Rodewald Concert Society

The Rodewald Concert Society is a promoter of chamber music in the Liverpool and Merseyside area of England. The Society was established in 1911, in memory of Alfred E Rodewald (1862–1903), a well-respected amateur conductor in Liverpool, and close friend of Edward Elgar who dedicated the first of his Pomp and Circumstance Marches to Rodewald. Its founding Secretary was Ernest Roberts and its Presidents have included Sir Thomas Beecham, Walter Weller and John MaCabe. Concert venues have varied over the years and have included the Carlton Restaurant (now Garlands Night Club), the Yamen Café in Bold Street (now the Leaf), the Concert Hall in India Buildings, the Adelphi Hotel and the Philharmonic Hall. In 1936, The Liverpool Music Society amalgamated with the Rodewald Concert Society.

For many years the Society has brought some of the finest chamber music ensembles to Liverpool, including string quartets such as the Catterall Quartet, Hungarian Quartet, Carmirelli Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, the Smetana Quartet, the Janáček Quartet and the Melos Quartet, and other chamber groups such as the Beaux Arts Trio. More recently, the Skampa Quartet, the Belcea Quartet and the Florestan Trio have visited the Society. Recent seasons have offered audiences quality series of quartet concerts, lieder and piano recitals by Stephen Hough, Paul Lewis, Nikolai Demidenko and Llr Williams. Joglaresa have also performed, a concert highly appreciated by followers of early music.

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