String Quintet Franz Schubert 1797-1828 (Austria)One of the most beautiful pieces of classical music ever written. Composed a fewmonths before his death the piece remained unheard for 25 years. Written for twoviolins, viola and two cellos (instead of the more usual two violas) the extra celloadded enabled more depth and richness giving the piece a unique flavour.

String Octet Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 (Germany)Mendelssohn, like Mozart, was a musical child prodigy. Having access to the bestmusical tuition resulted in him having written 12 string symphonies by the age of14. The Octet for 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos was written when he was only 16as a gift for his teacher Eduard Ritz. It is perhaps one of the most exuberant andjoyful compositions of all time!

String Quartet no. 4 Dimitri Shostakovich 1906-1975 (Russian)In 1948 during the crackdown by Stalin on Soviet Ideological Correctness,Shostakovich’s music was denounced and he was dismissed from his posts atthe Moscow and Leningrad Conservatoires. Looking for themes to get back intofavour and fascinated by folk and Jewish Folk music his 4th Quartet exploresmany Jewish themes but political change saw Jewish works suddenly fall out offavour. He arranged a private performance of the finished quartet to the head ofthe Committee for Artistic Affairs and was advised, in no uncertain terms, that thepiece would not meet with state approval. It was not until Stalin’s death that thisextraordinary piece, filled with emotion and yearning, could be played.

Fratres Arvo Part 1935- (Estonia)Part is a singularly unique composer who often shuts himself in a monastery untilhe has completed his pieces. As a child he experimented on a broken piano whichhad no middle register. His music is deeply spiritual and has a vocal quality influ-enced by Gregorian Chant. Fratres,written in 1977, has many versions, we areplaying the version for Violin and Piano.

Choral, Libertango, Ortono Porteno Astor Piazzolla 1921-1993 (Argentina)Piazzolla is steeped in the tradition of tango and a virtuoso Bandoneon player whofound himself in conflict with Tango traditionalists. He left Argentina in 1954 tostudy in Paris. On returning to Argentina he formedOcteto Buenos Aries, changingthe sound of tango. His first Quintet mixed traditional tunes with jazz-like improv-isations. Choral a haunting piece is a homage to Bach. Libertango (Libertad-liberty and tango) and Ortono Porteno (Autumn in the port) is the third movementfrom his Seasons for Buenos Aires.

TheMusic Duo in B flat for Violin and Viola Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1891 Two duo’s for violin and viola were written for Michael Haydn (younger brother of Joseph)who had been commissioned to write six duos but, due to illness, had not completedthem. Payment was withheld and on hearing this Mozart wrote the remaining two ex-quisite duos and delivered them as the work of Michael. The B flat duo is in the style ofMichael Haydn with theme and variation sets but the second movement is the kind ofMozart that stands the test of time and which undoubtably influenced Beethoven.

The Eye Glass Duo Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827 Written for viola and cello for his friend and cellist Baron Nikolaus Zmeskall so they couldplay together the name comes from the cumbersome set of eyeglasses the Baron wasforced to use to read the music. Beethoven decided to wear eyeglasses too to keep himcompany and the nickname stuck.

ThePlayers

Violins:Greg Lawson, Kanako Ito, Jakobus Frick, Fiona StephenViolas:Scott Dickenson, Jessica BeestonCellos:Martyn Storey, Sonia CromartyBass:Stuart MacPhersonPiano:Susan Frank

Greg LawsonViolinist, composer, musical director and conductor has held principal and leading posi-tions in most of the orchestras in Scotland. Co-leader Scottish Ballet, Member of ScottishEnsemble, Asst Leader Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Principal Violin Scottish ChamberOrchestraand currently Principal 2nd Violin in the BBCSSO. He also plays with Moishe’sBagel,Salsa Celtica, Scottish National Jazz Orchestraand with folk singers like DougieMacLean. As a conductor he has worked with RSNO and the Orchestra of ScottishOpera. He realised Martyn Bennett’s album GRIT for orchestra for the opening night ofCeltic Connections 2015 forming an orchestra representing Scotland’s musical commu-nity of Classical, Jazz and Folk. This Grit Orchestrawill perform another of Bennett’s al-bums Bothy Culturewhich Greg is currently writing. Grit was BBC BAFTA nominated andwon The Scottish Trad award for 2015.

Kanako ItoBorn in Japan Kanako started playing violin aged five. She has won prizes in many inter-national competitions, including The Geneva Competitionand the Schöntal Violin Com-petition. She travels extensively performing as a soloist with orchestras. She served asLeader of the Kansas City Symphony. She now lives in Glasgow and teaches Junior RCSand is Associate Leader of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Jakobus FrickAfter appearing as soloist with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestraat the age of 11 and leading both the regional and the National Youth Or-chestraswhile at school he was offered an associated board scholarshipto study in the UK. He attended the RSAMD from 1999-2003. He has beenfreelancing extensively working with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra,Paragon, Scottish ensemble, BBC SSO, Northen Symphonia, IrishChamber Orchestra and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Norway..

Fiona StephenFiona studied Violin at The Royal Academy of Music with Bassoon and Voiceas second study. She has worked as a freelance violinist for: City of BirminghamSymphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, BBC Welsh Sym-phony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Opera North, NorthernSinfonia, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Ballet, Scottish Operaand the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. She has also worked with many leadingchamber groups and has been closely involved in many educational and devel-opment projects with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Gemini, Northern RockArts and the Scottish Ensemble.

