Peter McCarthy - violone player
Welcome to my website!
I play a variety of different bass (and double bass) string instruments.
PHOTO Paul Tucker
In 2002 I started a concert series in Walthamstow, London E17 - Music in the Village.
NEWS
November 25th
Anna Kondrashina flute & Trevor Pinnock harpsichord
Bach flute sonatas and Chromatic fantasia & fugue
For St James' Baroque I play violone and violone grosso, and sometimes large bass violin.
Here are London Viols, returning from playing in Mallorca, in 2018
For twenty four years, I was the bass player for the English Concert. In 2003 I volunteered myself to manage St. James' Baroque and ended up running it ever since. Be careful what you volunteer for!
October 14th 2020
Trio Björk
Karin Björk violin, Stefanie Heichelheim viola, Henrik Persson violoncello
Music by Beethoven, Boccherini and Wranitzky
After a rehearsal at St. Michael & All Angels, on August 17th, we played to the public for 30 minutes.
Gillian Keith came to sing too!
November 4th
Lucy Russell violin and Steven Devine fortepiano
Beethoven violin sonatas
Concerts this season will have no interval or refreshments and will last about 65 minutes.
Music in the Village 2020-21 season commences
A new on-line premiere, a piece I wrote in memory of Gustav Clarkson, written for Adam Römer on viola called Daalamist available to view.
