CONCERTS 2019-2020 73rd season - World-class chamber music concerts in the Eastgate Theatre, Peebles - Music in Peebles
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Patron: Gina McCormack
CONCERTS
2019-2020
73rd season
World-class chamber music concerts
in the Eastgate Theatre, Peebles
www.musicinpeebles.org.uk
Welcome
Our 2019/20 season marks another stage in the
development of Music in Peebles as, after 72 years,
we replace membership with subscription. We believe
this better reflects our determination to avoid any hint
of exclusivity, and it also allows us to offer our
subscribers the advantages of the box office facilities
provided by our wonderful Eastgate Theatre (online
booking, payment by credit card etc). We hope you
will welcome these changes.
Some things, however, stay the same: the quality of
music and the calibre of performers remain of the
highest order, and there is the usual wide diversity of
repertoire. We welcome back some distinguished
guests in the form of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet,
whose authority in Shostakovich is unmatched, and
the peerless combination of James Gilchrist and
Anna Tilbrook, similarly without equal in Schubert.
Two of the world’s most exciting young pianists,
Japanese Yu Kosuge and Romanian Florian Mitrea,
bring fascinating programmes, whilst from closer to
home, concerts by the Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh
and Trio Ecossaise feature all-baroque and all-
female composers respectively.
We are delighted to repeat one of the great successes
of 2018/19 in the form of our Patron’s Concert, in
which Gina McCormack will present another showcase
of outstanding young musicians from the Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland. Finally, we invite you to let
your hair down at the end of the season in the company
of the Ugly Bug Ragtime Three. Never let it be said
that you don’t get variety at Music in Peebles!
Enjoy all this, save money and enjoy other benefits by
buying a season ticket - details are at the end of this
brochure. Whether or not you become a subscriber, I
look forward to welcoming you to our concerts.
John Fox
President, Music in Peebles
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Sunday 8 September 2019
7.30pm, Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Lucy Russell & Marcus Barcham Stevens (violins)
Alan George (viola), Sally Pendlebury (cello)
Earl of Kellie String Quartet in C minor
Schubert String Quartet No.12 in C minor, D.703
Shostakovich String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.122
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No.2 in F, Op.22
The legendary Fitzwilliam String Quartet, now in its 50th
year, makes a widely anticipated return to open our
season, as it did to great acclaim in 2013/14.
Thomas Erskine, who became the 6th Earl of Kellie, was
an eminent musician in 18th century Scotland and his C
minor quartet (one of six) is an impressive work, full of
‘Sturm und Drang’. Far better known is Schubert’s
much-loved ‘Quartettsatz’, here with Brian Newbould’s
completion of the Andante second movement.
The Fitzwilliam has long championed the music of
Shostakovich and this performance of his enigmatic 11th
quartet (which they have played for the composer’s son
Maxim) is sure to be compelling. The programme ends
with Tchaikovsky’s generally dark but ultimately exultant
second quartet.
“The Fitzwilliam String Quartet, in my opinion, is,
and has been for many years, Britain's premier
string quartet…a flagship British ensemble that
should be the pride of the nation.” (Fanfare)
Tuesday 1 October 2019
7.30pm, Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh
with Hannah Foster (flute)
& John Cameron (piano)
Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV1067
Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, Op.3, No.8
Vivaldi Concerto in D, Op.3, No.9
Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, Op.3, No.6
Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op.6, No.7
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D, BWV1050
The Bach Ensemble of Edinburgh brings together some
of Scotland’s best-known string players to perform music
of the great masters of the Baroque era. Its concerts in
Edinburgh’s Canongate Kirk have been highlights of the
city’s Festival over several years.
Joining the string ensemble are one of Scotland’s
foremost accompanists and continuo players, John
Cameron and young Edinburgh flautist Hannah Foster.
Hannah is making a welcome early return to Peebles,
having been a star of last season’s Patron’s Concert.
We will hear three string concertos from Vivaldi’s L’Estro
Armonico set and one of Handel’s wonderful Opus 6
Concerti Grossi. Framing these are two iconic works by
J.S. Bach, the second of his four Orchestral Suites and
the fifth of his six Brandenburg Concertos, both featuring
virtuosic writing for a solo flute.
