PROGRAMME
PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 22ND MAY - 1ST JUNE 2014
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The Thomson Charitable Trust It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 43rd Perth Festival of the Arts. Once 3 Sponsors Festival Executive again we have managed to organise a festival of world-class artistes and musicians that will bring quality performances to Perth over the period 22nd May to 1st June 2014. The exciting part of chairing the Festival is to try and maintain events that have proven Alexander Residence Peter Rutterford – Chairman successful over the years, whilst managing to encourage new and creative shows that will David Brand, Isobel Butt, enhance the profile of the Festival and, of course attract as wide an audience as possible. Lindsay Burns & Company Hugh Goring, John R. Hendry As in previous years, we continue to ensure we bring you a wide variety of entertainment, Alex Cairncross Stuart Hutton, Lynne Perkins, J. Graham Sharp, Alexis S. L. Sinclair, Councillor Heather Stewart, including; opera, comedy, art and drama, as well as pop, choral and classical concerts. In Cairncross of Perth addition, the daily local schools concerts, plus Art on the River and Perth Art Trail, give the Councillor Jack Coburn opportunity for our local talents to be exhibited. We welcome the return of a number of old The Cameron Group Iain Lamond – Treasurer friends: Jools Holland and his R&B Orchestra; English Touring Opera gracing the Concert Paul Trodden – Company Secretary Condies, Solicitors and Hall stage for the first time (whilst Perth Theatre is being refurbished) with Mozart’s ever B The Magic Flute ; Estate Agents Craig L. Dennis – Friends Administrator popular opera The Sixteen performing their inspirational Choral Pilgrimage O Sandra Ralston – Festival Administrator in St John’s Kirk; and, after several years’ absence, the return of the arTay exhibition in our X Danscot Print Ltd Penny Wither – Administrator marquee.
O David Lindsay Self Storage The orchestral concerts have always been an integral part of the Festival and this year they
Perth Festival of the Arts F D M Hall, Chartered Surveyors will be led by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, under their dynamic young 2 High Street, conductor Vasily Petrenko. This concert is certainly going to be a highlight, incorporating the F I
Hardies Property & PERTH, PH1 5PH Scottish premier of Stewart Copeland’s (former drummer of The Police) Percussion C Box Office: 01738 621031 Construction Consultants Concerto. This year also sees the Scottish Homecoming, which we wish to celebrate with E Office: 01738 475295 the world premier of Perthshire Cantata, written and performed by Perthshire’s own Dougie Hilton Dunkeld House Hotel Mob: 07774181768 MacLean. This new commission for the Festival will make a wonderful climax to a very 0 Email: [email protected] special year. 1 Johnston Carmichael 7 www.perthfestival.co.uk Finally, I would like to thank the many sponsors, benefactors and friends who so generously 3 McCash & Hunter, Solicitors Registered in Scotland No SC073972 support us, and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible throughout Perth 8 and Estate Agents Perth Festival of the Arts Limited is a Private Festival of the Arts 2014. Methven Castle B&B Company limited by guarantee, with 6
charitable status. 2 Peter Rutterford
Morris & Young Scottish Charity No SC010226 1 Chairman 0 Perth City Centre Management Follow the Festival on Contents 3 Perth Common Good Fund Twitter 1 Proudfoot (Leather & Lambskin) @PerthFestival What’s On at a Glance 4 Royal George Hotel, Perth Facebook Young Musicians at the Festival 5 Spectraglass www.facebook.com/PerthFestivalScotland Diary of Events 6 Independent Exhibitions and Events 23 Dates of Future Festivals Brochure designed and produced by Flintriver Design Strategies Finding Your Way Around 26 21st–31st May 2015 01577 866868 www.flintriver.co.uk 19th–29th May 2016 The illustrations featured in the brochure Friends of the Festival 28 were commissioned by the Festival from Cat O’Neil. www.catoneil.com General Information and Ticket Prices 29 4 What’s On at a Glance
PCH – Perth Concert Hall, SJK – St John’s Kirk
22nd–25th May PCH Plaza, arTay 19.30 Tues 27th May SJK The Sixteen, Choral Pilgrimage
B 12.30 Thu 22nd May SJK Glenalmond College Concert 12.30 Wed 28th May SJK Perth High School Concert O
X 19.30 Thu 22nd May PCH English Touring Opera, The Magic Flute 19.30 Wed 28th May PCH The Reduced Shakespeare Company,
O 12.30 Fri 23rd May SJK Strathallan School Concert The Complete Works of William Shakespeare F
F 19.30 Fri 23rd May SJK Primavera Chamber Ensemble 12.30 Thu 29th May SJK Perth Grammar School Concert I C
E 19.30 Fri 23rd May PCH Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues 19.30 Thu 29th May PCH Mnozil Brass
0 Orchestra, Melanie C and Marc Almond 12.30 Fri 30th May SJK Perth Academy Concert 1
7 10.00 Sat 24th May Art on the River and Perth Art Trail 19.00 Fri 30th May PCH The Confessions of Gordon Brown 3
8 20.00 Sat 24th May PCH Alison Moyet 19.30 Fri 30th May SJK Nocturne – The Romantic Life of Frédéric Chopin,
