Concerts at the university Spring - Summer 2018 2 Concerts at the university north bridge

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This series of lunchtime concerts will be held in the Reid Concert Hall, St Cecilia’s Hall and the McEwan 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.

McEwan Hall 3 Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG *The hall will be open from 12noon to 1pm, and 2pm to 4pm on 9 February, 23 February and 16 March, giving an opportunity to view the recently-restored hall immediately before and the organ recitals on those dates.

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

diary spring - summer 2018 January

20 5.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh Studio Opera £5

26 1.10pm St Cecilia's Hall Ibrahim Aziz and FREE

30 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Edinburgh Quartet FREE February

2 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Eddy Hackett FREE

6 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Barony Ensemble FREE

9 1.10pm McEwan Hall John Kitchen FREE

13 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Edinburgh Quartet FREE

16 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Kist of Music FREE

20 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Svetoslav Todorov FREE

21 6 & 8pm St Cecilia's Hall Students / Musica Nova Prague FREE

22 8pm St Cecilia's Hall Musica Nova Prague FREE

23 1.10pm McEwan Hall David Saint FREE

27 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Findhorn Quartet FREE

£15 / £12 / 27, 28 7.30pm Assembly Roxy Edinburgh Studio Opera £6.50

28 2pm Reid Concert Hall Tovey Memorial Prize Competition FREE March

2 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Maxwell String Quartet FREE

£15 / £12 / 2, 3 7.30pm Assembly Roxy Edinburgh Studio Opera £6.50

3 2pm Assembly Roxy Edinburgh Studio Opera £5

6 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall The Edinburgh Quartet FREE

9 1.10pm St Cecilia's Hall Anne Delser, Ruth Slater and John Kitchen FREE 5 Spring - Summer 2018 diary spring - summer 2018 March CONTINUED

9 8pm Canongate Kirk Edinburgh University Chamber Choir £10 / £5

10 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra £12 / £6

13 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Phillip Leslie FREE

16 1.10pm McEwan Hall Roger Fisher FREE

16 7.30pm Edinburgh University Music Society Chorus £10 / £5

Edinburgh University Music Society 17 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk £10 / £5 Symphony Orchestra

20 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Uli Evans, Robin Mason and Peter Evans FREE

21, Old College Quad & 22, 7pm Music in the Community £10 / £7 23 Playfair Library

22 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Composers' Orchestra FREE

St Michael and All 22 7.45pm Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers £8 / £5 Saints Church

23 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Joseph Beech FREE

23 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Singers £10 / £5

24 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Music Society Sinfonia £10 / £5

27 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Students from the Reid School of Music FREE

31 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Brass Band £5 / £3 april

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

13 7.30pm St. Cecilia's Hall Peter Williams Memorial Concert FREE May

3 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Composers' Orchestra FREE 6 Concerts at the university

SATURDAY 20 JANUARY, 5.30pm TUESDAY 30 JANUARY, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH STUDIO OPERA THE EDINBURGH QUARTET 50th Anniversary Concert TOM HANKEY violin DERRICK MORGAN concert musical director SASHA RAIKHLINA violin CATHERINE MARWOOD viola Performances from current and past ESO MARK BAILEY cello members, to exhibit the talent cultivated through 50 years of Edinburgh Studio Opera MOZART String Quartet No.23 in F major K590 £5 Tickets available on the door BARTÓK String Quartet No.6 Admission Free FRIDAY 26 JANUARY, 1.10pm 2 St. Cecilia’s Hall FRIDAY 2 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm IBRAHIM AZIZ viola da gamba 1 Reid Concert Hall JOHN KITCHEN harpsichord EDDY HACKETT percussion MARAIS Couplets de Folies d’ANGLEBERT Tombeau de Mr de ANDY AKIHO Stop Speaking Chambonnières MAX WILSON Twelve Circles FRANÇOIS COUPERIN Pompe Funebre IANNIS XENAKIS Rebonds B FRANÇOIS COUPERIN Chaconne STEVE REICH Electric Counterpoint Admission Free Admission Free

