Event Type: Music

Name: Concert for Cello and Piano
Start: 2023-9-30T19:30+0:00
End: 2023-9-30T21:40+0:00

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30sep7:30 pm9:40 pmConcert for Cello and Piano

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Linlithgow Arts Guild presents an evening of music for cello and piano, performed by well-known Scottish professional musicians. The cellist, Philip Higham is currently principal cello of the Scottish Chamber orchestra and Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson is a prolific soloist and chamber musician. The programme is:

J.S.Bach: Sonata in G for viola da gamba and cembalo

Beethoven: Sonata No.1 in F major

Macmillan: Sonata No.2 (2000)

Poulenc: Sonata op143 for cello and piano

Philip Higham was the first UK cellist to win 1st Prize in the Bach Leipzig competition, and followed it with major prizes in 2009 Lutoslawski Competition, and the 2010 Grand Prix Emmanuel Feuermann in Berlin. He has appeared as soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall, and further afield in Germany, Istanbul and Washington DC and Tokyo..He plays a fine Milanese cello by Carlo Giuseppe Testore, made in 1697.

Alasdair Beatson as well as having a very full performing schedule teaches solo piano at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and regularly mentors for the London-based Chamber Studio. From 2012 to 2018 Alasdair was founder and artistic director of Musique à Marsac, and since 2019 has been artistic director of the chamber music festival at Musikdorf Ernen in Switzerland.

Event sponsored by The A9 Partnership.

Linlithgow Arts Guild

Linlithgow Arts Guild is a voluntary organisation. Its aim is to “Bring Excellence in the Live Arts to Linlithgow”, and since 1969 we have had the privilege of promoting many fine performances by artists, ensembles and orchestras of world renown. The vast majority of performers are professional musicians who perform internationally. The concerts are open to everyone. Our programmes are varied and we hope to attract as many people as possible to spread the substantial costs of our events. Tickets for individual concerts are on sale to the general public for all of our events. We normally have around 200 season-ticket holders who comprise the membership. Our audience numbers have averaged around 200 in recent years, with nearly 400 for major events. We have sold tickets throughout Central Scotland, and sometimes further afield..

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(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

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Linlithgow Primary School

Preston Rd, Linlithgow EH49 6HB,

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october

21oct7:30 pm9:40 pmConcert for Piano Trio by "Trio Balthasar"

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A newly-formed professional piano trio comes to play at Linlithgow Arts Guild following their debut at London’s Wigmore Hall in 2022. As well as playing music by established composers, they feature pieces by the 20th century Ulster Composer, performer and Newspaper proprietor Jean Trimble in their events. Their programme will be:

Joan Trimble: Phantasy Trio

Shostakovich: Trio No.2 in E minor

Haydn: Trio in E minor

Ravel: Trio in A minor

The performers are: Michael Foyle, 2016 winner of the Netherlands violin Competition, Tim Hugh, principal cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra and acclaimed pianist, and former presenter on Radio 3, Iain Burnside.

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(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

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Linlithgow Primary School

Preston Rd, Linlithgow EH49 6HB,

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november

12nov7:30 pm9:40 pmConcert for Trumpet and Piano

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Aaron Azunda Akugbo, an outstanding charismatic young graduate trumpet player, accompanied by Zeynep Özsuca, a travelled solo pianist, chamber musician and accompanist, play a wide ranging programme of classical items with some jazz, some lighter music and some pieces by Florence Price. Tickets are available from Linlithgow Arts Guild at: https://www.linlithgowartsguild.org.uk/programme/123-aaron-azunda-akugbo-zeynep-ozsuca

The concert is kindly sponsored by Cala Homes.

Programme:

Honegger: Intrada

Poulenc: Métamorphoses

Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness

Halsey Stevens: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Bitsch: Quatre variations sur un thème de Domenico Scarlatti

Rogers and Hart: My Funny Valentine

Enescu: Légende

Florence Price: Sympathy

Florence Price: Thumbnail sketches of a Day in Life, Morning

Florence Price: Adoration

Karl Pilss: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Born in 1998 and of Nigerian-Scottish descent, Aaron Azunda Akugbo hails from Edinburgh and is poised as a future leading exponent of his instrument. He brings a wide-ranging musical taste to his artistry and despite being classically trained, cites Louis Armstrong as his biggest musical inspiration.

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and an ex-principal of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Aaron can often be seen freelancing in the principal chairs of some of the most prestigious orchestras in the UK including the Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras.

Turkish Pianist Zeynep Özsuca has performed worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. Born in Ankara, she began piano lessons at the four, won Istanbul Symphony’s Young Soloists competition in 2001, and moved to the USA to complete her studies. She then majored in accompaniment and vocal studies in Berlin, and now lives in London pursuing her career as a concert pianist.

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(Sunday) 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm

Location

St Michael's Parish Church

Kirkgate, Linlithgow EH49 7AL

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