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Classical Music in St Andrews, Fife

 

Chamber Music Concerts

 

 

The St Andrews Music Club, founded in 1952, each year invites professional musicians to St Andrews in a series of concerts of chamber music.  These concerts are open to all - members and non-members alike.

 

The Club gratefully acknowledges support from Enterprise Music Scotland and financial guarantees from Fife Council.

 

 

The Location

 

Concerts take place in the fine auditorium of the Music Department in St Leonard’s School.  The auditorium is accessed from The Pends and has an excellent acoustic, comfortable seats and an intimate atmosphere for chamber music.  Refreshments are available at the interval.

 

 

2010-2011 Programme

 

Doric String Quartet

Tuesday 12th October 2010, 8pm

 

Haydn               String Quartet in D, Op.64 No 5 The Lark

Britten               String Quartet No.2 in C, Op.36 (1945)

Schubert          String Quartet No.13 in A minor, D.804 Rosamunde

 

 

Galliard Wind Ensemble

Sunday 7th November 2010, 4pm

 

Rossini              Italian Girl in Algiers (Overture)

Haydn                Divertimento in b flat

Hindemith         Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser

Barber               Summer Music

Holst                  Wind Quintet in A flat Op.14

Patterson          Comedy for Five Winds

 

 

Junko Kobayashi (piano)

Wednesday 8th December 2010, 8pm

 

Bach                   French suite no.2 in C minor

Beethoven        Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110

Takemitsu         Les Yeux Clos

Debussy            Estampes: Pagodes – Soirées dans Grenade – Jardins sous la Pluie

Chopin               Waltz in C sharp minor Op.64 No.2

Chopin               Nocturne in D flat major Op.27 No.2

Chopin               Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor Op.31

 

 

Roxburgh Quartet

Monday 17th January 2011, 8pm

 

Purcell               Pavane and Chaconne

Debussy           Quartet Op.10 in G minor

Clapperton      ‘Schir Corbie Ravin’

Mozart               Quartet in C major kv 465 no 6 ‘Dissonance’

  

 

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Song Studio

4 singers and pianist

Sunday 20th February 2011, 4pm

 

‘She loves me… not!’

A whimsical look at the unpredictability of romantic relationships between the sexes, viewed through the eyes of different periods, characters and composers and explored through the medium of song.

  

 

Daniel Parkin (flute) and Lindy Tennent-Brown (piano)

Thursday 3rd March 2011, 8pm

 

Blumer              Aus der Tierwelt Op.57a

J S Bach          Sonata in B minor BWV 1030

Debussy           L’Aprèsmidi d’un Faune

Prokofiev         Sonata Op.94

 

 

 

How much does it cost?

 

Membership with a season ticket for all six concerts costs:

 

    £49  (full price)

    £45  (concessions)

    £9    (students)

 

Buying a season ticket saves £17 on the cost of buying single tickets for all six concerts. Season tickets are transferable.  Season tickets will be available at the first concert (12th October) or may be obtained in advance by contacting the Treasurer.

 

 

Tickets for individual concerts [available at the door] cost:

 

            £11  (full price)

            £10  (concessions)

            £3    (students)

            £2    (children)

 

 

The Committee

 

Hugh Morris (President), Miranda Morris (Vice-President), Kate Elliot (Secretary), Harry Hine (Treasurer), William Berry, Alan Cairns, Alison Cross,  Michael Downes and  Catherine Erskine

 

 

   

 

 The St Andrews Music Club is a charity registered in Scotland - No SC002436

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