Concerts at the university Spring - Summer 2016 2 Concerts at the university

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Due to the ongoing buildings works at the McEwan Hall, this series of lunchtime concerts will continue to be held in the City of Methodist Church on Tuesdays and in the Playfair Library Hall or Greyfriars Kirk on Fridays. The Reid Concert Hall will remain in use for evening concerts.

Reid Concert Hall – , Edinburgh EH8 9AH 1 Pedestrian access to the main entrance is via Teviot Place. A wheelchair lift is provided at the east door accessed from Bristo Square.

Greyfriars Kirk - Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2QQ 2 Access to the church is via the gate in Greyfriars Place, through the Kirkyard and into the church via the vestibule. No parking of vehicles is allowed in the Kirkyard, with the exception of those dropping off disabled persons.

City of Edinburgh Methodist Church - 25 Nicolson 3 Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX The concerts will take place in the large hall on the upper floor. Please enter via the Well Café on ground floor level and take the stairs or lift to the hall.

Playfair Library Hall - Old College, South Bridge, 4 Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Pedestrian access to the Old College Quadrangle is via the entrance at South Bridge, or at West College Street. There is no vehicular access permitted into Old College Quadrangle. Arrangements for disabled access to the Playfair Library Hall (which is situated on the upper floor of the building) can be made in advance - telephone 0131 650 8008. 4 Concerts at the university diary Spring - Summer 2016 january Concurrent: research network for 16 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall FREE improvisation across disciplines

19 1.10pm Methodist Church The Cantilena Festival Piano Trio FREE

22 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk Peter Backhouse - Organ FREE

23 8.00pm Reid Concert Hall The Michael Shea Scholarship Recital £10/5 in association with Schola Cantorum of Edinburgh

Alec Frank-Gemmill - Horn 26 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall FREE Alasdair Beatson - Piano Laura Sergeant - Cello 29 1.10pm Playfair Library Hall FREE Ian Watt - Guitar february

2 1.10pm Methodist Church David Gerrard - Harpsichord FREE

5 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk Students from the Reid School of Music FREE

9 1.10pm Methodist Church The Edinburgh Quartet FREE

Annemarie Klein - Recorder 12 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk FREE John Kitchen - Harpsichord Calum Robertson - Clarinet 16 1.10pm Methodist Church FREE John Bryden - Piano

19 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk Diotima Quartet FREE

23 1.10pm Methodist Church The Edinburgh Quartet FREE

23 7.00pm Roxy Assembly Edinburgh Studio Opera £10/8/6

24 7.00pm Roxy Assembly Edinburgh Studio Opera £10/8/6

Emma Lloyd - Violin 26 1.10pm Playfair Library Hall Julia Lungu - Viola FREE Justyna Jablonska - Cello 5 Spring - Summer 2016

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26 7.00pm Roxy Assembly Edinburgh Studio Opera £10/8/6

Members of Edinburgh Studio Opera and 27 2.00pm Roxy Assembly £5 The Cast of Carmen 2016

27 7.00pm Roxy Assembly Edinburgh Studio Opera £10/8/6 march Frances Cooper - soprano 1 1.10pm Methodist Church FREE John Kitchen –piano

4 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk Morley Whitehead - Organ FREE

Music in the Community and Children from 5 7.30pm Old College Quad £7/5 Leith Walk Primary School Music in the Community and Children from 6 7.30pm Old College Quad £7/5 Leith Walk Primary School

8 1.10pm Methodist Church The Edinburgh Quartet FREE

10 7.45pm Canongate Kirk Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers £8/5

11 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk John Kitchen - Organ FREE

11 7.30pm St. Peter’s Church Edinburgh University Singers £8/5

Edinburgh University Music Society 12 7.30pm St. Mary’s Cathedral £10/5/3 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

13 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra £10/5

14 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk Edinburgh University Music Society Sinfonia £10/5/3

15 1.10pm Methodist Church Students from the Reid School of Music FREE

Edinburgh University Composers’ 17 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall FREE Orchestra

18 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk Paul Stubbings - Organ FREE 6 Concerts at the university

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18 7.00pm Methodist Church Church Hugh Davies Project FREE

19 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Brass Band £5/3

20 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University String Orchestra £10/5

22 1.10pm Methodist Church Alex McCartney - Lute FREE

25 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Wind Band £5/3 may

Edinburgh University Composers’ 5 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall FREE Orchestra 7 Spring - Summer 2016

