Fringe Venue 111
www.stagw.org.uk Scottish Charity No. SC008990 Welcome to our 2015 programme for St Andrew’s and St George’s West at Festival Time. We have a wide range of performers, some of whom have been performing with us for over 25 years, while others are here for the first time. We hope you find something you will enjoy and we look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful building.
Classical & 3 World Music 13 Chamber Music
Jazz & Big Band 8 Spoken Word 14
Opera & Musicals 10
Organ & 12 Event calendar 16 Sacred Music Ticket order form 19 Scottish Flavour 12 How to get here 20
How to buy tickets for our events: Tickets for most performances can be purchased online through the Fringe Box Office at www.edfringe.com
Tickets can be ordered by post using the booking form on the inside back cover.
Our Box Office will be open at the church Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm from Monday 10th August.
Tickets will be available from half an hour before the start of each performance at the door, subject to availability.
2 St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time Classical & Chamber Music
Akiko Okamoto Piano Recital This talented Japanese-born pianist performs in two sparkling programmes of piano works. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok Monday 10th August 2.30–3.30pm • £9 (£7 concession) Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, Tuesday 11th August Schubert, Liszt & Prokofiev 4.30–5.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
Running To Paradise: the music of Michael Jon Smith (1941‑2009) ‘….all that I need do is to wish…’ (W.B Yeats). Yeats’s poem beautifully sums up the mood of this classical composer and former player in the Scottish National Orchestra. The concert, performed by flautist Inge Liepelaar, violist Roos Pollee and pianist Alison Gill, features ‘Running to Paradise’ for flute and piano, and ‘Caledonian Suite’ for solo viola, pieces of tremendous energy and Celtic wistfulness. www.mjsmith.eu
Monday 10th August 4.30–5.30pm • £8 (£6 concession)
Bach to Bach: the Complete Cello Suites Performed on Viola Noted US violist Christine Rutledge returns to Edinburgh to perform her new transcription of Bach’s six cello suites. Rutledge has been praised by The Strad and Broadway Baby for her beautiful tone. Rutledge performs in concerts and lectures around the US and abroad. Monday 10th August | Tuesday 11th August 7.30–9.15pm • £10 (£8 concession)
Colin Kingsley in his 90’s and Mozart in his 20’s Come to hear Colin Kingsley at 90 years old playing Mozart at age 22 (Sonata in C K309) and age 31 (Rondo in A minor K511), also stylish Schubert, spring-like Grieg, idyllic Chabrier and Blackbird by Dutilleux (died age 97).
Tuesday 11th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£7 concession) www.stagw.org.uk 3 Whither Must I Wander Canadian baritone David John Pike and New Zealand pianist Stephen De Pledge present a moving programme centred around Robert Louis Stevenson’s Songs of Travel set by Vaughan Williams, and Butterworth’s settings of poems from Housman’s A Shropshire Lad. Pike’s recent release on Signum Classics earned him rave reviews, including five stars from BBC Music Magazine.
Tuesday 11th August 2.30–3.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
Beethoven Violin Sonatas For the final concert in the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas series Lawrence Dunn (violin) and Gilmour Macleod (piano) play the Sonata No 3 in E major and the 10th and last Sonata in G major.
Thursday 13th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
The Roseberry Trio The Roseberry Trio – Kirsty Howe (horn), Alasdair Hill (oboe) and Janice Gibson (piano) – play their third Fringe, presenting masterpieces for oboe, horn and piano by Herzogenberg and York Bowen, a gentle lullaby by Damase and Schumann’s fiery Adagio and Allegro, written for horn but played this time on the oboe.
Friday 14th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
Valour Come and experience this WWI Centenary-inspired composition by the composer and poet Dom Mason. This performance is a transcription of the work for pianoforte, cello and recordings of the poetry (featuring a recording by Sir Derek Jacobi). Valour explores the effects of conflict and loss, taking the listener on an emotional journey about the meaning of family, courage and love.
Friday 14th August 4.30–5.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
All Chopin Recital Come and enjoy a popular selection of favourite ballades, nocturnes, scherzos, waltzes, mazurkas, etudes and polonaises played on the piano by William Alexander.
