IFUL PLAC UT ES A • Across East Lothian E B B E ‘ A world-class • A 2010-2019 U C I T S I 13 – 22 September 2019 TH F U U M L L music festival‘ M U U F I S T I Huffington Post C U • A B E ANNIVERSARY E B A 10• U S T E I F C U A L L P Beautiful music Beautiful places Tickets 0131 473 2000 ‘ Music treats in surprising places. lammermuirfestival.co.uk ‘ This festival’s subheading is beautiful music, Hard to ask for more than that I’d say. I urge you to check it out‘ beautiful places. It fulfils its promise‘ Seen and Heard International The Observer The Lammermuir Festival would like to thank the following for their valued support and generosity without which the Festival could not take place. WELCOME TO THE 2019 LAMMERMUIR FESTIVAL Stuart MacRae’s third Prometheus-inspired ‘ Locations and music commission promises to be a real highlight. Funder Partner in perfect harmony‘ It is a special pleasure to introduce our 10th The intrepid Red Note Ensemble appear in Creative Scotland BBC Radio 3 The Scotsman Lammermuir Festival. At the very heart of our the most intriguing of several new Festival Sponsors programme are some of our favourite artists venues, East Linton’s historic cattle market, - from the extraordinary young flautist Adam and Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis Walker making his Lammermuir debut, to our will take your breath away with Palestrina old friends and Ensemble in Residence the and Victoria in Musselburgh’s lovely Dunedin Consort with four magnificent concerts Catholic church. The Scottish Chamber centred on Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras We’re delighted that the superb Quatuor are back and the brilliant gypsy band ZRI Mosaïques is back and that the incomparable will perform live to one of Charlie Chaplin’s Trusts baritone Roderick Williams is bringing us all best loved silent movies. three of the great Schubert song cycles. The Binks Trust Penpont Charitable Trust There is of course much more and we Dunard Fund Stevenston Charitable Trust After last year’s success, Scottish Opera’s think you’ll find our programme both richly And our many generous individual donors. delectable Italian double bill is keenly anticipated rewarding and full of surprises. But one thing and our very popular morning coffee and cake is certain: the Lammermuir experience offers Please contact concerts will once again be the indispensable a wealth of beautiful music in some of the [email protected] if start to your Festival day. most beautiful places in Scotland. We hope you would like to become a festival supporter. you’ll decide to try it and we look forward to Our Festival Patron Steven Osborne, Supported by internationally-acclaimed for his Beethoven welcoming you in September. and his Messiaen, performs masterpieces by Hugh Macdonald & James Waters both composers, and Composer in Association Artistic Directors THE VENUES 10 Dirleton 1 2 3 1 mile 10 11 12 ‘ It’s not just the Festival’s North Berwick ‘ Locations and music in 2 km programmes that entice, A198 prefect harmony’ FP Free car park at venue it’s the venues too‘ The Scotsman Scotland 11 East P Free parking on street Lothian BBC Music Magazine Please leave time to walk to A198 Venue 1 Our Lady of Prestongrange Whitekirk venue from car park/street Dirleton Kirk St Mary’s The Mart The Brunton Loretto Church Church Dirleton Parish Church East Linton Musselburgh Musselburgh Prestonpans Drem 14 EH39 5EL Whitekirk EH40 3DN EH21 6AA EH21 7AJ EH32 9DX Firth of Forth 15 EH42 1XS 12 13 Dunbar FP P P P East P P FP Lothian East Linton Longniddry A1 4 5 6 N 13 14 15 4 Edinburgh 5 miles 3 Haddington 9 Port Seton 8 Prestonpans h Stenton 1 2 Train from Edinburg A1 7 B6370 Chalmers Ormiston Parish Crichton Collegiate Gladsmuir Prestonkirk St Anne’s Dunbar Memorial Church Church Church Pathhead Parish Church Episcopal Church Parish Church Port Seton Ormiston Midlothian Musselburgh East Linton Dunbar Dunbar EH32 0HG EH35 5HT EH37 5XA Garvald EH40 3DS EH42 1JL EH42 1LB B6369 P P FP FP P P 5 7 8 9 A6124 Ormiston Pencaitland Gifford ‘ A celebration of great music, performed by the finest professional instrumentalists and singers in an array LAMMERMUIR HILLS of historic venues across the region, A68 For information on taxis, buses and trains go to: eastlothian.gov.uk from ancient churches to glorious Lennoxlove House St Mary’s Parish Holy Trinity Church Pathhead Haddington Church Haddington For a detailed map of venue locations, access, stately homes‘ EH41 4NZ Haddington EH41 3EX parking and toilets visit lammermuirfestival.co.uk B6368 and look at the concert page. Cotswold Life EH41 4BZ B6367 6 FP P P FRI 13 SEPT 3pm DIARY St Mary’s Parish Church, Whitekirk ‘ Quatuor Mosaïques made a chamber music evening … into a breath-taking experience: art became emotion, emotion became art’ Die