Saturday 13th April 2024, at 20.30hrs (Preceded by AGM at 19:30hrs)

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School EH49 6HB

Solo Accordion

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticket

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Ryan is an outstanding classical accordionist studying for a Masters at the Scottish Royal Conservatoire

Programme:

Programme to be announced

Saturday 9th March 2024, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School EH49 6HB

Piano Recital

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticket

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Italian pianist Ida has performed throughout Europe and Canada

Programme:

Scarlatti: Sonata in D major K.492

Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor K. 197

Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor K. 386

W.A. Mozart: Fantasia and Fugue in C major K. 394

W.A. Mozart: Fantasia in C minor K. 396

M. Blasco de Nebra: Sonata n°10 in C major

M, Blasco de Nebra: Sonata n° 1 in C minor

F. Schubert 3 Klavierstücke D946

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Saturday 17th February 2024, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School EH49 6HB

String Quartet

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticket

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Winners of the 2023 Tunnell Trust Prize for young chamber music ensembles

Programme:

Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat major: I. Adagio ma non troppo

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.13

- Interval -

Dimitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.3 in F major

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Saturday 27th January 2024, at 19:30hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church, EH49 7AL

Rossini, Mendelssohn and Dvorak

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticket

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Programme:

Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’

Rossini: William Tell

Writing about his Symphony No.3, composed following a visit to Scotland, Mendelssohn wrote: “We went, in deep twilight, to the palace where Queen Mary lived and loved … Everything around is broken and mouldering and the bright sky shines in. I believe I found the beginning of my Scotch[sic] Symphony there today.” [July 30th 1829]. Mendelssohn loved Scotland and this symphony is surely one his most expressive and poetic works.

(The "palace" referred to is Holyrood, not Linlithgow!)

As if one well-loved symphony is not enough, we also offer Dvořák’s seventh – a dramatic work certainly, but brim full of those characteristically warm-hearted melodies that only he could pen.

We bring our concert to a rousing conclusion indeed with Rossini’s “William Tell” Overture – guaranteed to send you out into the January night with yet more themes buzzing around in the head – whatever the weather!

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Saturday 2nd December 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School, EH49 6HB

Soprano and Piano

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticket

Filipa Portela and Gregor Forbes perform songs and piano pieces by Debussy connected with the South of France and Portugal Programme: “A Mediterranean Evening” Delibes: Filles de Cadiz Debussy: Fêtes galantes, Set 1 Solo piano: Debussy: La sérénade interrompue (Préludes Bk. 1) Debussy: La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (Préludes Bk. 2) Toldrà: Seis Canciones Solo piano: Debussy: La Puerta del Vino (Préludes Book 2) Mendoza: Nana Ravel: Vocalize en forme de Habanera De Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas Montsalvatge: Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito

Filipa Portela and Gregor Forbes perform songs and piano pieces by Debussy connected with the South of France and Portugal

Programme:

“A Mediterranean Evening”

Claude Debussy - Fêtes Galantes (Livre 1)
Xavier Montsalvatge – Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito
Claude Debussy – La sérénade interrompue (Préludes Book 1)
Claude Debussy – La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (Préludes Book 2)
Carlos Guastavino - La rosa y el sauce
Eduardo Toldrà – Seis Canciones
-Interval-
Claude Debussy – La Puerta del Vino (Préludes Book 2)
Henri Duparc – Chanson Triste
Manuel de Falla – Siete canciones populares españolas
Maurice Ravel – Vocalize en forme de Habanera
Léo Delibes – Filles de Cadiz

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Sunday 12th November 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church, EH49 6AL

Trumpet and Piano

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticket

An outstanding charismatic young graduate trumpet player, accompanied by 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.

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

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Saturday 21st October 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

Piano Trio

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticke

A new chamber group formed in 2022 by established professionals

Programme:

Joan Trimble: Fantasy Trio

Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, op 67

- Interval -

Haydn: Trio in E minor XV:12

Ravel: Trio in A minor

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Saturday 30th September 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School, EH49 6HB

Cello and Piano

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticket

Experienced and highly successful performers from Scotland

Programme:

J.S. Bach: Sonata in G, BWV 1027 for viola da gamba and cembalo (1740)

Beethoven: Sonata in F, Op.5 No.1(1796)

MacMillan: Sonata No.2 (2000)

Poulenc: Sonata, Op.143 pour violoncello et piano (1948)

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Saturday 2nd September 2023, at 19:30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Brass Band

Tickets: £16, U26 £6, Children free. Also included in Linlithgow Arts Guild Season Ticket

Scottish Brass Band Champions 2023 and winners of the British Open Grand Shield 2023.