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2 20.00 Sat 24th May Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band Lucy Parham, Dame Harriet Walter and Henry Goodman 1
0 11.00 Sun 25th May Art on the River and Perth Art Trail 20.00 Fri 30th May PCH Scouting For Girls 3
1 11.00 Sun 25th May SJK Festival Service with Perth Youth Orchestra 11.00 Sat 31st May SJK Colleen Nicoll Recital 19.30 Sun 25th May PCH Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Vasily Petrenko 19.00 Sat 31st May PCH The Confessions of Gordon Brown
12.30 Mon 26th May SJK Morrisons Academy Concert 19.30 Sat 31st May PCH Royal Northern Sinfonia and Miloš Karadaglic ́ 19.30 Mon 26th May PCH London Classic Theatre, Entertaining Mr Sloane 19.30 Sun 1st June PCH Dougie Maclean and Friends, The Perthshire Cantata 12.30 Tues 27th May SJK Community School of Auchterarder Concert
How to book See page 29 for full details Box Office on 01738 621031 Online at www.perthfestival.co.uk In person at Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth 5 Young Musicians at the Festival
The Festival has a long history of supporting talented young musicians from Perth & Kinross, and the 2014 Festival is no exception. We look forward immensely to experiencing the following events in St John’s Kirk. Daily Lunchtime School Concerts are staged in the Kirk at
12.30. The schools participating this year are: Glenalmond College (22nd May), Strathallan B School (23rd May), Morrisons Academy (26th May), Community School of Auchterarder (27th O May), Perth High School (28th May), Perth Grammar School (29th May) and Perth Academy O (30th May). These concerts showcase the wonderful musical talent in our schools and are not K to be missed. There is no entrance fee but donations are gratefully O accepted. Perth Youth Orchestra, conducted by Allan Young, is also N L
an important part of our programme. The Orchestra will play at I the Festival Service in St John’s Kirk at 11.00 on Sunday 25th May. N E
The Music on a Saturday Morning Concerts are a long-established p highlight of the programme and are performed by young musicians e r t
who have grown up in the area and have decided to make their h careers in music. Once their studies are complete, the Festival f e
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6 In 1987 Jools formed The Jools Holland Big Band, comprising himself and Gilson Lavis. 2 This has gradually metamorphosed into the current 20-piece Jools Holland and his Rhythm 1
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to that. All based in Glenfinnan village, the Ceilidh Band members include stalwarts from the traditional music world who are as at home X
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Dougie Hunter (Hoogie) on accordion and Ingrid Henderson (Cliar) on piano. Formed for the sheer fun of playing good music together F their unique blend of West Coast dance music should get your toes tapping. Their debut CD Glenfinnan Gathering , was released in 2010. F I C E 0 1 7 3 8
6 2 1 0 3 Festival Service 1 11.00 Sunday 25th May St John’s Kirk of Perth With Perth Youth Orchestra , conducted by Allan Young We are delighted that Perth Youth Orchestra will again be playing at the Festival Service. This performance is one of the highlights of the Festival, when young Perth musicians can shine. 12 The Brewin Dolphin Festival Concert Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra B
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1 Vasily Petrenko is Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also Principal Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain; Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St Petersburg, his native city; and makes guest appearances with major orchestras throughout Europe, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
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k r o w 16 The Reduced Shakespeare Company The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield Directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor B O 19.30 Wednesday 28th May X
Perth Concert Hall O All tickets £20.00 F F
I All 37 plays in 97 minutes! An irreverent, fast- C The
E paced romp through the Bard’s plays, Complete Works of William Shakespeare 0
1 (abridged) was London’s longest-running 7
3 comedy, having clocked a very palpable nine
8 years in London’s West End at the Criterion
6 Theatre! Join these madcap men in tights
2 as they weave their wicked way through 1 all of Shakespeare’s Comedies, 0
3 Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride 1 that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter. “Pithier than Python. Irresistible.” New York Times
“Stupendous, anchorless joy!” Times “If you like Shakespeare, you’ll love this show. If you hate Shakespeare you’ll love this show!” The Today Show Mnozil 17 B O
Brass O K
19.30 Thursday 29th May O
Perth Concert Hall N
All tickets £20.00 L I N
Happy Birthday Programme E p
The World’s Leading Brass Ensemble... e r t This septet is from Vienna and is probably the h f strangest brass ensemble ever. e s t i
With their musical virtuosity mixed with their v unique kind of comedy the only way to describe a l .
