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Concert Diary 2006 - 2007

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September

4th-6th September: Ross and Cromarty The Cold Dancer workshops

4th September: Torridon Village Hall at 7.30pm

  • Haydn String Quartet Op 55 No 1 in A
  • Dempster String Quartet No 4 (The Cold Dancer)
  • McEwen String Quartet No 8 in A, “Biscay”
  • Edward Harper Three Folk Settings (The Lowlands of Holland, The Ash Grove, Mhairi’s Wedding)
  • Ravel String Quartet in F

28th September: Glasgow University Concert Hall at 1.10pm

  • Beethoven String Quartet op. 18 no. 6 in B flat
  • Beethoven Grosse Fugue

October

1st October: Stirling, MacRobert at 8pm

  • Joseph Haydn Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 "The Lark"
  • Serge Prokofiev Quartet No 2, Opus 92
  • Peter Tchaikovsky Quartet in F, Opus 22

9th October: Edinburgh, Stockbridge Parish Church at 7.30pm

  • J B McEwen String Quartet No 8 in A, "Biscay"
  • Beethoven String Quartet in B flat, Opus 18 no 6
  • Beethoven Grosse Fugue
  • Ronald Stevenson Recitative and Air
  • Ravel String Quartet in F

10th October: Edinburgh University Reid Hall lunchtime comcert

  • Alfredo Caponetto String Quartet (2003)
  • Haydn String Quartet in G Opus 54 No 1
  • Mendelssohn Capriccio

10th October: Glasgow University Concert Hall, at 6pm

  • McEwen: String Quartet no. 8 'Biscay'
  • Ronald Stevenson: Recitative and Air
  • Ravel: String Quartet in F

11th October: Edinburgh University, Kings Buildings, lunchtime

  • Julian Wagstaff "Treptow"
  • Haydn String Quartet in G Opus 54 No 1
  • Mendelssohn Capriccio

12th October: Institut Française D'Ecosse, Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh

  • 5.30pm for 6 - wine to follow
  • Scottish and French quartets

23rd – 25th October: Caithness The Cold Dancer workshops

24th October: Thurso West Church at 6.30pm

30th October: Edinburgh, Stockbridge Parish Church at 7.30pm

  • Thomas Erskine, Earl of Kelly String Quartet in A
  • Haydn String Quartet in G, Opus 54 No 1
  • Fauré Elegie Op 24
  • Fauré Piano Quartet in c minor Op15
    (with Jill Morton, piano)

31st October: Glasgow University Concert Hall at 6pm

  • Earl of Kelly: Quartet in A major
  • Fauré: Op. 24 Elegie
  • Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor op. 15
    (with Jill Morton, piano)

November

7th November: Edinburgh University Reid Hall lunchtime concert

  • Haydn String Quartet in C Opus 54 No 2
  • Dohnanyi Piano Quintet No 2 Opus 26
    (with Nicholas Ashton, piano)

9th November: Aberdeen, Cowdray Hall at 12.45pm

  • Simon Willson - A Slight Angle to the Universe
  • Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat Op.18 no.6

9th November: Aberdeen, Cowdray Hall at 7.45pm

  • Kenneth Dempster String Quartet no 4 (The Cold Dancer)
  • Judith Weir String Quartet (1990)
  • Edward Harper Three Folk Settings (The Lowlands of Holland, The Ash Grove & Mhairi’s Wedding) Beethoven’s String Quartet in E minor Op.59 no.2

10th November: Aberdeen University workshops

10th November: Aberdeen, Newton Dee Community from 7.30pm – 8.30pm

  • Haydn String Quartet Op 54 No 4 in G
  • Ronald Stevenson Recitative and Air
  • Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 2 in F

11th November: Aboyne, Strathdee Music Club at 7.30pm

  • James Clapperton’s The Great Divorce
  • Ravel’s String Quartet in F
  • Beethoven’s Quartet in E minor Op.59 no.2 "Rasoumovsky"

13th-18th November: Highlands and Islands concerts tbc

20st November: Edinburgh, Stockbridge Parish Church at 7.30pm

  • Kenneth Dempster String Quartet no 4 (The Cold Dancer)
  • James Clapperton The Great Divorce
  • Judith Weir String Quartet (1990)
  • Edward Harper Three Folk Settings (The Lowlands of Holland, The Ash Grove, Mhairi’s Wedding)
  • William Sweeney String Quartet no 3

21st November: Glasgow University at 7pm

  • Kenneth Dempster String Quartet no 4 (The Cold Dancer)
  • James Clapperton The Great Divorce
  • Edward Harper Three Folk Settings (The Lowlands of Holland, The Ash Grove, Mhairi’s Wedding)
  • William Sweeney String Quartet no 3

December

1st December: Napier University composition workshop

7th December: Inverness Music Club

  • Haydn String Quartet Op 54 No 2 in C
  • Gal String Quartet No 1 in f minor op. 16
  • Dempster String Quartet No 4 (The Cold Dancer)
  • Dvorak String Quartet Op 51 in E flat

8th December: Milngavie Music Club

  • Haydn String Quartet Op 54 No 2 in C
  • Gal String Quartet No1 in F minor Op16
  • Bridge Three Idylls
  • Dvorak String Quartet Op 51 in E flat

