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2022-07-06 08:13:02
Beautiful Music in Beautiful Places: The Lammermuir Festival returns with 35 live performances across 16 historic venues in East Lothian
[…] and pianist Danny Driver.Pianist Jeremy Denk was artist in residence at the 2021 festival and he returns to perform five programmes with repertoire ranging from Bach's Violin Sonatas with violinist Maria Włozczowska to Ravel and Miss Mazzoli to Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Rory MacDonald. Denk closes the festival with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, conductor Dinis Sousa, in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, plus music by Ives and Mendelssohn.The newly formed National Youth Choir of Scotland Chamber Choir makes its debut live performance conducted by Christopher Bell in James MacMillan, Caroline Shaw and Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia. The Dunedin Consort returns to the festival for its 13th consecutive year when John Butt directs a performance of Mozart's Mass in C minor with a cast including Lucy Crowe and Anna Dennis.Other visitors include Baroque ensemble Spiritato which will make its Festival debut alongside The Marian Consort, The Quatuor […]
2022-07-01 06:44:56
Edinburgh International Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary with 35,000 free tickets
Ukraine Freedom Orchestra © 2022 Edinburgh International Festival is 75 and to celebrate it is giving out 35,0000 free tickets to four large-scale events, including circus and physical theatre, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Ukraine Freedom Orchestra and an immersive light and sound experience.The festival opens with Macro at BT Murrayfield, presented as part of the UK/Australia Season 2021-22, Macro features circus and physical theatre company Gravity & Other Myths, First Nations dance company Djuki Mala, the National Youth Choir of Scotland and Scottish musicians including Aidan O’Rourke, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Lauren MacColl and Kathleen MacInnes.The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, (in residence at the festival) present Thank You, Edinburgh – a free concert given as a big thank you to the city and residents of Edinburgh at the Edinburgh Playhouse on Saturday 27 August at 3pm and it will also be relayed live to the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens. Dreamachine, part of UNBOXED: […]
2021-09-03 07:54:40
Stories from the front line: concert life might be opening up, but artists still face huge challenges when it comes to being able to rehearse and perform
Members of National Youth Choir of Scotland on the isle of Cumbrae Whilst musical life is indeed opening up, there still remain all sorts of complications, issues and costs. The changing nature of quarantine regulations means that travel is still a big issue for many artists, and my social media feed has plenty of examples of singers and instrumentalists who struggle (and sometimes fail) with the paperwork and quarantine requirements, and don't forget that five days quarantine is five days without paid work. Below are just three of the stories which have popped into my inbox, demonstrating the challenges artists face and the imagination needed to overcome them.Temple Music has announced the appearance of American pianist Jeffrey Siegel at Temple Church on 29 September 2021 under the headline 'Fourth time lucky'. Siegel's appearance was planned for June 2020, but the date has been repeatedly moved owing to travel restrictions, quarantine […]
2021-03-26 08:39:45
From Corwall to Cumbria, Southend to Scotland by way of Scunthorpe, children's choirs from across the country to premiere Russell Hepplewhite & Michael Rosen's EVERYTHING
[…] their on-line premiere on 14 May 2021 on the Britten Pears Arts' YouTube channel. Each of the ten unperformed songs will be premiered one of ten choirs that were selected after an open call in December last year, and they hail from right across the Britain and Ireland. The ten choirs are: Amherst School Choir, Kent Cornwall County Choirs Dublin Youth Choir The Grange Choir, Monmouth Boys' Prep Lodge Moor Childrens Choir, Sheffield The National Youth Choir of Scotland Poco Amabile, Cumbria Scunthorpe Co-Operative Junior Choir Somerleyton Primary School Choir, Suffolk Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs Further information and resources from the Friday Afternoons website.
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