Saturday 15th August 12.30–1.30pm • £10 (£7 concession)
4 St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time Triplicity – A Garden of Song In their 12th Edinburgh Fringe recital, the trio of Frances Cooper (soprano), Anne Lewis (mezzo), Colin Dundas (piano) sow the seeds of a musical garden: a floral bouquet from Schubert, Schumann and Delibes, an arboretum planted by Handel and Grainger. ‘Very accomplished trio… great style’ Beith Arts
Saturday 15th August 2.30–3.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
All in One Two staves (and all the leger lines!) become one under Stefan Warzycki’s dextrous left hand, in two virtuoso piano recitals including works by Bach, Chopin (arrangement by Godowsky) and a specially commissioned sonata by Pavel Zemek Novák.
Saturday 15th August 7.30–9.30pm • £10 (£8 conc.) Thursday 20th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£7 conc.)
Guitars for St Cecilia’s De La Guitarra: Stephen Morrison and Gordon Ferries demonstrate the beauty and elegance of the 19th-century guitar duet, featuring original instruments. Their new programme includes Sor’s L’Encouragement; Carulli’s arrangement of the first two movements of Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphony (104); Beethoven transcriptions; and a selection of virtuoso compositions by Antoine de Lhoyer.
Sunday 16th August 3–4.30pm • £10 (£8 concession, U18 Free)
• C H O cello P I N • Technical wizardry – impressive attention to detail. By invitation, this impressive Polish and Taiwanese-Canadian duo of Barbara Misiewicz (cello) and Grace Mo (piano) is returning to Scotland to perform Chopin’s cello sonata together with Debussy’s cello sonata. Included in their recital is one of Chopin’s earliest published pieces: the exquisite Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op.3. Promoted by The Chopin Circle in Scotland.
Tuesday 18th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
www.stagw.org.uk 5 Bach and Brahms The accomplished London-based cellist Anne-Isabel Meyer and Edinburgh pianist Chris Harding play three consecutive concerts of Bach’s Gamben Sonatas and Brahms’ magnificent Cello Sonatas.
Tue 18th August | Wed 19th August | Thu 20th August 4.30–5.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
Heavysonic Solo Piano Julian Layn is a classical composer and pianist. His unique style of music can best be described as contemporary classical for piano solo with a romantic-era harmonic structure underpinned by a heavy basso- continuo-concept. He has released two full-length albums of his own compositions that were sound engineered by Martin Pearson who has also engineered Keith Jarrett’s recent releases. Julian performed at last year’s Piano City Milano (a festival under the patronage of Ludovico Einaudi) and a three-day concert series at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at St Giles’ Cathedral. Wed 19th August | Thu 20th August 7.30–8.30pm • £10 (£8 concession, £20 family)
L’invitation au Voyage Let Susan McNaught (soprano) and Robert Melling (piano) transport you to France with a journey through some of the most beautiful French chanson of the 19th and 20th centuries including favourites of the repertoire from Fauré, Liszt, Duparc and Poulenc.
Friday 21st August 12.30–1.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
Harpsichords for St Cecilia’s John Kitchen explores a century of exciting French harpsichord repertoire, circa 1680–1780. His programme includes works by Elizabeth August Jacquet de la Guerre, Louis XIV’s protégeé born exactly 350 years ago; by Forqueray and Duphly from the reign of Louis XV; and by Jean-François Tapray, renowned for his late 18th-century virtuosic variations on Rameau’s celebrated dance, Les Sauvages.
Saturday 22nd August 3–4.30pm • £10 (£8 concession, U18 free)
6 St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time Sonic Waves After reaching his £2,000 crowd funding target in less than 5 days, charismatic pianist Emmanuel Vass has broadcast on ClassicFM, BBC radios 2 and 3, and was named as the Independent newspaper’s ‘One to Watch’ and BBC music magazine’s ‘Rising Star’. This 26-year-old pianist was also named as ‘unsigned artist of the month’ by Yamaha.
