Cottier Chamber Project 2016 brochure by The Chamber Project

3rd - 25th June 2016

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The Cottier Chamber Project 2016 - at a glance 3rd June

6.30pm Daniel’s Beard Brass • 8.30pm Daniel’s Beard Strings 4th June

4pm King Lear (1971 - dir. Kozintsev, score Shostakovich) 5th June

6.30pm James Clark, Aleksei Kiseliov & Susan Tomes • 8.30pm Alastair Savage 6th June

1.10pm Bojan Cicic & Concerto Caledonia • 6.30pm Glasgow String Quartet • 8.30pm Red Note 7th June

1.10pm Bojan Cicic & Concerto Caledonia • 6.30pm Maya Iwabuchi, Kanako Ito, Scott Dickinson, Tom Dunn, Aleksei Kiseliov & Martin Storey • 8.30pm Alexander Janiczek 8th June

1.10pm Bojan Cicic & Concerto Caledonia • 6.30pm Alexander Janiczek & Alasdair Beatson 8.30pm Mr McFall’s Chamber 9th June

1.10pm Bojan Cicic & Concerto Caledonia • 6.30pm SCO Winds 8.30pm Alexander Janiczek & Alasdair Beatson 10th June

1.10pm Concerto Caledonia • 6.30pm Cottier Cello Ensemble • 9pm Hebrides Ensemble 11th June

10.30am Susan Tomes’ Piano Club • 3pm Peter Darrell: Scotland’s Dance Pioneer • Pigesko 5pm Independent Dance on Film 12th June

7.30pm High Heart Dance Company & Daniel’s Beard 13th June

1.10pm Concerto Caledonia • 7.30pm Mr McFall’s Chamber 14th June

1.10pm Concerto Caledonia • 6.30pm West End Baroque • 8.30pm Norris Quartet 15th June

1.10pm Concerto Caledonia • 6.30pm The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments 8.30pm Alexandra Soumm & Ismaël Margain 16th June

1.10pm Concerto Caledonia • 6.30pm Ensemble Magnétis • 8.30pm Daniel’s Beard Strings

17th June

1.10pm Ensemble Magnétis • 6.30pm Nick Lauener & Adam Wilson 8.30pm Juice, Davur Juul Magnussen & Chapel Choir 18th June

10.30am Susan Tomes’ Piano Club • 4pm Film – High Society 19th June

6.30pm Pekka Kuusisto, Alec Frank-Gemmill & Tamara Stefanovich 20th June

1.10pm Cultural Encounters • 7.30pm Watch This Space • 9pm Somewhere Between 3 And 4 21st June

1.10pm Cultural Encounters • 2pm, 3.15pm, 7pm, 8.15pm Feldenkrais Drop In 22nd June 1.10pm Cultural Encounters • 7.30pm Triple Bill: Penny Chivas & Alex McCartney, Tom Baylis & Clarie McCue, Fuora Dance Project 23rd June

1.10pm Cultural Encounters • 7pm Plan B • 9.30pm Red Note 24th June

1.10pm Cultural Encounters • 7.30pm Rosas Dance Company 25th June

7.30pm Rosas Dance Company Currie & Quirk Shostakovich Series - 3rd, 4th, 6th, 14th and 16th June Early music - Bite-Sized Baroque lunchtimes; 14th, 15th and 16th June New music - 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 22nd June The Cottier Dance Project - 11th, 12th, 20th - 25th June Films at The Grosvenor Cinema - 4th, 11th and 18th June Susan Tomes’ Piano Club at The Cottier Chamber Project - 11th and 18th June Cultural Encounters discussions - 20th - 24th June

