Fortepiano Duet - Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins
Friday 22nd February 1.10pm
St Cecilia's Hall
Admission Free
The Institut français d’Ecosse presents Edinburgh’s first-ever international harpsichord festival:
From March 7th to the 12th, you are invited to participate in a week-long celebration of the harpsichord and baroque music.We are honoured to welcome local greats as well as international harpsichord superstars to perform 5 concerts over 6 nights. The talent includes Jean Rondeau, Paolo Zanzu, Le Stagioni, David Gerrard, John Kitchen, Jan Waterfield and László Rózsa.
The festival will also be a moment of discovery and learning, with a series of talks and workshops held at the Institut exploring musical techniques and the influence of this storied instrument.
Concerts will be held at the Institut français d’Ecosse and at our festival partner, St Cecilia’s Hall, The University of Edinburgh.
Recitals programme:
Paolo Zanzu
The Sypert Concert Room, St Cecilia’s Hall
Thursday, 7 March, 19:00
£15/£12 (conc.)
David Gerrard and John Kitchen
John Kitchen and David Gerrard : Music for two harpsichords
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Friday, 8 March, 19:00
£15/£12 (conc.)
Le Stagioni
Within a furlong of Edinboro’ town
The Sypert Concert Room, St Cecilia’s Hall
Saturday, 9 March, 19:00
£15/£12 (conc.)
Jan Waterfield and László Rózsa
FLATTER, TICKLE & COURT THE EAR?
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Sunday, 10 March, 19:00
£15/£12 (conc.)
Jean Rondeau
The Sypert Concert Room, St Cecilia’s Hall
Tuesday, 12 March, 19:00
£25/£20 (conc.)
Conferences and workshops programme:
Of Scottishness in Baroque music: national style and European influences
Tiam Goudarzi
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Saturday, 9 March, 16:30
£5/£3 (conc.)
Basse continue
Jan Waterfield
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Sunday, 10 March, 15.00
£5/£3 (conc.)
The history of the franco-flemmish harpsichord
Grant O’ Brien
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Tuesday, 12 March, 16.30
£5/£3 (conc.)
Pass Festival: £60 The Harpsichord Festival Pass grants you access to all events (6 concerts, 3 conferences and 1 reception)
Book directly online or contact us at 0131 285 6030 or info@ifecosse.org.uk
From March 7th to the 12th, you are invited to participate in a week-long celebration of the harpsichord and baroque music.We are honoured to welcome local greats as well as international harpsichord superstars to perform 5 concerts over 6 nights. The talent includes Jean Rondeau, Paolo Zanzu, Le Stagioni, David Gerrard, John Kitchen, Jan Waterfield and László Rózsa.
The festival will also be a moment of discovery and learning, with a series of talks and workshops held at the Institut exploring musical techniques and the influence of this storied instrument.
Concerts will be held at the Institut français d’Ecosse and at our festival partner, St Cecilia’s Hall, The University of Edinburgh.
Recitals programme:
Paolo Zanzu
The Sypert Concert Room, St Cecilia’s Hall
Thursday, 7 March, 19:00
£15/£12 (conc.)
David Gerrard and John Kitchen
John Kitchen and David Gerrard : Music for two harpsichords
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Friday, 8 March, 19:00
£15/£12 (conc.)
Le Stagioni
Within a furlong of Edinboro’ town
The Sypert Concert Room, St Cecilia’s Hall
Saturday, 9 March, 19:00
£15/£12 (conc.)
Jan Waterfield and László Rózsa
FLATTER, TICKLE & COURT THE EAR?
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Sunday, 10 March, 19:00
£15/£12 (conc.)
Jean Rondeau
The Sypert Concert Room, St Cecilia’s Hall
Tuesday, 12 March, 19:00
£25/£20 (conc.)
Conferences and workshops programme:
Of Scottishness in Baroque music: national style and European influences
Tiam Goudarzi
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Saturday, 9 March, 16:30
£5/£3 (conc.)
Basse continue
Jan Waterfield
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Sunday, 10 March, 15.00
£5/£3 (conc.)
The history of the franco-flemmish harpsichord
Grant O’ Brien
Salle Moreau-Evrard, Institut français
Tuesday, 12 March, 16.30
£5/£3 (conc.)
Pass Festival: £60 The Harpsichord Festival Pass grants you access to all events (6 concerts, 3 conferences and 1 reception)
Book directly online or contact us at 0131 285 6030 or info@ifecosse.org.uk
Sypert Summer Concerts 2019
A series of Early Music concerts, generously supported by George and Joy Sypert, at St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
Sypert Summer Concerts 2019
A series of Early Music concerts, generously supported by George and Joy Sypert, at St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
SATURDAY 1ST JUNE, 7.30pm
Susanne Ehrhardt recorders John Kitchen harpsichord International recorder player Susanne Ehrhardt returns to St Cecilia’s Hall to give a performance of 18th-century recorder music accompanied by well-known Edinburgh-based musician John Kitchen.
