Music Events

Music in St Andrews
JanuaryJune 2016
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music
Welcome & Contents

Introduction
I am delighted to welcome you to our first programme of musical activity
for 2016. Once again there is a wide variety of events on offer with
concerts that will satisfy every musical taste. New music is a particular
feature: St Andrews New Music Week returns for a second season after its
huge success last year, with a chance to immerse yourself in the music of
the popular American minimalist composers, Steve Reich, John Adams,
Philip Glass and Terry Riley. There will also be new music on offer, for the
beguiling combination of viola and bassoon, in the SCOs early evening
concert, including work specially commissioned for the occasion.
( Violet Shears)
On the same evening we are also thrilled to welcome one of the UKs
most exciting composers, Tansy Davies, to join what is certain to be a
fascinating dialogue with the novelist Michel Faber as part of the Byre Soundings series. There will be live performances of
Tansys music during the evening; the first Soundings event sold out quickly so be certain to get your tickets soon.
There will be much else to enjoy besides: several of the countrys leading string quartets the Fitzwilliam, the Edinburgh
and the Bingham will be visiting us; an intriguing range of organ music will be played in our enterprising series of Tuesday
lunchtime recitals; early April offers the opportunity to hear Johann Sebastian Bachs masterpiece, the B minor mass, with
professional musicians from all over the country joining St Salvators Chapel Choir; in the final week of the same month two
of Brahmss best loved works, the Second Symphony and the Deutsches Requiem, will be performed; while in June Tania
Holland Williams returns to the Byre following her triumphant 2014 production of Brittens Albert Herring to direct the same
composers Henry James-inspired ghost story, The Turn of the Screw. We hope you will be able to join us for as much of this
music as possible and my colleagues and I look forward to welcoming you soon.
Michael Downes
Director of Music
Contents
Concert Diary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2
Choral and Vocal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Orchestral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
Organ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Chamber and Instrumental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8
Workshops, Masterclasses & Talks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26
New Music Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14
Music Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28
Opera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17
Music Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28
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Music Centre!
Membership of the Universitys Music Centre
offers outstanding opportunities to sign up
for instrumental and vocal lessons, no matter
your instrument or standard, to use our
practice facilities and to attend countless
concerts and other events for reduced
admission or even for FREE!
Anyone can join! Just visit
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music/membership
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Concert Diary
SEMESTER
DATE
TIME CONCERT
DETAILS
Every Sunday during semester
11:00
University Service sung by St Salvators Chapel Choir
page 20
Every Sunday during semester
16:00
Choral Evensong sung by St Salvators Chapel Choir and other groups
page 20
Every Wednesday during semester
17:30
Choral Evensong sung by St Salvators Chapel Choir and other groups
page 20
Every Thursday during semester
22:00
Compline sung by St Leonards Chapel Choir
page 20
WEEK 1
Saturday 23 January
20:00
G&S Society Burns Concert
page 20
Tuesday 26 January
13:10
Organ concert by Sean Heath (Campbell Watterson Organ Scholar)
page 24
Wednesday 27 January
13:10
Lunch concert by the Arunda Wind Trio
page 8
Thursday 28 January
19:30
Home Free: Leading US Country a cappella group
page 20
WEEK 2
Tuesday 2 February
13:10 Organ concert by Andrew Macintosh (StAndrews)
page 24
Wednesday 3 February
13:10
Lunch concert by Fiona Hunter and Mike Vass (Scottish traditional music)
page 8
19:30
Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
page 5
Friday 5 February
13:10
Music Society lunch concert by Aaron Isiminger (classical guitar)
page 28
WEEK 3
Tuesday 9 February
13:10

Organ concert by David Hamilton (University of Strathclyde and

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
page 24
13:10
Lunchtime concert by Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) and Simon Smith (piano)
page 8
14:30
Music Talks with Nicholas Wearne: The Music of Nicolaus Bruhns
page 26
Thursday 11 February
19:30
StAndrews Concert Series presents the Edinburgh Quartet
page 9
Friday 12 February
13:10
Music Society lunch concert by Kerr Barrack and friends
page 28
Saturday 13 February
19:00
University G&S Society presents The Golden Legend
page 21
WEEK 4
Sunday 14 February
14:30
Music in Museums: Scholarship Saxophone Quartet
page 9
Tuesday 16 February
13:10
Organ concert by Donald Hunt (St Marys Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh)
page 24
Tuesday 16 February
14:30
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Call for Scores Workshop with Tom Harrold
page 27
13:10
Lunch concert by George Talmaciu (oboe) and Razvan Luculescu (piano)
page 9
17:30
SCO Early Evening Concert by Jane Atkins (viola) and Alison Green (bassoon)
page 10
20:00
Soundings: Tansy Davies and Michel Faber (StAndrews New Music Ensemble) page 27
Friday 19 February
13:10
Music Society lunch concert by vocal pupils of Ian Darling
page 28
Friday 19 February
18:00
Scottish Opera Handels Ariosto: Passions and Performance
page 17
WEEK 5
Tuesday 23 February
13:10
Organ concert by Tom Wilkinson (University Organist)
page 24

13:10

page 10
NEW MUSIC WEEK
14:00
Masterclass on Music post-1950 by Megumi Masaki
page 14
Friday 26 February
13:10
Music Society lunch concert by vocal pupils of Megan Read
page 28
NEW MUSIC WEEK
Friday 26 February
22:00
Red Note Ensemble: Noisy Night
page 14
NEW MUSIC WEEK
10:00
Community Workshop with Iain Sandilands: Terry Rileys In C
page 15
NEW MUSIC WEEK
15:00
Minimal@The Byre: American Classics (Riley, Reich, Adams)
page 15
Minimal@The Byre: The Bingham Quartet perform Reich, Glass,

Mozart and Janacek
page 15
NEW MUSIC WEEK Saturday 27 February

19:30

Lunch concert by St Marys Music School Senior Jazz Ensemble with

Richard Ingham
WEEK 6
NEW MUSIC WEEK
Sunday 28 February
16:00
NEW MUSIC WEEK Tuesday 1 March

13:10

NEW MUSIC WEEK
Tuesday 1 March
19:30
Choral Evensong with new music
page 15
Organ concert by Simon Nieminski (St Marys Metropolitan

Cathedral, Edinburgh) with Bede Williams (trumpet)
page 16
Megumi Masaki: Music 4 Eyes and Ears
page 16
Wednesday 2 March
11:00
SCO Masterclass with Emily Dellit Imbert (violin)
page 26
NEW MUSIC WEEK
Wednesday 2 March
13:10
Lunch Concert by StAndrews New Music Ensemble and guests
page 16
NEW MUSIC WEEK Wednesday 2 March

