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Cottier Chamber Project set for West End Festival 2012

Cottier Chamber Project set for West End Festival 2012

Hebrides Ensemble, Scottish Ensemble and Red Note also on bill

22 May 2012

Classical music always has a strong presence at Glasgow’s West End Festival these days, but this year is extraordinary. Not only does the Cottier Chamber Project make a big-style return visit with small-scale music, but no less than nine choirs form…

Hebrides Ensemble: Kurtag – Kafka Fragments

Hebrides Ensemble: Kurtag - Kafka Fragments

Work based on Kafka’s diaries and letters with Soprano Elizabeth Watts

24 May 2011

One of Britain’s hottest new singing talents, whether in opera or on the concert platform, 31-year-old soprano Elizabeth Watts (pictured) joins leading chamber music group Hebrides Ensemble for Kafka Fragmente by György Kurtág, an extraordinary…

Cage season

John Cage season features Hebrides Ensemble performing Water Music

University Concert Hall and Hunterian Gallery host music and art

18 Feb 2011

The List is particularly chuffed this fortnight to announce a John Cage double banger. Work by the composer, writer and artist can be seen as part of a special Cage season, which includes a lunchtime concert by the Hebrides Ensemble on 24 Feb, at the…

Hebrides Ensemble – Pierrot Lunaire

Hebrides Ensemble – Pierrot Lunaire

2 Mar 2010

Whether in poetry, film, animation, popular and classical music, dance and even jewellery, the figure of Pierrot, the sad clown pining for love, is one that has proven irresistible since his rise to fame in the commedia dell’arte tradition of 16th…

Hebrides Ensemble - Olivier Messiaen – Chamber Works

Hebrides Ensemble - Olivier Messiaen – Chamber Works

(4 stars)3 Jul 2008

CLASSICAL (Linn Records) The Hebrides Ensemble are now firmly established as Scotland’s leading contemporary music group, and their stock is rising well beyond their native turf as well. The enthusiastic acclaim for their recent imaginative Wigmore…

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Hebrides Ensemble: Pierrot Lunaire
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Arnold Schoenberg's quirky 1912 melodrama for voice and chamber ensemble is full of paradoxes: is it for the concert hall or the theatre stage? Is it high art or cabaret? Why is the male central character written for a soprano? It's one of his most entertaining and accessible pieces, and a defining work of 20th century music. It's also 100 years old. This performance features acclaimed American soprano Lucy Shelton.
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31 May 6pm City Halls, Glasgow
Conversations: Hebrides Ensemble and Synergy Vocals
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Members of Scotland’s foremost contemporary music group, Hebrides Ensemble, and vocalists from unique voice ensemble Synergy Vocals, discuss presenting a world premiere at Festival 2012 with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust.
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23 Aug Noon The Hub, Edinburgh
Hebrides Ensemble
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The Hebrides Ensemble plays a trio-based programme of Schubert, Kurtag, Maxwell Davies and Dohnanyi. Part of Cottier Chamber Project.
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14 Jun 6.30pm Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
Hebrides Ensemble and Synergy Vocals
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Scotland’s premier new music group, Hebrides Ensemble joins forces with Synergy Vocals and renowned bass Brindley Sherratt for the world premiere of a new hour-long piece, co-commissioned by the Festival, by leading Scottish composer James MacMillan, entitled Since it was the Day of Preparation. Supported through the Scottish Government's Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. Greyfriars Series: Buy for 8 concerts in the series and get the 9th free. Young people and Students – Half price now! Young…
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22 Aug 5.45pm Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh