Music
Distillery gets ready to premiere Ten Wee Drams
Raasay Distillery will be hosting a live performance of Ten Wee Drams next month. On April 11, a new set of works for solo bass and contrabass clarinet commissioned and performed by celebrated musician Sarah Watts, will be performed. Sarah Watts has been hosting annual clarinet and bass clarinet courses on the Isle of Raasay…
Read MoreEuropean opera premiere being held in Scotland
The European premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s dark and daring opera, Breaking the Waves, takes place at this summer’s Edinburgh International Festival. It opens on August 21 at King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, for three performances. Based on Lars von Trier’s award-winning film, Breaking the Waves is directed by Tom Morris, the Tony Award-winning Artistic Director of Bristol…
Read MoreStroke survivor takes to stage to save vital service
Blues pianist and singer Alwyn James feared his music career would be over after a serious stroke changed his life forever. Fast forward over two decades and Perth’s Alwyn and his band, Roll Wyn James, have created seven amazing albums and are getting ready to hit the stage to help other stroke survivors in Tayside…
Read MoreA unique partnership with son et lumière launches
A new partnership between St Andrews Voices Festival and the award-winning light projection artists, Luxmuralis will be launched later this month. The launch will take place on Tuesday, 26 March, at 8pm in Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, where a preview of the work which will be at the heart of the 2019 St Andrews Voices Festival in October will be shown.…
Read MoreMusic club to welcome Consone String Quartet
Milngavie Music Club’s next concert features an extremely talented, up-and-coming young ensemble that specialises in playing the music of the 18th and 19th centuries as it would have sounded at the time. The prize-winning Consone String Quartet play on period instruments and their concert at Cairns Church, Milngavie, near Glasgow, on 5 April, which focuses on…
Read MoreSCO unveils new season and new maestro
The new principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra gave his debut performance, in Russia, aged twelve. Now, at just 31, Maxim Emelyanychev is taking over from Robin Ticciati and brings a starry line-up of musicians to his first season. Launched last night at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, the programme for 2019/20 features home…
Read MoreMusic, film, TV and more at this year’s XpoNorth
XpoNorth have announced the latest batch of speakers confirmed to participate in this year’s edition. Taking place at Eden Court Theatre & Cinema across 3-4 July, the event will again bring together a host of regional, national and international voices to discuss the hottest topics shaping and influencing the sector. The festival is delighted to…
Read MoreNew funding will help SCO spread musical word
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is to continue its pioneering community and education programmes right across Scotland. The SCO has announced Edinburgh investment management firm Baillie Gifford as its Creative Learning Partner, who will support the Orchestra’s work. The internationally celebrated Scottish Chamber Orchestra is made up of a unique collection of talented musicians who inspire…
Read MoreLove Music are all ready for a busy time in March
Scottish music education charity Love Music is a hive of activity this March. The Edinburgh-based group will be holding one concert, two flash mobs and eight of its team and choir members are in training for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival! The first event is the Love Music Community Choir concert on 11 March at 7.30pm.…
Read MoreOn the fiddle to celebrate the master of music
The 16th annual Niel Gow Festival will take place next month, to celebrate the life of the man regarded by many as the patriarch of the Scottish fiddle tradition. The festival programme over the weekend of 15–17 March in Dunkeld and Birnam, has something for everyone, players and punters alike and, as is the case…
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