Programme:

The Band, who are having a highly successful season, will perform a championship programme as they prepare to head for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain shortly after this event.

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Sunday 13th August 2023, at 14:00hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church

Accordion and violin

Tickets: Donations requested at the door

Concert for accordion and violin by Emma Baird and Ryan Corbett

Programme:

Vivaldi: Winter

Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango

Ravel: Tzigane

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher

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Sunday 6th August 2023, 14:00hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church

Piano Recital by Jiayang Song

Tickets: Donations requested at the door

Featuring Jiayang Song (China), prizewinning masters graduate from the Scottish Royal Conservatoire

Programme:

Rameau: Le rappel des oiseaux, from Suite in E minor

Beethoven: Sonata Op 109

Schumann: Symphonic Studies

Scriabin: Fantasie

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Saturday 22nd April at 19.30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

Linlithgow Arts Guild’s AGM at 7.30 pm, which is open to members only, will be followed by a concert of Klezmer music at 8.30 at which all are welcome.

Tickets: £15, U26 £6 or included in the Season Ticket 2022-23. Children free.

Programme:

Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah - Saint-Saëns, arr Ruaridh Bakke (classical)

Pasa La Soledad | “Mi Amargura” , processional March from Semana Santa (Spanish holy week)

José Antonio Molero Luque | Víctor Ferrer arr Ruaridh Bakke

Theme from Schindler's List - John Williams arr Thaddeus Chung

Ot Azoi “That’s the way” (traditional Klezmer)

Samarkand | Roberto es tu tio - Gavin Marwick

“Indifférence” - Tony Murena (French gypsy-jazz waltz)

Kaval Sviri (Bulgarian folk song), arr Michael O’Rourke

Sheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov, arr Ruaridh Bakke

Tumbalalaika, traditional Russian-Yiddish folk song

Saturday 18th March at 19.30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

Rachel Podger - Baroque Violin

Tickets: £15, U26 £6 or included in the Season Ticket 2022-23. Children free.

Programme:

MUSIC FOR SOLO BAROQUE VIOLIN

Johann Vilsmayr: Partita no 6 in A major, from Articifiosus Concentus pro Camera (1715)

John Walsh: Select movements from manuscript (1705), Corelli, Gasparini, Vitali, Lonati and Purcell

J.S. Bach: Toccata and fugue BWV 565, arr. for solo violin in A minor (arr. Chad Kelly)

Nicola Matteis: Fantasia Con discretion

Chad Kelly: Phantasia for solo violin

Johan H Roman: Assaggio in D minor

J P von Westhoff: Suite pour le violin seul sans basse continue dans Le Mercure Galant de Janvier 1683

Set of Celtic tunes – trad. Tunes & Playford’s Dancing Master

Saturday 25th February 2023 at 19.30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

20-FINGERS PIANO RECITAL

Tickets: £15, U26 £6 or included in Season Ticket 2022-23. Children free.

Programme:

Four hands on one piano

Across the Pond

Beethoven - Sonata in D Major op. 6 Allegro/Rondo

Schubert - Fantasia in F minor, D.940

Moszkowski - Five Spanish Dances op. 12

Lambert - Trois Pièces

Barber - Souvenirs, op. 28

Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins have given duet recitals at many prestigious venues including the Royal Opera House, St George’s Bristol, St John’s Smith Square, the Russell Collection and for the Mozart Society of America. Hailed for their 'impressive playing' by BBC Music Magazine, they have recently released Carl Maria von Weber's complete piano duets on an original Viennese fortepiano for Deux-Elles, and have previously recorded Mozart’s complete sonatas for keyboard duet on period instruments over two discs for Resonus Classics. They have each been awarded Associateship of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of their ‘significant contribution’ thus far to the music profession, and have just released Tournament for Twenty Fingers featuring works by British composers from the twentieth century on BIS Records: the disc has received a 5-star review on BBC Music Magazine and has been chosen by Scala Radio as Album of the Weekend.

Saturday 21st January 2023 at 19.30hrs

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

Tickets £15, U26 £6 or included in Season Ticket 2022-23. Children free

Programme:

MOZART: String Quartet No 15 in D minor, K 421

ARVO PÄRT: Da Pacem Domine

CAROLINE SHAW: Entr’acte

interval

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in B flat major Op 67

Saturday 10th December at 19.30hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow

Brass Quintet

Tickets: £15, U26 £6 or included in Season Ticket 2022-23. Children free

Programme:

A wide-ranging mix of music and styles including items by Dukas, Arnold, Gabrielli, Mahler, Bach, Gough, Kamen plus Amazing Grace, Caledonia, Beatles numbers and Christmas Crackers.