Susanne Ehrhardt recorders John Kitchen harpsichord International recorder player Susanne Ehrhardt returns to St Cecilia’s Hall to give a performance of 18th-century recorder music accompanied by well-known Edinburgh-based musician John Kitchen.
SATURDAY 15TH JUNE, 7.30pm
ENSEMbLE PIzzICAR GALANTE: Splendours of the baroque Mandolin Anna Schivazappa mandolins Fabio Antonio Falcone harpsichord Ronald Martin Alonso viola da gamba This concert takes the audience on a musical journey through European capital cities in the 18th century with works by Vivaldi, D. Scarlatti, Gervasio, A. Scarlatti, Valentini and Boni.
SATURDAY 22ND JUNE, 7.30pm
THE ROSSETTI PLAyERS: Music at the Habsburg Court Natural trumpet player Jean-François Madeuf is joined by Barbara Konrad (violin), Marrie Mooij (violin and viola), Sylvestre Vergez (viola), Magdalena Schauer (violone) and Eugène Michelangeli (harpsichord) in a programme of 17th-century music.
THE ROSSETTI PLAyERS: Music at the Habsburg Court Natural trumpet player Jean-François Madeuf is joined by Barbara Konrad (violin), Marrie Mooij (violin and viola), Sylvestre Vergez (viola), Magdalena Schauer (violone) and Eugène Michelangeli (harpsichord) in a programme of 17th-century music.
Tickets: Tickets £18 / £16 senior citizens (over 60s) / £5 students, children and unwaged available on the door or from The Queens Hall Box Office on 0131 668 2019 | www.thequeenshall.net. Save by purchasing tickets for all three concerts for £45 (senior citizens £39). The Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall will be providing refreshments at these concerts and are always in need of volunteers: if anyone is available to help pour wine, please contact concerts@stceciliasfriends.org.uk
Past events
AGM 2018 - 24 November 2:30pm - St Cecilia's Hall
The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall an Museum was held on Saturday 24th November at 2:30pm.
Following the meeting, Doctoral Student and Bursary Awardee Daniel Wheeldon will be giving a talk on his research and restoration activities.
A PdF copy of the AGM papers is available from the Friends Administration tab. Also a copy of the University of Edinburgh Musical Instrument Collection 2017-18 Annual Review is shown which was omitted from the original AGM information posting.
Also find a dowloadable copy of the Membership Details update form sent out with the papers.
Following the meeting, Doctoral Student and Bursary Awardee Daniel Wheeldon will be giving a talk on his research and restoration activities.
A PdF copy of the AGM papers is available from the Friends Administration tab. Also a copy of the University of Edinburgh Musical Instrument Collection 2017-18 Annual Review is shown which was omitted from the original AGM information posting.
Also find a dowloadable copy of the Membership Details update form sent out with the papers.
An Evening of Music and Poetry in Memory of Pamela Jackson 1947-2017
On the 26th of October the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall and Museum held an evening of Music and Poetry to celebrate the life of Pamela Jackson who was Hon. Secretary to the society between 2008 and 2011, and took the helm as Chair between 2011 and her death in 2017.
The programme featured contributions from Musicians who have been associated with the Friends, including works by Pam's favourite composer. Also Poetry loved by Pam was presented.
There was a Retiring Collection in Pam's name to support the Bursary Fund of which she was such a great supporter and advocate.
20th October Early Music Forum Scotland - Free Workshops
Early Music Forum Scotland presents another rousing series of performances of medieval, renaissance and baroque music and dance. Join us for one or all of these free concerts happening throughout the day at St Cecilia's Hall.
