtual concert) | 2020/21 | |
Amy Roberts and Gamal Khamis (virtual concert) | 2020/21 | |
Alex Lomieko and John Paul Ekins (virtual concert) | 2020/21 | |
Ben Goldscheider and Richard Uttley | 2019/20 | |
Jubilee String Quartet | 2019/20 | |
Elizabeth Karani and Edmund Whitehead | 2019/20 | |
Pentagon Brass | 2019/20 | |
Jennifer Pike and Jeremy Pike | 2019/20 | |
Piers Lane | 2019/20 | |
Wihan Quartet and Sacconi Quartet | 2018/19 | |
Claire Hammond | 2018/19 | |
Pixels Piano Trio | 2018/19 | |
The Original Panama Jazz Band | 2018/19 | |
Guy Johnston and Sam Haywood | 2018/19 | |
Jess Gillam and Zeynep Özsuca | 2018/19 | |
Charles Owen | 2017/18 | |
Jack Liebeck and Katya Apekishiva | 2017/18 | |
Matthew Scott and Daniel King-Smith | 2017/18 | |
Passacaglia | 2017/18 | |
The Heath String Quartet | 2017/18 | |
Fujita Piano Trio | 2017/18 | |
Escher String Quartet | 2016/17 | |
Alessandro Taverna | 2016/17 | |
Daniel Shelvey and Dylan Perez | 2016/17 | |
Aurora Ensemble | 2016/17 | |
Sarah-Jane Bradley and John Lenehan | 2016/17 | |
Odysseus Piano Trio | 2016/17 | |
Gould Piano Trio | 2015/16 | |
Pascal and Ami Rogé | 2015/16 | |
Jessie Ann Richardson and Simon Callaghan | 2015/16 | |
Fibonacci Sequence | 2015/16 | |
Antara Duo | 2015/16 | |
Vanbrugh Quartet | 2015/16 | |
Jubilee String Quartet | 2014/15 | |
Martin Roscoe | 2014/15 | |
The Bach Players (Quartet) | 2014/15 | |
Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake | 2014/15 | |
Jennifer Pike and Tom Poster | 2014/15 | |
Emma Johnson and Sarah-Jane Bradley | 2013/14 | |
Brodsky String Quartet | 2013/14 | |
Jonathan Dormand and Marisa Gupta | 2013/14 | |
Classic Rhythm | 2013/14 | |
Charles Owen | 2013/14 | |
Nash Ensemble (Horn Trio) | 2013/14 | |
Piatti String Quartet | 2012/13 | |
Daniel Broncano and James Sherlock | 2012/13 | |
Victoria Sayles and Martin Cousins | 2012/13 | |
Chaconne Brass Ensemble | 2012/13 | |
Galliard Wind Ensemble | 2012/13 | |
Ashley Wass | 2012/13 | |
Pei-Jee Ng and Chiao-Ying Chang | 2011/12 | |
Nestor Bayona Pifarre | 2011/12 | |
Red Priest | 2011/12 | |
Laura Lucas and Daniel Swain | 2011/12 | |
Atrium String Quartet | 2011/12 | |
Finzi Quartet | 2010/11 | |
Piers Lane | 2010/11 | |
Fujita Piano Trio | 2010/11 | |
The Original Panama Jazz Band | 2010/11 | |
William Oinn and Yshani Perinpanayagam | 2010/11 | |
Madeleine Mitchell and Andrew Ball | 2010/11 | |
Sitkovetsky Piano Trio | 2009/10 | |
Emma Johnson and John Lenehan | 2009/10 | |
The 18th Century Concert Orchestra | 2009/10 | |
Paul Watkins and Huw Watkins | 2009/10 | |
Martin Roscoe | 2009/10 | |
Dymtro Onyshenko | 2008/09 | |
Barbirolli Quartet | 2008/09 | |
Amy Dickson and Martin Cousin | 2008/09 | |
Jennifer Pike | 2008/09 | |
Manchester Camerata Ensemble | 2008/09 | |
Heath String Quartet | 2007/08 | |
Daniel de Borah | 2007/08 | |
Gemma Rosefield and Simon Lepper | 2007/08 | |
Savannah Jazz Band | 2007/08 | |
Fourtune | 2007/08 | |
Fujita Piano Trio | 2007/08 | |
Saconni String Quartet | 2006/07 | |
Musicke Companye | 2006/07 | |
Manchester Camerata Ensemble | 2006/07 | |
Llyr Williams | 2006/07 | |
Erard Trio | 2006/07 | |
Classic Rhythm | 2006/07 | |
Navarra String Quartet | 2005/06 | |