Saturday 19th November at 7.30pm

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

Bass/Baritone and Piano

Tickets: £15, U26 £6 or included in Season Ticket 2022/23. Children free

Programme:

Part 1 - Moscow to Glasgow

Tchaikovsky:

- I bless you, forests op. 47/5

- None but the lonely heart op. 6/6

- Gentle stars shone upon us op. 60/12

- Don Juan’s Serenade op. 38/1

Rachmaninov:

- In the silence of the secret night op. 4/3

- We shall rest op. 26/3

Shostakovich, Robert Burns songs:

- O wert thou in the cauld blast

- Macpherson’s farewell

- Jenny (Coming thro’ the rye)

Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death:

- Lullaby

- Serenade

- Trepak

- Field Marshal

Erik Chisholm Scots Songs:

- The Chailleach

- Fiddler’s Bidding

- The Three Worthies

- Fragment

- Dirge for Summer

- Prayer

Erik Chisholm Wartime songs:

- Sixty Cubic Feet

- Cradle-Croon

- The Offending Eye

- Snail, snail, shoot out your horn

Part 2: A little opera gala

Mozart:

- Madamina, il catalogo è questo

- Per questa bella mano (concert aria)

Rachmaninov:

- Aleko’s cavatina - Ves’ tabor spit

Verdi:

- O tu Palermo

- Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima

Saturday 29th October at 7.30pm

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

Piano

Tickets: for this concert will only be available as part of the Linlithgow Arts Guild’s 2022-23 Season Ticket until 8^th October 2022. Season tickets can be purchased through the website and the number will be limited to 200.

Any seats not taken up within the season tickets and remaining on 9^th October at midday will be released for general sale through this page. This arrangement is necessary because of the limited capacity of the venue.

Tickets for general sale will be priced at £16, U26 £6 or Included in Season Ticket 2022-23. Children free.

PROGRAMME:

Debussy: Études Book 1

Debussy: Étude Retrouvée

Debussy: Études Book 2

Osborne: Improvisation on theme by Keith Jarrett

Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1

We are delighted to welcome Steven Osborne back to his home town, to a venue where some of the residents will remember him playing at a very early age and at a time when his international career could not have been imagined.

Saturday 22nd October at 7.30pm

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School

An Evening of Poetry and Music

Tickets: £7.50 or included in season ticket 2022/23. Children free

Concert cancelled due to travel issues

Saturday 8th October at 7.30pm

Venue: Linlithgow Academy

Opera Highlights

Tickets: £15, U26 £5, or Included in Season Ticket 2022-23.

The World’s Greatest Love Stories on your Doorstep!

A troupe of talented performers bring good vibes to a stage near you. Join us for this extra special show of operatic highlights, combining repertoire favourites with rare gems.

Director Emma Jenkins and Designer Janis Hart bring far-out imagination, passion and creativity to this very nifty tour. With a cast that includes Scottish Opera Emerging Artists soprano Zoe Drummond and tenor Osian Wyn Bowen, alongside baritone Christopher Nairne and mezzo-soprano Shakira Tsindos, lead from the piano by Scottish Opera’s 2022/23 Emerging Artist repetiteur Kristina Yorgova. With music that is meticulously curated by Scottish Opera Head of Music Derek Clark, you’ll not find such a treasure trove of opera anywhere else.

Friday 16th September at 7.30pm - Cancelled

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow

Classical Orchestral Music

Tickets: £16, concs. £14, U26 £6 are available online from SCO HERE or by phone on 0131 557 6800

PROGRAMME:

BEETHOVEN - Coriolan

SHOSTAKOVICH - Chamber Symphony Op 110

TÜÜR - Flamma

BEETHOVEN - Symphony No.2

CONDUCTOR Kristiina Poska

Linlithgow Arts Guild is delighted to support the SCO with this event in the town.