14:30

Music Talks with Megumi Masaki: Training Musicians as Athletes for

Optimal Performance and Well-Being
page 16
Wednesday 2 March
19:30
Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Llr Williams (piano)
page 5
Friday 4 March
13:10
Music Society lunch concert by Music Centre Saxophone Ensembles
page 28
Friday 4 March
19:00
Scottish A Cappella Championships
page 21
WEEK 7
Sunday 6 March
14:30
Music in Museums: Scholarship Wind Quintet
page 10
Tuesday 8 March
13:10
Organ concert by Henry Fairs (Honorary Professor of Organ)
page 24
Wednesday 9 March
10:00-12:00
Organ masterclass by Henry Fairs
page 25
Wednesday 9 March
13:10
Lunch concert by Peter Seivewright (piano): Ives Concord Sonata
page 10
Friday 11 March
13:10
Music Society lunch concert by vocal pupils of Jonathan May
page 28
SPRING BREAK
Tuesday 15 March
10:30 & 11:45
SCO: Big Ears, Little Ears
page 27
WEEK 8
Wednesday 30 March
13:10
Lunch concert for Bachs Birthday by Sean Heath (harpsichord)
page 11
Wednesday 30 March
14:30
Music Talks with Raymond Calcraft: Words and Music
page 26
Wednesday 30 March
20:00
Celebrity Organ concert by John Grew (Montreal)
page 25

Thursday 31 March
10:00
Organ masterclass by John Grew:

The Glories of the French Classical Organ
page 25
Thursday 31 March
14:00
Piano masterclass by Ronald Brautigam
page 26
Thursday 31 March
19:30
StAndrews Concert Series presents Ronald Brautigam (piano)
page 11
Friday 1 April
13:10
Music Society lunch concert in aid of Project Zambia
page 28
Friday 1 April
19:30
University Madrigal Group CD Launch: 1946
page 21
WEEK 9
Sunday 3 April
19:30
Heisenberg Ensemble with violinist Gent Kocho
page 6
Tuesday 5 April
13:10

Organ concert by George Barrett

(Campbell Watterson Organ Scholar)
page 24
Wednesday 6 April
13:10

Lunch concert by Christine Smith (horn) and

Laura Baxter (piano)
page 11
Wednesday 6 April
14:30

Music Talks with Claire Garabedian: The shared activity of listening to

individualised music: fostering a sonic refuge for people living with
dementia and their carers.
page 26
Thursday 7 April
19:30

StAndrews Concert Series presents

the Fitzwilliam String Quartet
page 12
Friday 8 April
Music Society lunch concert by vocal pupils of Ian Darling
page 28
13:10
Concert Diary
WEEK 10
Sunday 10 April
14:30
Music in Museums: McPherson Scholarship String Quartet
page 12

Sunday 10 April
19:30

J.S. Bach: St Salvators Chapel Choir, the Kellie Consort and

the Fitzwilliam String Quartet present Bachs Mass in B Minor
(CD launch event: Bach and the Stile Antico)
page 22
Tuesday 12 April
13:10
Organ concert by David Boos (Germany)
page 24
Wednesday 13 April
13:10
Lunch concert by Music Centre Scholarship holders
page 12
Wednesday 13 April
19:30
Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Anika Vavi (piano)
page 6
Thursday 14 April
19:30
University G&S Society presents The Yeomen of the Guard
page 22
Friday 15 April
13:10
Music Society lunch concert by Raymond Wang (piano)
page 28
Friday 15 April
19:30
University G&S Society presents The Yeomen of the Guard
page 22
WEEK 11
Monday 18 April
19:30

StAndrews Chamber Orchestra with Susanna Hassinen (clarinet) and

Rebecca Anderson (mezzo-soprano)
page 6
Tuesday 19 April
13:10
Organ concert by Chris Bragg (StAndrews)
page 24
Wednesday 20 April
13:10
Lunch concert by Music Centre Scholarship holders
page 12

Wednesday 20 April
14:30

Music Talks with Dr Claudia Rossignoli: Orlando Furioso 1516-2016:

One Source, Many Stories with musical examples by vocal students
page 26
Wednesday 20 April
19:30
StAndrews Baroque Orchestra, directed by Claire Luxford
page 7
Thursday 21 April
19:30
University Music Society Symphony Orchestra with Viv McLean (piano)
page 7
Music Society and Music Centre lunch concert by

StAndrews New Music Ensemble. Composer profile: Jeremy Thurlow
page 12

Friday 22 April
13:10

Saturday 23 April
19:30
StAndrews Chorus and the Heisenberg Ensemble perform
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
page 22
WEEK 12

Sunday 24 April
19:30
University Music Society Concert Wind Band and Big BUStA:

MusSocs Musical Nobility
page 13
Monday 25 April
page 7
Friday 29 April
13:10
Music Society lunch concert by G&S Society members to mark
Global G&S Weekend

19:30
StAndrews and Fife Community Orchestra Spring Concert
page 28
Friday 29 April
19:30
University Music Society Singers and Ukelear Fusion: A Spring Fling
page 23
Saturday 30 April
18:00
StAndrews Renaissance Singers
page 23
POST-SEMESTER
Thursday 5 May
19:30
StAndrews Concert Series presents medieval music with The Artisans
page 13
Wednesday 11 May
13:10
University of Jamestown Concert Band
page 13
Friday 27 May
19:30
University Madrigal Group Summer Tour Opening Concert
page 23
Wednesday 22 June
19:30
Byre Opera presents Benjamin Brittens The Turn of the Screw
page 17
Thursday 23 June
17:30
St Salvators Chapel Choir Graduation Week Concert
page 23
Thursday 23 June
19:30
page 17
Friday 24 June
19:30
page 17
Orchestral
Younger Hall, 19:30
Wednesday 2 March
Younger Hall, 19:30
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)

Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Alexander Janiczek (conductor)

Llr Williams (piano)
Alexander Janiczeck ( Colin Jackson)

Francesco Piemontesi ( Benjamin Ealovega)
Beethoven
Mozart
Beethoven
Mozart
Overture, Coriolan
Piano Concerto no. 25 in C, K503
Overture, Prometheus
Piano Concerto no. 26 in D Coronation, K537
Llr Williams ( Benjamin Ealovega)
C.P.E. Bach
Mozart

Beethoven
Symphony in G, Wq183/4
Violin Concerto no. 2 in D, K211
Rondo in C, K373
Piano Concerto no. 4 in G
Mozarts elegant Classicism collides with Beethovens volcanic

early Romanticism in this concert directed by the brilliant
period performance specialist Andrew Manze and featuring
the outstanding young Swiss pianist and former BBC New
Generation Artist Francesco Piemontesi.
The early awakenings of the Sturm und Drang style in the music
of J.S. Bachs most talented son prefaces concerto performances
by two soloists; SCO Associate Artist Alexander Janiczek and
much admired Beethoven specialist Llr Williams, both making
welcome returns to StAndrews.
Pre-concert talk at 18:30: Pianist Francesco Piemontesi introduces