Scott DickensonStudied in Glasgow, London and Salzburg where he won the Mozarteum Con-certo Competition. He is Principal Viola with the BBC Scottish Symphony Or-chestra and previously violist of the Leopold String Trio playing worldwideincluding the Carnegie Hall, New York. Guest principal with the PhilharmoniaOrchestra and most recently guest principal with the Chamber Orchestra ofEurope and the London Symphony Orchestra. He is a passionate believer inarts for all and is married to flautist and pianist Susan Frank.

Jessica BeestonAppointed violist of the Edinburgh Quartet in 2011 she plays regularly with theBritten Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestraand Aurora Chamber Orchestra,and is a guest principal player with theLondon Mozart Players, Scottish Cham-ber Orchestra and Mid Wales Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber music playershe has appeared with Hebrides Ensemble, Mid Wales Chamber Soloists,Nephele Ensemble, Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, Wye Valley ChamberMusic. The only violist in the string finals of the Royal Overseas League Com-petition in 2009, having won theWaddell Trust Prize in 2006. Jessica spentsome years as a student of Thomas Riebl at the Salzburg Mozarteum. She grad-uated with a first class performance degree and gained much experience in Eu-rope from regular tours and performances with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists,Camerata Salzburg and as a member of the Giraldi String Quartet.

RehearsalDay10.30-12 Masonic Hall Schubert and Duos

12.30-1.30 Masonic Hall Schubert and Duos

2.30-4pm Craigdarroch Arms Hotel Shostakovich

4.30-5.30 St Ninian’s Church Piazzola and Fratres

7.30-9 Craigdarroch Arms Hotel Mendelssohn and others

9pm onwards Craigdarroch Arms Hotel Music in the hotel!

ConcertDay11.30-12.30 Masonic Hall Schubert Quintet

1.30-2pm Glenwhisk Cafe Mozart & Beethoven Duosinformal event not ticketed

3.30-4.30 Palace Cinema (Craigdarroch) Shostakovich and Bach

6-7pm St Ninian’s Church Mendelssohn and Fratres

8.30-9.45 Craigdarroch Arms Hotel Piazzola in the Pubplus Greg Lawson and Pete Garnett playing Death by Milonga

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RehearsalDay (Saturday)Open access to all rehearsals taking place throughout the village where you are invitedto move freely between venues to observe and interact with the musicians. This will befollowed by an informal ‘classical session’ in the Craigdarroch Hotel with the performersplaying through string quartets, piano trios, sonatas and much, much more.

ConcertDay (Sunday)A series of short concerts performed in diverse and unusual venues throughout the dayculminating in a final concert involving the entire group.

TicketDetailsThe weekend ticket gives you unlimited access to all events both days.

Weekend Ticket£30/Glencairn residents £20Saturday day ticket (all rehearsals) £15Sunday day ticket (all concerts) £20Under 16s free

Martyn StoreyPrincipal Cellist with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and has served asPrincipal Cellist with many major orchestras including the LSA, RPO, Philharmo-nia, Halle, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, BBC NOW, Northern Sinfoniaand London Sinfonietta. For fourteen years a member of the Gould Piano Triowith whom he won three International Chamber Music Competitions and hasperformed and recorded chamber music for record labels EMI and Oxford Classics.

Sonia CromartyStudied cello at the RSAMD where she gained a First Class Honours degree andPost-graduate Diploma with Distinction. During her college years she won nu-merous prizes for solo and ensemble playing. She has performed across Europeand the UK including the BBC Proms, the Edinburgh Festival, the St MagnusFestivaland a year touring as Principal Cello in the hit musicalMiss Saigon. Sheperforms regularly with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and ScottishOpera and has also appeared with the RSNO, Scottish Ballet, The Scottish En-semble, Paragon Ensemble and Red Note Ensemble.

Stuart MacphersonFreelance bassist and composer, graduate of the BA Applied Music Degree atStrathclyde, Stuart studied Double Bass and Composition. In 2012 he wrote thescore for Allan Radcliffe’s “When the Moon Was Overhead” for Glasgow’s CreativeMackintosh Festival, and was shortlisted for the Martyn Bennett Prize for Com-position in 2013 and again in 2014. Most recently Stuart took part in Hands UpFor Trad’s Distil Residential, which saw one of his compositions performed byMr McFall’s Chamber. Stuart works regularly as a session player and has manyalbum credits. As well as a performer and composer, Stuart works regularly withParagon Music, working with young and vulnerable people with additional supportneeds on a number of creative music programmes.

Susan FrankAfter flute and piano lessons Susan became an Instrumental Award holder and win-ner of the Williamson Prize for Musical Performancewhilst reading Music at Cam-bridge. As a flautist she was awarded a Countess of Munster scholarship forpostgraduate study at RNCM and subsequently promoted, by Munster RecitalScheme, as a Recommended Artist of the the National Federation of Music Soci-eties.As a soloist she has appeared on Radio 2 and the 2000 Snape Proms. Shefreelances on flute and piccolo withe the BBC Symphony Orchestraand many othermajor orchestras in NW England and Scotland. She is on trial for Principal Flute po-sition with Northern Ballet Sinfonia. She has collaborated with Edinburgh StringQuartet,Forin String Trio and a diverse range of individual artists. Susan is currentlythe Piano Accompaniment Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.