Monday 24th August 2.30–3.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
Mendelssohn Cello Sonatas Tim Cais and Chris Harding present two recitals of cello and piano music focusing on the works of Felix Mendelssohn, including both Cello Sonatas and the stunning ‘Variations Concertantes’, alongside wonderful sonatas from J S Bach and Prokofiev. Mon 24th August | Tue 25th August 4.30–5.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
Masterpieces for Piano Four Hands Two Japanese-born pianists, Yoko Johannsen and Reiko Takahashi, based in Tokyo and Berlin perform a wide variety of brilliant duets covering Grieg’s much-loved Peer Gynt, the classic duets of Dvorak and Debussy as well as Ravel’s wild waltz La Valse.
Friday 28th August 4.30–5.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
Lasses, Life and Love A recital by Karen West, Elizabeth August Woollven and George Ross, accompanied by Helen Maddox and Alan Graham, to include Schumann’s Frauen-Liebe und Leben and John Maxwell Geddes’ clever and quirky Scots songs on a similar theme.
Saturday 29th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
The Aurea Quartet with Scottish Voices Glasgow-based Aurea Quartet comprises four prize-winning graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Scottish Voices is a group of women’s voices (soloists, not choristers). Together they present a programme including Schubert’s Death and the Maiden Quartet and Graham Hair’s Ecstasy and Enlightenment, a new work funded by Creative Scotland.
Sunday 30th August 2.30–3.30pm • £10 (£8 concession) www.stagw.org.uk 7 Cantica Alba Cantica Alba, the Edinburgh-based a cappella ensemble, directed by Michael Harris, present Music for a Summer’s Afternoon, a programme of part-songs from a variety of traditions, including Mendelssohn Sechs Lieder Op 59, Reger Nachtlied, Delius To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water, Saint-Saens Calme des Nuites, Frank Bridge four part-songs and Veljo Tormis Estonian Lullabies.
Sunday 30th August 4.30–5.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
Jazz & Big Band
Saxophone – Evolution and Revolution! Sue McKenzie and Ingrid Sawers, Scotland’s foremost sax and piano duo, present the historical musical journey of the saxophone. Set against the backdrop of 1920s Paris we trace the saxophone’s course from its bumpy beginnings to its inclusion in orchestral music through to its impact on jazz and post minimalism.
Monday 10th August 12.30–1.30pm • £10 (£7 concession)
Sing Sistah Sing! Join Andrea Baker (mezzo-soprano) and Richard Lewis (piano) for a joyful and soulful celebration of the African American female voice, highlighting the extraordinary breadth of artistic expression by women such as Nina Simone, Marian Anderson and Ella Fitzgerald. This is a rare opportunity to hear these internationally renowned artists explore the rich musical tapestry of the many female voices that shaped jazz, opera, gospel and the blues. Subtly breathtaking! Wed 12th August | Wed 19th August | Thu 20th August | Fri 21st August Tue 25th August | Wed 26th August | Thu 27th August | Fri 28th August 2.30–3.30pm • £10 (£8 concession) These Boots Shelagh Westwater sings a collection of sassy and soulful numbers from three great jazz ladies: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee, with a little extra edge from Nancy Sinatra and Kirsty MacColl. The set is backed by superb musicians from the Scottish jazz scene: Fraser Urquhart on grand piano, Nick Gould on sax and Ed Kelly on bass. From Easy to Love and You’re My Thrill to Fever and These Boots Were Made for Walking, this show is not to be missed!
Saturday 15th August 4.30–5.30pm • £10 (£7.50 concession, £26 family) 8 St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time Sound of Seventeen Welcome to the big band era and beyond! This jazz orchestra line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones and a four-piece rhythm section bring you swing, jazz and latin tunes through the eras. You may recognise tunes from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Glenn Miller and our guest vocalists bring you numbers made famous by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Michael Bublé. We have exciting arrangements by Sammy Nestico and Don Schamber as well as the odd movie theme tune. From Moonlight Serenade to Moondance, it’s a marvellous night for everyone!
Sunday 16th August 7.30–9.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
In Full Swing Join The Three Belles and their live swing band The Bevin Boys! Let them take you back to the 1940s with the music of The Andrews Sisters, Vera Lynn, Ray Ellington and many more! Perfect for all ages, this show will be sure to get your feet tapping and your voice singing! So come along and get In the Mood!
