Concerts at the university Autumn - Winter 2017 2 Concerts at the university

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9 7 potterow bristo nicolson nicolson S treet 1 square square 3 concert venues george 1 square 2 St Cecilia’s Hall 3 Methodist Church 4 5 St Giles’ Cathedral 6 7 Alison House 8 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 9 St Michael and All Saints 3 Autumn - Winter 2017 Concerts at the university Autumn - Winter 2017

Our first three lunchtime concerts will be held in the Methodist Church and St Cecilia’s Hall. Thereafter, following the installation of new lighting, concerts will resume in the Reid Concert Hall. These concerts, which start at 1.10pm, are scheduled to last approximately 45 minutes.

Reid Concert Hall 1 , EH8 9AH Pedestrian access to the main entrance is via Bristo Square or Teviot Place. Disabled access is provided via a ramp.

St Cecilia’s Hall 2 Niddry Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LG The new entrance to the building is on Niddry Street. Disabled access is via an internal lift to the first floor concert room.

City of Edinburgh Methodist Church 3 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX Concerts take place in the large hall on the upper floor. Enter via the the Well Cafe on the ground floor level and take the stairs or lift to the hall.

© 4 Concerts at the university £15/£12/ £6.50

diary autumn - winter 2017 SEPTEMBER

26 1.10pm Methodist Church Sirocco Winds FREE OCTOBER

3 1.10pm Methodist Church Students from the Reid School of Music FREE

6 1.10pm St Cecilia’s Hall Adam Brown FREE

13 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall FREE

17 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Edinburgh Quartet FREE

20 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Dorien Schouten FREE

24 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Bobby Chen FREE

27 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Singers FREE

29 11.30am St Giles’ Cathedral Academic Service FREE

31 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Ensemble Boquhan FREE NOVEMBER

3 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Americans FREE

7 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Edinburgh Quartet FREE

10 1.10pm St Cecilia's Hall Varpu Haavisto and Assi Karttunen FREE

11 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra £12 / £6

14 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Auricle Ensemble FREE

15 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University String Orchestra £10 / £5

17 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Richard Brasier FREE

18 8.00pm Canongate Kirk Edinburgh University Chamber Choir £10 / £5 5 Autumn - Winter 2017 diary autumn - winter 2017 NOVEMBER CONTINUED

21 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Nicholas Ashton FREE

St Michael and All 23 7.45pm Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers £8 / £5 Saints Church

24 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Inja Stanovic FREE

25 7.30pm Usher Hall Edinburgh University Music Society £5 - £30

26 3.00pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Music Society £10

28 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Edinburgh Quartet FREE DECEMBER

1 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Wind Band £6 / £4

2 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Brass Band £5 / £3

3 6pm St Giles' Cathedral Edinburgh University Carol Service FREE

4 1.10pm Usher Hall Edinburgh University Singers £5

Raymond MacDonald and Alexander 5 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall FREE Hawkins

Scottish National 7 1.15pm Edinburgh University Singers FREE Portrait Gallery 6 Concerts at the university

TUESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church 2 St Cecilia’s Hall SIROCCO WINDS ADAM BROWN guitar MATTHEW HOWELLS flute MOREL Milonga del Viento ALICE McARTHUR oboe LAURO Yacambu CALUM ROBERTSON clarinet CALLADO Flor Amorosa MICHAEL BARR French horn VILLOLDO (arr. DYENS) El Choclo GILLIAN HORN bassoon BARRIOS Chôro Saudade VILLA-LOBOS Schottish-Chôro and Melodia LIGETI Six Bagatelles Sentimental HALLAM Dance Suite SALGAN (arr. MOREL) Don Agustin Bardi BARBER Summer Music PIAZZOLLA Libertango Admission Free Admission Free

TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church On the 30th anniversary of his death, students from the Reid School of Music perform works by Hans Gál and his contemporaries Admission Free 7 Autumn - Winter 2017

FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER, 1.10pm TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall JOHN KITCHEN organ THE EDINBURGH QUARTET LÜBECK Praeambulum in E MOZART String Quartet No. 20 in D major BÖHM Capriccio in D K499 HANFF Two organ chorales RAVEL String Quartet in F major REINKEN Fuga in G minor KREBS Jesu, meines Lebens Leben Admission Free KREBS Fantasia à gusto italiano KREBS Praeludium et fuga in C Admission Free FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall DORIEN SCHOUTEN organ PRAETORIUS Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott J.S. BACH Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit BWV 669 J.S. BACH Christe, aller Welt Trost BWV 670 J.S. BACH Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist BWV 671 J.S. BACH Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 676 SCHEIDEMANN Wir glauben all an einen Gott TUNDER Jesus Christus, unser Heiland Admission Free

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photo: Rhona Christie 8 Concerts at the university

TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall BOBBY CHEN piano EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY SINGERS HAYDN Sonata in C Major Hob XVI:50 JOHN KITCHEN conductor JOHN McLEOD Three Protest Pieces for piano J.S. BACH Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BACH-BUSONI Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ and motets by MENDELSSOHN and BWV639 BRUCKNER BACH-BUSONI Chaconne in D minor BWV1004 Admission Free LISZT Ballade No.2 in B minor S.171 Admission Free

SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER, 11.30am 5 St Giles’ Cathedral ACADEMIC SERVICE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR ERIC VON IBLER conductor emeritus St GILES’ CATHEDRAL CHOIR EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY CHOIR MICHAEL HARRIS conductor

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TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall ENSEMBLE BOQUHAN THE AMERICANS FIONA MANCEY-JONES flute PATRICK FERRIS vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, VALERIE PEARSON violin harmonica PANOS DEMOPOULOS piano JAKE FAULKNER guitar, jug, harmonica ZAC SOKOLOW vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar SHOSTAKOVICH Five Pieces DEMOPOULOS Music for a Missing Vesper Lecture/performance on 1920s American DEMOPOULOS Decalogue for Solo Piano folk and blues NINO ROTA Trio Violin/viola free improvisations with Philip Admission Free Bartai (viola)

Admission Free

TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall THE EDINBURGH QUARTET SIBELIUS Suite in A major HAYDN String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4

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FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm 2 St Cecilia’s Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall VARPU HAAVISTO viola da gamba EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ASSI KARTTUNEN harpsichord ORCHESTRA VARPU HAAVISTO Contemplation RICHARD LEWIS conductor FRANÇOIS COUPERIN movements from SCHUMANN Manfred Overture Suite in E minor HAYDN Symphony No. 104 ‘London’ GRAHAM LYNCH Beyond the River God: WEBER Overture to Oberon Rondeau II SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’ MATTHEW WHITTALL The Violet and the Vine OLLI KORTEKANGAS Ai margini della luce £12 / £6 (concessions) FRANÇOIS COUPERIN movements from Tickets available on the door Suite in A major GRAHAM LYNCH Pastorale Admission Free TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall AURICLE ENSEMBLE CHRIS SWAFFER conductor STRAVINSKY The Soldier’s Tale Featuring Amy Cardigan on violin, this music theatre work is presented in a concert version with the complete extant music, and Ramuz’s text in a modern translation by playwright Jeremy Sams.

Admission Free

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WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 8.00pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 6 Canongate Kirk EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY STRING EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CHOIR WILLIAM CONWAY conductor ERIC VON IBLER conductor emeritus PURCELL Chacony in G minor Works by PETER PHILLIPS, JACOB HANDL, MASTRANTONIS Stygian Reflections (world TAVENER, VICTORIA, BUXTEHUDE, premiere) POULENC, CASALS, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, SIBELIUS Rakastava Op. 14 MacMILLAN and SLOGEDAL DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 £10 / £5 (students) Tickets available on the door from £10 / £5 (students) 7.30pm Tickets available on the door or from http://string.eusa.ed.ac.uk

FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall RICHARD BRASIER organ C.P.E. BACH Sonata in F Wq/3 HANFF Chorale Prelude: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott J.S. BACH Komm, heiliger Geist BWV 652 PAUL AYRES Danket dem Herren denn er ist sehr freundlich *Composed for the Orgelbüchlein project (Scottish Premiere) TOON HAGEN Variations on ‘Vater unser im Himmelreich’ KROPFREITER Toccata Francese

