What's On Next?
May 08 : RSAMD Plug! Festival , 100: Olivier Messiaen and Elliott Carter
June 08 : The Martyrdom of St Magnus , St Magnus Festival, Orkney
July 08 : Music at Paxton
RSAMD Plug! Festival
Friday 2nd May 2008, 1pm
RSAMD Concert Hall, Glasgow
New works by RSAMD composers and composer-in-residence, Donnacha Dennehy
www.rsamd.ac.uk
100: Olivier Messiaen and Elliott Carter
Friday 30th May 2008, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
In association with Linn Records. £18.00 / £16.00 / £12.00 / £10.00 |
Hebrides Ensemble make their Wigmore Hall debut by celebrating the 100th anniversary of the births of both Olivier Messiaen and Elliott Carter, two of the most admired composers of the twentieth century. The concert also celebrates the release of Hebrides Ensemble's new recording of the chamber works of Olivier Messiaen on Linn CD, due out in April 2008. Olivier Messiaen: Piece pour piano et quatuor a cordes |
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The Martyrdom of St Magnus
Music by Peter Maxwell Davies
Libretto by George Mackay Brown
Performed by Hebrides Ensemble
Conducted by William Conway
Friday 20th June 2008: Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
Saturday 21st June 2008: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Wednesday 25th June 2008: St Magnus Festival, Orkney
A classic of modern music-theatre, Peter Maxwell Davies' chamber opera
tells the story of Saint Magnus as told by George Mackay Brown. Two of
Scotland's finest artists link the martyrdom of Orkney's saint with
the present day, to show through music and high drama how evil can
destroy good people but leave goodness itself untouched.
"Vivid theatricality and a musical idiom
that combines medieval mysticism,
modernist rigour and happy accessibility"
NEW YORK TIMES
St Magnus Festival, Orkney
Monday 23rd June 2008: Lunchtime Recital in
St Magnus Cathedral
Programme to include Mahler Kindertotenlieder (arr. Harper) and the world premiere of Peter Maxwell Davies new String Trio, co-commissioned by Hebrides Ensemble with the St Magnus Festival and the City of London Festival.
Tuesday 24th June 2008: Duo recital with William Conway and Alexander Janiczek
Programme to include Bartok's Sonata for Solo Violin, Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello, and Kurtag Az Hit.
Wednesday 25th June 2008: The Martyrdom of St Magnus, St Magnus Cathedral
(see above)
Music at Paxton, Paxton House, near Berwick-on-Tweed
Friday 25th July 2008
An evening recital with Hebrides, featuring Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time and other works.