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Edinburgh Quartet
Concert Diary for the 2005 - 2006 Season

September 2005

• 26 September - Napier University Concert - Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
• 29 September - Glasgow University Concert Hall [Glasgow link]

October 2005

• 1 October - Ayr Music Club
• 4 October - Glasgow University Concert Hall [Glasgow link]
• 6 October - Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen
• 9 October - Aberdeen University
• 16 October - Stirling, MacRobert Centre
• 18 October - Edinburgh University [Reid Hall] [link]
• 31 October - Napier University Concert - Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh

November 2005

• 1 November - Glasgow University Concert Hall
• 2 November - Edinburgh University [Kings Buildings] [KB link]
• 7 November - Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen, Aberdeen Chamber Music Society
• 9 November - St. Peter's Church, Kirkcaldy Music Club
• 12 November - St. Leonard's School, St. Andrews
• 15 November - Edinburgh University [Reid Hall] [link]
• 16 November - Banchory, Woodend Barn [Woodend link] [sound link]
• 17 November - Cowdray Hall lunchtime concert, Aberdeen [sound link]
• 17 November - Maritime Museum afternoon concert, Aberdeen [sound link]
• 18 November - Bute Arts Society
• 19 November - Ardrishaig
• 20 November - Dunoon
• 21 November - Napier University Concert - Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
• 22 November - Campbeltown
• 23 November - Oban
• 29 November - Edinburgh University [Reid Hall] [link]

December 2005

• 3 December - Arran Music Club
• 5 December - Napier University Concert - Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
• 6 December - Glasgow University, Chapel

January 2006

• 24 January - Edinburgh University [Reid Hall]

February 2006

• 1-3 February - recording contemporary scottish repertoire [Delphian Records]
• 7 February - Edinburgh University [Reid Hall]
• 9 February - Glasgow University lunchtime [Glasgow link]
• 13 February - Napier University Concert - Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
• 19 February - St Giles at Six, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

March 2006

• 7 March - Edinburgh University [Reid Hall]
• 13 March - Napier University Concert - Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
• 16 March - Glasgow University lunchtime [Glasgow link]
• 19 March - MacRobert, Stirling
• 23 March - Westbourne Music, Glasgow lunchtime concert

April 2006

• 1-2 April - coaching for Scottish Amateur Music Association [SAMA link]
• 13 April - Aberdeen, Cowdray Hall lunchtime
• 17 April - Napier University Concert - Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
• 18 April - Glasgow University, Bute Hall [Glasgow link]

May 2006

• 15-20 May - Loch Shiel Spring Festival [Loch Shiel link]
• 23 May - Strathclyde University lunchtime [Strathclyde link]
• 29 May - 2 June - Education project in Fife with Kenneth Dempster - "The Cold Dancer" after "A Reel of Seven Fishermen" by George Mackay Brown [SAC link]
                        • 29 May - St Monan's Primary School
                        • 30 May - Colinsburgh Primary School
                        • 31 May - Crail Primary School

June 2006

• 29 May - 2 June - Education project (continues) in Fife with Kenneth Dempster - "The Cold Dancer" after "A Reel of Seven Fishermen" by George Mackay Brown [SAC link]
                        • 1 June - Pittenweem Primary School
                        • 2 June - Anstruther Primary School
• 10 June - Edinburgh Quartet with Alan Hacker (clarinet) play two clarinet quintet premieres, by William Sweeney and Harrison Birtwistle. Part of Musica Nova, Glasgow University concert hall, 7.30pm, admission free. [Glasgow link]
• 18 June - A Russian Ballroom - music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Beethoven in the Adam Ballroom, Hopetoun House, 6pm (tickets include a pre-concert visit to the house) [Hopetoun House link]

July 2006

• 22-29 July - Dartington International Summer School [Dartington Link]
                        • 25 July at 10.30pm in The Great Hall, Dartington
                        Naresh Sohal - String Quartet No.2
                        Naresh Sohal - Three Songs from Gitanjali (Rabindranath Tagore)
                        with Sally Silver (soprano) and Sanju Sahai (tabla)
                        • 26 July at 8.15pm in The Great Hall, Dartington
                        Elizabeth Lutyens - Quartet No.6
                        Mozart - Quartet in A K169
                        Hans Gal - Quartet No.1
                        Schubert - Quartet in G D887

August 2006

• 5-12 August - NYOS variations, Ullapool [NYOS link]
                        • 8 August at 7.30pm in the MacPhail Centre, Ullapool
                        Earl of Kelly - Quartet in A
                        Britten - Quartet No.3
                        Elgar - Quartet
                        • 11 August at 7.30pm in the MacPhail Centre, Ullapool
                        Haydn - Quartet Opus 54 No.1
                        Prokofiev - Quartet No.2
                        Tchaikovsky - Quartet No.2
• 22 August - Valvona and Crolla - The Edinburgh Quartet plays Haydn [Valvona and Crolla link]
                        • 11:00 Opus 54.2/Opus 55.2 "Razor"
                        • 15:00 Opus 54.3/Opus 55.1
                        • 17.45 Opus 55.3/Opus 54.1
• 23 August - Valvona and Crolla - The Edinburgh Quartet plays Haydn [Valvona and Crolla link]
                        • 11:00 Opus 54.3/Opus 55.1
                        • 15:00 Opus 55.3/Opus 54.1
                        • 17.45 Opus 54.2/Opus 55.2 "Razor"
• 24 August - Langholm and Eskdale Festival
                        Haydn - Quartet Opus 54 No.1
                        Prokofiev - Quartet No.2
                        Tchaikovsky - Quartet No.2
• 26 August - St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, 6pm - A feast of British string quartets
                        Earl of Kelly - Quartet in A
                        Elgar - Quartet
                        McEwen - Quartet No.8 "Biscay"
                        Britten - Quartet No.3
                        played on a quartet of Matthew Hardie instruments

September 2006

• 4-8 September - Visit to Orkney with Kenneth Dempster - "The Cold Dancer" education project after "A Reel of Seven Fishermen" by George Mackay Brown [SAC link]