CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY Autumn - Winter 2016 2 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY 8 NORTH BRIDGE ROYAL MILE CANONGATE GEORGE 6 I V BRIDGE SOUTH BRIDGE COWGATE COWGATE 2 CHAMBERS STREET 4 5 7 9 POTTEROW BRISTO NICOLSON NICOLSON 1 SQUARE SQUARE S 3 TREET concert venues GEORGE 1 Reid Concert Hall SQUARE 2 Greyfriars Kirk 3 Methodist Church 4 Playfair Library Hall 5 St. Michael and All Saints Church 6 St Giles’ Cathedral 7 Usher Hall 8 Scottish National Portrait Gallery 9 Alison House 3 Autumn - Winter 2016 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY Autumn - Winter 2016 Due to the ongoing buildings works at the McEwan Hall, this series of lunchtime concerts will continue to be held in the City of Edinburgh Methodist Church on Tuesdays and in Greyfriars Kirk, the Playfair Library Hall and the Reid Concert Hall on Fridays. The Reid Concert Hall will remain in use for evening concerts. Reid Concert Hall – Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AH 1 Pedestrian access to the main entrance is via Teviot Place. Temporary disabled access is provided via a ramp at the main entrance. Greyfriars Kirk - Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2QQ 2 Access to the church is via the gate in Greyfriars Place, through the Kirkyard and into the church via the vestibule. No parking of vehicles is allowed in the Kirkyard, with the exception of those dropping off disabled persons. City of Edinburgh Methodist Church - 25 Nicolson 3 Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX The concerts will take place in the large hall on the upper floor. Please enter via the Well Café on ground floor level and take the stairs or lift to the hall. Playfair Library Hall - Old College, South Bridge, 4 Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Pedestrian access to the Old College Quadrangle is via the entrance at South Bridge, or at West College Street. There is no vehicular access permitted into Old College Quadrangle. Arrangements for disabled access to the Playfair Library Hall (which is situated on the upper floor of the building) can be made in advance - telephone 0131 650 8008. 4 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY diary AUTUMN - WINTER 2016 SEPTEMBER 27 1.10pm Methodist Church The Edinburgh Quartet FREE 30 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk Students from the Reid School of Music FREE OCTOBER 4 1.10pm Methodist Church George Kennaway and Hannah Harnest FREE 7 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Dorien Schouten FREE 11 1.10pm Methodist Church Musica Mundana FREE 14 1.10pm Playfair Library Hall Anne Desler and John Kitchen FREE 18 1.10pm Methodist Church The Edinburgh Quartet FREE 21 1.10pm Playfair Library Hall Gildas Quartet FREE 21 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Lucy Carolan memorial concert FREE 25 1.10pm Methodist Church Robin Michael FREE 28 1.10pm Playfair Library Hall Jenny Nex and Stephen Morrison FREE NOVEMBER 1 1.10pm Methodist Church Suzanne Fischer and Panaretos Kyriatzidis FREE 4 1.10pm Playfair Library Hall Mark Summers and John Kitchen FREE 8 1.10pm Methodist Church Paul Grant and Michael Pandya FREE Marciana Buta, Amira Bedrush-McDonald, 11 1.10pm Greyfriars Kirk FREE Emily Dellit Imbert and Aisling O'Dea 11 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk Edinburgh University Music Society Chorus £10 / £5 15 1.10pm Methodist Church Scottish Saxophone Ensemble FREE 5 Autumn - Winter 2016 diary AUTUMN - WINTER 2016 NOVEMBER CONTINUED 18 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Nicholas Wearne FREE St. Michael and All 18 7.45pm Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers £8 / £5 Saints Church Edinburgh University Music Society 19 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk £10 / £5 Symphony Orchestra 22 1.10pm Methodist Church The Edinburgh Quartet FREE 22 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University String Orchestra £10 / £5 24 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Composers' Orchestra FREE 25 1.10pm Reid Concert Hall Anne Desler and John Kitchen FREE 25 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Wind Band £6 / £4 26 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Music Society Sinfonia £10 / £5 29 1.10pm Methodist Church Trio Mágico FREE DECEMBER 3 7.30pm Reid Concert Hall Edinburgh University Brass Band £5 /£3 4 6.00pm St Giles' Cathedral Edinburgh University Carol Service FREE 5 1.10pm Usher Hall Edinburgh University Singers £5 Scottish National 9 1.15pm Edinburgh University Singers FREE Portrait Gallery 6 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER, 1.10pm TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church 3 Methodist Church THE EDINBURGH QUARTET GEORGE KENNAWAY cello HANNAH HARNEST piano NICOLAS DUPONT guest violin GORDON BRAGG violin JOHN IRELAND Cello Sonata in G minor MORAG ROBERTSON guest viola SAMUEL BARBER Cello Sonata in C minor MARK BAILEY cello MARIE DARE Le lac EDWARD HARPER Three Folk Song Settings Admission Free for String Quartet KODÁLY String Quartet No.2 JAMES MacMILLAN Memento FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER, 1.10pm Admission Free 1 Reid