SATURDAY 16 JANUARY, 7.30pm TUESDAY 19 JANUARY, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 3 Methodist Church Concurrent: research network for THE CANTILENA FESTIVAL PIANO TRIO improvisation across disciplines SCOTT MITCHELL piano As part of a one-day seminar exploring ANGUS RAMSAY violin new ideas in improvising across disciplines, SARAH HARRINGTON cello this concert will present performances by BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Bb Op.97 ‘The leading improvisers from ECA and around Archduke’ the UK, including a new visual score for musicians and dancers. Admission Free www.concurrent.music.ed.ac.uk Admission Free Booking required via Eventbrite http:// bit.ly/1YdAWAW

Scott Mitchell

Angus Ramsay

Sarah Harrington 8 Concerts at the university

FRIDAY 22 JANUARY, 1.10pm Paul Grant 2 Greyfriars Kirk PETER BACKHOUSE organ CLÉRAMBAULT Suite du premier ton PACHELBEL Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern MESSIAEN Les Mages BUXTEHUDE Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV223 DUBOIS Fiat Lux TUESDAY 26 JANUARY, 1.10pm Admission Free 3 Methodist Church Peter Backhouse ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL horn ALASDAIR BEATSON piano BEETHOVEN Horn Sonata JOHN CASKEN Serpents of Wisdom SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro Admission Free

Alec Frank-Gemmill

SATURDAY 23 JANUARY, 8.00pm

1 Reid Concert Hall The Michael Shea Scholarship Recital in association with Schola Cantorum of Edinburgh PAUL GRANT baritone STUART HOPE piano RAVEL Don Quichotte à Dulcinée RAVEL Chanson Ecossaise KEEL Three salt water ballads SCHUBERT Wanderers Nachtlied I & II TOSTI L’ultima canzone

£10/ £5 concession photographer Jen Owens 9 Spring - Summer 2016

FRIDAY 29 JANUARY, 1.10pm David Gerrard 4 Playfair Library Hall LAURA SERGEANT cello IAN WATT guitar VIVALDI Cello Sonata in E minor, RV 40 SIMPSON Divisions upon a ground in E minor VILLA -LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 GNATTALI Sonata for cello and guitar SMITH-BRINDLE 10-string music SQUIRE Tarantella Admission Free

Laura Sergeant Ian Watt

FRIDAY 5 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm 2 Greyfriars Kirk Students from the Reid School of Music Admission Free TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church DAVID GERRARD harpsichord TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm J.S. BACH Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, 3 Methodist Church BWV 904 THE EDINBURGH QUARTET J. KUHNAU Biblical Sonata ‘Saul cured through music by David’ TRISTAN GURNEY violin J.C.F. FISCHER Preludes and Fugues in C# GORDON BRAGG violin minor and E major from Ariadne Musica FIONA WINNING viola J.S. BACH Preludes and Fugues in E major MARK BAILEY cello and Ab major, BWV 878 and 886 from The BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.11, Op.95 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II BARTÓK String Quartet No.3 Admission Free Admission Free 10 Concerts at the university

FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm 2 Greyfriars Kirk 3 Methodist Church ANNEMARIE KLEIN recorder CALUM ROBERTSON clarinet JOHN KITCHEN harpsichord JOHN BRYDEN piano REID MEMORIAL CONCERT TOMASI Nocturne CHALLAN Flirt GENERAL REID Solo IV from Six Solos for a LOUCHEUR Volière German Flute, Book 1 NOËL-GALLON Cantabile HOTTETERRE Premiere Suitte from Premier E.P. STEKEL Polichinelle livre de pièces pour la flûte traversière et autres HOWELLS A Near Minuet instruments HOWELLS Sonata TELEMANN Sonata Quarta TWV 41:D3 from FRANÇAIX Theme and Variations 12 Sonate Metodiche ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Toccata decima Admission Free Admission Free Calum Robertson

Annemarie Klein 11 Spring - Summer 2016

FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm 2 Greyfriars Kirk 3 Methodist Church DIOTIMA QUARTET THE EDINBURGH QUARTET YUN-PENG ZHAO violin TRISTAN GURNEY violin CONSTANCE RONZATTI violin GORDON BRAGG violin FRANCK CHEVALIER viola FIONA WINNING viola PIERRE MORLET cello MARK BAILEY cello PESSON Farrago GIDEON KLEIN String Trio BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.16 Op.135 JANÁČEK String Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’ Admission Free Admission Free Diotima Quartet The Edinburgh Quartet