Presse, Vienna DIARY FRI 13 SEPT SAT 14 SEPT SUN 15 SEPT MON 16 SEPT TUE 17 SEPT QUATUOR MOSAÏQUES I Morning 11am VENUE 7 11am VENUE 9 11am VENUE 9 ‘ Their playing is so natural and Music at Lennoxlove Coffee Concert I Coffee Concert II Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op 42 Lennoxlove House Holy Trinity Haddington Holy Trinity, Haddington communicative that fans will Haydn String Quartet in B flat major Op 76 No 4 ‘Sunrise’ find gold in every measure’ Afternoon 3pm VENUE 11 3pm VENUE 4 3pm VENUE 6 3pm VENUE 10 3pm VENUE 6 Quatuor Mosaïques I Quatuor Mosaïques II Quatuor Mosaïques III Roderick Williams Schubert I Brandenburg Concertos II Beethoven String Quartet in F major Op 59 No 1 ‘Razumovsky’ Early Music America St Mary’s Whitekirk Chalmers Church Crichton Church Dirleton Kirk Crichton Church Where better to open our 10th Festival than Whitekirk’s beautiful Evening 8pm VENUE 8 8pm VENUE 2 7.45pm VENUE 15 7.30pm VENUE 8 7.45pm VENUE 15 Brandenburg Concertos I Vox Luminis I SCO Vox Luminis II Osborne plays Beethoven mediaeval church with its magical acoustic. And who better than St Mary’s Haddington Our Lady of Loretto M’burgh Dunbar Parish Church St Mary’s Haddington Dunbar Parish Church Quatuor Mosaïques, making a welcome return to the Festival Late Evening 10pm VENUE 8 with three programmes that include Beethoven’s revolutionary David Goode Plays Bach ‘Razumovsky’ quartets. The Mosaïques’ stellar reputation as one St Mary’s Haddington of the world’s leading period instrument ensembles is founded on WED 18 SEPT THU 19 SEPT FRI 20 SEPT SAT 21 SEPT SUN 22 SEPT their performances of the Viennese classics, especially Haydn, whose Morning 11am VENUE 9 11am VENUE 9 11am VENUE 9 11am VENUE 14 music has had an honoured place in every Lammermuir Festival Coffee Concert III Coffee Concert IV Coffee Concert V Maxwell Sting Quartet since the beginning. We can think of no finer interpreters Holy Trinity Haddington Holy Trinity Haddington Holy Trinity Haddington St Anne’s Episcopal Dunbar of these wonderful pieces. Afternoon 3pm VENUE 5 3pm VENUE 3 3pm VENUE 13 3.30pm VENUE 10 3pm 4pm & 5pm VENUE 12 Red Note Enemble Brandenburg Concertos III Roderick Williams Schubert III Brahms Piano Quintet Aeolian Ormiston Parish Church Prestongrange Parish Church Prestonkirk Parish Church Dirleton Kirk The Mart East Linton Prestonpans East Linton 3.30pm VENUE 10 Quartet for the End of Time Dirleton Kirk Evening 7.45pm VENUE 13 7.45pm VENUE 8 7.30pm VENUE 8 7.45pm VENUE 1 7.45pm VENUE 8 In co-production with Roderick Williams Schubert II BBC SSO Scottish Opera Chaplin in the Jazz Age Brandenburg Concertos IV Prestonkirk Parish Church St Mary’s Haddington St Mary’s Haddington The Brunton Musselburgh St Mary’s Haddington Late Evening 10.15pm VENUE 9 Tom Poster plays Nocturnes Duration: approx. 1 hour 45 mins Holy Trinity Haddington Photos: (Top) Quatuor Mosaïques Hayashi Kiyotane Photo: Whiteadder Reservoir, Lammermuir Hills Brian Turner £21.00 / £15.75 / £10.50 £S (Bottom) Quatuor Mosaïques Wolfgang Frautzer FRI 13 SEPT 8pm SAT 14 SEPT 11am SAT 14 SEPT 3pm St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington Lennoxlove House, Haddington Chalmers Memorial Church, Port Seton BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS I MUSIC AT LENNOXLOVE QUATUOR MOSAÏQUES II ‘… even well- Bach Orchestral Suite No 1 in C major Tabea Debus Recorder Mozart Adagio and Fugue K546 known pieces become revelatory Vivaldi Violin Concerto Op 8 No 6 in C major ‘Il Piacere’ Alex McCartney Theorbo Mozart String Quartet in D major K575 ‘Prussian’ experiences in Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major Jonathan Rees Cello continuo Beethoven String Quartet in E minor Op 59 No 2 their hands’ Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major ‘ … a sensational ‘Razumovsky’ The invention of the printing press Bachtrack Vivaldi Violin Concerto Op 8 No 2 in G major ‘Summer’ recording [of the eroded the predominantly aural tradition Quatuor Mosaïques bring their formidable musicality to a Bach Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor Brandenburg of music but some melodies are innately wide range of repertoire, but their Beethoven is especially Concertos] – memorable – why? The stunning young admired. In Port Seton’s lovely arts and crafts church they Cecilia Bernardini Violin perhaps the recorder virtuoso Tabea Debus answers continue their cycle of the three revolutionary quartets that Katy Bircher Flute best period the question with music by Caccini, Beethoven wrote for Count Razumovsky in 1806. Before Dunedin Consort Brandenburg Dowland, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, that, the first of three late quartets that Mozart wrote for set available ’ John Butt Director Corelli, Marais, Freya Waley-Cohen, the King of Prussia.