Concert Hall The Edinburgh Quartet DORIEN SCHOUTEN organ J.S. BACH Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi BWV 593 COELHO Segunda Susana M. PRAETORIUS Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BERT MATTER Fantasie sopra Von Gott will ich nicht lassen Admission Free Photo credit Archie MacFarlane Dorien Schouten FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER, 1.10pm 2 Greyfriars Kirk Students from the Reid School of Music Admission Free 7 Autumn - Winter 2016 TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church 4 Playfair Library Hall MUSICA MUNDANA ANNE DESLER mezzo-soprano JOHN KITCHEN harpsichord ANNEMARIE KLEIN recorders ERIC THOMAS lute and theorbo ‘Of Ghosts and Monsters’: arias and scenes from baroque operas by composers English lute and Italian theorbo music including HANDEL and HASSE. including works by RUFFO, DOWLAND, KAPSBERGER, FINGER and LOCKE. Admission Free Admission Free Anne Desler Musica Mundana TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church THE EDINBURGH QUARTET RUTH PALMER guest violin GORDON BRAGG violin MORAG ROBERTSON guest viola MARK BAILEY cello ALASDAIR NICOLSON String Quartet No.3 SHOSAKOVICH String Quartet No.4 Photo credit Ruth Clarke Admission Free 8 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER, 7.30pm 4 Playfair Library Hall 1 Reid Concert Hall GILDAS QUARTET MEMORIAL CONCERT FOR HARPSICHORDIST LUCY CAROLAN CHRISTOPHER JONES violin (1952-2015) GEMMA SHARPLES violin KAY STEPHEN viola NANCY HADDEN baroque flute ANNA MENZIES cello JOHN HOLLOWAY baroque violin SOPHIE YATES harpsichord SCHUBERT Theme and Variations from JOHN KITCHEN harpsichord Death and the Maiden String Quartet in D minor D810 Music to include works by HANDEL, GEORGE CRUMB Black Angels COUPERIN, J.S. BACH, De LA BARRE and others Admission Free Admission Free Gildas Quartet Goermans-Taskin harpsichord TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church ROBIN MICHAEL cello DUTILLEUX Trois Stophes sur le nom Sacher for solo cello J.S. BACH Suite No.5 in C minor BWV 1011 Admission Free 9 Autumn - Winter 2016 FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER,1.10pm 4 Playfair Library Hall 4 Playfair Library Hall JENNY NEX soprano MARK SUMMERS viola da gamba STEPHEN MORRISON guitar JOHN KITCHEN harpsichord THEA MUSGRAVE Five Love Songs DOLLÉ Suite in G SCHUBERT Four Lieder arranged for COUPERIN Suite in E minor voice and guitar BRITTEN Six Folksong Arrangements Admission Free Admission Free Mark Summers Jenny Nex and Stephen Morrison Photo credit Guy J. Brown TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church SUZANNE FISCHER soprano PANARETOS KYRIATZIDIS piano BERLIOZ Nuits d’ Été MENDELSSOHN Frühlingslied MENDELSSOHN An die Entfernte MENDELSSOHN Schilflied LISZT Tre Sonetti di Petrarca (S270) Suzanne Fischer and Admission Free Panaretos Kyriatzidis 10 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church 2 Greyfriars Kirk PAUL GRANT baritone MARCIANA BUTA violin MICHAEL PANDYA piano AMIRA BEDRUSH-McDONALD violin EMILY DELLIT IMBERT violin Programme to include BRAHMS Vier Ernste AISLING O’DEA violin Gesänge and FAURÉ L’horizon Chimérique. BACEWICZ Quartet for 4 violins Admission Free DANCLA The Carnival of Venice for 4 violins, Op.119 Paul Grant KREISLER (arr. Thom) Prelude and Allegro in the style of Pugnani SEONAID AITKEN Niel Gow’s High Drive to the Wizard’s Walk Admission Free Marciana Buta Amira Michael Pandya Bedrush-McDonald Emily Dellit Imbert Aisling O’Dea 11 Autumn - Winter 2016 FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 2 Greyfriars Kirk 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC NICHOLAS WEARNE organ SOCIETY CHORUS J.S. BACH Toccata, Adagio and NEIL METCALFE conductor Fugue BWV 564 BRUHNS Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland ROSSINI Petite Messe Solennelle SWEELINCK Est-ce mars SwVW 321 £10 / £5 (concessions/students) J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in G major Tickets available at BWV 541 www.eums.org.uk or on the door Admission Free Nicholas Wearne TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER, 1.10pm 3 Methodist Church THE SCOTTISH SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE SUE McKENZIE soprano and alto saxophones ELLIE STEEMSON soprano and alto saxophones ALLON BEAUVOISIN tenor saxophone MICHAEL BROGAN baritone saxophone Programme to include works by by EDDIE McGUIRE, IAN WILSON, BOB MINTZER and ROSS AINSLIE. Admission Free FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 7.45pm 5 St. Michael and All Saints Church Brougham Street, Tollcross EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY RENAISSANCE SINGERS NOEL O’REGAN director Music for Celebration by CRECQUILLON, GUERRERO and VICTORIA £8 (£5 concessions) Admission on the door The Scottish Saxophone Ensemble 12 CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm THURSDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm 2 Greyfriars Kirk 1 Reid Concert Hall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MUSIC EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS’ SOCIETY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA RUSSELL COWIESON conductor PETER NELSON conductor MAHLER Symphony