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Please note:
Cost of Single tickets £8.00. Students £1.0
Cost of season for 7 evening concerts - £48 (Lunch-time concerts are not included in the season ticket)
All evening series concerts commence at 7.30pm
NB - Carlo Curley on 4th February is at 7.30pm in Falkirk Old parish Church
Lunch-time concerts are in Falkirk Old Parish Church and commence at 12.00pm – Admission £5.00- Students £1.00.
Snack lunches are available in the St Modan’s Hall before and after the concert.
Thursday 26th August 7.30pm Falkirk Lesser Town Hall
Admission Free
Recital followed by the Annual General Meeting
Laura Smith – Mezzo Soprano with Colin Kingsley – Piano
Laura is a post-graduate student at RSAMD and is very involved as tutor with the National Youth Choir of Scotland. She has sung as soloist in concert performances and also in opera and has given a number of solo recitals with Dr Kingsley.
Friday 24th September 7.30pm Falkirk Town Hall
Alexandra Dariescu – Piano
A YCAT Artist
Alexandra is a young pianist from Rumania who was  selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2008, Alexandra immediately went on to win the Prix Maurice Ravel at the International Ravel Academy in France which led to a recital in the Ravel Festival in the summer of 2009.
Programme:
JS BACH Partita No.3 in A minor, BWV.827
DUTILLEUX Prelude No.3
BEETHOVEN Sonata in E flat, Op.31 No.3
CHOPIN Two Nocturnes, Op.27 Nos.1 & 2
CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantasie, Op.61
RAVEL Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)
DEBUSSY L'isle joyeuse
Friday 1st October 12.00pm - Falkirk Old Parish Church
Lunch-time concert - 45 minutes
The Millennium String Quartet
The Quartet is brought to Scotland in a partnership between Enterprise Music Scotland and Sistema Scotland. EMS is the body in Scotland funded by the Scottish Arts Council to support top quality live chamber music concerts. Sistema Scotland is a charity which runs the Big Noise Orchestra in Raploch, Stirling – the first in Europe to be modelled onVenezuela’s El Sistema movement which produced the Millenium Quartet. It uses orchestras as engines for social change.
Friday 15th October 7.30pm Falkirk Town Hall
The Doric String Quartet
YCAT Artists
Alex Redington violin
Jonathan Stone violin
Simon Tandree viola
John Myerscough cello
In 2008 the Doric String Quartet won First Prize at the Osaka and Second Prize at the 2008 Premio Paolo International Chamber
Music.Competitions and the Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. Now in its 11th season the Quartet regularly performs at major festivals and venues throughout the UK as well as abroad in Europe and Asia. Highlights over the last year have included debut concerts in Germany, Switzerland, Israel and France, a BBC Radio 3 recording and the closing concert in the Wigmore Hall season.
During 2008/09 the Quartet appear at Wigmore Hall three times including an evening recital in the hall’s Haydn celebrations, make their debut at the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, tour throughout Japan and return to Israel, Italy and South East Asia.
The Quartet is currently studying with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet) at the Music Academy in Basel.
Programme
HAYDN String Quartet in D, Op.64 No.5 The Lark
BARTOK String Quartet No.1 in A minor (1909)
SCHUMANN String Quartet No.1 in A minor, Op.41 No.1
Friday 19th November 7.30pm Falkirk Town Hall
"Burns and the Auld Alliance"
with
Ceol Alba
George MacIlwham flute
Angus Anderson violin
Rhona MacKay harp
Iain Crawford bass
Walter Blair piano
This concert is sponsored by William Scott Funeral Directors.
CEOL ALBA is the Gaelic for Scotland’s Music. The Quintet consists of five well- known musicians who are all soloists in their own right. Between them they cover a range of musical styles from the sixteenth century to the present day, blending traditional with the classical through their own unique interpretations. They are equally at home recording or performing live in venues as diverse as the great houses of Perthshire and the Highlands as well as the more formal atmosphere of Glasgow University.
In conjunction with the National Trust for Scotland, Ceol Alba has broadcast many times in a number of series of their own programmes for both BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 2.
The programme is an amalgamation of Scots songs by various arrangers and works by French composers Debussy, Massenet, Bizet and Poulenc.
Friday 14th January 2011 7.30pm Falkirk Town Hall
"The Grand Tour".
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Passacaglia
Annabel Knight (recorders, flute)
Robin Bigwood (harpsichord)
Oliver Webber (violin)
Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba)
and Julia Gooding Soprano
A concert of music from the main Baroque capitals in Europe featuring music by Vivaldi, Bach, Purcell Rameau and others. Passacaglia is one of Britain's best-loved baroque chamber ensembles. For many years the group has enjoyed a reputation for its engaging and charismatic performances, featuring the unique sound of recorders, flutes, viola da gamba and harpsichord. They have received particular acclaim for their insightful interpretations of early French repertoire, as well as the enduringly popular music of Handel and Telemann, which regularly features in their programmes. Recently the ensemble has also been working with violinist Oliver Webber, opening up a wealth of classic baroque repertoire including early seventeenth century Italian music and JS Bach's Musical Offering.
