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! | ||
| 08/03/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Piano trios: Schubert Notturno D. 897, Clara Schumann, Op. 17 and William Mathias, Op. 30. | ||
| 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 Mothers’ Day with a programme of piano trios written by women. Composers represented are Clara Schumann, Cécile Chaminade 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. This concert features Schubert’s 3rd violin sonata D. 408 in G minor as well as the beautiful Brahms songs Op. 91 for alto, viola and piano. There is also the rare chance to hear Sir Arthur Bliss’s romantic Sonata for viola and piano. | ||
| 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. Piano quartets by Mozart (G minor) and Schubert (Adagio & Rondo) and Schubert’s string trio in Bb major. | ||
| 19/07/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Piano trios by Ravel and Schubert (E flat major). | ||
| 27/09/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Schubert Plus! no. 9 Programme tba | ||
| 25/10/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Schubert Plus! no. 10 Programme tba | ||
| 22/11/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Admission: £5. Box office: 0161 976 5955. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Schubert Plus! no.11 featuring the french horn. Laurence Davies joins Harvey and Sarah for Schubert’s ‘Auf dem Strom’, Lachner’s ‘Frauenliebe und Leben’ and Brahm’s wonderful horn trio. | ||
| 06/12/25 | Didsbury, Manchester | Emmanuel Church |
| Time: 11:00am. Address: 6, Barlow Moor Road. Schubert Plus! no. 12 Piano duets/duos | ||
‘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