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Daniel Tong - piano Benjamin Nabarro - violin

Tom Dunn - viola Kate Gould - cello

Ivan Ludlow - baritone

“Sounds of unfailing beauty and warmth.” (The Strad)

London Bridge Ensemble

“They demonstrated throughout the evening an extraordinary ability to weave and sustain extended melodic lines” (The Strad)

Since making its Wigmore Hall debut in 2005, the London Bridge Ensemble has rapidly established itself as one of Britain’s most exciting and brilliant chamber groups. The concert included the premiere of a work written for the group by David Matthews. The Ensemble’s engagements since then have included St John’s Smith Square, the City of London Festival, Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival, St George’s Bristol, Leicester International Music Festival’s lunchtime series, St David’s Hall Cardiff, Sheffield Music in the Round, the Kerry Chamber Music Festival, Bridgewater Hall for the Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society and a return visit to the Wigmore Hall.

"I cannot recall a more persuasive realisation of the lovely (Bridge) Phantasie Trio – brain and heart are fully engaged" (Gramophone)

In April 2008, the Ensemble presented a brand new festival in Winchester, the home town of its cellist, Kate Gould. A CD of works by Frank Bridge, from whom the Ensemble takes its name, was released in spring 2008 to critical acclaim, including recommendations by both Gramophone and International Record Review. The disc is part of the Epoch series for the Dutton label. The London Bridge Ensemble are the resident chamber group at the Ponte de Lima Festival in North Portugal where they appear annually.

The Ensemble presents innovative and stimulating programmes of chamber music and song, or instrumental music alone, on occasion inviting guest artists to form larger combinations in order to explore an even richer and more versatile repertoire. The name represents the group's special ability to bring together different musical genres and styles from the fields of both chamber music and song. It also reflects, through Frank Bridge, an admiration for the English music of the early twentieth century, which has from the outset formed an important part of the group’s varied repertoire. The name is also an affectionate homage to the bridge and station of that name in the City of London.

"These stylish newcomers deserve a place at the top table next to such exalted predecessors as ..Benjamin Britten with members of the Amadeus Quartet." (Gramophone)

"Ivan Ludlow was able to inject an urgency and yearning that was beautifully complemented by the instrumentalists’ responsive playing." Classical Source