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TUESDAY 21 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm THURSDAY 23 NOVEMBER, 7.45pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 9 St Michael and All Saints Church, NICHOLAS ASHTON piano Brougham Street MENDELSSOHN Gondolierlied 1 EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY RENAISSANCE LISZT Nuages Gris SINGERS DEBUSSY Snow is Dancing (No. 4 from GILL CLOKE conductor Children’s Corner) DEBUSSY Des pas sur la neige (No. 6 from A Great and Mighty Wonder Préludes, premier Livre) Advent music of the Spanish and Italian LIGETI Arc-en-ciel (No. 5 from Etudes, premier Renaissance Livre) £8 / £5 (concessions) BERIO Wasserklavier from Six Encores RAVEL Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit Tickets available on the door DEBUSSY Ondine (No. 8 from Préludes, deuxième Livre) LISZT Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este (Années de pèlerinage, troisième année: Italie) FRIDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm Admission Free 1 Reid Concert Hall INJA STANOVIC piano BEETHOVEN Piano sonata No.12 in Ab major Op.26 JOHN DONALDSON Piano sonata in G minor Admission Free 13 Autumn - Winter 2017

SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER,1.10pm 4 Usher Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC THE EDINBURGH QUARTET SOCIETY SINFONIA, SYMPHONY HAYDN String Quartet Op. 20 No.5 ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS A selection of Scandinavian folk songs 150th Anniversary Celebration arranged by the Danish String Quartet. RUSSELL COWIESON and MICHAEL DEVLIN conductors Admission Free ORFF Carmina Burana GERSHWIN An American in Paris

£30 (£28), £20 (£18), £10 (£8) /£5 (child) / £5 (student) FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER, 7.30pm Tickets from www.usherhall.co.uk or 1 Reid Concert Hall on the door. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY WIND BAND More info: [email protected]​ MORVEN BELL conductor

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1 Reid Concert Hall SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER, 3.00pm EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY BRASS BAND 1 Reid Concert Hall ONDŘEJ SOUKUP conductor EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY A varied programme of traditional and contemporary pieces. RUSSELL COWIESON conductor £5 (non-student) / £3 (student) Come and Sing Carmina Burana. Tickets available on the door or contact £10 Admission including score to sing. [email protected] Rehearsals from 10am. Contact [email protected] to register and for further information. 14 Concerts at the university

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER, 6.00pm TUESDAY 5 DECEMBER, 1.10pm 5 St Giles’ Cathedral 1 Reid Concert Hall UNIVERSITY CAROL SERVICE RAYMOND MacDONALD alto and soprano saxophones EU SINGERS and EU RENAISSANCE SINGERS ALEXANDER HAWKINS piano JOHN KITCHEN conductor and organ GILL CLOKE conductor A programme of jazz-inflected original compositions and improvisations. Due to the popularity of this event, please be seated by 5.40pm (doors open 5.15pm); Admission Free unfortunately admission cannot be guaranteed.

Admission Free

MONDAY 4 DECEMBER, 1.10pm 4 Usher Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY SINGERS JOHN KITCHEN conductor and solo organ Usher Hall Get Organised series. A concert of choral and organ music for Advent and Christmas. £5 (unreserved) Tickets available on the door

THURSDAY 7 DECEMBER, 1.15pm 8 Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY SINGERS JOHN KITCHEN conductor A concert of seasonal choral music for Advent and Christmas. Admission Free 15 Autumn - Winter 2017 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM and RELATED EVENTS ST CECILIA’S HALL and MUSICAL music research seminars INSTRUMENT MUSEUM Lecture room A, Alison House Niddry Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LG thursdays, 5.15pm Originally opened in 1763, St Cecilia’s Hall These seminars are open to all. See website is the oldest purpose-built concert hall for further information: in . Including a Concert Room and a Music Museum, the building has www.eca.ed.ac.uk/research recently re-opened following an extensive refurbishment. The elegant oval concert room on the first floor remains at the heart of the Georgian building, and there are four institute for music in human & galleries situated on the ground and first social development IMHSD floors, containing one of the world’s most important collections of musical instruments. The institute for Music in Human and Social Development brings together research, Opening hours: theory and practice from disciplines Tuesday - Saturday 10am to 5pm including psychology, medicine, linguistics, Admission Free physics, neuroscience and philosophy. Our aim is to inform both the scientific www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk understanding and practical application of music as an educational, therapeutic, artistic and social tool. www.eca.ed.ac.uk/research/institute- music-human-and-social-development

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