Nadia Wijzenbeek and Samantha Ward | 2005/06 | |
Fujita Piano Trio | 2005/06 | |
Esprit Trio | 2005/06 | |
Armonico Consort | 2005/06 | |
Adrian Brendel and Tim Horton | 2005/06 | |
Passacaglia Baroque Quartet | 2004/05 | |
Oboeworks | 2004/05 | |
McFarlane String Quartet | 2004/05 | |
Kandinsky Piano Trio | 2004/05 | |
Bobby Chen | 2004/05 | |
Alexandra Wood and Huw Watkin | 2004/05 | |
Zephyr Wind Ensemble | 2003/04 | |
Peter Donohoe | 2003/04 | |
London Mozart Trio | 2003/04 | |
Hannah Roberts and Simon Parkin | 2003/04 | |
Bronte String Quartet | 2003/04 | |
Adrian Wilson and Iain Farrington | 2003/04 | |
The Cambridge Scholars | 2002/03 | |
Tavec String Quartet | 2002/03 | |
Ron Abramski | 2002/03 | |
Nash Ensemble | 2002/03 | |
Dussek Piano Trio | 2002/03 | |
Camerata Brass Ensemble | 2002/03 | |
Sorrel String Quartet | 2001/02 | |
Red Campion | 2001/02 | |
Martin Roscoe | 2001/02 | |
Joy Farrall and Julius Drake | 2001/02 | |
Alexandra Wood and Huw Watkins | 2001/02 | |
Aeolian Duo | 2001/02 | |
Skampa Quartet | 2000/01 | |
Onyx Brass | 2000/01 | |
Melvyn Tan | 2000/01 | |
Liwei Qin and Gretel Dowdeswell | 2000/01 | |
Configure 8 | 2000/01 | |
Camaeraderie | 2000/01 | |
Bassoon and Beyond | 2000/01 | |
Werethina String Quartet | 1999/00 | |
The Carnival Band | 1999/00 | |
Jenny Agutter and the Polmear/Ambache Duo | 1999/00 | |
Galliard Wind Ensemble and Murray McLachlan | 1999/00 | |
Daniel Bell and Hugh Watkin | 1999/00 | |
Artur Pizarro | 1999/00 | |
Zephyr Winds | 1998/99 | |
Tim Hugh and Yonty Solomon | 1998/99 | |
RNCM Opera Soloists | 1998/99 | |
Guaneri Trio Prague | 1998/99 | |
Coull Quartet | 1998/99 | |
Anthony Zerpa Falcon | 1998/99 | |
Vanbrugh Quartet | 1997/98 | |
Sheridan Trio | 1997/98 | |
Peter Katin | 1997/98 | |
Marat Bisengaliev and Graham Scott | 1997/98 | |
London Mozart Trio | 1997/98 | |
Dragonsfire | 1997/98 | |
Rebecca Gilliver and Paul James | 1996/97 | |
London Winds | 1996/97 | |
Guaneri Trio Prague | 1996/97 | |
Graham Scott | 1996/97 | |
Gabrielli String Quartet | 1996/97 | |
Folies Bergeres | 1996/97 | |
Sara Fulgoni and Steven Maughan | 1995/96 | |
Moura Lympany | 1995/96 | |
Leland Chen and John Lenehan | 1995/96 | |
Gemini | 1995/96 | |
Douglas Boyd and Susan Tomes | 1995/96 | |
Bridge String Quartet | 1995/96 | |
Tim Hugh and Yonty Solomon | 1994/95 | |
Skampa Quartet | 1994/95 | |
Mercury Jazz | 1994/95 | |
Kathryn Stott | 1994/95 | |
Haffner Wind Ensemble of London | 1994/95 | |
Emma Johnson and Gordon Back | 1994/95 | |
The Scholars | 1993/94 | |
Reeds United | 1993/94 | |
Philip Dukes and Simon Over | 1993/94 | |
New Budapest String Quartet | 1993/94 | |
Carlos Bonell Ensemble | 1993/94 | |
Bernard Roberts | 1993/94 | |
Rejouissance | 1992/93 | |
Paul Posnak | 1992/93 | |
Janacek Quartet | 1992/93 | |
Dussek Piano Trio | 1992/93 | |
Camerata Ensemble of Manchester | 1992/93 | |
Andrew Wilde | 1992/93 | |
Rapheal Sommer and Daniel Adni | 1991/92 | |
Northern Sinfonia Ensemble | 1991/92 | |
Fine Arts Brass Ensemble | 1991/92 | |
Cantico | 1991/92 | |
Arnaldo Cohen | 1991/92 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1991/92 | |
Stamic Quartet of Prague | 1990/91 | |
