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The 2018-19 Portsmouth Chamber Music series gets underway on Monday 8 October with the Goldmund String Quartet from Germany performing. The programme is an exciting one, with one of Haydn's greatest quartets, the second of Beethoven's Rasumovsky quartets, and the extraordinary 3rd quartet by Shostakovich. "I heard the Goldmund Quartet at the Wigmore Hall in April and they are incredible - I've rarely heard such powerful yet musical playing," said Colin Jagger, the Director of Music at the University of Portsmouth , who sponsors the series. Now in its fifteenth season, the Portsmouth Chamber Music Series brings world-class musicians to the city. Presented in partnership with Music in the Round and the Portsmouth Cultural Trust , it showcases the finest music in informal surroundings where the audience is never more than a few metres from the performers. Tickets are £18 with £16 concessions, available in person from the Guildhall , by calling 023 9387 0200, ...

I'm most excited about today because we will have world renowned pianist Melvyn Tan performing on the Portsmouth Guildhall stage as part of the Portsmouth Chamber Music Series. You don't get to hear Melvyn Tan in concert normally unless you go to London, in concert halls like the Wigmore Hall. We're fortunate to be able to listen to him in Portsmouth! Melvyn Tan at the Wigmore Hall, 5 October 2014 Tan’s easy asides to the audience matched by his ingratiating engagement with the music, the beautiful sound that he produces, and the moments (…) of visionary grandeur – he is quite the shaman-showman. This exceptional recital cooled down with a dip into Debussy’s ‘Poissons d’or.’ Peter Reed / Classical Source The Portsmouth Guildhall puts on some exciting musicians for their concert series, whether classical or the popular kind. Only last week we had a foot-tapping concert by the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. It was smashing to see so many people intere...