Monday 17th August 2.30–3.30pm • £10
Big Swing Face Following their 2014 sell-out Fringe performance, the South London Jazz Orchestra are back with an all new set featuring the finest tunes from the golden era of Big Band. Favourites on the London swing dance and jazz circuits, today the band will perform charts popularized by the greatest band leaders of all time, including Basie, Kenton and Ellington. The gig will also feature Julz Brown performing the songs of Frank Sinatra, in his centenary year.
Sunday 23rd August 2.30–4.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
Sax Appeal Enjoy a relaxing hour away from the Fringe frenzy with a programme of light jazz, classics, ragtime and easy listening music from Scotland’s popular Hume Saxophone Quartet. With a repertoire that covers music from Mozart to Mancini and Bach to the Beatles, there’s bound to be something for everyone.
Friday 28th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£8 conc., £7 UE/children)
www.stagw.org.uk 9 Big Band Swing A toe-tapping evening of music from the era when swing was king with classic instrumentals and laid-back vocals – everything from Basie to Bublé. With several Fringe sell-out show awards and an appearance in the Guinness Book of Records to their name, Jon Ritchie’s Swing Sensation Big Band makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fringe. If swing’s your thing, don’t miss it! ‘That Swing Sensation are first and foremost a nostalgia trip and it’s an act they play well’ Three Weeks Fri 28th August | Sat 29th August 7.30–9.30pm • £10 (£9 concession) Inverkeithing Community Big Band Join Fife’s biggest, most fabulous big band for a sumptuous afternoon of classic tunes from Count Basie to Maynard Ferguson. With swinging saxes, raunchy brass, sexy grooves, and featuring vocalists Benita Baugh and Tom Marshall. With guest artist Richard Ingham.
Saturday 29th August 4.30–5.30pm • £8 (£6 concession)
Aberdeen Calling! Returning to the Fringe, the award winning Aberdeen Chorus of Sweet Adelines presents ‘I’ll Be Calling You’ – a show involving a varied and light hearted a cappella performance of the best of barbershop repertoire with one or two original variations. www.aberdeenchorus.co.uk
Saturday 29th August 2.30–3.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
Opera & Musicals
Fringe Fantasmic Don’t miss this fantasmagorical show full of classic and current songs from the house of mouse! Edinburgh Music Theatre brings you a fringeful of fun for all the family including sing-a-long favourites from Frozen, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King. Wed 12th August | Thu 13th August | Fri 14th August 7.10–8pm • £10 (£8 concession, £5 children)
10 St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time Anthems Join Edinburgh Music Theatre in an evening of musical theatre classics brought to you by some of Edinburgh’s finest vocal talent. Live music, stunning harmonies and a selection of the greatest hits from the Broadway stage. Don’t miss it! Wed12th August | Thu 13th August | Fri 14th August 8.40–9.30pm • £10 (£8 concession, £5 children)
Madame Butterfly Celebrating six years, Opera Bohemia returns with its most popular and successful production to date, Madame Butterfly. A cast of some of Scotland’s finest young opera singers bring Cio-cio San’s heartbreaking tale to life. This beautiful and intimate production by John Wilkie is accompanied by violin and piano. Featuring the famous aria ‘Un Bel Di’ (‘One Fine Day’), this is a must see for opera lovers and the perfect introduction for opera newbies. Mon 24th August | Wed 26th August | Thu 27th August 7.30–9.30pm • £14 (£12 concession, £5 U18)
Art Song and Operatic Arias Jemma Brown (mezzo-soprano) and Maryam Sherhan (piano) present a programme of varied art song and a smattering of operatic favourites from around the world including Mozart, Ravel, Shostakovich, Korngold, Schumann, Berlioz and Bizet. The duo are proud members of Live Music Now Scotland and have performed at many prestigious Chamber Music Festivals and venues including Music at Paxton, Westbourne Music, Aberdeen International Youth August Festival, National Museum of Scotland, National Gallery of Scotland and the Usher Hall.
