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Concerts at the University Autumn - Winter 2019 2 Concerts at the University CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY Autumn - Winter 2019 2 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY 9 N OR WA T H BRIDGE VERLEY BRIDGE EET TH STR ES E C M T PRIN O REE U ST T E N RK A D M E LE I C M AL A Y O 11 R PL G E 2 O WICK R D L G E E T OT A AN I E COWG H V TH H S B I T R T AN RO S S E I D Y P G R D G I A L R TREET M B T E S E R E M S I A R F RK G A C A IN R A M S 6 S E AMBE H D GR S Y C A IN A F R R DL G N A I Y A S R TR N C E 4 S N E ET E I G A D PL I C RI S 7 NB H O I AC T A T NT RE L OU E O S BREAD STREET . F L O E E N T S 5 3 T R 8 LAURISTON PLACE E E T 1 10 concert venues 1 Reid Concert Hall 2 St Cecilia’s Hall 3 McEwan Hall 4 Greyfriars Kirk 5 West Court, ECA 6 Usher Hall 7 Alison House 8 Church of the Sacred Heart 9 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 10 King’s Hall 11 St John’s Church Autumn - Winter 2019 3 © University of Edinburgh Autumn - Winter 2019 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY This series of lunchtime concerts will be held in the Reid Concert Reid Concert Hall Hall, St Cecilia’s Hall and the Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AH Pedestrian access to the main entrance is McEwan Hall. These concerts, via Bristo Square or Teviot Place. Disabled which start at 1.10pm are scheduled access is provided via a ramp. to last approximately 45 minutes. St Cecilia’s Hall 1 50 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. McEwan Hall 2 Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG Pedestrian and disabled access is via the main entrance on Bristo Square. 3 P T LEASANCE S Y R A M R I F N I E N STR ET E O COLS NORTH BRIDGE T NI A REET COWG T T E STREE S T E L I E H N S A E I M T R R H L T T WAVERLEY O A S Y L BRIDGE O T AMBE E R H K C R GREYFRIARS GE A RID PL E IV B GEORG AC E M OUN D T THE M E RK A T M E S E E S R C A A R L ST G P ES N C O T S I R E G U D I A R L PRIN B N I A T N U O F . E T T E E R T S T S E TREE G Y D A S I L R B D M N I AD A R C G E R LOT B HIAN RO AD E C A PL WICK D AN H S 4 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY diary autumn - winter 2019 SEPTEMBER 24 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Nicholas Ashton FREE 27 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Artisan Duo FREE October 1 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Edinburgh Quartet FREE 2 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Tanya Ekanayaka FREE Laurence Howells, Alec Cooper and Hardeep 4 1.10pm St Cecilia's Hall FREE Deerhe 8 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Willshire Piano Duo FREE 11 1.10pm St Cecilia's Hall David Gerrard FREE 15 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Students from the Reid School of Music FREE 18 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall James Johnstone FREE 22 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall St Mary's Music School pupils FREE 25 1.10pm McEwan Hall Joseph Beech FREE 29 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Alexandra Mackenzie and Ingrid Sawers FREE November 1 1.10pm McEwan Hall Morley Whitehead FREE 5 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Taylor Wilson and Margaret Murray McLeod FREE 8 1.10pm St Cecilia's Hall Adam Brown FREE 9 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra £10 / £5 12 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall John Cameron and Simon Smith FREE 15 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Artisan Ensemble FREE 15 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk EUMS Symphony Orchestra £10 / £5 5 Autumn - Winter 2019 diary autumn - winter 2019 november CONTINUED 16 7.30pm King's Hall Edinburgh Studio Opera £12 / £6 19 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Luca Luciano FREE 20 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University String Orchestra £10 / £5 21 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Composers' Orchestra FREE 22 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Douglas Hollick FREE Church of the 22 7.30pm Sacred Heart Edinburgh University Singers £8 / £5 22 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk EUMS Chorus £10 / £5 22 8pm St John's Church Edinburgh University Chamber Choir £10 / £5 23 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk EUMS Sinfonia £10 / £5 26 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Lliam Paterson FREE West Court, ECA 28 7.30pm main building Plus-Minus Ensemble FREE 29 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Wind