photo credit Archie MacFarlane 12 Concerts at the university

TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY, 7.00pm friday 26 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm wednesday 24 FEBRUARY, 7.00pm 4 Playfair Library Hall friday 26 FEBRUARY, 7.00pm EMMA LLOYD violin pm JULIA LUNGU viola saturday 27 FEBRUARY, 7.00 JUSTYNA JABLONSKA cello 9 Roxy Assembly WEBERN Trio, Op.20 SCHUBERT Trio in Bb EDINBURGH STUDIO OPERA D.471 SCHNITTKE Trio BROCK ROBERTS director WILLIAM CONWAY musical director Admission Free BIZET Carmen Translation by Christopher Cowell £10 / £8 / £6 Tickets available from www.edinburghstudioopera.org

saturday 27 FEBRUARY, 2.00pm 9 Roxy Assembly MEMBERS OF EDINBURGH STUDIO OPERA AND THE CAST OF CARMEN 2016 WILLIAM CONWAY conductor Highlights from Carmen, a concert performance £5 Tickets available on the door from www.edinburghstudioopera.org 13 Spring - Summer 2016

TUESDAY 1 MARCH , 1.10pm FRIDAY 4 MARCH, 1.10pm

3 Methodist Church 2 Greyfriars Kirk FRANCES COOPER soprano MORLEY WHITEHEAD organ JOHN KITCHEN piano J.S.BACH Ricercar a 6 from The Musical ROANNA TAIT violin Offering BWV 1079 and works by KATIE JOHNSTON cello FRANCK, JONGEN and CAMIL VAN HULSE A MISCELLANY OF SCOTS SONG Admission Free Arrangements of Burns songs by STUART MURRAY MITCHELL and other Scottish song arrangements by BEETHOVEN, HAYDN, LIDDELL and MacMILLAN Admission Free

Frances Cooper

Morley Whitehead 14 Concerts at the university

SATURDAY 5 MARCH, 7.30pm TUESDAY 8 MARCH, 1.10pm sunday 6 MARCH, 7.30pm 3 Methodist Church 6 Old College Quad - South Bridge THE EDINBURGH QUARTET MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY TRISTAN GURNEY violin and CHILDREN FROM LEITH GORDON BRAGG violin WALK PRIMARY SCHOOL FIONA WINNING viola Postcards from our world… MARK BAILEY cello A promenade concert of music and GAL String Quartet No.1 images exploring ‘where is home’? BARBER Adagio DEE ISAACS composer IAN DODDS film Admission Free ELSPETH MURRAY, OCTAVIO PAZ, The Edinburgh Quartet JON McGREGOR words RICHARD AYLWIN design JONNIE CLOUGH lighting £7 / £5 Tickets available in advance from brownpapertickets.co.uk There will be a collection after the event for www.whitehelmets.org

photo credit Archie MacFarlane

THURSDAY 10 MARCH, 7.45m

5 Canongate Kirk EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY RENAISSANCE SINGERS NOEL O’REGAN director Music from the time of Shakespeare by WILLIAM BYRD, ORLANDO GIBBONS, THOMAS MORLEY and others. £8 / £5 Tickets available on the door 15 Spring - Summer 2016

FRIDAY 11 MARCH, 1.10pm SATURDAY 12 MARCH, 7.30pm 2 Greyfriars Kirk 8 St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral - JOHN KITCHEN organ Palmerston Place MARCHAND Dialogue sur les grands jeux EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC CLÉRAMBAULT Suite du deuxième ton SOCIETY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND ALAIN Le jardin suspendu CHORUS COR KEE Variations on ‘Merck toch hoe RUSSELL COWIESON conductor sterck’ JENKINS The Armed Man Admission Free VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Pastoral Symphony

John Kitchen £10 /£5 / £3 Tickets from www.eums.org.uk or www.sparkseat.com

SUNDAY 13 MARCH, 7.30pm

1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CHAMBER photo credit City of Edinburgh Council ORCHESTRA WILLIAM CONWAY conductor MUANG LUANGHVISUT violin solo FRIDAY 11 MARCH, 7.30pm SASH LOWDON oboe solo

7 St. Peter’s Episcopal Church - BIZET Carmen Suite No. 1 Lutton Place VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto No. 5 MARCELLO Oboe Concerto in D Minor EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY SINGERS SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 JOHN KITCHEN conductor £10 / £5 MORLEY WHITEHEAD organ Tickets available on the door DURUFLÉ Requiem and French motets £8/£5 Tickets available on the door 16 Concerts at the university

