Lunchtime Concerts

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Advance (until 12 noon on the day): £7; concessions £6.  After 12 noon on day of concert: £8; no concessions.  Add soup and a sandwich for just £3.75 (book until 11am on the day)

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Scottish Ensemble

Mon 22 Feb: 1pm 

Mozart String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516

Brahms String Quintet No 2 in G major Op 111

Mozart wrote very little music in G minor and reserved it for his most emotionally searing work. This quintet has at its heart a slow movement of unparalleled pathos.  Brahms’s late chamber music has a feeling of content at a life well-led combined with a sublime yearning. 

Alasdair Beatson

Sun 28 Feb: 3pm

Mozart Sonata in A minor K310

Janaček Sonata, ‘1 October 1905’

D. Scarlatti Five Sonatas

Scriabin Sonata No 5

Alasdair Beatson is developing a wonderful series of beautifully planned programmes. Here Mozart’s grief-stricken but controlled classicism is contrasted with the quirky brilliance of Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas, and Janaček’s austere expressionism counterbalances the hedonistic luxury of Scriabin’s intoxicating harmonies.

Hebrides Ensemble

Mon 7 Mar: 1pm

Ravel Piano Trio

Takemitsu Between Tides

Debussy (arr. Beamish) La Mer

Wonderful melodies and romanticism on a symphonic scale are at the core of Ravel’s fabulous Piano Trio. The concert also includes Sally Beamish’s audacious reworking for piano trio of Debussy’s majestic La Mer.

Jonathan Manson plays Bach

Mon 18 Apr: 1pm

Suite No 3 in C major BWV 1009

Suite No 4 in E flat major BWV 1010

Jonathan Manson, cello

John Butt, speaker

Jonathan Manson’s solo playing has lit up the Dunedin Consort’s performances of the Bach Passions. Here he plays two of Bach’s great cello suites and, as a bonus, discusses with John Butt whether these suites may, in fact, have been written by Bach’s wife, Anna Magdalena!

Alisdair Hogarth in recital

Mon 16 May: 1pm

Smetana Three Polkas

Chopin Ballade No 3

Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op 22

Alisdair Hogarth, piano

A programme of unashamed romanticism and virtuosity! Rachmaninov’s homage to the great pianist- composer Chopin concludes a programme which opens with Smetana’s characterful Polkas and also includes Chopin’s own third Ballade.