WInter Season 2023 - 2024

Saturday 13th April 2024, at 20.30hrs (Preceded by AGM at 19:30hrs)

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School EH49 6HB

Solo Accordion

Ryan is an outstanding classical accordionist studying for a Masters at the Scottish Royal Conservatoire

Programme:

Saturday 9th March 2024, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School EH49 6HB

Piano Recital

Italian pianist Ida has performed throughout Europe and Canada

Programme:

Scarlatti: Sonata in D major K.492

Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor K. 197

Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor K. 386

W.A. Mozart: Fantasia and Fugue in C major K. 394

W.A. Mozart: Fantasia in C minor K. 396

M. Blasco de Nebra: Sonata n°10 in C major

M, Blasco de Nebra: Sonata n° 1 in C minor

F. Schubert 3 Klavierstücke D946

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Saturday 17th February 2024, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School EH49 6HB

String Quartet

Winners of the 2023 Tunnell Trust Prize for young chamber music ensembles

Programme:

Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat major: I. Adagio ma non troppo

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.13

- Interval -

Dimitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.3 in F major

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Saturday 27th January 2024, at 19:30hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church, EH49 7AL

Rossini, Mendelssohn and Dvorak

Programme:

Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish'

Rossini: William Tell

Writing about his Symphony No.3, composed following a visit to Scotland, Mendelssohn wrote: “We went, in deep twilight, to the palace where Queen Mary lived and loved … Everything around is broken and mouldering and the bright sky shines in. I believe I found the beginning of my Scotch[sic] Symphony there today.” [July 30th 1829]. Mendelssohn loved Scotland and this symphony is surely one his most expressive and poetic works.

(The "palace" referred to is Holyrood, not Linlithgow!)

As if one well-loved symphony is not enough, we also offer Dvořák's seventh – a dramatic work certainly, but brim full of those characteristically warm-hearted melodies that only he could pen.

We bring our concert to a rousing conclusion indeed with Rossini's “William Tell” Overture – guaranteed to send you out into the January night with yet more themes buzzing around in the head – whatever the weather!

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Saturday 2nd December 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School, EH49 6HB

Soprano and Piano

Filipa Portela and Gregor Forbes perform songs and piano pieces by Debussy connected with the South of France and Portugal Programme: “A Mediterranean Evening” Delibes: Filles de Cadiz Debussy: Fêtes galantes, Set 1 Solo piano: Debussy: La sérénade interrompue (Préludes Bk. 1) Debussy: La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (Préludes Bk. 2) Toldrà: Seis Canciones Solo piano: Debussy: La Puerta del Vino (Préludes Book 2) Mendoza: Nana Ravel: Vocalize en forme de Habanera De Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas Montsalvatge: Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito

Filipa Portela and Gregor Forbes perform songs and piano pieces by Debussy connected with the South of France and Portugal

Programme:

“A Mediterranean Evening”

Claude Debussy - Fêtes Galantes (Livre 1)
Xavier Montsalvatge – Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito
Claude Debussy – La sérénade interrompue (Préludes Book 1)
Claude Debussy – La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (Préludes Book 2)
Carlos Guastavino - La rosa y el sauce
Eduardo Toldrà – Seis Canciones
-Interval-
Claude Debussy – La Puerta del Vino (Préludes Book 2)
Henri Duparc – Chanson Triste
Manuel de Falla – Siete canciones populares españolas
Maurice Ravel – Vocalize en forme de Habanera
Léo Delibes – Filles de Cadiz

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Sunday 12th November 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church, EH49 6AL

Trumpet and Piano

An outstanding charismatic young graduate trumpet player, accompanied by a travelled solo pianist, chamber musician and accompanist play a wide ranging programme of classical items with some jazz, some lighter music and some pieces by Florence Price.

Programme:

Honegger: Intrada

Poulenc: Métamorphoses

Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness

Halsey Stevens: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Bitsch: Quatre variations sur un thème de Domenico Scarlatti

Rogers and Hart: My Funny Valentine

Enescu: Légende

Florence Price: Sympathy

Florence Price: Thumbnail sketches of a Day in Life, Morning

Florence Price: Adoration

Karl Pilss: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

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Saturday 21st October 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

Piano Trio

A new chamber group formed in 2022 by established professionals

Programme:

Joan Trimble: Fantasy Trio

Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, op 67

- Interval -

Haydn: Trio in E minor XV:12

Ravel: Trio in A minor

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Saturday 30th September 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School, EH49 6HB

Cello and Piano

Experienced and highly successful performers from Scotland

Programme:

J.S. Bach: Sonata in G, BWV 1027 for viola da gamba and cembalo (1740)

Beethoven: Sonata in F, Op.5 No.1(1796)

MacMillan: Sonata No.2 (2000)

Poulenc: Sonata, Op.143 pour violoncello et piano (1948)

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Saturday 2nd September 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Brass Band

Scottish Brass Band Champions 2023 and winners of the British Open Grand Shield 2023.

Programme:

The Band, who are having a highly successful season, will perform a championship programme as they prepare to head for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain shortly after this event.

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