Mnozil Brass is possibly to label them as the c 'Monty Python' of the music world. o . u
With 120 performances a year worldwide (from k UK to Japan), they are currently the most famous music ensemble in the world, with some of their YouTube videos attracting over 1 million views.
They really have to be seen to be believed! 18 The Confessions of Nocturne – Gordon Brown The Romantic Life of Frédéric Chopin Written and directed by Kevin Toolis With Lucy Parham, Dame Harriet Walter and With Ian Grieve Henry Goodman B 19.30 Friday 30th May O 19.00 Friday 30th May
O St John’s Kirk of Perth Norie Miller Room, Perth Concert Hall K All tickets £18.50
All tickets £18.00 O Second performance at 19:00 on Saturday 31st May A programme of words and N music scripted and L In a candid portrait of life inside Downing Street, Gordon
I adapted from letters and N Brown hilariously exposes the darkest secrets of being Prime diaries by Lucy Parham E Minister, the stab-in-the-back plottings, the betrayals and chronicles the romantic life most importantly – the hair gel. p of one the greatest and
e most popular composers
r Love him or loathe him, Gordon Brown was our greatest for solo piano – Frédéric t
h failure at being Prime Minister in 200 years. And in this searing Chopin. The narrative
f satire of the hidden arts of modern political leadership,
e follows his turbulent Gordon at last reveals what it takes to s relationship with the
t knife your way to the top and
i controversial literary figure v rule a nation. And how his
a George Sand, their time dream of power ran awry.
l together in Majorca, his . c fragile health and his
o Starring Ian Grieve as ultimate demise in poverty in Paris at the age of 39. . Gordon Brown in a brand u new one-man play by k The readings, by Dame Harriet Walter and Henry Goodman , are interspersed acclaimed Emmy- with some of his most loved and poignant compositions. Lucy Parham first nominated Scots writer and came to public attention as the Piano Winner of the 1984 BBC TV Young director Kevin Toolis . The Musician of the Year. Confessions of Gordon Brown is a satire. “A passionate, humorous and deeply moving portrait of the relationship between Chopin and Sand” “Brown, a Macbeth crossed Music Web International 2010 with Lear,” Daily Telegraph VVVV “The Best Chopin of the Year” The Times 2010 www.gordonconfesses.com 19 Scouting for Girls 20.00 Friday 30th May Perth Concert Hall All tickets £19.50
The British pop band, who 6 years ago took the country by storm with their witty lyrics and catchy pop songs, will play at Perth Festival on 30th May. B O The concert comes following the release their Greatest Hits album on 29 July 2013, a compilation which includes two brand new songs, including new X single Millionaire, as well as favourites including She's So Lovely, Heartbeat, This Ain't A Love Song and Elvis Ain't Dead. O F
Over the course of three sparkling, life-affirming, Top 10 albums, F
Scouting For Girls have made the journey from playing I pubs in Harrow and Ruislip to headlining Wembley C E Arena and the Albert Hall. This, then, is the tale of three friends who followed their dream, seduced a 0 nation and sold two million records along the way. 1 7
The band consists of childhood friends from London, 3
Roy Stride on piano and lead guitar/vocals, Greg 8
Churchouse on bass guitar and Peter Ellard on percussion. 6 2
After two years of hard touring, Everybody Wants To 1 0 Be On TV soared into the British top two, ‘This Ain’t 3
A Love Song’ gave them their first Number 1 single 1 (“a real turning point; we knew then we weren’t going to go away,” remembers Roy) and by 2011 they were headlining Wembley Arena a few miles but several light years away, from their modest beginnings. 2011’s The Light Between Us made it three out of three Top 10 albums as Scouting For Girls evolved into a national institution, the under-rated band we love more than we think we do. 20 Music on a Saturday Morning Colleen Nicoll (soprano) With Andrew Johnston (piano) 11.00 Saturday 31st May Free St John’s Kirk of Perth for school All tickets £10.00 children B O Soprano Colleen Nicoll grew up in Highland Perthshire. She is X
currently studying a Masters in Vocal Performance at Trinity O Conservatoire of Music, in London, under the F tuition of Laureen Livingstone and Jean F