Thursday 27th August 4.30–5.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
The Great American Songbook Following highly successful evenings with Berlin, Porter, Kern and Gershwin, Fife’s premier operatic concert group Ensemble, returns for a 26th August successive year with a programme dipping into the Great American Songbook. Defined roughly as the era between the 1920s and 1950s, the Great American Songbook describes the most influential popular songs from musical theatre and Hollywood musicals. Hits include Blue Skies, S’Wonderful, Summertime, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Night and Day. www.ensembleinfife.org.uk
Sunday 30th August 7.30–9.30pm • £10 (£8 concession) www.stagw.org.uk 11 Organ & Sacred Music
Organ Recitals in the City Come and enjoy organ music performed by young organists Calum Robertson, Oana Maria Bran and Ross Gubby. Enjoy three lunchtime concerts on the newly refurbished Wells-Kennedy instrument in the stunning Georgian splendour of St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, George Street. Calum Robertson Wednesday 12th August Oana Maria Bran Wednesday 19th August Ross Gubby Wednesday 26th August 12.30–1.30pm • £7 In Paradisum Enjoy a heavenly performance of Fauré’s Requiem performed by the Choir of St Andrew’s and St George’s West in the Georgian splendour of this glorious building. The choir will also sing newly commissioned spirituals by Andrew Carvel and Stuart Murray Mitchell. Directed by Brigitte Harris. Soloists: Frances Cooper, George Burgess.
Saturday 22nd August 12.30–1.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
Scottish Flavour
Scotland’s Harps – A Celebration 1 Siblings Màiri and Calum Macleod present an exciting programme demonstrating the variety of Scottish clàrsach music across a number of genres through original compositions, traditional melodies and haunting Gaelic songs and airs. The combined knowledge of Màiri, a freelance artist, and Calum, a Mòd gold medallist will provide a most enjoyable evening of entertainment.
Monday 17th August 7.30–9.30pm • £12 (£10 concession)
12 St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time Twa Rebellions! 1745 and 2014. The Jacobites have the best songs, but what about Alex Salmond? Edinburgh’s Rolling Hills Chorus and Mac4 Quartet take you on a journey of historical twists, musical highs and comedy lows. ‘Brilliant, ★ ★ ★ ★ ★’ Three Weeks
Fri 21st August 4.30–5.30pm • £12 (£10 concession) Sat 22nd August/Sun 23rd August 7.30–8.30pm • £12 (£10 concession)
Scotland’s Harps – A Celebration 3 Na Clarsairean (the Scottish Harp Orchestra), Lothian Gaelic Choir and invited guests present a programme which is a veritable tapestry of music from around Scotland and beyond. Enjoy haunting Gaelic songs and airs, toe-tapping dance tunes – and a few surprises – in an informal but lively ceilidh atmosphere. Na Clarsairean will perform music specially arranged and composed by their director, Isobel Mieras, to include ancient harp tunes, well known favourites and contemporary pieces.
Friday 21st August 7.30–9.45pm • £12 (£10 concession)
Sing in the City Choir – The ‘Aw Blacks’ Conducted by Kirsty Baird and accompanied by the Annette Hanley Rock Band, from the very first note you will be enthralled by this choir, singing pop and rock classics to raise money for When You Wish Upon A Star.
Tuesday 25th August 7.30–9.30pm • £10 (£8 concession)
www.stagw.org.uk 13 World Music
Music from Two Nations Eddie McGuire former Chairman of the Musicians’ Union-Scottish Region, and classical zheng performer Dong Yi, the first ever and so far the only musician of any Chinese instrument to give a public recital in the Great Hall of the People, China are celebrating the 10th year of their collaboration by giving a presentation with bamboo flutes, classical flutes and Chinese zheng (zither) on the music of the two nations in comparative perspective. Part of the sixth Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival.
Thursday 13th August 2.30–3.30pm • £9 (£7 concession)
My Journey Throughout China Playing an instrument of over 2,500 years of recorded history, Yi Dong, makes her 14th August annual return to Edinburgh to indulge us with a rich spa of the spirits and mind and to take us on a journey through the spirit of China. Various guest musicians will be featured in the concerts (to be announced in the venue websites and brochures). Part of the sixth Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival. ‘It’s proved to be my best music experience for years’ BBC World Service
Mon 17th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£7 conc.) | 4.30–5.30pm • £9 (£7 conc.) Tue 18th August 2.30–3.30pm • £9 (£7 conc.) | 7.30–8.30pm • £9 (£7 conc.) Mon 24th August/Tue 25th August/Thu 27th August 12.30–1.30pm • £9 (£7 conc.) Bridges Mary McCarthy performs Stevenson, McGuire, Statkic, Mokranjac and Tajcevic. This is the launch of Mary’s new CD Bridges – a programme of piano music bridging Scotland and Serbia. This folk-inspired music is the fruit of 20 years of performing and continuous development.