Sunday 21st August at 14:00hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church

Clarinet/Flute/Bassoon

Tickets: Free

PRPGRAMME:

Ibert – Cinq pieces en Trio

McDowall – Century Dances

Bennet Thomas – Syzygy for flute, bass clarinet and bassoon

Berkeley – Piece

Fr. Devienne – Trio in B flat Op61 No.5

Sound Collective Scotland (SCS) are a professional, Scotland-based, flexible chamber ensemble that explores and performs a large variety of music, from solo to chamber orchestra size. SCS was created around four key foundation pillars: performance, education, collaboration, and diversity. Our musicians comprise of leading names from the new generation of young professional musicians and educators in Scotland. SCS believes in the power that music can have on people, communities, and education. We are heavily engaged in working for the survival and the future of music and music education in Scotland and believe that music is a vital art form that must exist to bring joy, add purpose, connect people, and enrich their lives.

Wednesday 10th August at 12.00hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church

Soprano, Mezzo and Piano

Tickets: Free but please book below

Vox Duo is an independent collaboration founded in 2018 between Scottish soprano Karla Anne Grant and British- Brazilian mezzo soprano Julia Martins Solomon both under the tutelage of Wilma MacDougall. Both are completing their postgraduate studies at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in June 2022, having both gained a First-Class Honours Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance in 2020 also at the RCS.

Praised for their blend of voices, Vox Duo have worked in close collaboration with classical pianists to present recitals of German lieder, French mélodie, Italian, English and Scots song, as well as oratorio, opera, and operetta. Vox Duo are versatile artists who enjoy exploring a range of musical genres and performance settings. They have performed across the UK in their own Vox Duo concert series, and by invitation at the Glasgow Art Club and Kodàly Erasmus+ Event in The National Piping Centre.

Vox Duo were proud to join Live Music Now Scotland in 2020. Together with Live Music Now they have performed for the Saughtonhall Women’s Union and Live Music Now Scotland’s ‘At Home’ series. Most recently, Vox Duo recorded a Christmas concert as part of Live Music Now Scotland for the National Galleries of Scotland in the Great Hall in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

In 2021 Vox Duo began an exciting new venture collaborating with the Earthtones Trio, recording new compositions by composer Euan Stevenson. In December 2021, Vox Duo released a recording of a new composition with Earthtones Trio, which has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour. Vox Duo now work with iOcco Music as iOcco Music Artists.

Upcoming engagements include singing in the Wellington Concert series in June 2022 and projects with iOcco music and Euan Stevenson.

Wednesday 27th July at 12:00hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow

Flute and Piano

Tickets: Free but please book below

PROGRAMME:

EUROS DUO - "LA FLUTE CLASSIQUE"

French flute music through the decades

Debussy - Prelude

Hue- Fantasie

Mouquet- Cinq Pieces Breves

Ibert - Piece for Solo Flute

Dutilleux – Sonatine

Poulenc - Sonata

Sunday 17th July at 14.00hrs

Venue: St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow

Saxophone and Piano

Tickets: Free but please book below

PROGRAMME:

Claude Debussy - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune

Gilles Silvestrini - Etude No. 3, 4 & 6 from Six Etudes pour Hautbois

Maurice Ravel - Piece en forme de Habenera

Paul Bonneau - Caprice en forme de Valse

Paul Hindemith - Sonata for Viola and Piano (arr. for saxophone)

Saturday 23^rd April 2022 at 8.30pm

preceded by the AGM of Linlithgow Arts Guild at 7.30pm and Prosecco and Chocolates at 8pm for members and guests

Venue: Linlithgow Primary School, Preston Road Linlithgow, EH49 6HB

Tickets £14, U26 £6, children free accompanied by an adult

Reservations can also be made by text, or by calling 07731 614179

PROGRAMME:

HAYDN: String Quartet Op 20/1

BRAHMS: String Quartet no 3 Op 87

The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam is forging a reputation as one of the most creative and versatile quartets of its generation. With its mission of “sharing the heart of music”, the Dudok Quartet is committed to crafting unique and eclectic programmes in order to engage with its audiences in new and imaginative ways.

It has appeared at many of the major European concert venues, and made its first visit to the USA in 2018. They perform on fine instruments from the 18^th and early 19^th centuries, generously on loan from the Dutch Musical Instrument Foundation. The members of the Quartet are: Judith van Driel and Marlene Wester, violins, Marie-Louise de Long, viola, and David Faber, cello.

This event is kindly sponsored by Alan Steel Asset Management

Saturday 26^th March 2022

Bo’ness Town Hall

Trio – Clarinet, viola and piano

Tickets £14, U26 £6, children free accompanied by an adult

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Reservations can also be made by text, or by calling 07731 614179

PROGRAMME:

“Armchair Classics meet New Adventures”

Max Bruch – Acht Stücke (Selection)

Marcus Blunt – Two Serenades for Clarinet, Viola and Piano

W.A.Mozart – “Kegelstatt” Trio K498

Theo Leovendie- “Metamorph”

Jean Francaix – Trio

Metamorphoses is a new ensemble of world class musicians who have established themselves individually as soloists and chamber musicians in the world’s most prestigious concert halls.