The provisional schedule is as follows:
Laigh Hall
11am
EMFS Choirs
11.30am
Leith Baroque and Les Danses Antiques
12pm
The Galloway Consort - 16th century courtly music and song on voice, viols, recorders, renaissance guitar and percussion
(Sypert Concert Hall)
Victor Meldrew Consort (Viols)
Laigh Hall
12.30pm
Eva Moreda, Portative Organ
1.00pm
Bumble and Squawk (Shawms)
1.30pm
Eileen Finlayson (Recorders) and Linda Waugh (Harpsichord)
2.00pm
Leith Baroque and Les Danses Antiques
2.30pm
Louise Guy (Solo Recorder)
3.00pm
Gaita Medieval Music
3.30pm
The Galloway Consort
4.00pm
The Linton Singers & Edinburgh Renaissance Band
EMFS Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EarlyMusicForumScotland/
The provisional schedule is as follows:
Laigh Hall
11am
EMFS Choirs
11.30am
Leith Baroque and Les Danses Antiques
12pm
The Galloway Consort - 16th century courtly music and song on voice, viols, recorders, renaissance guitar and percussion
(Sypert Concert Hall)
Victor Meldrew Consort (Viols)
Laigh Hall
12.30pm
Eva Moreda, Portative Organ
1.00pm
Bumble and Squawk (Shawms)
1.30pm
Eileen Finlayson (Recorders) and Linda Waugh (Harpsichord)
2.00pm
Leith Baroque and Les Danses Antiques
2.30pm
Louise Guy (Solo Recorder)
3.00pm
Gaita Medieval Music
3.30pm
The Galloway Consort
4.00pm
The Linton Singers & Edinburgh Renaissance Band
EMFS Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EarlyMusicForumScotland/
19th October - Armonico Tributo | Dunedin Consort
The richness of five-part instrumental writing was not new to the 18th century: German, Italian and French composers had all been exploiting this sonority for decades. But it was Georg Muffatt, born in Savoy of Scottish parentage, who for the first time aimed to reconcile these styles into a single genre. His music, remarkable in its expressive range, combines the sophistication and rhythmic poise of the French, the vibrancy and colour of the Italians and the depth and richness of the Germans. Paired here with works by Biber and Schmelzer, both groundbreaking in their intricate, pictorial details, we celebrate the first tranche of composers to truly push the boundaries of technical ability on the violin.
Programme
Francesco Navara Sinfonia à 5 in C major
Georg Muffat Sonata à 5 Armonico Tributo No 1
Heinrich Biber Sonata Representativa
Johann Rosenmüller Selection from Sinfonie da Camera
Johann Schmelzer Fencing School
Biber Balletti Lamentabile a 4
Georg Muffat Sonata à 5 Armonico Tributo No 5
Read more about this programme here.
Cost:
£5 – £20
Book Online
Programme
Francesco Navara Sinfonia à 5 in C major
Georg Muffat Sonata à 5 Armonico Tributo No 1
Heinrich Biber Sonata Representativa
Johann Rosenmüller Selection from Sinfonie da Camera
Johann Schmelzer Fencing School
Biber Balletti Lamentabile a 4
Georg Muffat Sonata à 5 Armonico Tributo No 5
Read more about this programme here.
Cost:
£5 – £20
Book Online
The Spinacino Consort present
Intabulatura
At the turn of the 16th century, the first music ever to be printed was published by Ottaviano Petrucci in Venice. Petrucci printed some of the most popular chansons from across Europe by the most famous composers of the day, including Josquin des Prez, Alexander Agricola and Henrich Isaac, and served as inspiration for the first printed lute books by Francesco Spinacino. The Spinacino Consort takes inspiration from Spinacino's Intabulatura de Lauto, Libro Primo e Libro Secondo, reinventing this repertory for instrumental ensemble, exploring the interactions between various traditions active in 16th century Venice through the first music ever to be printed.
The Spinacino Consort
Annemarie Klein - Recorders
Claire Horacek - Viol
Elisabeth Wilson - Mezzo-Soprano
Eric Thomas - Lute, Director
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St. Cecilia's Hall - Fri 21 September 2018
50 Niddry St Edinburgh EH1 1LG 19:00 – 21:00 Tickets £10, Concessions £5 Tickets can be purchased from eventbrite.co.uk or at the door St Bride’s Episcopal Church - Sat 22 September 2018 69 Hyndland Road Glasgow G12 9UX 19:30 – 21:30 Tickets £10, Concessions £5 Tickets purchased at the door |
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Past Concerts
University of Edinburgh School of Music – St Cecilia's Hall Lunchtime Recitals
Friday 9th March, 1.10pm
Anne Desler (mezzo soprano), Ruth Slater (violin) and John Kitchen (harpsichord).
POLLAROLO Cor ferite, o coeli amores
HASSE Salve Regina
CALDARA Da quel strale, che stilla veleno
TUNDER Salve coelestis pater
Admission Free - Part of the University Concerts at the University Spring-Summer 2018 series
‘Three on a Thursday’ Series celebrating 2018 Year of Young People #YOYP2018
Thursday 15th February, Thursday 15th March and Thursday 19th April.
All concerts start at 7pm.
A monthly concert series to celebrate and show case the wealth of creativity and talent of Edinburgh’s young people. Each concert will give you a ‘dolly mixture’ music experience with each 40 minute performance being distinctly different in style but uniform in quality and passion. Please check our website for details of each concert www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk
Tickets £5
Mad Hatter, Grey Matter Programme – various dates and times between 10th – 18th March
The Mad Hatter, Grey Matter programme exists to encourage people of all ages to be curious about the brain and creativity.