Ronan O'Hora | 1990/91 | |
Manchester Camerata Wind Soloists | 1990/91 | |
Leland Chen and Julius Drake | 1990/91 | |
John Wilson and Keith Swallow | 1990/91 | |
Carolyn Hargreaves, Andrew Slater and Stewart Death | 1990/91 | |
Stephen Hough | 1989/90 | |
Stamford Ensemble | 1989/90 | |
Mattise Piano Quartet | 1989/90 | |
Landini Consort | 1989/90 | |
Arienski Ensemble | 1989/90 | |
Anglian Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble | 1989/90 | |
Songmakers Almanack | 1988/89 | |
Medici Quartet | 1988/89 | |
Malcolm Messiter and John Lenehan | 1988/89 | |
John Lill | 1988/89 | |
Goldberg Ensemble | 1988/89 | |
Caroline Dale and Keith Swallow | 1988/89 | |
Villiers Piano Quartet | 1987/88 | |
Martin Roscoe | 1987/88 | |
Keith Swallow | 1987/88 | |
Emma Johnson | 1987/88 | |
Chilingirian String Quartet | 1987/88 | |
Bronwen Naish and Helen Davies | 1987/88 | |
Alfreda Hodgson and Chris Balmer | 1987/88 | |
Wind Soloists of The Chamber Orchestra of Europe | 1986/87 | |
Stephen Hough | 1986/87 | |
Pascal Roge | 1986/87 | |
Musical Offering | 1986/87 | |
Manchester Boys' Choir | 1986/87 | |
London Brass | 1986/87 | |
Vanessa Williamson, Ruth Ellis and John Gough | 1985/86 | |
The Scholars | 1985/86 | |
Lorraine McAslan and Nigel Clayton | 1985/86 | |
Halle Wind Quintet and John Gough | 1985/86 | |
Gabrielli Quartet | 1985/86 | |
Christina Ortiz | 1985/86 | |
Soiree Musicale | 1984/85 | |
Robert Colley | 1984/85 | |
Nigel Kennedy and Peter Pettinger | 1984/85 | |
John Lill | 1984/85 | |
Jeux | 1984/85 | |
Goldberg Ensemble | 1984/85 | |
Sheila Armstrong, John Shirley Quirk and Roger Vignoles | 1983/84 | |
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1983/84 | |
Peter Donohoe | 1983/84 | |
Nash Ensemble | 1983/84 | |
Heinrich Schiff and Roger Vignoles | 1983/84 | |
Brodsky Quartet | 1983/84 | |
Vladimir Ashkenazy | 1982/83 | |
Pheonix Wind Quintet | 1982/83 | |
Penelope Walker and Paul Daniel | 1982/83 | |
Nicholas Cox and Malcolm Martineau | 1982/83 | |
Mayumi Fujikawa and Michael Roll | 1982/83 | |
Amadeus String Quartet | 1982/83 | |
The Light Blues | 1981/82 | |
Manchester Camerata and Peter Lawson | 1981/82 | |
Halle Orchestra | 1981/82 | |
Gabrielli Choir and Players | 1981/82 | |
English Saxophone Quartet | 1981/82 | |
Christian Blackshaw | 1981/82 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1981/82 | |
The English Drawing Room | 1980/81 | |
Northern Chamber Orchestra | 1980/81 | |
Marie Leonhardt and Baroque Ensemble | 1980/81 | |
Cornucopia | 1980/81 | |
Andre Tchaikowsky | 1980/81 | |
Stan Tracey | 1979/80 | |
John Georgiadis and Anthony Peebles | 1979/80 | |
John Arran | 1979/80 | |
Gabrielli String Quartet | 1979/80 | |
Fou Ts'ong (indisposed) | 1979/80 | |
Raphael Wallfisch and Richard Markham | 1978/79 | |
Northern Chamber Orchestra Alan Stringer | 1978/79 | |
Imogen Cooper | 1978/79 | |
Camden Wind Quintet | 1978/79 | |
Academy of Ancient Music | 1978/79 | |
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1977/78 | |
Peter Pears and Osian Ellis | 1977/78 | |
Peter Bithell | 1977/78 | |
Linden Singers | 1977/78 | |
Jack Brymer and David Lloyd | 1977/78 | |
Chilingirian String Quartet and Jennifer Ward Clarke | 1977/78 | |