Wednesday 26th August 4.30–5.30pm • £8 (£5 concession, £16 family)
14 St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time Spoken Word
Church Alive Dr Harry Reid, author of Outside Verdict, discusses his new publication The Soul Of Scotland and Dr Elizabeth August Ursic introduces her book, Women, Ritual, and Power: Placing Female Imagery of God in Christian Worship, which refers to the work of Anne Hepburn, the Mother God debate and offers exciting new perspectives. Both are in discussion with Revd. Ian Gilmour.
Sunday 9th August 1–2.30pm • £5 (£3 concession)
A Beggar for a Miracle: A Fan’s Life in Football Join Ron Ferguson, author of the cult classic Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil, and Hugh MacDonald, chief sports writer for the Herald, in an hour of angst, passion and love as they discuss their relationship with the beautiful game.
Friday 14th August 2.30–3.30pm • £7 (£5 concession)
Art of Giving
Opening event: 8th August, 3 -7pm
International Voluntary Service is a non-profit For more information about the peace organisation working for the sustainable event, email: [email protected] development of local and global communities throughout the world through volunteering. ivsgb @ivsgb
We are excited that for a second year our ‘Art of Giving’ www.ivsgb.org charity exhibition will be held at the Undercroft Café.
Paintings in different styles by Scottish artists have been selected and will form part of this exhibition. The proceeds from the exhibition will help us support many causes all around the world and continue promoting peace and justice!
IVS Registered Charity No. 275424 England & Wales. Charity Registered in Scotland SC039585 Event Calendar
Sun 9th 1–2.30pm Church Alive p15 12.30–1.30pm Saxophone–Evolution and Revolution! p8 2.30–3.30pm Akiko Okamoto Piano Recital p3 Running To Paradise: the music of Michael Jon Mon 10th 4.30–5.30pm p3 Smith (1941‑2009) Bach to Bach: the Complete Cello Suites Performed 7.30–9.15pm p3 on Viola 12.30–1.30pm Colin Kingsley in his 90’s and Mozart in his 20’s p3 2.30–3.30pm Whither Must I Wander p4 Tue 11th 4.30–5.30pm Akiko Okamoto Piano Recital p3 Bach to Bach: the Complete Cello Suites Performed 7.30–9.15pm p4 on Viola 12.30–1.30pm Organ Recitals in the City p12 2.30–3.30pm Sing Sistah Sing! p8 Wed 12th 7.10–8pm Fringe Fantasmic p10 8.40–9.30pm Anthems p11 12.30–1.30pm Beethoven Violin Sonatas p4 2.30–3.30pm Music from Two Nations p14 Thu 13th 7.10–8pm Fringe Fantasmic p10 8.40–9.30pm Anthems p11 12.30–1.30pm The Roseberry Trio p4 2.30–3.30pm A Beggar for a Miracle: A Fan’s Life in Football p15 Fri 14th 4.30–5.30pm Valour p4 7.10–8pm Fringe Fantasmic p10 8.40–9.30pm Anthems p11 12.30–1.30pm All Chopin Recital p4 2.30–3.30pm Triplicity–A Garden of Song p5 Sat 15th 4.30–5.30pm These Boots p8 7.30–9.30pm All in One p5