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TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm TUESDAY 13 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall BARONY ENSEMBLE THE EDINBURGH QUARTET JEAN JOHNSON clarinet TIJMEN HUISINGH violin AISLING O’DEA violin TOM HANKEY violin SONIA CROMARTY cello CATHERINE MARWOOD viola MARK BAILEY cello ELIZABETH MACONCHY Duo for violin and cello DVOŘÁK String Quartet No.14 in A flat major JOHN McCABE Movements for trio Op.105 HANS GÁL Serenade for clarinet, violin and Selection of Armenian folk songs cello Admission Free Admission Free

FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 3 McEwan Hall REID MEMORIAL CONCERT JOHN KITCHEN organ KIST OF MUSIC WHITLOCK March ‘Dignity and Impudence’ ALASTAIR SAVAGE violin HOWELLS Preludio ‘Sine nomine’ ALASTAIR HARDIE violin BRIDGE Adagio in E DONALD GILLAN cello BRIDGE Allegro marziale JOHN KITCHEN harpsichord ELGAR (transcribed Jeremy Cull) ‘Severn 18th -century Scottish instrumental music Suite’ Op.87 including works by GENERAL REID, WILLIAM Admission Free *see page 3 McGIBBON and JAMES OSWALD Admission Free 8 Concerts at the university

TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm thursday 22 FEBRUARY 1 Reid Concert Hall 2 St. Cecilia’s Hall SVETOSLAV TODOROV piano MUSICA NOVA PRAGUE new electronic music SHCHEDRIN Basso Ostinato VLADIGEROV Balkan Dance 2.00 pm workshop with Jiří Lukeš STOYANOV Nocturne 8.00 pm Musica Nova concert 2 RAVEL La Valse JACOB TER VELDHUIS The Body of Admission Free but please register Your Dreams for piano and electronics with www.eventbrite.co.uk ROSENBLATT (arr. TODOROV) Paganini Tech Admission Free FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm 3 McEwan Hall DAVID SAINT organ FRANCK Choral No.3 in A minor LANGLAIS Cantilène (Suite Breve) HEALY WILLAN Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue Admission Free *see page 3

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WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2 St. Cecilia’s Hall MUSICA NOVA PRAGUE new electronic music 2.00 pm workshop with Pete Stollery 6.00 pm student concert 8.00 pm Musica Nova concert 1 Admission Free but please register with www.eventbrite.co.uk 9 Spring - Summer 2018

TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY, 1.10pm WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY, 2pm

1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall THE FINDHORN QUARTET TOVEY MEMORIAL PRIZE COMPETITION JOHN CHICK The Tovey Memorial Prize is awarded ALISTAIR GURR annually to the Music student who shows NEIL MANTLE the greatest promise in composition or DAVE WILSON performance

HANDEL Water Music Suite Admission Free TCHEREPNINE Five pieces for Horns BRUCKNER Two Motets RANDALL Suite for Horns REYNOLDS Toccata FRIDAY 2 MARCH, 1.10pm Admission Free 1 Reid Concert Hall THE MAXWELL STRING QUARTET COLIN SCOBIE violin GEORGE SMITH violin ELLIOT PERKS viola TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY DUNCAN STRACHAN cello HAYDN String Quartet in B flat Op.71 No.1 WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY HAYDN String Quartet in E flat Op.71 No.3 FRIDAY 2 MARCH GARETH WILLIAMS Let the Dancing Out – a String Quartet for Strathearn SATURDAY 3 MARCH, 7.30pm Admission Free 5 Assembly Roxy, Roxburgh Place EDINBURGH STUDIO OPERA ROBERT HERSEY director WILLIAM CONWAY musical director PURCELL Dido and Aeneas PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi £15 / £12 / £6.50 Tickets available from www.edinburghstudioopera.org 10 Concerts at the university

