Posts Tagged ‘concert’
40 years of Scotland’s largest rural performing arts festival
Scotland celebrates the 40th anniversary of its largest, rural performing arts festival this summer. Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival is unveiling its eclectic programme of 50 performing arts events delivering comedy, theatre, dance, music and spoken word. The 10-day festival (24 May–2 June) launches its 40th Anniversary programme packed full of performing arts events, including…
Read MoreMusic club to welcome Consone String Quartet
Milngavie Music Club’s next concert features an extremely talented, up-and-coming young ensemble that specialises in playing the music of the 18th and 19th centuries as it would have sounded at the time. The prize-winning Consone String Quartet play on period instruments and their concert at Cairns Church, Milngavie, near Glasgow, on 5 April, which focuses on…
Read MoreSCO unveils new season and new maestro
The new principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra gave his debut performance, in Russia, aged twelve. Now, at just 31, Maxim Emelyanychev is taking over from Robin Ticciati and brings a starry line-up of musicians to his first season. Launched last night at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, the programme for 2019/20 features home…
Read MoreContemporary homes in a new build development
Three bedroom contemporary styled, semi detached homes situated within a well laid out new build development in Perth are currently for sale. Presented for sale by Bell Ingram, Urban Union is in the first phase of its residential development – Muirton Living. This new collection of one, two, three and four bedroom homes and apartments…
Read MoreThe music of James Bond is coming to Scotland
James Bond is not only the world’s greatest spy, he also has one of the most recognisable theme tunes. And, of course, with each cinematic outing, he’s accompanied by a song (usually) from one of the world’s leading musical performers. To mark these tunes, The Music of Bond celebrates the world’s most famous secret agent…
Read MoreNew funding will help SCO spread musical word
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is to continue its pioneering community and education programmes right across Scotland. The SCO has announced Edinburgh investment management firm Baillie Gifford as its Creative Learning Partner, who will support the Orchestra’s work. The internationally celebrated Scottish Chamber Orchestra is made up of a unique collection of talented musicians who inspire…
Read MoreScottish Ensemble string new concerts together
Scotland’s pioneering string orchestra, Scottish Ensemble, will collaborate with three virtuosic multi-instrumentalists in March. They will have a celebration of the similarities and differences between musical traditions of countries across Europe and the Middle East. Continental Drift is set to explore the connections between the music of Western Europe during the Renaissance and Baroque periods,…
Read MoreNorse Myths all ready to be brought to life in Scotland
The new Scottish National Jazz Orchestra concert season begins in earnest next month with Norse Myths. This is an astonishing journey into strange magical realms and extraordinary new adventures in jazz. This new commission sourced ancient narratives, improvisational instincts and Nordic folk song to create this unique and utterly beguiling experience in modern music. It’s…
Read MoreOn the fiddle to celebrate the master of music
The 16th annual Niel Gow Festival will take place next month, to celebrate the life of the man regarded by many as the patriarch of the Scottish fiddle tradition. The festival programme over the weekend of 15–17 March in Dunkeld and Birnam, has something for everyone, players and punters alike and, as is the case…
Read MoreScottish guitar festival is ready to begin
A four day festival of guitars is coming to Scotland. Scotland’s Festival Village is set to welcome an all-star line-up to play at the newly revived Moniaive Guitar Festival which starts on Valentine’s Day. They include Celtic guitarist Tony McManus, the greatest living fingerstyle guitarist Duck Baker, the father of integrated percussive guitar (and former…
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