Mozarts seminal late piano concertos.
Admission: 13.50-22.50, 6 (students)

www.sco.org.uk

www.sco.org.uk
Orchestral
Sunday 3 April
Younger Hall, 19:30
Wednesday 13 April
Younger Hall, 19:30
Heisenberg Ensemble
Gillian Craig (conductor)

Gent Kocho (violin)
Alexandre Bloch (conductor)

Anika Vavi (piano)
Stravinsky
Concerto in E-flat Dumbarton Oaks
Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 2
Ravel Pavane pour une infante dfunte
Bizet
Symphony in C
Charismatic French conductor Alexandre Bloch is
joined by the Serbian pianist, and former Steinway
Competition winner, Anika Vavi in Shostakovichs
rollicking second piano concerto. The concert also
includes Georges Bizets Symphony in C, composed
at the age of just 17.
Anika Vavi ( Marco Borggreve)

Gent Kocho
The StAndrews-based professional

chamber orchestra are joined by
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
violinist Gent Kocho in a performance
of Paganinis fiendishly difficult Violin
Concerto no. 4.
www.sco.org.uk
Monday 18 April
Younger Hall, 19:30
StAndrews Chamber Orchestra

Bede Williams and Michael Downes (conductors)
Susanna Hassinen (clarinet)
Rebecca Anderson (mezzo soprano)
Jakub Gutkowski (piano)
Admission: 12, 10 (concessions),

6 (students and school pupils)
www.heisenbergensemble.co.uk
Susanna Hassinen
StAndrews town and gown Chamber Orchestra

is joined by three of the Universitys most talented
students. Susanna Hassinen plays Aaron Coplands
willowy Clarinet Concerto whilst mezzo soprano
Rebecca Anderson and pianist Jakub Gutkowski
perform Mozarts concert aria Chio mi scordi di te?
The programme concludes with Johannes Brahms
luminous Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73.
Admission: 9, 6 (concessions), 2 (students)
Wednesday 20 April
Byre Theatre Auditorium, 19:30
Monday 25 April
Younger Hall, 19:30
StAndrews Baroque Orchestra
StAndrews and Fife

Community Orchestra
Claire Luxford (director)

Emily Dellit Imbert (violin)
Scotlands only community

baroque orchestra presents
a programme of pre-classical
repertoire by composers
including C.P.E. Bach and
C.P. Stamitz.
StAndrews community orchestra is joined by

SCO violinist Emily Dellit Imbert for its summer
concert, featuring music by Bizet and excerpts
from the scores to the Harry Potter movies.
1 (students, Music Centre
members)
Admission: FREE
St Andrews Baroque Orchestra ( Oli Walker)
Thursday 21 April
Younger Hall, 19:30
Music Society Symphony Orchestra

An Evening of Rachmaninov and Dvok
Music Society Symphony Orchestra
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Admission: 7, 4 (students), FREE to under 12s
St Andrews and Fife Community Orchestra ( Oli Walker)

A
Former Royal Overseas League Competition winner and international concert

artist Viv McLean joins the Music Societys student symphony orchestra in a
performance of Rachmaninovs glorious second piano concerto. The second
half features Dvoks sombre seventh symphony of 1885.
Chris George (conductor)

Viv McLean (piano)
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Chamber and Instrumental

Wednesday 27 January
Arunda Wind Trio
Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)

Simon Smith (piano)
Lunch concert
Lunch concert
This young, Scottish-based reed

trio are members of the Live
Music Now! scheme and have
been featured at the St Magnus
Festival and World Saxophone
Congress. Their StAndrews
programme will include music
by Jacques Ibert, W. A. Mozart
and Alexandre Tansman.
One of the finest horn players of his generation,

SCO Principal Horn Alec Frank-Gemmill is joined
by one of Scotlands most gifted pianists in
music by Brahms, Rachmaninov and Sir James
MacMillan.
Admission: 3,
FREE to Music Centre members
www.windtrio.com
Arunda Wind Trio
Fiona Hunter (vocals)

Mike Vass (guitar)
Admission: 3,
www.mikevass.com
www.fionahunter.co.uk
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Lunch concert
Alec Frank-Gemmill ( Andy Saunders)
Awarded the title of Scots

Singer of the Year at the
MG ALBA Scots Trad Music
Awards 2015, Fiona Hunter
of folk band Malinky teams
up with composer and
instrumentalist Mike Vass
for a lunchtime set.
Admission: 3,
www.alecfrankgemmill.com
Thursday 11 February
Sunday 14 February
MUSA, 14:30
Edinburgh Quartet
Music Centre Scholarship Saxophone Quartet
StAndrews Concert Series
Music in Museums
Scotlands leading string quartet presents a programme

including Haydns Quartet op. 76 no.2 and works by Bartk and
Grieg.
The University's
Scholarship Saxophone
Quartet plays a diverse
selection of repertoire
including works by
Philip Glass, Mike
Mower and Nigel
Woods.
absolutely essential listening

The Herald
Admission: FREE
Music Centre Saxophone Quartet ( Oli Walker)
George Talmaciu (oboe)

Razvan Luculescu (piano)
Lunch concert
Edinburgh Quartet ( Jeff Gunnel)
Romanian oboist George

Talmaciu has recently
completed his Masters Degree
at the Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland. His StAndrews recital
includes music by Vivaldi,
Dutilleux and Pasculli.

8 (Music Centre members), 3 (students), 1 (children)
www.edinburghquartet.com
Special Offer at the Byre Caf Bar: pre-concert two course menu
for just 8.95! Please pre-book on 01334 475000.
Admission: 3,
George Talmaciu ( Jeff Murray)

Sunday 6 March
MUSA, 14:30
Jane Atkins (viola)

Alison Green (bassoon)
Music Centre Scholarship Wind Quintet

Music in Museums

Early Evening Concert
An eclectic mix of music
and chat, exploring the
combined sonorities of
viola and bassoon, ranging
from Mozart to the present
day.
The Music Centres scholarship wind quintet

perform works by Darius Milhaud and Anton
Reicha.
Jane Atkins
( Paul Hampton)
Admission: 9, 7 (seniors), 5 (students)

www.sco.org.uk
Alison Green
( Chris Christodoulou)
Music Centre Wind Quintet ( Oli Walker)
Admission: FREE
St Marys Music School

Jazz Band
Richard Ingham (director)
Lunch concert
St Marys Music School Senior Jazz Ensemble, directed by Richard Ingham,
presents an eclectic programme of jazz including classics by Chick Corea and
George Gershwin.
Admission: 3, FREE to Music Centre members
www.st-marys-music-school.co.uk
Wednesday 9 March
Younger Hall, 13:10
Peter Seivewright (piano)

Lunch Concert
Peter Seivewright, bestknown for his ongoing
project to record the
complete keyboard sonatas
of Baldassare Galuppi,
gives a rare performance
of Charles Ives maverick
Concord Sonata.
Admission: 3,
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Wednesday 30 March
St Leonards Chapel, 13:10
Thursday 31 March
Sean Heath (harpsichord)
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Lunch Concert for

J.S. Bachs 330th birthday
The annual lunch concert to mark the

birthday of J.S. Bach features Campbell
Watterson Organ Scholar Sean Heath
in a performance of the second part of
Bachs Clavier-bung comprising the
Italian Concerto (BWV 971) and French
Overture (BWV 831).
Admission: 3,
Equally at home on modern or

historic pianos, the Dutch pianist
and Diapason DOr winner Ronald
Brautigam performs a programme of
music by Beethoven (following his
critically acclaimed cycle of all of the
composers piano sonatas for BIS),
Mendelssohn and the late Scottish
composer Ronald Stevenson.
Ronald Brautigam ( Marco Borggreve)

8 (Music Centre members),
3 (students), 1 (children)
www.ronaldbrautigam.com
Special Offer at the Byre Caf Bar:
pre-concert two course menu for just 8.95!
Please pre-book on 01334 475000.
Wednesday 6 April
Christine Smith (horn)

Laura Baxter (piano)
Lunch Concert
Music Centre Associate Teacher Christine Smith performs a
programme of Romantic and 20th century horn music by
Beethoven, Richard Strauss and Messiaen.
Christine Smith
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Thursday 7 April
Sunday 10 April
MUSA, 14:30
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
McPherson Scholarship
String Quartet
Music in Museums
One of the Universitys three scholarship
string quartets, the McPherson Quartet
perform Dvoraks American String
Quartet in F major, op. 96, no. 12.
( Peter Adamson)
Admission: FREE
Wednesday 13 April and 20 April
Fitzwilliam String Quartet ( Benjamin Harte)
Music Centre Scholarship Holders
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet return for their

popular annual appearance to open the Strings in
Spring programme. Their 2016 concert includes
music by Purcell, Haydn (op. 77 no. 2) and
Shostakovichs string quartet no. 4, op. 83.
Lunch Concert
A group of the Universitys finest scholarship holders present a lunchtime
concert of vocal and instrumental music.

Friday 22 April
Younger Hall, 13:10
www.fitzwilliamquartet.org
University Music Society and Music Centre

Lunchtime Concert
Special Offer at the Byre Caf Bar:

pre-concert two course menu for just 8.95!
StAndrews New Music Ensemble

Bede Williams (conductor)
Jeremy Thurlow
Jeremy Thurlow: A Composer Portrait
Described by Henri Dutilleux as seductive, innovative, full of freshness, the

music of Jeremy Thurlow has been performed by some of the UKs leading
performing groups including the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC
Singers. In this concert Thurlow will describe a group of his compositions
which will then be performed by the StAndrews New Music Ensemble.
Admission: FREE
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www.jeremythurlow.wordpress.com
Sunday 24 April
Younger Hall, 19:30
Thursday 5 May
St Salvators Chapel, 19:30
University Music Society

Concert Wind Band and
Big BUStA
The Artisans
Mandy Wright, Sam Boobier and

Kerr Barrack (conductors)
MusSoc's Musical Nobility

"Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen. The
fine folk of StAndrews Music Society
Concert Wind Band and Big BUStA
would be honoured by your presence at
an evening of majestic music. Featuring
the King of Swing, the Prince of Thieves
and the Lord of the Rings it is sure to be
a magnificent night for all. So don your
capes, put on your tiaras and join us for
a night of Musical Nobility."
The Medieval Experience

One of the most dynamic
young ensembles specialising
in this repertoire, The Artisans
The Artisans
exciting programme offers
a musical journey through
medieval Europe ideal as an introduction to this ancient music. From foot-tapping
Italian dances and enchanting French troubadour songs to uplifting Iberian choruses
and English carols, this concert demonstrates the rich variety of surviving music from
medieval times.
www.the-artisans.co.uk
Wednesday 11 May
Byre Theatre, 13:10
University of Jamestown Wind Ensemble

Zamzow Lynch (conductor)
Big BUStA
Admission: 5, 3(students),
FREE to under 12s
The University of Jamestowns

Wind Ensemble is part of an
outstanding programme of
bands and choirs at this North
Dakota institution. In this special
charity concert, they will perform
music by Sousa, John Williams
and Grainger among others.
University of Jamestown Wind Ensemble
Admission: FREE with retiring collection for charity.
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New Music Week

StAndrews New Music Week returns for its second year
featuring a day of minimalism in the Byre Theatre, new
choral music, workshops, masterclasses and a very special
artist in residence:
Award-winning pianist Megumi Masaki is a multifaceted artist, dedicated teacher and
interdisciplinary researcher of optimal performance. A passionate advocate of new
music, she is especially committed to integrating emerging technologies in performance
to increase interdisciplinary collaboration and expand how concert music is created,
played and received. She is Associate Professor of Piano at Brandon University in Canada.
www.megumimasaki.com
Megumi Masaki ( Owen Bird)
Wednesday 24 February-Wednesday 2 March

Younger Hall Upstairs Foyer
Friday 26 February
Byre Theatre Bar, 22:00
Installation: Bound
Red Note Ensemble: Noisy Night
In association with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Scotlands New Music Ensemble presents Noisy

Night! Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging
new musical ideas and voices: theyre a place to meet
music-lovers, curious minds, musicians, composers
and artists in an informal space and hear some of
the best examples of brand new music while having
a beer. Theyre fun, free and your chance to listen to
(and compose for) the musicians of Red Note.
Matthew Grouse (www.matthewgrousemusic.com)

Patrick Shand (www.patrickshand.com)
Maria Donohue (www.mariapianist.wordpress.com)
Katie Oswell (www.katieoswell.com)
'Bound' is an immersive, inter-disciplinary audio
installation exploring a combination of mental and
physical limitations and afflictions. Featuring work
by Matthew Grouse, Patrick Shand, Maria Donohue and Katie Oswell, the
installation combines piano and vocal timbres with acousmatic sonorities.
Megumi Masaki leads a masterclass with pianists and other musicians on

post-1950 repertoire and performance techniques.
All sorts of music

are welcomed here
as are all sorts of
listeners. And, with
the established 10
Minute Composers
Challenge, all
audience members
Red Note Ensemble ( Wattie Cheung)
also get the chance
to write their
own pieces to be played by the
ensemble during the show.
Admission: FREE
Admission: FREE
Admission: FREE
Younger Hall Rehearsal Room 14:30-16:30
Masterclass with Megumi Masaki
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www.rednoteensemble.com
Younger Hall, Rehearsal Room,
10:00-13:00
MINIMAL @ The Byre
Terry Rileys In C
Byre Theatre Studio, 15:00
Community workshop with