The Scholars | 1976/77 | |
Praetorius Consort | 1976/77 | |
Northern Chamber Orchestra | 1976/77 | |
Myung Whun Chung | 1976/77 | |
Humphrey Lyttleton | 1976/77 | |
Raimund Herinx and Keith Swallow | 1975/76 | |
Northern Brass Ensemble | 1975/76 | |
Keith Harvey and Meralyn Knight | 1975/76 | |
John Lill | 1975/76 | |
Chilingirian String Quartet | 1975/76 | |
Ruhan and Druri Saram | 1974/75 | |
King's Singers | 1974/75 | |
Eric Heidsiek | 1974/75 | |
Dennis Matthews and Brenda McDermott | 1974/75 | |
Delme Piano Quartet | 1974/75 | |
Richard Lewis and John Constable | 1973/74 | |
Nash Ensemble | 1973/74 | |
Joseph Cooper and Rodney Smith (cancelled) | 1973/74 | |
Gina Bachauer | 1973/74 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1973/74 | |
Raphael Orozco | 1972/73 | |
King's Singers | 1972/73 | |
John and Susan Tunnell | 1972/73 | |
Gabrielli Ensemble (cancelled) | 1972/73 | |
Peter Wishart and Maureen Lahane | 1971/72 | |
John Lill | 1971/72 | |
Dennis Matthews | 1971/72 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1971/72 | |
Ralph Holmes and Dennis Matthews | 1970/71 | |
Peter Katin | 1970/71 | |
Court Ensemble | 1970/71 | |
Amsterdam String Quartet | 1970/71 | |
Tunnell Piano Trio | 1969/70 | |
Robles Trio | 1969/70 | |
Moura Lympany | 1969/70 | |
Helen Watts and John Streets | 1969/70 | |
Martin Isepp | 1968/69 | |
Manoug Parikian and Michael Binns | 1968/69 | |
John Shirley Quirk | 1968/69 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1968/69 | |
Sheila Armstrong, Thea King and Martin Isepp | 1967/68 | |
Raphael Orozco | 1967/68 | |
Amaryllis Fleming and Geoffrey Parsons | 1967/68 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1967/68 | |
Venturi Wind Ensemble | 1966/67 | |
Opera For All | 1966/67 | |
Malcolm Binns | 1966/67 | |
Gabrielli String Quartet | 1966/67 | |
Baccolian Singers | 1966/67 | |
Yonty Solomon | 1965/66 | |
Opera For All | 1965/66 | |
John Shirley Quirk and Martin Isepp | 1965/66 | |
Anthony Hopkins | 1965/66 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1965/66 | |
Stephen Bishop | 1964/65 | |
Melos Ensemble | 1964/65 | |
Maud Martin and John Street | 1964/65 | |
Liverpool Wind Ensemble | 1964/65 | |
Clare Walmsley, Laura Sar and Paul Hamburger | 1964/65 | |
Ralph Holmes and David Willson | 1963/64 | |
Opera For All | 1963/64 | |
Dennis Matthews | 1963/64 | |
Deller Consort | 1963/64 | |
Aeolian String Quartet | 1963/64 | |
Opera For All | 1962/63 | |
Manoug Parikian and Martin Isepp | 1962/63 | |
Jennifer Vyvyan and Paul Hamburger | 1962/63 | |
Court Ensemble | 1962/63 | |
Andre Tchaikowsky | 1962/63 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1962/63 | |
Royal Manchester College of Music | 1961/62 | |
Orchestral | 1961/62 | |
Opera For All | 1961/62 | |
Ilse Wolfe and Martin Isepp | 1961/62 | |
Fou Ts'ong | 1961/62 | |
Allegri String Quartet | 1961/62 | |
Opera For All | 1960/61 | |
Marta Eitler and Frans Zubal | 1960/61 | |
John Ogden | 1960/61 | |
Joan Hammond and Ivor Newton | 1960/61 | |
Budapest Trio | 1960/61 | |
Alan Schiller | 1960/61 | |
Shulamith Shafir | 1959/60 | |
Robert Masters, Muriel Taylor and Ross Pratt | 1959/60 | |