I Paul Pruna. Colleen is generously C
E supported by The Hope Scott
0 Trust and The Kathleen Trust. 1
7 Opera roles have included 3 Countess Almaviva in Le 8
Nozze di Figaro (Mozart), 6 Susan in Company 2
1 (Stephen Sondheim),
0 Cherubino in Le Nozze di 3 Figaro (Mozart), First Lady 1 in The Magic Flute (Mozart),
Colleen will be accompanied by Andrew Johnston (piano). The programme will include works by Handel, Strauss, Duparc, Reynaldo Hahn, Mozart, Supported by Britten and Francis George Scott. THE BACHER TRUST Royal Northern Sinfonia 21 With Miloš Karadagli (guitar) Directed by Bradley Creswick ć 19.30 Saturday 31st May £10.00 Perth Concert Hall for school
Tickets £25.00 –£32.50 children B O
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, ‘Classical’ O
Barber Adagio for strings, Op 11 K
Miloš Solo pieces O Mozart Symphony No 38 ‘Prague’ N
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez L I
One of the hottest properties in classical music, Miloš Karadagli came to international N attention in 2011 with his debut album The Guitar (Mediterráneo) wćhich, in the space of just E
a few months, topped classical charts around the world, became an international p
bestselling sensation and earned Miloš Gramophone’s prestigious Young Artist of the e
Year Award . Miloš's new release, Aranjuez is out now. This stunning recording features r t the title work, Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra as well as his h f
Invocación y danza and Fantasía para un gentilhombre for Guitar and Small Orchestra . e s
As an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, Miloš released t i his second album Latino (Pasión) in 2012 and went on to receive v both Classic Brit (UK) and Echo Klassik (Germany) awards. a l . Royal Northern Sinfonia’s reputation for excellence and its c o
thrilling musical relationship with Music Director Thomas . Zehetmair has led to engagements at the Edinburgh and u Aldeburgh Festivals, at the BBC Proms and a residency at the k Hong Kong Festival, as well as tours of the Netherlands, Austria, Germany and Hungary. The orchestra’s versatility combined with a reputation for excellence, means it can take performances to venues as diverse as rural churches, community centres, theatres and stately homes, as well as the world’s leading international concert halls.
Miloš Karadaglic ́ 22 Dougie MacLean and Friends The Perthshire Cantata World Premiere
B Supported by O 19.30 Sunday 1st June
X Perth Concert Hall JIMMIE CAIRNCROSS
O Tickets £17.5 0–£22.50 CHARITABLE TRUST F
F Musician and composer, Dougie MacLean , has composed a new piece of music entitled I
C ‘The Perthshire Cantata’ for Perth Festival of the Arts. The commission has been E supported by Creative Scotland’s Traditional Arts Commissioning Programme. 0
1 ‘The Perthshire Cantata’ is an original, 'song-based' composition by Dougie MacLean 7 using Perthshire themes in the inspiration and lyric, incorporating traditional roots-based 3 and contemporary styles. It is a piece that, when performed with the original ‘Perthshire 8 Amber Suite’ (commissioned by Perth Festival from Dougie MacLean in 1999), provides a
6 full and varied programme. Dougie MacLean has an international reputation as
2 "Scotland's Musical Ambassador" (Performing Songwriter USA) and having been born and 1 based in Perthshire for his whole life much of the inspiration for his acclaimed 0 compositions and songs comes from this place. He has composed this piece from the heart. 3
1 "...a Scottish phenomenon...with his exquisite guitar style, expressive voice and honest performance, his songs conjure up remarkably vivid imagery of our world" The Performing Songwriter, USA
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h a t r 8 r c 3 e 7 p . 1 0 w w w 24 Events at The Black Watch Castle and Museum Perth Museum and Art Gallery Balhousie Castle, 78 George St Hay St, Perth, PH1 5HR Perth, PH1 5LB Tel: 01738 632488 Exhibition: Artist in the Archive, 3rd May–September 2014 Blooming Artists – Art and design work from schools throughout Perth & Artist Robin Leishman has created an Kinross, ranging from nursery through to S6. exhibition of artworks inspired by the I
N First World War archival material held Friday 16th–Sunday 25th May (exhibition closes
D at The Black Watch Castle and at 14.00 on 25th). Free admission.