SATURDAY 3 MARCH, 2pm FRIDAY 9 MARCH, 1.10pm 5 Assembly Roxy, Roxburgh Place 2 St. Cecilia’s Hall EDINBURGH STUDIO OPERA ANNE DESLER mezzo-soprano RUTH SLATER violin Highlights from ESO50; A Concert Performance JOHN KITCHEN harpsichord Cover roles perform a series of highlights Coeli amores from the 2018 season HASSE Salve Regina £5 Tickets available from POLLAROLO Cor ferite, o coeli amores www.edinburghstudioopera.org CALDARA ‘Da quel strale, che stilla veleno’ from Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo

Admission Free TUESDAY 6 MARCH, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall THE EDINBURGH QUARTET TIJMEN HUISINGH violin TOM HANKEY violin CATHERINE MARWOOD viola MARK BAILEY cello ARRIAGA String Quartet No.2 in A major VERDI String Quartet in E minor

Admission Free FRIDAY 9 MARCH, 8pm 6 Canongate Kirk EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR MICHAEL BAWTREE conductor A Celebration of Europe PALESTRINA Stabat Mater HANS GÁL Motette ARNOLD BAX Mater ora filium DANIEL SALEEB As de cantar

£10 / £5 (students) Tickets available on the door from 7:30pm 11 Spring - Summer 2018

SATURDAY 10 MARCH, 7.30pm FRIDAY 16 MARCH, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 3 McEwan Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ROGER FISHER organ ORCHESTRA HUMPERDINCK (trans. William Creser) WILLIAM CONWAY conductor Overture ‘Hansel and Gretel’ JOHN KONSOLAKIS clarinet J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 541 DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances Op.72 No.2 VIERNE Naides from Pièces de Fantaisie, Book WEBER Clarinet Concerto No.1 4 Op. 55 BRAHMS Symphony No.1 RHEINBERGER No. 7 in F £12 / £6 (concessions) minor Op.127 Tickets available on the door Admission Free *see page 3

TUESDAY 13 MARCH, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall PHILLIP LESLIE piano J.S. BACH Well-Tempered Klavier Bk. 1 No.16 LEIGHTON Fantasia Op 24 (Hommage to Bach) STEVENSON Peter Grimes Fantasy LEIGHTON Five Studies Op. 22

Admission Free

FRIDAY 16 MARCH, 7.30pm 4 Greyfriars Kirk EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY CHORUS NEIL METCALFE conductor HAYDN The Creation

£10 / £5 Tickets available from www.eums.org.uk 12 Concerts at the university

SATURDAY 17 MARCH, 7.30pm WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 4 Greyfriars Kirk THURSDAY 22 MARCH EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC FRIDAY 23 MARCH, 7pm SOCIETY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 8 Old College Quadrant and RUSSELL COWIESON conductor Playfair Library, University of TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Edinburgh, South Bridge Overture MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY and TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 children from WALK PRIMARY STRAUSS Four Last Songs SCHOOL £10 / £5 Tickets available from THE RIME of the ANCIENT MARINER www.eums.org.uk A retelling for our times JOHN BETT director DEE ISAACS music GERDA STEVENSON words TUESDAY 20 MARCH, 1.10pm JANIS HART set design 1 Reid Concert Hall IAN DODDS film SKYE REYNOLDS movement ULI EVANS violin DAVE HOUSE sound ROBIN MASON cello ANNA COCCIADIFERRO costume PETER EVANS piano JONNIE CLOUGH lighting SCHUBERT Notturno for piano trio in E flat £10 / £7 Tickets available in advance major D 897 BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in E flat major Op. from www.brownpapertickets.com 70 No. 2 Please dress warmly.

Admission Free 13 Spring - Summer 2018

THURSDAY 22 MARCH, 7.30pm FRIDAY 23 MARCH, 7.30pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS’ EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY SINGERS ORCHESTRA JOHN KITCHEN conductor A concert of exclusively new music STUART HOPE and NEIL METCALFE piano composed by students of the University and BRAHMS Requiem Op.45 wider community £10 / £5 Tickets available on the door Admission Free