Iain Sandilands
Terry Rileys 1964 minimalist classic In
C can be performed by any number
of players and by any combination of
instruments. The problem is that we
havent hired any so we need you to
come and help! Any instrumentalist of
any ability is welcome to come and join
this workshop with Sistema Scotland
percussion tutor Iain Sandilands ahead
of a special performance in the Byre
Theatre this afternoon.
To register for the workshop,
please email Bede Williams:
bw23@st-andrews.ac.uk
Admission: FREE
American Classics
A performance of three of the classics of American Minimalism.
Following this mornings workshop by Iain Sandilands, the
concert will open with a community performance of Terry
Rileys In C. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland guitar student Lewis
Dunsmore performs Steve Reichs Electric Counterpoint, dedicated
to legendary guitarist Pat Metheny, and a group of string players
from the University perform John Adams Shaker Loops.
Admission: FREE
Lewis Dunsmore
Byre Theatre Studio, 19:30
Bingham String Quartet

Different Trains
Enjoying an admirable reputation throughout
the UK and beyond for their fresh approach to
new music, the Bingham Quartet present Steve
Reichs deeply moving, Grammy Award winning
composition for string quartet and tape alongside
music by Janek, Mozart and Philip Glass.
Bingham String Quartet
Admission: 10, 8 (concessions), 5 (Music Centre members and students).

www.binghamquartet.net
Special Offer at the Byre Caf Bar: pre-concert two course menu for just 8.95!
Terry Riley
Sunday 28 February
Choral Evensong
St Salvators Chapel Choir sing the office of Choral Evensong featuring a specially
commissioned introit by the brilliant young Tyneside composer Joanna Ward, O God You
are My God.
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New Music Week

Tuesday 1 March
Wednesday 2 March
Organ concert by Simon Nieminski

(St Marys Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh)
with Bede Williams (trumpet)
StAndrews New Music Ensemble and guests
Virtuosic performer and recording artist Simon Nieminski is

joined by trumpeter Bede Williams in a programme of music by
Sally Beamish, Christopher Gough and Einojuhani Rautavaara.
Admission: 3,
www.nieminski.com
www.bedewilliams.com
Tuesday 1 March
Younger Hall Rehearsal Room, 19:30
Music 4 Eyes and Ears

Megumi Masaki (piano)
Keith Hamel (electronics)
This programme presents
multimedia works, all written for
Megumi Masaki, where artificial
and real worlds, the known and
unknown, are woven together
through sound, image and
technology to recontextualise solo
Megumi Masaki ( Owen Bird)
piano concert music. A goal in the
manipulation of the source material will be to both rely on
and to subvert the audiences pre-existing knowledge of the
material. It will be at once familiar and alien.
The concert will be preceded at 1900 with a short talk on the
installation Bound by its creators.
Admission: FREE
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Bede Williams (conductor)

Lunch Concert
Students from the University of
StAndrews are joined by specialist
musicians from across Scotland
to perform a new commission by
Glasgow-based composer John
De Simone. With its rhythmic
inventiveness, pungent harmony and
melodic beauty, Simones music has
an immediacy and complexity which
John De Simone
sets it apart from so much other
contemporary composition. Simone's
new piece for the StAndrews New Music Ensemble entitled
Poetics, is an exploration of a post-Stravinskian musical language,
and will be performed alongside Stravinskys Dumbarton Oaks.
Admission: 3,
Wednesday 2 March
Music Talks with Megumi Masaki

Training Musicians as Athletes for
Optimal Performance and Well-Being
Performance anxiety presents a debilitating occupational
hazard that is common to musicians and athletes. Music
psychology normally regards it as a disorder, whereas the
sport psychological perspective argues that a certain amount
of performance anxiety can actually enhance performance.
Drawing on her work with the German Olympic team, Megumi
Masaki considers the similarities between sports and music
performance, introducing how multi-dimensional models of
sports performance anxiety can be applicable in music.
Admission: FREE with tea/coffee and scones
Opera
Friday 19 February
Younger Hall, 18:00
Handels Ariosto:
Passions and Performance
A workshop with Scottish Opera
Join us as we celebrate the 500th
anniversary of Ariostos Orlando Furioso with
an evening of beautiful music and lively
discussion. Harry Fehr, director of Scottish
Operas Ariodante, Head of Music Derek
Clark, and singers from Ariodante present
excerpts from three Handel works Orlando,
Ariodante and Alcina which were all
inspired by Ariostos epic poem.
Wednesday 22 June, Byre Theatre Auditorium, 19:30

Thursday 23 June, Byre Theatre Auditorium, 19:30
Friday 24 June, Byre Theatre Auditorium, 19:30
Benjamin Britten
The Turn of the Screw
Completing its sequence of Brittens chamber operas, following acclaimed
productions of The Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring, the Music Centres in-house
opera company once again joins forces with director Tania Holland Williams in The
Turn of the Screw: a spine tingling adaptation of the Henry James ghost story, where
innocence falters and a malign shadow dominates. Ripe with malicious intent and
an irresolute heroine, this is opera at its most gripping.
A chamber orchestra of leading Scottish musicians will be conducted by
Michael Downes.
Tickets: 17,
13 (concessions,
Music Centre members),
7.50 (students, U26)
Harry Fehr
Derek Clark
Prior to Scottish Operas event, there will

be a display of rare and early books and
manuscripts from the Special Collections of
the University Library in the Younger Hall
Conference Room between 1630 and 1800.
The display will include early editions of
Orlando Furioso and will trace the impact of
the poem on culture over 500 years.
Event Sponsored by the School of Modern
Languages (Department of Italian), the School
of History (Universal Short Title Catalogue), the
Department of Music and the Music Centre.
Advance tickets for

The Turn of the Screw
available from the
Byre Box Office,
01334 475000.
Special Offer:
Opera ticket holders can
enjoy a two-course meal
with a glass of wine for
just 12.95 prior to the
performance for which
they have tickets. Please
book in advance at the
Byre Box Office.
www.scottishopera.org.uk
Admission: FREE
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Met Opera Screenings

The Byre Theatre continues its screenings of operas live from the
Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Saturdays at 17:55 unless otherwise stated
Admission: 18.50
16 January
30 January
6 March
Georges Bizet
Les Pcheurs de Perles
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut
Christine Goerke, Lise Lindstrom, and