E Museum. P Fergusson Gallery E
N Exhibition is included in Museum Marshall Place,
D admission (£7.50 adults, £6 Perth, PH2 8NS
E concession). The permanent displays Tel: 01738 441944 N are also home to a significant Open Monday–Saturday, 10.00–17.00 T Free admission. collection of military art. E
X Picture of a Celt will continue in Gallery 3 until
H Artist in the Archive: a talk by artist Robin Leishman and archivist 15th June 2014
I Richard McKenzie, B Examining Fergusson’s long-standing interest in Cairngorm by J D Fergusson, 1929,
I 24th May 2014, 16.00
T Scottish history, culture and Celtic nationalism. © Perth & Kinross Council I
O Come along to this talk by Glasgow-based artist Robin Leishman and Black WIN Exhibition will open in Galleries 1 and 2
N Watch Museum archivist Richard McKenzie to hear about the nine-month from 1st April–8th June 2014
S project that has resulted in the current exhibition on display at The Black An exhibition of the work of previous prize
A Watch Castle and Museum: ‘Artist in the Archive’. winners of the J D Fergusson Arts Award. N
D Book in advance at The Black Watch Castle and Museum or by calling
01738 638152. Tickets are £7 adults, £5 Friends of the Museum. Ticket E Frames Gallery
V price will include access to the exhibition. 10 Victoria Street, E Perth, PH2 8LW N Concert: The Pipes and Drums of The Black Watch , 13th May 2014, 19.00 Water Works by Katie Lowery T Tel: 01738 631085 ©The Artist
S The Pipes and Drums of The Black Watch are a world-renowned military www.framesgallery.co.uk pipe band. This is a rare opportunity to see the Pipes and Drums and [email protected] Highland dancers in their Regimental home. Open Monday–Saturday 09.30–17.00
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p s m s i e n h s e r f Ajay Close, Reading 26 Perth is easily accessible by road and rail and is well supplied with fine Blend Coffee Lounge, shops and restaurants. The Café Quarter next to St John's Kirk is well 274 High Street, worth a visit. Have you considered travelling to Perth for the day by Perth, PH1 5HQ train or bus to shop, eat, and then attend a concert? It would make a Tel: 01738 630088 memorable day out! All venues are located in the central area of the city within walking distance of each other. Ajay Close discusses and reads from Trust, her new novel about women, men, love and money. Ajay is a novelist, dramatist, journalist and former Perth writer in residence. Her third novel follows a group of characters over Car Parking 25 years, from the miners’ strike to the Edinburgh banking crisis. Kinnoull Street multi-storey is a few minutes’ walk from Perth Concert Thursday 22nd May, 19:30 Hall and Perth Theatre. Open Monday–Saturday, 07.00–midnight; A free, unticketed event. Sunday 10.00–midnight. B
O Charge from 18.00–midnight is £1.00. Fellow Perthshire Festival X Perthshire Amber
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F 24th October–2nd November 2014 F
I The Dougie MacLean Festival takes in the best of Scotland and beyond, as C a range of local and international musicians join the Scottish folk legend on Grampian Hotel E stages around his native county. With workshops, walks, talks and open 0 mics set against the backdrop of Perthshire. 1 7
3 Lindsay Burns and Company Perth Concert Hall 8 Auctioneers and Valuers
Valuation Day 10:00-16:00, Friday 23rd May 2014 6
2 We invite you to bring along your Antiques, Collectables 1 and Objects of Interest for discussion and a valuation with 0 our specialist Nick Burns. There will also be a display of past
3 Perth Museum and Art Gallery auction highlights and information on our forthcoming sales. 1 All donations to The Perth Festival of the Arts. Please contact the office to make an appointment – 01738 633888 Shop Window Display Competition In conjunction with The Perthshire Advertiser, the Festival is again mounting a St. John’s Kirk of Perth competition for shop window displays, with tickets for Festival shows given as the prizes for the best designs reflecting the arts. For details, call Sandra 1 Grampian Hotel 4 St. John’s Kirk of Perth Ralston on 07774 181768. 2 Perth Concert Hall 5 Art on the River, Tay Street
Floral Displays 3 Museum and Art Gallery 6 Fergusson Gallery The floral displays in St John’s Kirk and Perth Concert Hall are the result of Art on the River, Tay Street the artistry and hard work of Perth Flower Club.
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c R A O N E E D T T R E R n E S S F R C S E I T o H A N C R C R Y E
O C N T h R N O t A O C E r R R F e P BAL D E E T R S E D N I I A D O S A I E
R R S
R
F E D I S