Friday 4th February 2011 7.30pm Falkirk Old Parish Church
An Evening with Carlo Curley - The Pavarotti of the Organ’
Programme
Largo (arr. Curley) Antonin Dvořák
from Symphony No 9 - From the New World Op. 95
Fugue (Gigue) for keyboard in C major Dietrich Buxtehude
Aria in F (arr. Guilmant) G. F. Handel
from XII Concerto Grosso
Pastoral in F major (enhanced by an automaton of singing birds) J. S. Bach
BWV 590 …C major movement only…
Adagio in A Minor BWV 564 J. S. Bach
from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C
Fugue in E minor BWV 548 J. S. Bach
from Prelude and Fugue in E minor (‘Wedge’)
Turkish March (arr. Curley) Ludwig van Beethoven
from Ruins of Athens
Meditation from Thaïs (arr. Curley) Jules Massenet
The Liberty Bell
(arr. Curley)
John Philip
Christos Patterakis Roy Perry
Fantasy in F Minor K. 608 W. A. Mozart
Allegro – Andante – Allegro
Elves(
Douze Pièces nouvelles pour Grand Orgue, Opus 7)
Joseph Bonnet
Toccata on an American Theme -
Homage to Bernstein…
Stefan Lindblad
Carlo Curley is one of only a few artists in the world to give classical organ concerts and recitals, unsupported by a teaching or church appointment. His self-proclaimed mission is "to establish the organ at the forefront of musical instruments, even if it takes the rest of my life".
Born in America, he has performed, in both solo and orchestral contexts, in many of the major venues throughout the world, including Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Scandinavia, South Africa, Russia and France. Carlo Curley's charismatic character inevitably finds its way onto television and radio.
By special invitation of the President, Carlo made history by playing the first ever classical organ concert at the White House. He has now performed twice in the presence of the Princess Royal, has played before Princess Grace of Monaco (deceased) and given two Royal Command concerts for the Danish Royal Family. His unrivalled popularity also leads to his being invited to give literally hundreds of inaugural recitals in churches, schools and concert halls worldwide.
This concert is sponsored by Allen Organs - Carlo will play on the recently installed 385C in Falkirk Old Parish Church.
Also sponsoring the concert is Malcolm Allan & Sons, Wholesale Butchers, Falkirk.
Friday 11th February 2011 12.00pm Falkirk Old Parish Church
Lunch time concert - 45mins
Hillfoot Harmony
Hillfoot Harmony is a ladies Barbershop chorus based in Dollar, Clackmannanshire. The chorus was established by Hillfoot Harmony director, Catherine Macdonald, in 2004, and thus they are a relatively ‘new’ chorus and one of only four ladies Barbershop choruses in Scotland. They are also the smallest; currently the chorus has 30 members, and although to most people that would sound like a very large group indeed, in Barbershop terms they are classed as a ‘small chorus’ as choruses can expand to over a hundred members! The chorus is becoming very well known both within their local area, and beyond, and they have sung at a variety of events all over central Scotland. They have been delighted a wide range of audiences, both large and small, and in diverse settings, ranging from the tiny Alloa Tower to the expansive stage of the Birmingham symphony hall.
Friday 25th February 7.30pm Falkirk Town Hall
The Nephele Ensemble
Concert Sponsored by the Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians
The Nephele Ensemble is formed of distinguished soloists and chamber musicians who have appeared at many prestigious venues throughout the UK and abroad. Formed in 2007, the Nephele Ensemble has rapidly established a reputation for fine performances.
A quartet of flute and strings form the core of the Nephele Ensemble, however, we expand to include a variety of invited soloists, enabling the ensemble to explore rich and diverse repertoire in different combinations, from duos and trios to the larger configurations of quintets and septets. Successful and polished performances coupled with an inventive approach to programming remain the top priorities for the Nephele Ensemble. Continually searching for innovative repertoire, they have commissioned a work by Timothy Salter for Flute Quartet, which will receive its Premiere at Canford School, Dorset in January 2008. The Nephele Ensemble are very grateful to the RVW Trust, PRS Foundation and Richard Wallis Ltd for providing funding assistance.
Recent engagements by the Nephele Ensemble include recitals for Music Clubs across the country including the St Stephen's Concert Series, St David's Hall, Cardiff Lunchtime Concert Season , Leeds International Concert Season and performances throughout North of England.
In 2009, the Nephele Ensemble were winners of the Tunnell Trust Competition and they were recently semi-finalists in the Royal Overseas League Competition 2010.
Programme
Flute Quartet in D KV285 - Mozart
Fantasia for flute and strings – Fauré(arr Timothy Salter)
Fantasia sul linugaggio perduto – Mozetich
Four Fancies for Flute and String Trio - Gordon Jacob
Flute Quartet in B flat Op 22/1 - Viotti
Flute Quartet in C Op 145 No 1 - Ries
Friday 18th March 7.30pm Falkirk Town Hall
"A Song For Everyone"
with
Richard Morrison, Baritone
Walter Blair, Piano
This concert is sponsored by Malcolm Allan and Sons, Wholesale Butchers, Falkirk.
Richard Morrison sings songs from his world of music - Opera, Operetta, Musicals, songs from around Europe and, of course, one or two Scottish favourites.
Richard Morrison is a prize-winning graduate of the Royal College Of Music in London. In Opera his repertoire includes Don Giovanni, Papageno, Pelléas, Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello La bohème, Germont La traviata, Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor and Peter Hänsel und Gretel. He sings regularly in Germany where he has appeared at Opera houses in Schwerin, Mainz, Koblenz, Mannheim, Bonn and Bremen. Richard has extensive concert and recital repertoire. He has appeared at concert halls including the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Birmingham Symphony Hall, the Bridgewater Hall, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and the Wigmore Hall. He has sung with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Hallé, the Northern Sinfonia, the London Mozart Players and the BBC Concert Orchestra. He has broadcast on BBC TV and Radio on numerous occasions and has appeared on Classic FM, both as a soloist and a presenter. On CD Richard has recorded the role of The Sultan in Sullivan's The Rose Of Persia, a BBC world premiere recording, and the title role in Edward German’s Tom Jones on Naxos, also a world premiere recording. He has recorded a solo disc of Scottish songs entitled Songs Of My Home.
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