Nina Stemme, three of operas greatest
dramatic sopranos, take turns in the title
role of the proud princess of legendary
China. Tenors Marcelo lvarez and
Marco Berti are Calf, the brave prince
who sings Nessun dorma and wins
her hand. Franco Zeffirellis golden
production is conducted by Paolo
Carignani.
Bizets gorgeous opera of lust and
longing set in the Far East returns to the
Met stage for the first time in 100 years.
Soprano Diana Damrau stars as Lela,
the beautiful Hindu priestess pursued
by rival pearl divers competing for her
hand. Her suitors are tenor Matthew
Polenzani and baritone Mariusz
Kwiecien, who sing the lilting duet Au
fond du temple saint, which opera
fans know and adore. Director Penny
Woolcock explores the timeless themes
of pure love, betrayal, and vengeance
in a production that vividly creates an
undersea world on the stage of the Met.
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda brings
his romantic flair to the lush score from
the composer of Carmen.
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The Met stage ignites when soprano

Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas
Kaufmann join forces in Puccinis
obsessive love story. Opolais sings
the title role of the country girl who
transforms herself into a Parisian
temptress, while Kaufmann is the
dashing student who desperately
woos her. Director Richard Eyre places
the action in occupied France in a film
noir setting. Desperate passion is the
phrase Puccini himself used to describe
the opera that confirmed his position as
the preeminent Italian opera composer
of his day. Met Principal Conductor
Fabio Luisi leads the stirring score.
2 April
16 April
30 April
Giacomo Puccini
Madame Butterfly
Gaetano Donizetti
Roberto Devereux
Richard Strauss
Elektra
Anthony Minghellas breathtaking

production has thrilled audiences ever
since its premiere in 2006. The title
role is sung by Kristine Opolais, one of
the worlds foremore Butterflys. Tenors
Massimo Giordano and Roberto Alagna
sing Pinkerton, the naval officer who
breaks Butterflys heart. Karel Mark
Chichon conducts.
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on

the extraordinary challenge of singing
all three of Donizettis Tudor queens
in the course of a single season, a rare
feat made famous by Beverly Sillsand
not attempted on a New York stage
since. In this climactic opera of the
trilogy, she plays Queen Elizabeth I,
forced to sign the death warrant of the
nobleman she loves, Roberto Devereux.
Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Devereux,
and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and
baritone Mariusz Kwiecien complete
the principal quartet in the bel canto
masterpiece, conducted by Donizetti
specialist Maurizio Benini. As with the
earlier Anna Bolena and Maria Stuarda,
the production is by Sir David McVicar,
who with this staging completes an
enormously ambitious directorial
accomplishment.
The genius director Patrice Chreau

(From the House of the Dead) didnt live
to see his great Elektra production,
previously presented in Aix and Milan,
make it to the stage of the Met. But
his overpowering vision lives on with
soprano Nina Stemmeunmatched
today in the heroic female roles of
Strauss and Wagnerwho portrays
Elektras primal quest for vengeance.
Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud
Meier is chilling as Elektras fearsome
mother, Klytmnestra. Soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka and bass Eric
Owens are Elektras troubled siblings.
Chreaus musical collaborator,
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conducts.
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Choral and Vocal

Music in the Liturgy
Saturday 23 January
Holy Trinity Church Hall, 20:00
StAndrews has a tradition of liturgical singing stretching back

to the 15th century. Today the outstanding choir of St Salvators
Chapel and the volunteer choir of StLeonards Chapel play a vital
role in the Universitys lively and ecumenical religious life under
the leadership of University Organist Tom Wilkinson and University
Chaplain the Rev Dr Donald MacEwan.
G&S Society Burns Night Concert

Join us for a special evening to welcome in 2016
with a mixture of Gilbert and Sullivan classics, as
well as Hogmanay, New Year, and Burns Night
favourites. A fantastic way to introduce young
people to a special range of music reflecting
Scotland and Britain in general.
Admission: 5 (full, concession, and student),
1 (under-16s),
FREE (HLMs of the G&S
Society, current paid
society members)
Thursday 28 January
Younger Hall, 19:30
Home Free
( Oli Walker)
Weekly Services
Every Sunday during Semester
Every Wednesday during Semester
University Service
Choral Evensong
sung by St Salvators Chapel Choir

and other groups
Choral Evensong
and other groups
Every Thursday during Semester

Admission: 12.50, advance tickets available from

the Byre Box Office, 01334 475000.
Compline
www.homefreemusic.com
sung by St Leonards Chapel Choir

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A cappella Country
stars Home Free will
play in the UK for the
first time in January
having wowed
audiences across
Home Free
the US. Well known
for their trademark
renditions of todays biggest Country and Pop
hits, the five-piece vocal group, who hail from
Minnesota, will perform a special show in support
of the brand new album Country Evolution. Home
Free look set to wow UK audiences as an a cappella
group unlike this country has ever seen before.
Holy Trinity Church, 19:00 (pre-concert talk at 18:00)
Friday 4 March
Younger Hall, 19:00
Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Golden Legend
Scottish a cappella championships
in a new arrangement for brass, organ, and percussion

by James Green and Lauren Macleod
University of StAndrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society
StAndrews Brass
Caroline Taylor (Elsie, soprano)
Emma Rettie (Ursula, mezzo-soprano)
Laurie Slavin (Prince Henry, tenor)
Ben McAteer (Lucifer, bass-baritone)
A very special performance of Sullivan's greatest choral work
in its 130th anniversary year, featuring a town-gown choir.
Acclaimed local conductor Gillian Craig will conduct StAndrews
Brass in a brand new arrangement by two current society
members, James Green and Lauren Macleod. Soloists are all
professional former society members who will be well-known
to many local music lovers: Caroline Taylor, Emma Rettie, Laurie
Slavin, and Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Ben McAteer, most
recently seen in StAndrews in Scottish Opera's Cos fan tutte in
October.
We are also delighted to offer a pre-show panel discussion
chaired by society president Peter Sutton and featuring
renowned local Sullivan scholar and Vice-President of the Sir
Arthur Sullivan Society, the Very Revd Dr Ian Bradley from 18:00
in the Church.
Admission: 12 (full), 10 (concession), 8 (student),
5 (HLMs of the G&S Society, current paid society members)
StAndrews legendary
a cappella ensembles
are joined by groups
from further afield
to compete for the
Scottish a cappella
championship.
Admission: 6
(5 students)
The Alleycats ( Oli Walker)
Friday 1 April
University Madrigal Group CD Launch: 1946

To commemorate their 70th
Anniversary, The University of
StAndrews Madrigal Group
have recorded a CD featuring
some of their favourite music
from the last seven decades.
From sacred to secular, from
madrigals to modern, 1946
celebrates the range and
musicality of the United
Kingdoms oldest a cappella
group.
University Madrigal Group
Admission: FREE
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Choral and Vocal