THURSDAY 22 MARCH, 7.45pm SATURDAY 24 MARCH, 7.30pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 9 St. Michael and All Saints Episcopal Church, Brougham EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC Street, Tollcross SOCIETY SINFONIA EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY RENAISSANCE MICHAEL DEVLIN conductor SINGERS SHOSTAKOVICH Suite for Variety Orchestra NOEL O’REGAN director PROKOFIEV Symphony No.7 Music for Lent and Holy Week by GUERRERO, VICTORIA and JACOB HANDL GALLUS £10 / £5 Tickets available from www.eums.org.uk £8 / £5 Tickets available on the door

SUNDAY 25 MARCH, 7.30pm FRIDAY 23 MARCH, 1.10pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY STRING JOSEPH BEECH organ ORCHESTRA Works to include extracts from J.S. BACH’s CHRIS GEORGE conductor The Art of Fugue DANIEL MESZOLY violin Admission Free HOLST St Paul’s Suite SUK Serenade for Strings J.S. BACH in A Minor BWV 1041

£10/£5 (students) Tickets available on the door 14 Concerts at the university

TUESDAY 27 MARCH, 1.10pm FRIDAY 6 APRIL, 7.30pm 1 Reid Concert Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall Students from the Reid School of Music EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY WIND BAND

Admission Free MORVEN BELL conductor £6 / £4 (concession) Tickets email: [email protected] THURSDAY 29 MARCH, 2pm 1 Reid Concert Hall FRIDAY 13 APRIL, 7.30pm The Margaret Fletcher, Schola Cantorum Lieder Prize Competition 2 St. Cecilia’s Hall 2018 incorporating the Elizabeth King MEMORIAL CONCERT FOR KEYBOARD Prize for Lieder Performance PLAYER AND MUSICOLOGIST PETER ERIC VON IBLER and PATRICIA MacMAHON WILLIAMS (1937-2016) adjudicators Performers will include JOHN BUTT, DAVID £100 awarded annually for the best PONSFORD, JOHN KITCHEN and LEON COATES performance of Two German Lieder in Music by J.S. BACH, SCARLATTI, HANDEL and competition - one to be chosen from the others works of Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf or Richard Strauss. Competition open to Admission Free matriculated students from all Departments of Edinburgh University

Admission Free

SATURDAY 31 MARCH, 7.30pm 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY BRASS BAND THURSDAY 3 MAY, 7.30pm ONDŘEJ SOUKUP conductor 1 Reid Concert Hall £5 / £3 (student) Tickets available on EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS’ the door or from www.ticketsource. ORCHESTRA co.uk/eubrassband A concert of exclusively new music composed by students of the University and wider community

Admission Free 15 Spring - Summer 2018 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM and RELATED EVENTS ST CECILIA’S HALL and MUSICAL SYPERT SUMMER CONCERTS INSTRUMENT MUSEUM There will be a series of three summer evening concerts at St Cecilia’s Hall in Niddry Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LG June 2018. These concerts are generously Originally opened in 1763, St Cecilia’s Hall supported by George and Joy Sypert. is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in . Including a Concert Room and a Music Museum, the building has institute for music in human & recently re-opened following an extensive refurbishment. The elegant oval concert social development IMHSD room on the first floor remains at the heart The institute for Music in Human and Social of the Georgian building, and there are four Development brings together research, galleries situated on the ground and first theory and practice from disciplines floors, containing one of the world’s most including psychology, medicine, linguistics, important collections of musical instruments. physics, neuroscience and philosophy. Opening hours: Our aim is to inform both the scientific Tuesday - Saturday 10am to 5pm understanding and practical application of music as an educational, therapeutic, artistic Admission Free and social tool. www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk www.eca.ed.ac.uk/research/institute- music-human-and-social-development

FINAL YEAR BMus RECITALS These recitals will be held in the Reid Concert Hall in May 2018 (dates to be confirmed).0131 650 2427.

other events at For other events at the Edinburgh College of Art, please visit the website: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/events © University of Edinburgh. contact Concert secretary: Moira Landels Contact address: The University of Edinburgh Reid School of Music Edinburgh College of Art Alison House 12 Nicolson Square Edinburgh EH8 9DF t. 0131 651 4336 e. [email protected] w. eca.ed.ac.uk/reid-school-of-music north bridge

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