The trio is made up of British-American clarinettist, Jean Johnson, Dutch-born violist, Roeland Jagers living in the Netherlands, and pianist Ilona Timchenko. These players have quickly made a big impact on the international stage since the formation of the group in 2015. Their debut CD ‘Metamorphoses’ was reviewed rapturously by Gramophone.

Saturday 5^th March 2022 at 7.30pm

St. Michael’s Parish Church

Octet

Tickets £14, U26 £6, children free accompanied by an adult

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Reservations can also be made by text, or by calling 07731 614179

PROGRAMME:

BEETHOVEN: Septet in E flat major OP 20

FERGUSON: Octet Op 4

SCHUBERT: Octet in F major D803

Performers at this concert will be:

Violins: Richard Gratwick and Cristina D'Arrigo

Viola: Alison Lucas

Cello: Sam Coe

Bass: Catherine Frew

Clarinet: Nicky Long

Bassoon: Simon Rennard

French Horn: Neil Mantle

Saturday 12^th February 2022 at 7.30pm

St. Michael’s Parish Church

String sextet/septet

Tickets £14, U26 £6, children free accompanied by an adult

Reservations can also be made by text, or by calling 07731 614179

PROGRAMME:

GLASS: String Quartet No.2 "Company"

SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht Op 4

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir do Florence Op70

BARTOK: Romanian Folk Dances

BROEN ENSEMBLE is a young and exciting string ensemble based in Scotland. Formed in 2017, they strive to perform works that are less well-known or rarely played, alongside the more familiar masterpieces. In 2019, the ensemble were winners of the Tunnell Trust Award.

Sponsored by the Tunnell Trust:

Saturday 27^th November 2021 at 7.30pm

Bo’ness Town Hall

String Quartet

Tickets £14, U26 £6, children free accompanied by an adult

Reservations can also be made by text, or by calling 07731 614179

PROGRAMME:

HAYDN: String Quartet Op 64/3

LIGETI: Quartet No 1

‘Metamorphoses nocturnes’

FISHER: Heal

BRAHMS: Quartet in C minor Op 51/1

Formed in 2013 at the Royal College of Music in London, the Marmen Quartet is fast building a reputation for the vitality and vigour of their performances. In 2019, they won the Grand Prize of the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, with the Haydn and Canadian commission prizes in addition. Recent engagements have taken the Quartet to the Amsterdam and Barcelona String Quartet Biennales as well as the Hitzacker and Lockenhaus festivals.

Saturday 30^th October 2021 at 7.30pm

Bo’ness Town Hall

Saxophone and Harp

Tickets £14, U26 £6, Children free accompanied by an adult

Reservations can also be made by text, or by calling 07731 614179

PROGRAMME:

BUMCKE: Notturno Op 45

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei Op 47

McGUIRE: Purple Bamboo Melody (arr. for saxophone and harp)

LATEEF; Romance for Soprano Saxophone and Harp

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

(arr. Dufour and Sinclair)

Friday 8^th October 2021 at 7.30pm

St. Michael’s Parish Church

Staged and acted Concert-Play performed by “Carmenco”

Tickets £14, U26 £6, Children free accompanied by an adult

Reservations can also be made by text, or by calling 07731 614179

PROGRAMME:

“Creating Carmen” is a Concert-play created by Clare Norburn.

A fun-filled evening of fantasy, comedy, drama and tremendous music arranged from Bizet’s Carmen with Spanish and Spanish-inspired music by Boccherini, de Falla, Garcia -Lorca, Granados, Ravel Albeniz and Tárrega. Performed by three musicians (mezzo-soprano, flute and 2 guitars, and 2 guitars) with 2 actors. CarmenCo Trio (Emily Andrews, David Massey and Francisco Correa) with Niall Ashdown as Mérimée Alice Imelda as Carmen.

Prosper Mérimée is struggling with his latest novella, when his leading character - Carmen - turns up in his study, larger than life, with a band of musicians in tow and chaos in her wake. Which one of them controls the narrative? And what happens when Carmen discovers the nasty ending Mérimée has planned for her?