Sunday 10 April
Saturday 23 April
Younger Hall, 19:30
J.S. Bach: Hohe Messe
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
St Salvators Chapel Choir

Kellie Consort
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Tom Wilkinson (director)
Megan Read (soprano)

Ben McAteer (baritone)
StAndrews Chorus
Heisenberg Ensemble
Michael Downes (conductor)
To launch St Salvators Chapel Choirs new release

on the Universitys own label, Bach and the Stile
Antico, this is a rare opportunity to hear the great
Mass in B minor performed in its entirety by the
combined forces of the chapel choir, Scotlands
pre-professional early music ensemble The Kellie
Consort and The Fitzwilliam String Quartet.
Admission: FREE, Bach and the Stile Antico CDs
will be on sale at a special one-off price!
( Oli Walker)
Presented in association with On the Rocks.

www.ontherocksfestival.com
www.stsalvatorschapelchoir.co.uk
www.kellieconsort.org.uk
www.fitzwilliamquartet.org
Thursday 14 and Friday 15 April

Younger Hall, 19:30
G&S Society: The Yeomen of the Guard

Following recent acclaimed productions of Patience and Ruddigore, the G&S Society
presents arguably their greatest masterpiece, the darkest and grandest of their operas,
The Yeomen of the Guard, featuring the full orchestration. Full of rich characterisation,
Yeomen is both comic and tragic, funny and moving and combines a wonderful
pastiche of Wagnerian grandeur and Verdian passion alongside a parody of Walter Scott
and Victorian productions of Shakespeare.
Admission: 12 (full), 10 (concession),
8 (student), 5 (HLMs of the G&S Society,
current paid society members)
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St Andrews Chorus ( Gerry Priest)
Brahms tragic German Requiem,

composed in the aftermath of the death
of Robert Schumann, is juxtaposed with
Berliozs Shakespeare-inspired triptych
Tristia in this concert by the 180-strong
StAndrews Chorus and featuring
Scottish Opera Emerging Artist and
StAndrews alumnus Ben McAteer.
Admission: 12,
10 (concessions), 3 (students)
www.standrewschorus.weebly.com
Friday 29 April
Friday 27 May
Music Society Singers and Ukelear Fusion
University Madrigal Group

Summer Tour Opening Concert
Conductors: Sam Boobier and

Rebecca Anderson
MusSoc Singers and Ukelear Fusion present their annual spring
concert, bringing joy to StAndrews through the medium of
song and ukuleles. Come and hear a selection of songs from
theatre and film, in addition to some spring classics.
Jonathan McNaul (director)

Before embarking on their annual summer tour, the University
of StAndrews Madrigal Group present their popular summer
concert centred around the core Madrigal repertoire.
Admission: 5, 2 (students)
Admission: 3,
2 (students), FREE to under 12s
Thursday 23 June
Saturday 30 April
Graduation Week Concert
St Salvators Chapel Choir

Tom Wilkinson (director)
Cole Bendall (director)
Out of Darkness: 60 years of the

( Oli Walker)
St Andrews Renaissance Singers ( Riyo Yanagida)
Continuing their journey through the choral masterworks of

Tallis and Victoria, join the StAndrews Renaissance Singers,
choir alumni and friends as they celebrate sixty years since
the formation of the Renaissance Group. The performance
will consist of settings of the Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti,
Tallis' Lamentations of Jeremiah and the sublime Allegri
Miserere mei, Deus.
The Universitys flagship choir performs a diverse programme of

celebratory repertoire during its traditional and hugely popular
graduation week concert.
Admission: FREE
Admission: FREE with retiring collection

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Organ
The University of StAndrews continues its commitment to live organ music with its weekly Tuesday series by University
organists and guests and with a special visit from one of North Americas most distinguished pedagogues.
Concerts are performed on the 1973 Gregor Hradetzky organ (IV/40) in St Salvators Chapel.
Tuesdays at 13:10
26 January
Sean Heath
Campbell Watterson
Organ Scholar
Bach, Lbeck, Mendelssohn
2 February
Andrew Macintosh
Deputy University Organist
Flor Peeters Suite Modale and
Lon Bollmanns Suite Gothique
9 February
David Hamilton
Strathclyde University and the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Guillain, Weckmann
16 February
Donald Hunt
St Marys Episcopal Cathedral,
Edinburgh
Handel, Leighton, Cecilia McDowall
23 February
Tom Wilkinson
University Organist
Bach, Boyce, Russell, Mendelssohn
www.thomas-wilkinson.co.uk
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1 March, StAndrews New Music Week

Simon Nieminski (St Marys Metropolitan
Cathedral, Edinburgh) with Bede Williams
(trumpet)
Beamish, Gough, Rautavaara
www.nieminski.com
www.bedewilliams.com
8 March
Henry Fairs
Honorary Professor of Organ
Buxtehude, Bach, Reger
(Fantasia and Fugue on BACH op. 46)
www.henryfairs.com
30 March (Wednesday) at 20:00
John Grew (Montreal) see opposite page
5 April
George Barrett
Campbell Watterson Organ Scholar
Bach, Morgan, Durufl
12 April
David Boos
Hamm, Germany
New Music for Old Organs:
Bach, Danksagmller, Peretti
www.mengeliciousmoments.com
19 April
Chris Bragg
StAndrews
SymbolismeImpressionnisme
No-classicisme
Durufl, Faur, Nibelle
Wednesday 9 March
St Salvators Chapel, 10:00-12:00
Organ Masterclass by Henry Fairs

Honorary Professor of Organ Henry Fairs follows his
performance in yesterdays lunch concert of Regers vast
Fantasia and Fugue on BACH with a public masterclass on
German Romantic organ music.
Admission: FREE
John Grew in Residence

The legendary Montreal organist and pedagogue
John Grew makes a rare visit to the UK to perform and
teach.
Wednesday 30 March
Celebrity Organ Concert

John Grew demonstrates
his great passion for French
classical music in works
by de Grigny, Nivers and
dAnglebert. He contrasts
this with modern works by
the 20th century Swedish
composer Bengt Hambraeus
and contemporary music by
Bruce Mather composed for
John Grew
the highly influential French
Classical style organ which John Grew commissioned from
Helmuth Wolff at McGill University. He ends his programme
with Bachs great Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 548.
5 (students and Music Centre members)
Thursday 31 March
St Salvators Chapel, 10:00-12:00
Masterclass
The Glories of the French Classical Organ
John Grew guides University organ scholars through the
mysteries of the French Classical organ and its unique musical
language.
Admission: FREE
St Salvators Chapel Organ ( Chris Bragg)
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Workshops, Masterclasses and Talks