MONDAY 14 MARCH, 7.30pm friday 18 MARCH, 1.10pm 2 Greyfriars Kirk 2 Greyfriars Kirk EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC PAUL STUBBINGS organ SOCIETY SINFONIA CRAMER Mélange sur ‘Le Prophète’ MICHAEL DEVLIN conductor LISZT Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral Ad nos, ad salutarem undam, S.259 GERSHWIN Overture from Girl Crazy DVORÁK Symphony No.9 ‘New World’ Admission Free COPLAND Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo £10 /£5 / £3 Tickets from www.eums.org.uk or www.sparkseat.com

TUESDAY 15 MARCH, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church Students from the Reid School of Music Admission Free

Paul Stubbings THURSDAY 17 MARCH, 7.30pm 1 Reid Concert Hall friday 18 MARCH, 7.00pm EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS’ ORCHESTRA 3 Methodist Church MICHAEL GRAHAM conductor HUGH DAVIES PROJECT A concert of new works featuring students Works composed by HUGH DAVIES, from the performed by GREY AREA and JAMES MOONEY £5 suggested donation Mobile with Differences (1973) Galactic Interfaces (1968) Quintet (1969) Not to be Loaded with Fish (1968/9) Music for a Single Spring (1975) Admission Free 17 Spring - Summer 2016

SATURDAY 19 MARCH, 7.30pm FRIDAY 25 MARCH, 7.30pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY BRASS BAND EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY WIND BAND ONDŘEJ SOUKUP conductor MORVEN BELL conductor The programme will feature an entertaining A varied repertoire from old wind band mixture of classics and well-known favourites to film themes and popular contemporary tunes, with an overarching music. theme of space and the universe. £5 non students /£3 students and £5 non-student / £3 student concessions Tickets available on the door email [email protected] for [email protected] ticket information

SUNDAY 20 march, 7.30pm THURSDAY 5 MAY, 7.30pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY STRING EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS’ ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA CHRIS GEORGE conductor MICHAEL GRAHAM conductor £10 / £5 A concert of new works featuring students Tickets available on the door from the University of Edinburgh [email protected] £5 suggested donation

TUESDAY 22 MARCH, 1.10pm Alex McCartney 3 Methodist Church ALEX McCARTNEY lute WEISS Suite in F major WEISS Suite in D minor Admission Free 18 Concerts at the university related events music research seminars TOVEY MEMORIAL PRIZE Lecture Room A, Alison House COMPETITION thursdays, 5.15pm Venue to be confirmed These seminars are open to all. See website Wednesday 24 February 2pm for further information: The Tovey Memorial Prize is awarded annually to the Music student who shows www.eca.ed.ac.uk/reid-school-of-music/ the greatest promise in composition or news-events/music-research-seminars performance. Admission Free COMPOSITION WORKSHOPS Methodist Church other events at edinburgh Friday 12 February 10.30am to 12.30pm college of art Red Note Ensemble perform ‘Cats Eye’ by For other events at the Edinburgh College of David Sawer, discussed by Peter Nelson, with Art, please visit the website: a performance at 12noon. www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-home/news-events 2pm to 5pm Red Note Ensemble will workshop new pieces by students from the Reid School of Music. All Welcome Alison House institute for music in human Thursday 18 February 3pm to 6pm and social development (IMHSD) The Diotima Quartet will workshop The institute for Music in Human and Social compostions by students from the Reid Development brings together research, School of Music. All Welcome. theory and practice from disciplines Supported by the ECAT compostion award. including psychology, medicine, linguistics, physics, neuroscience and philosophy. Our aim is to inform both the scientific understanding and practical application of FINAL YEAR BMus RECITALs music as an educational, therapeutic, artistic and social tool. Venue to be confirmed www.eca.ed.ac.uk/reid-school-of-music/ These recitals will be held in the week research/centres/imhsd beginning Monday 16 May. 0131 650 2427 19 Spring - Summer 2016 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUMS reid concert hall st cecilia’s hall and museum of museum of instruments instruments Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH8 9AH Edinburgh, EH1 1LJ

The Reid Concert Hall Museum of Instruments remains closed. For updated information see www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/ library-museum-gallery/museums- and-galleries/musical-instrument- museums or email [email protected] St Cecilia’s Hall and Museum of Instruments are currently closed for refurbishment and are due to re-open in November 2016. For further information see www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk contact Concert secretary: Moira Landels Contact address: The University of Edinburgh Reid School of Music Alison House 12 Nicolson Square Edinburgh EH8 9DF t. 0131 651 4336 e. [email protected] w. eca.ed.ac.uk/reid-school-of-music 8 north bridge

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