Concert Diary May 2011
Sunday 1st at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
Organ Recital
Elmo Cosentini
Clérambault Suite du Premiere Ton
J.S.Bach Toccata and Fugue BWV 538 (Dorian)
Mozart Fantasia K594
Boëly Fantasia and Fugue in B flat
Tournemire Victimae Paschali
Sunday 8th at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
George Heriot's School, Edinburgh
Chamber Choir, Brass Ensemble and Flute Ensemble
Parry I was Glad, Gardiner Evening Hymn, Patrick Hawes O Waly Waly,
Tavener The Lamb and many more, including Geoffrey Burgon's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Thursday 12th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Miami University Choraliers and
Chamber Singers, Ohio, USA
Sunday 15th at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
Rachel Wheatley – Soprano
Ingrid Sawers – Piano
A programme including operatic arias by Handel, Mozart, Bellini and Charpentier together with songs by Debussy, Strauss, Wolf and Brahms
Monday 16th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Westmont College Choir & Chamber Singers, Santa Barbara, California
Wednesday 18th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Chancel Choir of St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, North Carolina
Wednesday 18th at 8.00pm
Art AnimOtion
Art AnimOtion is a new form of creative collaboration which brings together music and visual art through video art.
Painting, created in front of the audience and projected onto a large screen is accompanied by live recital.
Recital by Canty
Painting by Maria Rud
Video by Mettje Hunneman
A sequence of medieval and contemporary music including Two Hadiths by John Tavener, Os mutorum by James MacMillan, the world premiere of Stetit puella by Oleg Harkavyy and plainchant from Scotland and Ireland.
Tickets £10 (Concessions £7.50) from St Giles’ Cathedral Shop (0131 226 0673) or Queen’s Hall Box Office (0131 668 2019).
Sunday 22nd at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
Chapel Choir of the
University of Glasgow
James Grossmith – Conductor
Kevin Bowyer – Organ
Jehan Alain Centenary Concert
Programme includes UK premieres of
Messe de Requiem, Messe Modale en Septuor, Variations sur Sacriis Solemniis, O Salutaris Hostia, Tantum Ergo, Ave Maria
Wednesday 25th May at 12:15
Lunchtime Concert
Celtic Nyckelharpa, Gavin Pennycook
Scottish and Irish music on the Swedish keyed fiddle
Sunday 29th at 6pm
St Giles’ at Six
Singers from
The Studio of Eric Von Ibler
A programme of songs and arias
Monday 30th at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Thomas’s Prep School Chapel Choir,
Kensington, London
Tuesday 31st at 12.15pm
Lunchtime Concert
Westminster College Concert Choir
& Wind Ensemble
Wilmington Pennsylvania