Band £6 / £4 30 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Brass Band £6 / £4 December 2 8pm Reid Concert Hall EUMS Christmas Concert Entry by donation Raymond MacDonald and Günter 'Baby' 6 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall FREE Sommer Scottish National 6 1.15pm Edinburgh University Singers FREE Portrait Gallery 8 6pm McEwan Hall Edinburgh University Carol Service FREE 9 1.10pm Usher Hall Edinburgh University Singers £5 12 7pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers £5 6 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY TUEsday 24 september, 1.10pm TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall NICHOLAS ASHTON piano THE EDINBURGH QUARTET Birds and Landscapes TIJMEN HUISINGH violin MOZART Fantasia in C minor, Kv.475 TOM HANKEY violin DAQUIN Le Coucou CATHERINE MARWOOD viola RAMEAU La Poule MARK BAILEY cello SCHUMANN Vogel als Prophet, Op. 82/6 BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op.18 No.2 RAVEL Oiseaux Tristes (Miroirs No. 2) SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.6 MESSIAEN La Colombe (Prelude No. 1, 1928) Admission Free MESSIAEN Plainte Calme (Prelude No. 6, 1928) DEBUSSY Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque No. 3) LISZT Vision (Etude d’execution transcendante No. 6) WEBER Rondo in C major Op. 24/4 Admission Free Photo Martin Stewart Photography WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall TANYA EKANAYAKA piano New music by Sri Lankan-British composer- FRIDAY 27 september, 1.10pm pianist Tanya Ekanayaka performed on the 1 Reid Concert Hall 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma ARTISAN DUO Gandhi. Part of the University’s South-Asia week. AISLING O’DEA violin CLEA FRIEND cello Admission Free TELEMANN Sonata in D major TW41 KODÁLY Duo for violin and cello Op.7 SEONAID AITKEN Scottish folk tunes arrangements Admission Free Photo Nadine Ishaq 7 Autumn - Winter 2019 FRIDAY 4 october, 1.10pm friday 11 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 2 St Cecilia’s Hall 2 St Cecilia’s Hall LAURENCE HOWELLS sitar DAVID GERRARD harpsichord ALEC COOPER sitar 17th-century harpsichord works HARDEEP DEERHE (SODHI) tabla by BUXTEHUDE, WECKMANN and Classical Indian sitar and tabla music. Part SCHEIDEMANN. of the University’s South-Asia week. Admission Free Admission Free TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER , 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall WILLSHIRE PIANO DUO JAMES WILLSHIRE and PHILIPPA HARRISON SCHUBERT Polonaises D599 (selection) STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring Admission Free TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS FROM THE REID SCHOOL OF MUSIC INCLUDING THE WINNER OF THE SIR THOMAS BEECHAM SCHOLARSHIP 2019 Admission Free 8 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 3 McEwan Hall JAMES JOHNSTONE organ JOSEPH BEECH organ Programme to include works by PURCELL, J.S. BACH (trans. Marcel Dupré) Sinfonia BLOW and BYRD. from Cantata 29 Admission Free FAURÉ (trans. Louis Robilliard) Pelléas et Mélisande Op.80 ELGAR (trans. Herbert Brewer) Chanson de Matin BUTTERWORTH (trans. Warwick Henshaw) The Banks of Green Willow GRAINGER (trans. Wolfgang Stockmeier) Handel in the Strand Admission Free tuesday 22 october, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall A mixed concert of performances by senior pupils from St. Mary’s Music School Admission Free TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall ALEXANDRA MACKENZIE cello INGRID SAWERS piano TOVEY Elegiac Variations HANS GÁL Scottish Rhapsodies EDWARD HARPER Scena 1 ERIK CHISHOLM Three Miniatures LEIGHTON Alleluia Pascha Nostrum Admission Free 9 Autumn - Winter 2019 FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 3 McEwan Hall 2 St Cecilia’s Hall MORLEY WHITEHEAD organ ADAM BROWN guitar Programme to include Solo programme demonstrating the guitar’s DENIS BÉDARD Variations sur ‘Sine nomine’ role at the heart of South American music ALEXANDRE GUILMANT Sonata No.5 Op.80 including works by ORTIZ, BROUWER, Admission Free PIAZZOLLA, RODRIGUEZ and NAZARETH. Admission Free tuesday 5 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall TAYLOR WILSON mezzo-soprano MARGARET MURRAY MCLEOD piano SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und Leben JOHN McLEOD Songs from Above and Below and songs by KURT WEILL Admission Free SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA RICHARD LEWIS conductor Programme to include a performance by the winner of EUCO’s concerto competition.
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