Welcome to the 2016 edition of The Cottier Chamber Project! In a year when so many of the news headlines were taken up by issues surrounding immigration and refugee movements, it seemed as though it was the right time to think about how the arts and culture are influenced as people move between regions, both historically and in today’s world. Cultural ideas have always travelled, carried by people, and have been exchanged, borrowed, rejected, or developed. Whether it was Mozart moving from Vienna to Salzburg, Ethel Smyth studying in Germany before returning to London, Picasso moving to Paris from the Basque country, Diaghilev moving his Ballets Russes to Paris, or Daniel Cottier moving to Australia and then to New York...the list of composers, musicians, choreographers, dancers, promoters, producers, directors, painters, photographers, authors, playwrites...artists of every type...who travelled between cities, regions, countries and continents is endless. The programme this year was put together with this in mind, with every composer and choreographer featured having been influenced by migration, inspired by other creators from different cultures or having moved to a new city or country for artistic aims. The majority of our performers are based in Scotland, with many of them working in other countries on a regular basis, many of them having trained elsewhere at some stage, or having studied with teachers who moved to Scotland. We are very excited to welcome several international guest artists alongside our Scottish-based groups, with unmissable performances planned which promise to live long in the memory! Our free lunchtime concert series takes place in a new venue this year, St Simon’s Church. We will be looking at two baroque composers whose techniques and ideas were startlingly original and experimental - Heinrich Biber and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. The final week’s talks and discussions will be held, appropriately enough, in the Alliance Francaise, where staff from the University of Glasgow will introduce some fascinating figures from the last few centuries, along with musical excerpts. Most of our evening performances will be held in Cottier’s Theatre, with others in the Hunterian Museum, University Chapel, Concert Hall and Cloisters (wrap up warmly!) and our first voyage south of the river as we visit the Tramway. The Grosvenor Cinema will host our film programme, which features a very special score by Shostakovich as well as the first UK screening of a TV ballet by Peter Darrell and screening of independent short dance films. It’s a packed three weeks, which we hope will entertain as well as challenge, surprise and inspire you. We’ll look forward to seeing you at lots of performances!

Friday 3rd June 6.30pm Daniel’s Beard Brass Olivia Calder: Absolute Zero world première 5’ Christopher Gough: Bagatelle Suite 20’ Helen McVey: The Humorous Master Interpreter 10‘ Heiner Goebbels: Herakles 2 15’ The brass players of the festival’s host ensemble raise the (very high) roof of the Hunterian Museum, opening with a commission from a recent University of Glasgow student, Olivia Calder. Heiner Goebbels is one of Europe’s most imaginitive and dramatic composers. RSNO Principal Photo: Sean Purser Horn and composer Chris Gough’s selection of six short movements is packed with fun and humour, as is Helen McVey’s work for solo horn, which sees the player taking on the role of a machine that interprets a welcome speech to an alien delegation. Herakles 2, for brass, percussion and sampled sounds, is based on a Heiner Muller play, Zement. The hero of the play returns home after three years of civil war to ﬁnd his home town, and society itself, has changed dramatically. Goebbels uses the shape of the text to create a carefully constructed texture of sounds, resulting in ‘a ﬂipbook of superbly detailed constructions, each a building block in a crumbling tower of sound.’ Venue: Hunterian Museum Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Daniel’s Beard Strings Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.11 Op.122 17’ Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 ‘Death and the Maiden’ D.810 40‘ Daniel’s Beard’s string players open the final instalment of the Currie & Quirk Shostakovich Series with the first of a set of quartets dedicated to the members of the Beethoven Quartet, for whom most of the cycle was written. The second violinist had recently died, and a sense of incompleteness and loss is reflected throughout the work. Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet also deals with the theme of death, though this time it was the composer’s own health that was preoccupying him. Arguably his most dramatic and emotional instrumental work, a violinist friend of Schubert’s felt that there was not much to recommend the piece and that he should go back to writing songs... He was proved wrong as the quartet went on to become one of the most well-known ever written. Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Saturday 4th June 4pm King Lear Director: Grigori Kozintsev Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich “vigorous, intelligent and visually stunning.” The Guardian

Regarded by many as one of the greatest Shakespeare-on-ﬁlm interpretations, Boris Pasternak’s Russian translation (with subtitles!) is accompanied by a powerful score composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. The ﬁlm takes William Shakespeare’s classic play and focusses on the corruption and abuse of power inherent in a political structure open to abuse - and the chaos that this causes. Your ticket price will include a free glass of Vodka, as The Cottier Chamber Project and the Grosvenor Cinema toast Shakespeare’s 400th birthday! Cast: King Lear Kent Regan Edmund The Fool Cornwall

Jüri Järvet Vladimir Yemelyanov Galina Volchek Regimantis Adomaitis Oleg Dal Alexandr Vokach

Gloster Goneril Cordelia Edgar Albany Oswald

Karlis Sebris Elza Radzina Valentina Shendrikova Leonhard Merzin Donatas Banionis Aleksei Petrenko

Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes Venue: Grosvenor Cinema Tickets: £9.90/£7 available from the Grosvenor Cinema box oﬃce only

Thanks to the generous support of Cavatina Chamber Music Trust, there are a limited number of free tickets for under-25s at selected concerts. If you see the logo below, then you will be able to book your free ticket through the box oﬃce. Numbers are limited, so please do not request one if you are not certain of coming along! Visit www.cavatina.net to ﬁnd out more about the work of the trust.

