PROGRAMME PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 22ND MAY - 1ST JUNE 2014 box office 01738 621031 perthfestival.co.uk 2 Principal Sponsors Major Supporters Trusts Cruden Foundation Limited With the principal support of THE BACHER TRUST D.C. Thomson Charitable Trust B JIMMIE CAIRNCROSS Forteviot Charitable Trust O CHARITABLE TRUST O K Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust O N THE CROSS TRUST Hugh Fraser Foundation L I N Arranged under the auspices of E JTH Charitable Trust p e The Misses Barrie Charitable Trust r t h f e R.J. Larg Family Trust s t i v The Souter Charitable Trust a l . BRANDING • DIGITAL • MARKETING c o Supported by Tay Charitable Trust . u k Whitaker Charitable Trust THE GUILDRY INCORPORATION OF PERTH The Festival is delighted to support 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 Alex Cairncross Stuart Hutton, Lynne Perkins, J. Graham Sharp, As in previous years, we continue to ensure we bring you a wide variety of entertainment, 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 and Estate Agents support us, and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible throughout Perth 8 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, 6 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 invites them to perform a recital in the Kirk. This year's featured s t artist will be the soprano Colleen Nicoll. i See page 20 for further v information on concert a l . Perth Youth Orchestra c o . u k Supported by THE BACHER TRUST 6 B O O K O N L I N E p e Ar Tay r t h Curated by f e s 10.00 –19.30 from Thursday 22nd May –Sunday 25th May (inclusive) t i v Beside Perth Concert Hall a Admission Free l . c A large tented gallery will be erected in the centre of the city beside Perth Concert Hall in which over 300 o . works of art will be displayed. The range of work on display will cover many well-known Scottish artists as u well as some who are beginning their artistic careers. k Returning by popular demand, arTay offers both the curious browser and the serious collector a huge range of paintings, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, glass, woodwork, metalwork and jewellery. The sole aim of arTay is to make contemporary Scottish art as accessible as possible to the public at large. The tent will be open each evening prior to events held in the Concert Hall so why not come along earlier and have a look before the concerts begin. This is a unique event in Scotland and as such should not be missed.