This performance is kindly sponsored by Peterkin and Kidd:

Thursday 9^th September 2021 at 7.30pm

St. Michael’s Parish Church

Piano Recital

Tickets £14, U26 £6, Children free accompanied by an adult

Reservations can also be made by text or by calling 07731 614179

PROGRAMME:

BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C minor Op 13

(‘Pathétique’)

BEETHOVEN: Sonata in A flat Op 110

BRAHMS: 3 Intermezzi op 117

LISZT: Sonetti del Petrarca 104 & 123

LISZT: Legend No 2: St Francis de Paule walking on the waves

During his illustrious career, MARTIN ROSCOE has become one of the UK’s most loved and respected pianists. With his extensive repertoire, consummate musicianship and immediate connection with audiences, he is in great demand as a concerto soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. Martin appears regularly at Wigmore Hall and has long-standing associations with many of the UK’s leading orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Scottish Symphony. A prolific recording artist, Martin has a distinguished discography and is one of the most broadcast pianists on BBC radio.

Wednesday 25th August at 2pm

St Michael's Parish Church

Soprano, Piano and Tabla

This event is free of charge. Donations will be welcome.

Reservations are essential.

Reservations for members can be made by calling 07731 614179. Any seats remaining for general reservation will be available from WeGotTickets

Programme:

Shalimar Op. 177

Rain Jhala | Jhala of the fountains |

Composed by Alan Hovhaness

(Shalimar in Hindi means garden)

Sarang

Hindustani

Lotus land Op. 47 no.1

Composed by Cyril Meir Scott

Kashmiri Song

Till I Wake

Four Indian Love Lyrics

Composed by Amy Woodforde Finden

Tabla Solo (teen taal)

Composed by Hardeep Deerhe

Plainchant in Raag Kapi

Wednesday 11th August at 12 noon

St Michael's Parish Church

Violin and Piano duo

This event is free of charge. Donations will be welcome

Reservations are essential.

Reservations for members can be made by calling 07731 614179. Any seats remaining for general reservation will be available from WeGotTickets

Programme includes:

Poulenc Violin Sonata

Faure Violin Sonata No.1 in A major

Wednesday 28th July 2021 at 12 noon

St Michael's Parish Church

Piano solo

This event is free of charge. Donations will be welcome

Reservations are essential.

Reservations for members can be made by calling 07731 614179. Any seats remaining for general reservation will be available from WeGotTickets.

SOLD OUT

Programme:

Chopin Nocturne Op55 No.1 in F minor

John Bevan-Baker – Suite for Piano (1962)

Rory Boyle “Reeling”

Mozart 12 Variations “Ah! vous dirai-je maman” K265

Mozart Piano Sonata in C minor K457

Fazil Say, Jazz Fantasy on Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turca

Sunday 18th July 2021 at 2pm

St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow

Soprano and Piano

This event is free of charge. Donations will be welcome

Reservations are essential.

Reservations for members can be made by calling 07731 614179. Any seats remaining for general reservation will be available from WeGotTickets.

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Programme:

Greig – Haugtussa Op67 (1898)	Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Songs of the Hebrides (1909)
Det Syng – “The Enticement”	Kishmul’s Gallery
Veslemøy – “Young Maiden”	An Eriskay Love-Lilt
Blåbær-Li – “Blueberry Slope”	A Clydeside Love-Lilt
Møte – “The Tryst"	Land o’ Heart’s Desire
Elsk – “Love"	A Fairy’s Love Song
Killingdans – “Kidlings Dance”	Sleeps the Noon in the Deep Blue Sky
Vond Dag – “Hurtful Day"	Heart o’ Fire Love
Ved Gjælte-Bekken – “At the Brook”

Rodrigo – from Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios - “De los Alamos Vengo, Madre”

We have joined with several other Scottish music societies in sponsoring a concert by the Broen Ensemble, a group of young Scottish musicians (and Tunnell Trust Prize-winners) who were to have been part of this year’s programme.

The concert, for string septet, features Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir of Florence” and “Metamorphosen”, by Richard Strauss.

The on-line recording is available exclusively to these music societies, including Linlithgow Arts Guild, for the next 3 months, after which it will be promoted more widely by the performers while remaining open to our members for the rest of 2021. We are giving access to members and recent former members of Linlithgow Arts Guild. We will also make this available to any new members who join during this period.