16 St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time 3–4.30pm Guitars for St Cecilia’s p5 Sun 16th 7.30–9.30pm Sound of Seventeen p9 12.30–1.30pm My Journey Throughout China p14 2.30–3.30pm In Full Swing p9 Mon 17th 4.30–5.30pm My Journey Throughout China p14 7.30–9.30pm Scotland’s Harps – A Celebration 1 p12 12.30–1.30pm • C H O cello P I N • p5 2.30–3.30pm My Journey Throughout China p14 Tue 18th 4.30–5.30pm Bach and Brahms p6 7.30–8.30pm My Journey Throughout China p14 12.30–1.30pm Organ Recitals in the City sa 2.30–3.30pm Sing Sistah Sing! p8 Wed 19th 4.30–5.30pm Bach and Brahms p6 7.30–8.30pm Heavysonic Solo Piano p6 12.30–1.30pm All in One p5 2.30–3.30pm Sing Sistah Sing! p8 Thu 20th 4.30–5.30pm Bach and Brahms p6 7.30–8.30pm Heavysonic Solo Piano p6 12.30–1.30pm L’invitation au Voyage p6 2.30–3.30pm Sing Sistah Sing! p8 Fri 21st 4.30–5.30pm Twa Rebellions! p13 7.30–9.45pm Scotland’s Harps–A Celebration 3 p13 12.30–1.30pm In Paradisum p12 Sat 22nd 3–4.30pm Harpsichords for St Cecilia’s p6 7.30–8.30pm Twa Rebellions! p13
Classical & Opera & Chamber Music Musicals Scottish Flavour Spoken Word Jazz & Organ & Big Band Sacred Music World Music
www.stagw.org.uk 17 2.30–4.30pm Big Swing Face p9 Sun 23rd 7.30–8.30pm Twa Rebellions! p13 12.30–1.30pm My Journey Throughout China p14 2.30–3.30pm Sonic Waves p7 Mon 24th 4.30–5.30pm Mendelssohn Cello Sonatas p7 7.30–9.30pm Madame Butterfly p11 12.30–1.30pm My Journey Throughout China p14 2.30–3.30pm Sing Sistah Sing! p8 Tue 25th 4.30–5.30pm Mendelssohn Cello Sonatas p7 7.30–9.30pm Sing in the City Choir–The ‘Aw Blacks’ p13 12.30–1.30pm Organ Recitals in the City p12 2.30–2.30pm Sing Sistah Sing! p8 Wed 26th 4.30–5.30pm Bridges p14 7.30–9.30pm Madame Butterfly p11 12.30–1.30pm My Journey Throughout China p14 2.30–3.30pm Sing Sistah Sing! p8 Thu 27th 4.30–5.30pm Art Song and Operatic Arias p11 7.30–9.30pm Madame Butterfly p11 12.30–1.30pm Sax Appeal p9 2.30–3.30pm Sing Sistah Sing! p8 Fri 28th 4.30–5.30pm Masterpieces for Piano Four Hands p7 7.30–9.30pm Big Band Swing p10 12.30–1.30pm Lasses, Life and Love p7 2.30–3.30pm Aberdeen Calling! p10 Sat 29th 4.30–5.30pm Inverkeithing Community Big Band p10 7.30–9.30pm Big Band Swing p10
2.30–3.30pm The Aurea Quartet with Scottish Voices p7 Sun 30th 4.30–5.30pm Cantica Alba p8 7.30–9.30pm The Great American Songbook p11
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St Andrew’s and St George’s West is situated in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town and is ideally located both for local and national travel links: By Rail: Edinburgh Waverley railway station is By Car: There is a loading bay directly outside the within a 5 minute walk. church and Pay and Display on-street parking. The nearby St James Shopping Centre has a multi-storey By Bus/Tram: Edinburgh Bus Station on Elder Street car park, within a 10 minute walk. Pay and Display is within a 5 minute walk and the city centre is well on-street parking is available on London Road, a served by local buses and trams. Lothian 10, 11, 15 minute walk from the church. 12 and 16 buses stop outside the church. *AirLink 100 terminus is outside Waverley station. The nearest tram stop is located on the opposite side of 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA St Andrew Square. Tel: 0131 225 3847 By Air: Edinburgh International Airport is connected stagw.org.uk stagw stagw1 to the city by tram, bus* and taxi.
Undercroft Café Fringe Festival Opening Times
Mon-Sat 10am until 4pm
A great place to meet before During the Festival there is also performances or relax after an event, an opportunity to view and the Undercroft offers a light menu of purchase art work in support of International Voluntary Services. tasty, fresh homemade produce at very www.ivsgb.org reasonable prices.