Osian Ellis and Beryl Kimber | 1959/60 | |
Orchestral | 1959/60 | |
Court Ensemble | 1959/60 | |
Arts Council Opera Group | 1959/60 | |
Jean Allister and Edgar Fleet | 1958/59 | |
Gervaise de Peyer and Cyril Preedy | 1958/59 | |
David Martin and Iris Loveridge | 1958/59 | |
Choral and Orchestral | 1958/59 | |
Arts Council Opera Group | 1958/59 | |
Anthony Hopkins | 1958/59 | |
Ralph Holmes and John Street | 1957/58 | |
Orchestral with Elizabethan Singers | 1957/58 | |
Livia Rev | 1957/58 | |
Evelyn Rothwell, Archie Camden and Wilfred Parry | 1957/58 | |
Elsie Morrison and Ronald Smith | 1957/58 | |
Arts Council Opera Group | 1957/58 | |
New English Orchestra with Leonard Rafter | 1956/57 | |
Interrupted Serenade | 1956/57 | |
Albey Simon | 1956/57 | |
Tom Jenkins, Michelle Croll and Gerald Clover | 1955/56 | |
Rubbra Pleeth and Gruenberg | 1955/56 | |
June Mills and James Maddocks | 1955/56 | |
Dennis Matthews | 1955/56 | |
Constance Shacklock | 1955/56 | |
Choral and Orchestral with Gordon Clinton | 1955/56 | |
BBC Northern Singers | 1955/56 | |
West Country Quintet | 1954/55 | |
Orchestral | 1954/55 | |
Michael Head | 1954/55 | |
Gerald Moore | 1954/55 | |
Florence Hooton and Ross Platt | 1954/55 | |
Colin Horsley | 1954/55 | |
Thorun Trygyvason and Robert Breeze | 1953/54 | |
Phyllis Sellick | 1953/54 | |
Philip Hattey with Music Society Choir | 1953/54 | |
New English Orchestral Ensemble | 1953/54 | |
Gerald Moore | 1953/54 | |
Orchestral | 1952/53 | |
Nina Milkina | 1952/53 | |
Marta Eitler and Viola Tunnard | 1952/53 | |
Carter String Quartet | 1952/53 | |
Alfred Deller and Desmond Dupre | 1952/53 | |
William Herbert | 1951/52 | |
Meirowski | 1951/52 | |
Laurence Turner String Quartet with Pat Ryan | 1951/52 | |
Kendall Taylor | 1951/52 | |
Choral and Orchestral | 1951/52 | |
Pirani Trio | 1950/51 | |
Nina Milkina, Paul Tortelier and Ernest Lush | 1950/51 | |
Jean Pougnet and Wilfred Parry | 1950/51 | |
Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick | 1950/51 | |
Choral and Orchestral Christmas Concert | 1950/51 | |
Paul Tortelier and Ernest Lush | 1949/50 | |
Nina Milkina | 1949/50 | |
Nancy Evans and Dr J.E.Wallace | 1949/50 | |
Choral and Orchestral | 1949/50 | |
Amadeus String Quartet | 1949/50 | |
Alan Loveday and Peggy Gray | 1949/50 | |
Rubbra Brain and Pleeth (Trio) | 1948/49 | |
Max Rostal and John Wills | 1948/49 | |
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr | 1948/49 | |
Iris Loveridge | 1948/49 | |
Alan Loveday (Choral and Orchestral) | 1948/49 | |
William Pleeth and Margaret Good | 1947/48 | |
Thomas Matthews and Esther Raff | 1947/48 | |
Griller String Quartet | 1947/48 | |
Dennis Matthews | 1947/48 | |
Bruce Flegg and Norman Franklin | 1947/48 | |
Shulamith Shafir, Kathleen Ferrier and Mantle Child | 1946/47 | |
Pauline Juler, Helen Just and Mantle Child | 1946/47 | |
Nancy Evans and Hubert Greenslade | 1946/47 | |
Max Rostal and John Wills | 1946/47 | |
John Francis, Kathleen Moorhouse and Maurice Jaecobson | 1946/47 | |
Hirsch String Quartet | 1946/47 | |
Edgar Knight, Mary Linde and Eric Greene | 1946/47 | |
Moura Lympany | 1946 | |
Keith Faulkner and Ernest Lush | 1946 | |
Ida Haendel | 1946 |