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: Beethoven PLUS! | ||
| 25/05/24 | Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6 Barlow Moor Rd, Didsbury. Beethoven Plus! no. 31: Beethoven Violin Sonata no. 9 in A the ‘Kreutzer’, Beethoven Piano Trio Variations on ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’ & a Mozart Piano Trio. | ||
| 22/06/24 | Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Address: 6 Barlow Moor Rd, Didsbury. Beethoven Plus! no. 32: the last of Beethoven’s sonatas for ‘cello and piano, Op. 102, no. 2 in D is paired with works for ‘cello and piano by Debussy and Schumann. | ||
| 13/07/24 | Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6 Barlow Moor Rd, Didsbury. Beethoven Plus! no. 33: The Final concert in our series showcasing Beethoven’s chamber works with piano. Today we play the magnificent ‘Ghost’ trio, Op. 70, no. 1 and his last sonata for violin and piano, Op. 96 in G, to bring the series to a special close. | ||
‘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