Music Talks
Masterclasses
The Music Centres informal series of insights into various aspects of the
musical world. Admission is FREE with tea/coffee and scones.
Wednesdays at 14:30
10 February
St Salvators Chapel
20 April
Byre Theatre Auditorium
Nicholas Wearne:
The Music of
Nicolaus Bruhns
Dr Claudia Rossignoli:
Orlando Furioso 1516-2016:
One Source, Many Stories'
Wednesday 2 March
Violin masterclass
with the Scottish
Chamber Orchestras
Emily Dellit Imbert
Admission: FREE
A celebration in words and music

2 March
Younger Hall Rehearsal Room
Megumi Masaki:
Training Musicians as Athletes
for Optimal Performance and
Well-Being
Please see page 16 for more information
30 March
St Leonards Chapel
Raymond Calcraft:
Words and Music
6 April
Younger Hall Rehearsal Room
Claire Garabedian:
The shared activity of listening to
individualised music: fostering a
sonic refuge for people living with
dementia and their carers.
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2016 is the 500th anniversary of the

first appearance of the great Italian
epic, Orlando Furioso, by Ariosto. Dr
Claudia Rossignoli (Department of
Italian) will introduce this epic work,
which has inspired many playwrights,
opera composers, poets and novelists
since it first appeared. Vocal students
from the University of StAndrews will
then perform opera arias by Handel,
Vivaldi, and Haydn, and songs from
Shakespeare plays which incorporated
and transformed the original story.
Thursday 31 March
Piano masterclass with

Ronald Brautigam
An unmissable opportunity to witness
the great Dutch pianist teach a group of
University piano students.
Admission: FREE
www.ronaldbrautigam.com
Workshops and Other Events

Tuesday 16 February
Tuesday 15 March
Byre Studio, 10:30 and 11:45
SCO Call For Scores Workshop with Tom Harrold
Big Ears Little Ears
Composer Tom Harrold is joined by SCO Principal Viola Jane

Atkins and Sub Principal Bassoon Alison Green to review scores
submitted for this unusual combination of instruments in
response to the University and SCOs joint Call for Scores.
Big Ears, Little Ears is a series of

informal concerts for parents, carers
and young children, providing an
opportunity for grown ups and
little ones to share high quality
live music in a friendly, relaxed
atmosphere.
Admission: FREE
www.sco.org.uk
Byre Theatre, 20:00
Soundings
with Tansy Davies and Michel Faber
Soundings is an experimental series of in conversation style
events, pairing leading musicians with writers at the University
of StAndrews.
Tansy Davies is a musician whose boundary-crossing curiosity
makes her one of the most distinctive voices in British music today.
In one strand of her work, Davies has found an accommodation
between the worlds of the avant-garde and experimental rock,
between in the words of one critic Xenakis and Prince. Filled
with sounds of cracking, slapping, whipping and scraping, it is
music that is utterly contemporary, inhabiting the same urban
landscape as industrial techno and electronica.
Michel Faber has written eight books. In addition to the
Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the
highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and White, The Fire Gospel
and The Fahrenheit Twins. He has also written two novellas, The
Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort, and
has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn,
Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland and brought up in
Australia, Michel now lives in the Scottish Highlands.
Admission: 15, 10 (students)
www.tansydavies.com
It's a tut-free, child-friendly zone, so no-one need worry about

gurgling, crying or toddling around!
Admission: FREE
To pre-book, please call the
Byre Box Office on 01334 475000.
www.sco.org.uk
7-9 April
Strings in Spring Observers Package

An opportunity to gain an insight into string coaching sessions
run by the Fitzwilliam String Quartet and guest tutors, as
well as a world-class recital given by the FSQ and a chance to
chat with tutors and participants over a glass of wine. There
is no obligation for observers to attend all events listed for
participants, you may come to as many as you please. For those
who play violin/viola/cello/double bass to an appropriate
level, it may be possible to join in the sight-reading and string
ensemble sessions.
For more information, please contact Helen Gregory,
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Welcome & Contents

Choral and Vocal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20

Chamber and Instrumental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8

Workshops, Masterclasses & Talks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26

New Music Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14

Music Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28

Music Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28

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Every Sunday during semester

University Service sung by St Salvators Chapel Choir

Every Sunday during semester

Choral Evensong sung by St Salvators Chapel Choir and other groups

Every Wednesday during semester

Choral Evensong sung by St Salvators Chapel Choir and other groups

Every Thursday during semester

Compline sung by St Leonards Chapel Choir

G&S Society Burns Concert

Organ concert by Sean Heath (Campbell Watterson Organ Scholar)

Lunch concert by the Arunda Wind Trio

Home Free: Leading US Country a cappella group

13:10 Organ concert by Andrew Macintosh (StAndrews)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

Music Society lunch concert by Aaron Isiminger (classical guitar)

Organ concert by David Hamilton (University of Strathclyde and

Lunchtime concert by Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) and Simon Smith (piano)

Music Talks with Nicholas Wearne: The Music of Nicolaus Bruhns

StAndrews Concert Series presents the Edinburgh Quartet

Music Society lunch concert by Kerr Barrack and friends

University G&S Society presents The Golden Legend

Music in Museums: Scholarship Saxophone Quartet

Organ concert by Donald Hunt (St Marys Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh)

Lunch concert by George Talmaciu (oboe) and Razvan Luculescu (piano)

Music Society lunch concert by vocal pupils of Ian Darling

Scottish Opera Handels Ariosto: Passions and Performance

Organ concert by Tom Wilkinson (University Organist)

NEW MUSIC WEEK

Masterclass on Music post-1950 by Megumi Masaki

Music Society lunch concert by vocal pupils of Megan Read

NEW MUSIC WEEK

Red Note Ensemble: Noisy Night

NEW MUSIC WEEK

Community Workshop with Iain Sandilands: Terry Rileys In C

NEW MUSIC WEEK

Minimal@The Byre: American Classics (Riley, Reich, Adams)

Minimal@The Byre: The Bingham Quartet perform Reich, Glass,

NEW MUSIC WEEK Saturday 27 February

Lunch concert by St Marys Music School Senior Jazz Ensemble with

NEW MUSIC WEEK Tuesday 1 March

Choral Evensong with new music

Organ concert by Simon Nieminski (St Marys Metropolitan

Megumi Masaki: Music 4 Eyes and Ears

SCO Masterclass with Emily Dellit Imbert (violin)

NEW MUSIC WEEK

Lunch Concert by StAndrews New Music Ensemble and guests

NEW MUSIC WEEK Wednesday 2 March

Music Talks with Megumi Masaki: Training Musicians as Athletes for

Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Llr Williams (piano)

Music Society lunch concert by Music Centre Saxophone Ensembles

Scottish A Cappella Championships