Tuesday 5 November 2019
7.30pm, Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
Yu Kosuge (piano)
Janáček In the Mists
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.31, No.2 (’Tempest’)
Debussy Selections from Preludes, Book I
Stravinsky Firebird
and music by Daquin, Couperin & Rameau
Yu Kosuge has become one of the world's most noted
young pianists. She appears at the most important
venues around the world, with critics praising her
"acutely poetic sensibility, wit, drama, and lyricism". In
2017, she won the prestigious Suntory Music Award, in
recognition of her outstanding contribution to the
development of Western music in Japan.
In her ongoing ‘Four Elements’ project, Yu Kosuge
explores how Water, Wind, Fire and Earth, in her words,
“inspired composers' imaginations to create not only
images or impressions but also works with profound
metaphoric messages”.
The programme she has chosen for us combines two of
the elements, Wind and Fire, the latter represented by
Stravinsky’s own stunning piano version of his ever-
popular ballet, ‘The Firebird’.
“Kosuge's interpretation was equal parts
emotional and cerebral. Fleeting moments of
crystalline textures and pastoral hues gave way to
bold, tempestuous waves.” Washington Post
Tuesday 3 December 2019
7.30pm, Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
Trio Ecossaise
Jennifer Brown (clarinet), Harriet Davidson (cello)
Claire Haslin (piano)
Louise Farrenc Trio in E flat, Op.44
Gwyneth Walker Craftsbury Trio
Clara Schumann Trio in G minor, Op.17
Trio Ecossaise comprises three of Scotland’s finest
chamber musicians who, in addition to their own busy
careers, have enjoyed playing chamber music together
for fifteen years. Their repertoire combines original works
and arrangements, and both are represented in their
programme for us, showcasing female composers.
Louise Farrenc was a highly respected musician, teacher
and composer in 19th century France (the only female
professor at the Paris Conservatoire in that century), and
her clarinet trio is a fine example of her individual voice.
Gwyneth Walker is a prolific composer with over 350
works to her name. Her 1990 ‘Craftsbury Trio’ is an
affectionate homage to a small town in her home state
of Vermont. The final work needs little introduction, and
it will be fascinating to compare this arrangement with
the original piano trio that we heard in November 2018.
“Holy Trinity Church was filled with wonderful music
performed by the hugely talented Trio Ecossaise...
the combination was sublime... a superb
performance.” Crail Festival, 2017
Sunday 12 January 2020
2.30pm, Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
James Gilchrist (tenor) &
Anna Tilbrook (piano)
Schubert Die schöne Müllerin
Four years on from their heart-stopping performance of
‘Winterreise’, these supreme interpreters of Schubert’s
great song cycles make an eagerly awaited return to
Peebles.
For this recital, the programme consists of the first of
those cycles, ‘Die schöne Müllerin’ based, like
Winterreise, on poems by Wilhelm Müller. Written when
Schubert was only 26 (with a mere five years of his life
remaining), it is considered one of his finest works.
Unlike the later cycle, the atmosphere of which is gloomy
from the very outset, the opening here is cheerful and
carefree, but the mood descends into anguish and
despair as the young protagonist, rejected by the miller’s
beautiful daughter of the title, descends inexorably
towards his tragic fate.
This is music, and music-making, of the very highest
order - you quite simply must not miss it!
“Gilchrist and TiIlbrook prove themselves here
amid distinguished competition with a beautifully
realised and individual interpretation.” (Classical
Music Magazine - review of Die schöne Müllerin)
Sunday 9 February 2020
2.30pm, Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
Patron’s Concert
Gina McCormack (violin) & Nigel Clayton (piano)
with students and recent graduates from the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Young Musicians’ Showcase
Our first ever Patron’s Concert was one of the great
highlights of 2018/19. We are delighted that our Patron,
Gina McCormack, will present another Young Musicians’
Showcase this season, for which she will again hand-pick
some of the finest young musicians from Scotland’s
excellent national conservatoire.
Already lined up is a string quartet from the Broen
Ensemble (pictured), led by Michelle Dierx, who made
such an impact as a soloist in last season’s showcase.