25th April 2020 at 7.30pm - Cancelled due to Covid

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Harp and Sazophone

Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6

Programme: ( provisional )

Gustav Bumcke: Nocturno Op 45

Claude Debussy: Arabesque No.1

J.C. Bach: Sinfonia in B flat major Op16

Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei

Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Transcription)

4th April 2020 at 7.30pm - Cancelled due to Covid

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Viola and Piano

Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6

Programme:

Ysaye: Poème Elégiaque

Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata

Georges Hûe: Thème Varié

Franck: Violin Sonata

14th March 2020 at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Violin/Viola/Accordion Trio

Tickets: Full £14 U26 £6

Programme:

Harriet, Meg and Milos have crafted a programme unique to Kosmos, inspired by music from all around the globe. Wild Gypsy fiddling, emotive Jewish and Greek music glide seamlessly into hot-blooded tango, alongside interpretations of Japanese, Polish and Sephardic songs, new arrangements by and for the ensemble, and with references to classical composers including Bach, Brahms and Sarasate.

8th February 2020 at7.30pm

St Michael's Parish Church

Orchestral Concert

Tickets: Full £16, U26 £6

Programme:

Smetana: Má vlast - The Moldau (Vltava)

Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor Op D759 (Unfinished)

Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D major, Op 60

18th January 2020 at 7.30pm

St Michael's Church

Mezzo Soprano and Piano

Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6

Programme:

Grieg: "Six Songs", Op. 48

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42

- Interval

Schumann: Gedichte der Königin Mary Stuart, Op. 135

Brahms: Dein blaues Auge, Op. 59/8

Alte Liebe, Op. 72/1

Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105/2

Geheimnis, Op. 71/3

Mine Liebe ist grün, Op. 63/5

Gurney: Sleep

Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon

Howells: King David

30th November at 7.30pm

St Michael's Parish Church

Wind Section Music

Tickets: Full £16, U26 £6

Programme:

Nielsen: Wind Quintet Op 43 (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon)

Seiber: Serenade (2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns)

Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and bassoon

Mozart: Divertimento for 6 Winds

Strauss: Suite in B flat Op 4 (double wind quintet plus 2 horns and contrabassoon)

We welcome the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Winds in a joint venture with selected invited players from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

9th November 2019 at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

String Quartet

Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6

Programme:

Tanaka: At the grave of Beethoven

J S Bach: C Major Fugue (arrangement for string quartet)

Shostakovich : String Quartet No 4, Op 83

Beethoven: String Quartet Op 131

19th October 2019 at 7.30pm

St Michael's Parish Church

Musicians from the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Presented by Flora Munro

Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6

Music by Brahms and Reinecke, plus Stravinsky’s “The Soldier’s Tale” with an animated film.

McOpera (Music Co-OPERA-tive Scotland) comprises musicians from the orchestra of Scottish opera. They present a wide range of concerts for small and large ensembles, weddings, corporate events concerts for children. It was formed in 2012 to provide a diverse and exciting range of performances in Scotland. Their scope extends from small groups of instrumentalists to full opera productions and the performance of new works.

Programme:

Reinecke: Trio in B flat for clarinet, horn and piano (1^st movement)

Brahms: Trio for violin, horn and piano Op 40

Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale – Violin, clarinet and piano with animated film. This item also includes Stravinsky’s associated music “3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet”

The Soldier’s Tale Trio is a short instrumental suite written by Stravinsky for violin, clarinet and piano using material taken from his larger septet version of the same title. In this updated version, the suite is presented with live-edited animated film commissioned from artist Derek Gray and Edinburgh-based film maker Roddy Simpson. It is presented by Flora Munro

Written in the aftermath of World War 1, It tells the timeless parable about a fiddle-playing soldier returning home who makes a bargain with the devil, trading his violin for untold wealth. All is well until he realises that it is not material worth which is important in life - instead it is values such as family, music and love.

McOpera Ensemble:

Katie Hull - violin

Joe Pacewicz - clarinet

Hebba Benyaghla - piano

Sue Baxendale - horn

Presented by Flora Munro

Live edited by Roddy Simpson

28th September 2019 at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Gala Anniversary Concert

Tickets: Full £16, U26 £6

Programme:

Gershwin: 3 Preludes for clarinet and piano

Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata

Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata

Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No 2 Op 120 No 2

Weber: Grand Duo Concertant Op 48

We are delighted to welcome Steven and Jean to play the Gala concert opening our 50^th anniversary season. Steven, who comes from Linlithgow, met American clarinettist Jean when she was playing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and they are now husband and wife.

