Concert Diary June 2010
Thursday 3rd at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers
Saturday 5th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Wasatch Chorale, Utah, USA
Sunday 6th at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
Organ Recital
Michael Eckerle
Pforzheim, Germany
Programme includes music by
J.S.Bach, Saint-Saëns, Guy Weitz
and Marcel Dupré.
Friday 11th at 8pm
The Art of Song
Mozart - L'amero saro costante
Brahms - Two songs for Alto, Viola and Piano
Beethoven - Scottish Songs
The Friends of the Music of St Giles’ Cathedral present a programme of music for voice and chamber ensemble performed by Edinburgh young musicians.
Admission by programme £5 (Free to
Friends of the Music of St Giles’ Cathedral)
Saturday 12th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas.
Saturday 12th at 8pm
The Scottish Chamber Choir
Carine Tinney – Soprano
Carole Clarke – Alto
Joseph Doody – Tenor
Sean Webster - Bass
Michael Harris – Director
J.S.Bach Cantatas 68 & 150
J.S.Bach Lutheran Mass in G
Tickets £10 (under-16’s free) from St Giles’ Cathedral Shop (0131 226 0673) or at the door.
Sunday 13th at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
The Michael Garrett Ensemble
Original compositions and arrangements by Michael Garrett
Wednesday 16th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Michal Brycks - Organ
(St Mary’s Music School,Edinburgh)
Organ music by De Grigny, Duruflé, Franck and others.
Thursday 17th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Feargus Hetherington – Violin
William Pickvance – Piano
Feargus Hetherington plays on the ‘Sherlock’ violin crafted by Steve Burnett in 2009
Friday 18th at 8pm
St Giles’ Cathedral Choir
Hail Gladdening Light
A festive celebration of music by Byrd, Gibbons, Stanford, Parry and Finzi to mark the launch of the choir’s latest CD.
Admission by Programme £10 (accompanied children free)
Sunday 20th at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
Holly Carter – Soprano
Songs and arias by Strauss, Chausson, Mozart, Britten and Handel
Monday 21st at 12:15
Lunchtime Concert
Simon Kempston - Singer and songwriter
Tuesday 22nd
Wednesday 23rd
Thursday 24th
at 12:15
Lunchtime Concert
Bellevue Rendezvous
Saturday 26th at 12:15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Songlaget i bul i Oslo, Norway
Sunday 27th at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
Albyn School, Aberdeen
The Albyn School Vocal Ensemble and instrumentalists in a varied programme including folk song and spiritual arrangements.
Tuesday 29th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Haderslev Cathedral Chamber Choir, Denmark
Wednesday 30th at 8pm
Celebrity Organ Recitals 2010
Douglas Lawrence
Scots Church, Melbourne
Buxtehude Passacaglia
Prelude Fugue and Ciacona
Böhm Vater unser im Himmelreich
J.S.Bach Sonata IV in E minor BWV 528
Pierné Prelude in E flat
Messiaen Le Banquet Céleste
Böely Fantasy and Fugue in B flat
Tickets £8 (accompanied children free) from St Giles’ Cathedral Shop (0131 226 0673) or at the door
