Classic FM presenter Armstrong backs chamber music concert

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Classic FM presenter Alexander Armstrong is promoting a chamber music concert at Oxford's Schwarzman Centre on November 10.

Classic FM presenter and comedian Alexander Armstrong has praised chamber music as 'good for the soul' ahead of Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Making Chamber Music Part I at Oxford's Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities on Tuesday, November 10. In an Instagram post, Armstrong said: 'One chair, one cello, one player, nowhere to hide. That is where chamber music begins.' He said the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and musicologist Professor Laura Tunbridge would build up the ensemble 'player by player' to demonstrate the 'beauty in this fragile weave of solo voices'.

The hour-long concert begins at 5pm in the Sohmen Concert Hall and will explore different forms of chamber music, beginning with Bach's solo Cello Suites before expanding to larger combinations of musicians. Professor Tunbridge will introduce the pieces and explain how different combinations of instruments change the way musicians interact.

Armstrong compared a string quartet to 'four intelligent people in conversation' and described it as 'the perfect dinner party'. He added that chamber music was important 'particularly now' because 'we spend our lives broadcasting' and chamber music is 'the art of listening, nobody in charge and nobody drowned out'. The concert forms part of the A Very Short Introduction to Chamber Music series, curated with Professor Tunbridge.

Classic FM presenter Armstrong backs chamber music concert — Image: Oxford Mail

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Classic FM presenter hails music 'good for the soul' ahead of concertAlexander Armstrong praises chamber music as “good for the soul” ahead of Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective’s Oxford concert at Schwarzman Centre on November 10.Oxford Mail · 5 Nov, 11:37
Classic FM presenter hails music 'good for the soul' ahead of concertAlexander Armstrong praises chamber music as “good for the soul” ahead of Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective’s Oxford concert at Schwarzman Centre on November 10.Oxfordshire Guardian · 5 Nov, 11:37

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