3rd August 2019 at 3pm

Rivaldsgreen House

Refreshment and music

Tickets: By invitation

6th April 2019 at 7.30pm after the AGM of Linlithgow Arts Guild at 7pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Violin and Piano

Tickets: Full - £12, Under 26 - £6

9th March 2019 at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Truly Madly Baroque

Tickets: Full - £14, Under 26 - £6

Kindly Sponsored by Alan Steel Asset Management

9th February 2018 at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Flute and Piano

Tickets: Full - £12, Under 26 - £6

Adam Walker is leading a new generation of wind soloists and was described by Classic FM as “one of the top 5 international flautists”.

Content:

Dvorak: Sonatina Op. 100

WIDOR: Suite Op 34

SCHUMANN: 3 Romances Op 94

FRANCK: Sonata in A major for flute and piano.

19th January 2019 at 7.30pm

St Michael's Parish Church

Consort Singers

Tickets: Full - £14, Under 26 - £6

The GESUALDO SIX is a vocal consort comprised of some of the UK’s finest young consort singers, directed by Owain Park. Formed in March 2014 for a performance of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, the group went on to give over sixty performances around the United Kingdom and abroad in its first three years. Over this time, The Gesualdo Six further developed a passion for ensemble singing that for many of them stemmed from formative years as choristers in churches and cathedrals around the country.

The group will present a wonderfully varied programme of choral music ranging from the atmospheric and spiritual to the light hearted and tuneful. They travel from the renaissance to the present day and from sacred to secular with mastery. This concert features works from their debut album, English Motets, with highlights by William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, alongside pieces by Arvo Pärt and Eric Whitacre. This promises to be an evening to remember.

8th December 2018 at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

String Quartet

Tickets: Full - £12, Under 26 - £6

Winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society award for Young British String Players, the RUISI QUARTET has established a reputation as a charismatic and expressive ensemble, delivering performances that are “strikingly immediate, committed and direct” (Chichester Observer, 2014). Their programme for this concert is entitled “Folk Synthesis”.

17th November at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Wind Quintet & Piano

Tickets: Full - £12, Under 26 - £6

Since 2012 the MAGNARD ENSEMBLE have built a reputation for delivering both high quality concert performances and dynamic educational projects. The ensemble made their international debut at the Culture & Convention Centre Lucerne, Switzerland in January 2017.

17^th November 2018, 3pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Family Event

All tickets £5

Featuring Roald Dahl’s “Revolting Rhymes”, this is an event for all ages. Bring along your children and grandchildren to join the Magnard Ensemble and narrator Rebecca Kenny as they explore Roald Dahl’s stories through the mediums of spoken word, theatre, and live music.

20th October 2018 at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Primary School

Piano

Tickets: Full - £12, Under 26 - £6

With her superlative technique, sensitivity of touch and profound understanding of the music she plays, Yu has become one of the world’s most noted young pianists. Her programme for this performance is entitled “Fire”.

Kindly sponsored by JMK Printers

22nd September 2018 at 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Folk & gypsy-flavoured music

Tickets: Full - £12, Under 26s - £6

Our opening concert features the highly entertaining Budapest Café Orchestra, who have been described as “the finest purveyors of Balkan music this side of a Lada scrap heap” and whose line-up includes “Pavarotti’s favourite accordion player” Be prepared to be swept off your feet!

Their programme of folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, includes Klezmer, Romanian Doinas and Hungarian Czadas styles, evoking images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires.

Kindly sponsored by Peterkin and Kidd

14th April 2018

AGM will be held at 7.30pm

Concert at 8.30pm

Linlithgow Primary School

Music for Violin & Guitar from Romania, Italy, Scotland & Argentina

Tickets: Full £12, Students £6

10th March 2018, 19.30pm

St Michael's Parish Church

Classical Favourites

Tickets: Full £12, Students £6

3rd February 2018, 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Piano Recital: Brahms and Beethoven

Tickets: Full: Full £14, Students £6

13th January 2018, 7.30pm

Linlithgow Primary School

Music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Debussy

Tickets: Full £12, Students £6

9th December 2017, 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Saxophone and Piano

Tickets: Full £12, Students £6

18th November 2017, 7.30pm

St Michael's Parish Church

Madrigals, Monteverdi, Mendelssohn to Lennon/McCartney

Tickets: Full £12, Students £6

28th October 2017, 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Music by Schubert, Sibelius and Mozart

Tickets: Full £12, Students £6

7th October 2017, 7.30pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Travels With Telemann

Tickets: Full £12, Students £6

8th October 2016, 3pm

Linlithgow Academy Theatre

Family Concert - Peter and the Wolf

Tickets: Full £5, Children £5