Sunday 5th June 6.30pm James Clark, Aleksei Kiseliov and Susan Tomes Clara Schumann: Piano Trio Op.17 28’ Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio Op.15 27‘ James Clark, the former Leader of the Royal Scottish National and Philharmonia Orchestras, joins forces with RSNO Principal Cellist Aleksei Kiseliov and chamber musician extraordinaire Susan Tomes for the first time, in a concert of two of the great romantic piano trios. As well as being an accomplished composer.Clara Schumann was a virtuoso pianist, considered to be one of the finest in Europe. Her piano trio shows the influence of some of her contemporaries - Brahms, Mendelssohn and, of course, Robert Schumann - but also has a strong, individual style. Smetana’s trio, written nine years after Schumann’s, is full of references to Eastern-European folk music. A work full of heart-on-sleeve emotion, it is dedicated to his eldest daughter, who had recently died from a fever. Venue: University Concert Hall Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Denis Autier

Pianists: Susan will be running a special festival edition of her Piano Club on the 11th and 18th!

8.30pm Alastair Savage and Friends A regular face at The Cottier Chamber Project, Alastair Savage is joined by Euan Drysdale on guitar and piano, and double bassist Iain Crawford in a programme of traditional and contemporary Scottish ﬁddle music. As well as arrangements of great tunes from the 18th and 19th century, the programme also features some of Alastair’s own material. Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Simon Butterworth

Monday 6th June 1.10pm Bojan Cicic with Concerto Caledonia Heinrich Biber: Mystery Sonatas 1, 2, 3 and 4 30’ Our free lunchtime concert series begins with virtuoso baroque violinist Bojan Cicic exploring the music of maverick Bohemian composer Heinrich Biber. He is joined by Alison McGillivray (viol) and Alex McCartney (theorbo). Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm Glasgow String Quartet Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.12 Op.133 Sergei Prokoﬁev: String Quartet No. 2 Op.92 40‘

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The Glasgow String Quartet return to the festival with perhaps the most unusual of the quartets in Shostakovich’s cycle. Firmly established and almost seen as being a conservative composer by this stage, he surprised audiences with explorations into the serial, atonal techniques of Schoenberg and Webern, using these methods to generate motifs which he developed throughout the two movements of the quartet. It is followed by a work written in the aftermath of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Evacuated to the North Caucasus, Prokoﬁev was tasked with writing a quartet which used folk themes from the region. Each movement quotes folk dances and songs, with imitations of traditional instruments written into the music, resulting in a quartet that has both ﬁery and tender moments, tinged with wit and a raw energy. Venue: Hunterian Museum Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Red Note Ensemble Reels to Ragas

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Festival regulars Red Note are joined by virtuoso tabla player Kuljit Bhamra as they return with their new Reels to Ragas project, in which Western and Eastern music collides and merges. As well as original works from the players, the programme includes an unusual approach to Heinrich Biber’s ﬁrst Mystery Sonata, heard in its original form at the lunchtime concert. Venue: Hunterian Museum Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Sean Purser

