Saturday 6th at 8pm
The Scottish Chamber ChoirMichael Harris - Music Director
Romantic Voices
Mendelssohn Drei Motetten
Parry Songs of Farewell
Stanford Three motets; Magnificat
Tickets £8 (under-16's free) from St Giles' Cathedral Shop (0131 226 0673) or at the door.
Sunday 7th at 6pm
St Giles' at Six
Organ Recital
Daniel Clark - Dresden
Buxtehude, Bach and Vierne
Wednesday 10th at 8pm
International Handbell Concert
Ringers from the US and Scotland's Celtic Carillon combine to offer a concert celebrating the joy of handbell ringing. Favorites such a Londonderry Air and Duruflé's Ubi Caritas will be balanced with music by US and UK composers.
Deborah S. Rice, Executive Director of the International Handbell Committee and Past President of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers is Artistic Director under the sponsorship of Harmony International.
Admission Free. Retiring Collection in aid of The Handbell Ringers of Great Britain.
Thursday 11th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Heritage Singers, North Dakota, USA
Friday 12th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Brighton College
Sunday 14th at 6.00pm
St Giles' at Six
The Singers
Donald Halliday - Director
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Music by Byrd, Purcell and Mendelssohn
Wednesday 17th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Organ recital by Peter Backhouse
Popular Organ Music with a taste of the Old Town
Thursday 18th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Lunchtime Lunchtime Tunes by the three Edinburgh based musicians Will Pickvance (Piano), Norman Mackay (Accordion) and Poppy Ackroyd (Violin). Enjoy a kaleidoscope of their own compositions, including many pieces from Norman Mackay's album "The perfect squeeze".
Sunday 21st at 6pm
St Giles' at Six
Capital Concert Band
Song and Dance
Programme includes
Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre
Mozart Overture The Marriage of Figaro
Lloyd Webber Song & Dance
Tuesday 23rd at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Nordsinni Blandede Kor, Norway
Wednesday 24th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Eidanger Kantori, Porsgrunn, Norway
Wednesday 24th at 8pm
Celebrity Organ Recitals 2009
Michael Harris
Guilmant March on a theme of Handel
J.S.Bach Sonata II BWV 526
Leighton Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia
Karg-Elert Harmonies du Soir
Jongen Toccata
Tickets £7 (accompanied children free) from St Giles' Cathedral Shop (0131 226 0673) or at the door
Thursday 25th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Lunchtime performance by Edinburgh artist Simon Kempston
'A celtic explosion of guitar and voice addressing contemporary and historical social and political issues in an incisive, uniquely melodic way.' The Scotsman
Friday 26th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Lunchtime Tunes by Bellevue Rendezvous
A Edinburgh based acoustic trio featuring an unusual combination of instruments - including the nyckelharpa which is very rarely seen in the UK. The line up is Gavin Marwick (fiddle), Ruth Morris, (nyckelharpa) and Cameron Robson (bouzouki). '...a highly watchable spectacle. Performing a mixture of world folk music and Scottish strathspeys, not many all-string ensembles can switch with such ease and grace' - Scotsman
Sunday 28th at 6pm
St Giles' at Six
Illuminati Wind Quartet
A concert of works commissioned by the Illuminati Wind Quartet
Eddie McGuire Suite: Winds at Sea
(World Premiere) and second performances of
Rory Boyle A Box of Chatter
Gareth Williams How
Oliver Searle Snowbirds
