We are friends and colleagues who draw on a wealth of experience gained through many years of music-making. Since our formation, we have given hundreds of concerts, and have an enormous and varied repertoire of chamber music.
Ignaz Pleyel
We take our name from the Classical composer Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831), a brilliant musician and businessman, who, in addition to writing a large body of accessible chamber music, helped increase the popularity of this wonderful kind of music-making amongst amateurs and professionals as both music publisher and piano manufacturer in the early nineteenth century
Upcoming Concerts
Pleyel Ensemble
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Concert: Schubert Plus! | ||
| 26/10/24 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Schubert Introduction and variations on ‘Trockne Blumen’ for flute and piano D 820 (1824), plus flute trios by Pleyel, Louise Farrenc and Ned Rorem. | ||
| Concert: Mellor Sunday Afternoon Tea Concerts | ||
| 10/11/24 | Mellor, Stockport | Mellor Parish Centre |
| Time: 3:00pm. Admission: £20. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: Church Road. A programme of piano trios including masterpieces by Ravel and Dvořák. | ||
| Concert: Schubert Plus! | ||
| 07/12/24 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Ben Powell and Harvey Davies give another concert of music for two pianos/piano duet. Programme tba shortly | ||
| 25/01/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Programme tba shortly | ||
| Concert: Mellor Sunday Afternoon Tea Concerts | ||
| 09/02/25 | Mellor, Stockport | Mellor Parish Centre |
| Time: 3:00pm. Admission: £20. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: Church Road. Today’s programme is the uniquely special String Quintet in C major by Schubert with guest ‘cellist Dale Culliford. | ||
| Concert: Schubert Plus! | ||
| 08/03/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976b 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Programme tba shortly | ||
| Concert: Mellor Sunday Afternoon Tea Concerts | ||
| 30/03/25 | Mellor, Stockport | Mellor Parish Centre |
| Time: 3:00pm. Admission: £20. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: Church Road. We celebrate Mother’s Day with a programme of piano trios written by women, all of whom were themselves mothers. Composers include Clara Schumann and Germaine Tailleferre. | ||
| Concert: Schubert Plus! | ||
| 26/04/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Programme tba shortly | ||
| Concert: Mellor Sunday Afternoon Tea Concerts | ||
| 18/05/25 | Mellor, Stockport | Mellor Parish Centre |
| Time: 3:00pm. Admission: £20. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: Church Road. Jonathan Rimmer joins Harvey and Heather for a wonderful programme of flute trios by Pleyel, Martinu and Louise Farrenc. | ||
| Concert: Schubert Plus! | ||
| 07/06/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Programme tba shortly | ||
| 19/07/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Programme tba shortly | ||
‘The Ensemble which thrilled us last season’
Rhyl Music Club
‘You are such wonderful communicators – both of the emotional range and variety of the music you played, and of your own infectious enjoyment – that Saturday’s concert was a very special one, hugely relished by the audience’
Banstead Arts Feb. 2020
‘The (Middlewich & District) Society enjoyed a performance by the Pleyel Ensemble that members said was both ‘enthralling and exciting’
Crewe Chronicle