1.10pm Bojan Cicic with Concerto Caledonia

Tuesday 7th June

Heinrich Biber: Mystery Sonatas 5, 6, 7 and 8 30’ Baroque violinist Bojan Cicic is joined by Alison McGillivray on viol and theorbo player Alex McCartney for the second instalment of our Bite-Sized Baroque exploration. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm Maya Iwabuchi, Kanako Ito, Scott Dickinson, Tom Dunn, Martin Storey and Aleksei Kiseliov Richard Strauss: Sextet (from Capriccio) Op.85 14’ Antonín Dvořák : Sextet Op. 48 37‘ The Principal players of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra come together away from their orchestras, in a concert which opens with one of the most intense and emotional pieces of music that Richard Strauss ever wrote. It is followed by the ﬁrst of Dvořák’s pieces to be premiered abroad, his String Sextet. Greeted with excitment and enthusiasm by the legendary violinist Joseph Joachim, the Sextet is full of Slavonic inﬂuences, with long melodies and rich harmonies. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Alexander Janiczek Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003 25’ Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 10‘ Aidan O’Rourke with Ela Orleans: Opticks for solo violin and electronics world première 15‘ The former Leader of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Janiczek is a favourite with Scottish audiences for good reason! His programme for solo violin places one of the great Bach sonatas alongside a key 20th century work by the late Pierre Boulez. An unusually thematic work for the composer seen as being the enfant terrible of contemporary music for much of his life, Anthèmes contrasts atmospheric lines with virtuosic pyrotechnics. The programme ends with a new work by Scottish composer and traditional musician Aidan O’Rourke, working with sound artist Ela Orleans. Opticks is based on the stained glass windows of Cottier’s Theatre, with Aidan’s background as an engineering student mixing with his musical experience and interests to create an exciting and unmissable new work. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Wednesday 8th June 1.10pm Bojan Cicic with Concerto Caledonia Heinrich Biber: Mystery Sonatas 9, 10, 11 and 12 30’ Bojan Cicic is joined by David McGuinness and Alison McGillivray as he continues exploring Biber‘s violin music. His use of unusual string tunings is highlighted in this set, which includes strings on the instrument being crossed over for No.11. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm Alexander Janiczek and Alasdair Beatson Franz Schubert: Rondo in B minor D. 895 15’ Béla Bartók: Sonata No. 1 Sz. 75 38‘ Regular chamber music partners Alexander Janiczek and Alasdair Beatson are well known to audiences at The Cottier Chamber Project. Their first of two programmes pairs an unusual, virtuosic showpiece by Schubert with the first of Bartók’s two violin sonatas. Bartók’s interest in Hungarian folk music influenced much of his music, which is plain to see in this whirling, driving sonata which constantly takes the players in different directions before bringing them back together, again and again. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Jack Liebeck

8.30pm Mr McFall’s Chamber Jeremy Thurlow: Blithe Wine Tim Garland: ExtraPollination Paul Harrison: Consequences Frank Zappa: Echidna’s Arf Frank Zappa: Peaches En Regalia One of Scotland’s longest runnng and most innovative ensembles, Mr McFall’s Chamber celebrate their 20th year with a programme that harks back to their early days in Edinburgh’s legendary Bongo Club. Rock, jazz, classical and swing sit side by side in programme which has a bit of everything musically speaking, alongside a lot of fun! Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Andy Catlin

Thursday 9th June 1.10pm Bojan Cicic with Concerto Caledonia Heinrich Biber: Mystery Sonatas 13, 14, 15 and Passacaglia 30’ Bojan is joined by Alison McGillivray (viol) and David McGuinness (chamber organ) for the ﬁnal set of Biber‘s Mystery Sonatas, ending with the astonishing Passacaglia. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists Ludwig van Beethoven: Sextet Op. 71 20‘ Ludwig van Beethoven: Duo for clarinet and bassoon WoO27 12‘ Ludwig van Beethoven: Octet Op. 103 20‘ The SCO Wind Soloists’ ﬁrst visit to The Cottier Chamber Project in 2012 was one of the great nights in the festival‘s history. They returned in 2014, playing Mozart’s Harmoniemusik with an astonishing display of musicianship which will live long in the memory. This year, the full wind octet perform an unmissable all-Beethoven programme which promises to be something special. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Alexander Janiczek and Alasdair Beatson Franz Schubert: Fantasie D. 934 20‘ Béla Bartók: Sonata No.2 Sz. 76 20‘ The second of their programmes pairing music by Schubert and Bartók sees Alexander Janiczek and Alasdair Beatson perform another unusually showy work by Schubert alongside an incredible piece of writing from Hungarian composer Bartók. His second Violin Sonata is characterised by techniques borrowed from gypsy musicians and traditional ﬁddlers, contrasting ﬁery, frenzied rhythmical passages with ethereal sounds that transport the listener to another world. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Sean Purser

Friday 10th June 1.10pm Concerto Caledonia Heinrich Biber: Sonata No. 9 in B ﬂat (from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes 1676) 5’ Georg Muﬀat: Sonata No. 5 in G major (from Armonico Tributo 1682) 20’ Biber was undoubtedly one of the most adventurous and innovative composers in Europe during the late 1600s, but he was not alone in experimenting with unusual ideas. Concerto Caledonia lead us across Europe, ready for next week‘s exploration of the music of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm Cottier Cello Ensemble and Kate Valentine Johann Sebastian Bach: Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier 15‘ Chaconne from Violin Partita in D Minor BWV 1004 15‘ Federico Mompou : Canzion y Danza No. 9 5‘ Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 12‘ Martin Storey leads a special festival ensemble of cellists from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and top freelance players in a programme which leads up to Villa-Lobos’ famous Bachianas Brasileiras No.5. The sound of a cello ensemble is astonishing to hear, and in the warm acoustic of Cottier‘s Theatre, their collaboration with an alumnus of the RSAMD and a familiar voice in Scotland, soprano Kate Valentine, promises to be very special. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