11th December: Edinburgh, Stockbridge Parish Church at 7.30pm

  • Haydn String Quartet in D, Opus 64 No 5 “The Lark”
  • Hans Gál String Quartet No 1
  • Beethoven String Quartet in e minor, Opus 59 No 2 “Rasoumovsky”

January

10th January: Ian Tomlin School of Music, Napier University, 1.15pm

  • Harper Folksongs Settings
  • Beethoven Op 59 No 2

12th January: Napier University composition workshop

16th January: Edinburgh University Reid Hall lunchtime concert, 1.10pm

  • Haydn String Quartet in E Opus 54 No 3
  • Gál String Quartet No 4 Op 99 (1971)

30th January: Edinburgh University Reid Hall lunchtime concert, 1.10pm

  • Haydn String Quartet in A Opus 55 No 1
  • Taneyev String Quartet No 6 in B flat

February

11th February: Stirling MacRobert at 8pm

12th and 16th February: Edinburgh University Haydn Project

13th and 16th February: Napier University composition workshops

18th February: Edinburgh, St Giles Cathedral at 6pm

  • Works by Napier University composition students

19th February: Edinburgh, Stockbridge Parish Church at 7.30pm

  • Haydn String Quartet in A, Opus 55 No 1
  • E.J. Moeran String Quartet in a minor
  • Saint Saëns String Quartet in a minor Op 112

20th February: Edinburgh University, Reid Hall lunchtime concert, 1.10pm

  • Bach: Prelude & Fugue in G minor, trans. Harper
  • Haydn String Quartet in F Op 55 No 2 "Razor"
  • Julian Wagstaffe: Piano Quintet

22nd February: Glasgow University lunchtime concert, 1.10pm

  • Saint-Saëns String Quartet in e minor Op 112
  • E J Moeran String Quartet in a minor

23rd February: Leeds University lunchtime concert

  • Taneyev and Shostakovich

26th February – 2nd March: East Lothian The Cold Dancer workshops

March

6th March: Edinburgh University Reid Hall lunchtime concert, 1.10pm

  • Haydn String Quartet in B flat Opus 55 No 3
  • Prokofiev String Quartet No 2

13th March: Napier University popular music workshop

13th March: Glasgow University at 6pm

  • Beethoven String Quartet in A, Op 18 no 5
  • Magnard String Quartet in e minor

17th March: Glasgow University, 10:30-16:30

  • Department of Adult and Continuing Education
  • "Introduction to the String Quartet"
    with Rowena Smith
  • Haydn/Shostakovich
  • <find out more>

19th March: Edinburgh, Stockbridge Parish Church at 7.30pm

  • Pleyel (b.1757) String Quartet in A Opus 6 No 4 (ed R.B.Williams)
  • Beethoven String Quartet in A, Opus 18 No 5
  • Magnard String Quartet in e minor

27th March: Napier University popular music workshop

31th March - 1st April: sama music course

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April

14th-15th April: String Chamber Music Course for the Scottish Amateur Music Association, Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh

15th April: Performances of music by P J Moore for the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation, 14 India St, Edinburgh

16th April: Edinburgh, Stockbridge Parish Church at 7.30pm

  • J B McEwen Suite of National Dances
  • Eugene d'Albert String Quartet op. 7
  • Fauré La Bonne Chanson
  • Fauré Piano Quintet No 1 in d minor Op 89
    with Nicholas Ashton, piano and James McOran-Campbell, baritone

17th April: Glasgow University at 7pm

  • J B McEwen Suite of National Dances
  • Eugene d'Albert String Quartet op. 7
  • Fauré La Bonne Chanson
  • Fauré Piano Quintet No 1 in d minor Op 89
    with Nicholas Ashton, piano and James McOran-Campbell, baritone

24th April: St Cecilia's Hall, Niddry St., Cowgate, Edinburgh at 7pm

  • A Celebration Concert to launch the Hans Gal Society in Scotland and the world-premier release of Gal's complete string quartets by the Edinburgh Quartet (Meridian Records) <more information>

26th April: Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Lunchtime Concert

  • Pleyel (ed R B Williams) Quartet in A
  • Rachmaninov Two Pieces
  • Haydn Quartet in F minor Opus 55 No 2

30th April - 4th May: Napier Univeristy Chamber Music Week

May

6th May: Private Function

8th-10th May: Loch Shiel Spring Festival [Loch Shiel Spring Festival link]

  • Moeran, Elgar and Dempster

14th-15th May: Edinburgh University composer's workshops and performances with Nigel Osborne

16th May: Ian Tomlin School of Music, Napier University, 1.15pm

17th May: Glasgow Westbourne Music Club, lunchtime

  • Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Opus 18 No 6
  • Ravel String Quartet in F

18th-19th May: King's Theatre Edinburgh, 7.30 pm

  • Performances of Vivaldi, Marais etc. in support of the Curve Foundation Dance Company
    with Alison Crum, Mark Summers and Gordon Ferries. [Curve Foundation link]

June

9th June: Musica Nova Festival, Glasgow

  • First Performance of the "embracing the Unknown" project with John Kenny, trombone.

July

29th July: Paxton Festival, Berwickshire [Paxton House link]

  • Beethoven Opus 18 No 1
  • Ravel Quartet
  • Brahms Clarinet Quintet with John Cushing

August

4th - 11th August: NYOS Variations, Ullapool - making chamber music in Scotland

August 4th: Pittenweem Arts Festival