Check the website nearer the time for further details!
Gina McCormack is one of the UK’s leading violinists.
Since May 2019, she has been First Violin with the
world-renowned Brodsky Quartet and is also a highly
respected teacher, holding positions at both the Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal Northern
College of Music.
With Gina will be her regular duo partner, Nigel Clayton
who, in addition to his career as soloist, accompanist
and chamber musician, is Professor of Piano at the
Royal College of Music and Visiting Professor at the
North East of Scotland Music School.
Tuesday 3 March 2020
7.30pm, Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
Florian Mitrea (piano)
Beethoven Sonata No.8 in C min, Op.13 ('Pathétique')
Beethoven Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 ('Waldstein')
Liszt Ballade no. 2 in B minor
Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor
British/Romanian pianist Florian Mitrea was a double
prize winner at the 2017 Scottish International Piano
Competition, adding to an already vast array of global
competition successes. Having studied in Bucharest
and at London’s Royal Academy, where he now
teaches, Florian has given concerto performances,
chamber music concerts and solo recitals across
Europe and in Asia and the USA.
In the first half of his recital for us, Florian marks the
250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with two of his
best-loved sonatas, the early ‘Pathétique’ and the
middle-period ‘Waldstein’, considered one of his
greatest. The second half is given over to two virtuosic
showpieces by Liszt: the Gothic horror inspired second
Ballade and the remarkable, revolutionary Sonata.
“...phenomenal technique and ravishing musical
intelligence." (Cambridge Independent)
“a super account of Liszt's B minor Sonata.”
(Seen and Heard International)
Tuesday 31 March 2020
7.30pm, Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
Ugly Bug Ragtime Three
John Burgess (clarinet), Ross Milligan (guitar and banjo)
Andy Sharkey (bass)
Jazz standards, rags and blues
from the golden age of jazz
Jazz concerts used to appear regularly in the Music in
Peebles calendar and always proved very popular. For our
‘something completely different’ slot this season, we
welcome the Ugly Bug Ragtime Three, comprising a trio of
Scotland's finest jazzers. John Burgess has played on
stages and in jazz clubs all over the world and features on
over 100 recordings. Ross Milligan has appeared with,
among many others, singer Ute Lemper and the BBCSO,
and has written music for film and TV. Andy Sharkey
toured with the hit show ‘Rat Pack’, appeared regularly with
clarsach player Rachel Hair and is also a tutor at
Strathclyde University.
Describing themselves as “the wee band with the big, big
sound”, the Ugly Bugs promise a wonderful mix of fine
vintage ragtime jazz from the 1920s and ‘30s, all delivered
with real drive, swing and verve. Romantic ballads rub
shoulders with rags and stomps by Jelly Roll Morton and
Fats Waller, and blues-drenched standards band up
against swinging show tunes. A treat for the heart and feet
in equal measure!
“Great fun, and a classy, authentic act.” (Scotland
on Sunday)Prices for 2019-20
Season Ticket (all 8 concerts) £80
Single Tickets £15
Discounted tickets* £7
School pupils/Students under 25 Free
* Available to members of Biggar Music and to
adults accompanying children under 12.
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Eastgate
Peebles
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2019-20
Sunday 8 September 2019 at 7.30pm
FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET
Earl of Kellie, Schubert, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky
Tuesday 1 October 2019 at 7.30pm
BACH ENSEMBLE of EDINBURGH
Bach, Vivaldi, Handel
Tuesday 5 November 2019 at 7.30pm
YU KOSUGE
Beethoven, Debussy, Stravinsky etc
Tuesday 3 December 2019 at 7.30pm
TRIO ECOSSAISE
Louise Farrenc, Gwyneth Walker, Clara Schumann
Sunday 12 January 2020 at 2.30pm
JAMES GILCHRIST & ANNA TILBROOK
Schubert
Sunday 9 February 2020 at 2.30pm
PATRON’S CONCERT
Young Musicians’ Showcase
Tuesday 3 March 2020 at 7.30pm
FLORIAN MITREA
Beethoven, Liszt
Tuesday 31 March 2020 at 7.30pm
UGLY BUG RAGTIME THREE
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