9pm

Hebrides Ensemble

Alasdair Nicolson (libretto: John Gallas): The Iris Murder world première 70‘ The first performance of a new chamber opera, The Iris Murder introduces three mysterious characters: Rawley Beaunes, an enigmatic figure firmly rooted in thought and dress in the 1950s; the doomed Iris; and the ethereal Green Man. Gothic intensity blends with tender beauty in this gripping, ghostly tale where nothing is quite as it seems. Alasdair Nicolson’s unusual scoring, for clarinet, accordion, cello and percussion, brings an eerie and disturbing feel to John Gallas’ new libretto. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Cast Iris: Elizabeth Llewellyn Iris Rawley Beaunes: Christopher Bowen The Green Man: Andrew Fellowes

Saturday 11th June Susan Tomes’ Piano Club at The Cottier Chamber Project 10.30am - 1.30pm

See 18th June for more information

Peter Darrell emerged as one of the most imaginitive, creative and revolutionary talents on the post-Second World War dance scene. Supported by The Peter Darrell Trust, we celebrate the work and legacy of one of the most inﬂuential choreographers of the 20th century.

3pm

Dance on Film: Peter Darrell

Peter Darrell Scotland’s Dance Pioneer 40‘ Peter Darrell: Pigesko (Things I Like) UK Première

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photograph: Alan Crumlish

The Cottier Chamber Project’s Peter Darrell Weekend begins with a screening of Elly Taylor’s acclaimed documentary about his life and work. Peter was the founder of the company that would go on to become Scottish Ballet, his creative and revolutionary approach to choreography is showcased in the 1965 TV Ballet Pigesko (Things I Like), a tribute to Michael Powell’s famous ﬁlm The Red Shoes and a disparaging look at modern marriage. Made for Danish TV to a jazz score by Sahib Shihab, the ﬁlm has never been screened before in the UK.

Hazel Merry danced the lead role in the ﬁlm, and will be joining us for a short question and answer session following the screening. Supported by The Peter Darrell Trust. Venue: Grosvenor Cinema Tickets: £6 or £10 for both of today’s screenings

5pm

Dance on Film: Independent ﬁlms

Marlene Millar: Joanna Arnow: Sebastien Gimmel: Daniel Warren & Linder: Devin Jamieson & Jillian Meyers: Daniel Warren & Diane Tor: Eve McConnachie: Billy Cowie:

Lay Me Low 8’ Bad At Dancing 11‘30 Approaching The Puddle 8‘30 Children of the Mantic Stain 4‘ Snap Into It 3‘40 Two Banana Dance 2‘40 Maze 6‘ Tango de Soledad 5‘30

Amongst the ﬁrst to choreograph for the screen, Darrell’s legacy extends beyond the works which he created. Our selection of short dance ﬁlms includes works by some of the leading names in the genre. Supported by The Peter Darrell Trust.

Venue: Grosvenor Cinema Tickets: £6 or £10 for both of today’s screenings

Sunday 12th June 7pm High Heart Dance Company & Daniel’s Beard Fray choreography:

Diana Loosmore music:

Christopher Rathbone: Daniel’s Razor Op.117 8‘ Nadia Boulanger: Trois Pièces 7‘ Krzysztof Penderecki: Sextet 32‘ Peter Darrell’s legacy extends beyond his own choreography. Throughout his career, he was keen to encourage and support talented, emerging choreographers. Fray brings together the two host ensembles in a production choreographed by Peter Darrell Choreographic Award 2007 winner Diana Loosmore, now an established choreographer and teacher. The work developed from the idea of the fight or flight response: the primitive, automatic reaction to perceived threat to our survival, which prepares us to fight or flee. The music is as much an integral part of the performance as the dance, with a diverse programme of works by Christopher Rathbone, who wrote Daniel’s Razor for Daniel’s Beard, the inimitable Nadia Boulanger, whose students included Phillip Glass and Quincy Jones, and contemporary Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Performance supported by The Peter Darrell Trust. The work was created with support from Creative Scotland and Crear, Space to Create