The programme provides an opportunity to utilise the University’s collections, archives and current research across the themes of creativity, neuroscience and psychology, working with some external partners, including the Scottish Poetry Library and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, to provide a diverse range of events supporting International Brain Awareness Week – www.dana.org
Please check our website from Thursday 1st February for programme details. - www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk
Georgian Concert Society present Flanders Recorder Quartet
Saturday 17th March, 7.30pm
NB. Due to exceptional demand now to be held in St Andrews& St George's West Church,13 George Street, EH2 9PA
J.S. Bach is without doubt the greatest musical genius that Western culture has produced. In this programme the acclaimed Flanders Recorder Quartet presents the diversity of his output with arrangements of expressive chorales, inventive preludes and fugues, lively Italianate concerti and a monumental passacaglia
To book tickets for this event, please contact the Queen’s Hall Box Office on 0131 668 2019
Prevert, Piano and Poetry – Which of the romantics are you?
Saturday 7th April, 7pm
Alexandre Prevert is a young, French concert pianist, graduated from Conservatoire de Paris and winner of several international competitions.
This concert is an invitation to go on a musical and poetic journey through time and history, focusing on great classical music composers and great poets who have influenced each other, staged in a simple fashion accessible to all audiences. He will perform pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt, among others.
Tickets £12 Adult / £10 concession / £8 for groups of 6+
Memorial Concert for keyboard player and musicologist Peter Williams.
Friday 13 April, 7.30pm
Performers will include JOHN BUTT, DAVID PONSFORD, JOHN KITCHEN and LEON COATES.
Music by J.S. BACH, SCARLATTI, HANDEL and others.
Admission Free
For more information on all the above and details on how to book:
Go to St Cecilia’s Hall website www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk
Email SCHEvents@ed.ac.uk Call: 0131 650 2600 Follow: @StCeciliasHall
Anne Desler (mezzo soprano), Ruth Slater (violin) and John Kitchen (harpsichord).
POLLAROLO Cor ferite, o coeli amores
HASSE Salve Regina
CALDARA Da quel strale, che stilla veleno
TUNDER Salve coelestis pater
Admission Free - Part of the University Concerts at the University Spring-Summer 2018 series
‘Three on a Thursday’ Series celebrating 2018 Year of Young People #YOYP2018
Thursday 15th February, Thursday 15th March and Thursday 19th April.
All concerts start at 7pm.
A monthly concert series to celebrate and show case the wealth of creativity and talent of Edinburgh’s young people. Each concert will give you a ‘dolly mixture’ music experience with each 40 minute performance being distinctly different in style but uniform in quality and passion. Please check our website for details of each concert www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk
Tickets £5
Mad Hatter, Grey Matter Programme – various dates and times between 10th – 18th March
The Mad Hatter, Grey Matter programme exists to encourage people of all ages to be curious about the brain and creativity.
The programme provides an opportunity to utilise the University’s collections, archives and current research across the themes of creativity, neuroscience and psychology, working with some external partners, including the Scottish Poetry Library and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, to provide a diverse range of events supporting International Brain Awareness Week – www.dana.org
Please check our website from Thursday 1st February for programme details. - www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk
Georgian Concert Society present Flanders Recorder Quartet
Saturday 17th March, 7.30pm
NB. Due to exceptional demand now to be held in St Andrews& St George's West Church,13 George Street, EH2 9PA
J.S. Bach is without doubt the greatest musical genius that Western culture has produced. In this programme the acclaimed Flanders Recorder Quartet presents the diversity of his output with arrangements of expressive chorales, inventive preludes and fugues, lively Italianate concerti and a monumental passacaglia
To book tickets for this event, please contact the Queen’s Hall Box Office on 0131 668 2019
Prevert, Piano and Poetry – Which of the romantics are you?
Saturday 7th April, 7pm
Alexandre Prevert is a young, French concert pianist, graduated from Conservatoire de Paris and winner of several international competitions.
This concert is an invitation to go on a musical and poetic journey through time and history, focusing on great classical music composers and great poets who have influenced each other, staged in a simple fashion accessible to all audiences. He will perform pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt, among others.
Tickets £12 Adult / £10 concession / £8 for groups of 6+
Memorial Concert for keyboard player and musicologist Peter Williams.
Friday 13 April, 7.30pm
Performers will include JOHN BUTT, DAVID PONSFORD, JOHN KITCHEN and LEON COATES.
Music by J.S. BACH, SCARLATTI, HANDEL and others.
Admission Free
For more information on all the above and details on how to book:
Go to St Cecilia’s Hall website www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk
Email SCHEvents@ed.ac.uk Call: 0131 650 2600 Follow: @StCeciliasHall