“Memorable for all the best reasons” Mary Brennan, The Herald Venue: Cottier’s Theatre

Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photos: Sean Purser

Monday 13th June 1.10pm Concerto Caledonia Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Suonate 1 in a minor, for violin, viola da gamba & basso continuo, 1965 Chaconne from Suite in a minor, Pièces de Claveßin, 1687 Sonata in F major, for violin, viola da gamba & basso continuo, 1707 total 30’ The second week of our 30 minute long Bite-Sized Baroque series begins with a look at the music of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, a Parisian harpsichord virtuoso who wrote some startlingly original music. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

Photo: Sean Purser

7.30pm Mr McFall’s Chamber Ástor Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires 90’ This work represents the very summit of Ástor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango and also marks the twentieth birthday of Mr McFall’s Chamber, who have championed his music for the last two decades. The performance of the tango operita also features original film of Buenos Aires street-life by the young Argentine film director Geraldine Comte. This moving backdrop is entirely in accordance with Piazzolla’s original intentions for the staging of the work. The ensemble, directed from the bandeon by Victor Villena, includes percussion, piano, string quintet, guitar and flute. The vocal cast of tango singers is joined by a speaking chorus of “brothel keepers, spaghetti makers, brick-layers and psychoanalysts”. Shot through with religious imagery mixed with Buenos Aires slang, the work presents María as both virgin mother and essence of the street culture in which the tango tradition developed. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photos: Sean Purser

Tuesday 14th June 1.10pm Concerto Caledonia Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonata in G major, for violin, viola da gamba & basso continuo, 1707 Tocada & Cannaris from Suite in F major, Pièces de Claveßin, 1687 Sonata in D minor, for violin, viola da gamba & basso continuo, 1707

total 30’

Concerto Caledonia continue exploring the music of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre in our free lunchtime series. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm West End Baroque François Couperin: Les Nations 3ème Ordre "L'Imperiale" 70’ West End Baroque have been running an informal concert series in the West End for several years, exploring unusual and often surprisingly bizarre repertoire that doesn‘t often make its way to the concert platform. Couperin’s set of four suites of trio sonatas and dances from diﬀerent musical styles was intended to show how the contrasting national traditions could work together and be united. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Norris Quartet Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 13 Op.138 20’ Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 Op.142 30’ The quartet make their debut performance with two of the most powerful pieces of music in the cycle. The thirteenth quartet, dedicated to the viola player of the original quartet, was written shortly after he completed the score to King Lear (shown on 4th June). There is an awareness of mortality throughout the single movement of the work, with the piece being written between extended stays in hospital for Shostakovich. The penultimate quartet in the cycle is dominated by the cellist, with the player often duetting with the other instruments. The composer quotes several of his own works, as well as music by Wagner and some Mahlerian hints, throughout the three movements of the quartet. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Wednesday 15th June 1.10pm Concerto Caledonia Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Suite in D minor, Pièces de Claveßin, 1687 Sonata in D major, 1707, for violin & basso continuo

total 30’

Concerto Caledonia continue to explore the music of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, focussing on one of her suites for harpsichord that gives the performer a lot of choice when it comes to rhythm...! Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments Sound House 60’ Although Francis Bacon, 17th century philosopher, statesman and visionary, is widely regarded as the father of modern science, his investigations into the nature of sound are little known. He was intrigued by seemingly magical eﬀects like echoes and sympathetic vibration and sought to explain them through a series of experiments in, and observations of, sound. Combining modern sound technology with ancient instruments, The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments explore the aural illusions that so intrigued Francis Bacon and our 17th century forebears with fresh interpretations of 17th century music linked to each other by newly composed pieces. The performers play unusual and historically appropriate instruments including the mysterious violone, the jangling bray harp and the little known viola bastarda. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Alexandra Soumm & Ismaël Margain Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor K.304 13’ Sergei Prokoﬁev: 5 Melodies Op.35b 14’ Béla Bartók: Romanian Dances 7’ Maurice Ravel: Tzigane 10’ One of BBC Radio 3‘s New Generation Artists in 2010-12, Alexandra Soumm is ﬁrmly established as one of Europe’s leading solo violinists and chamber musicians. She and her regular recital partner, Ismaël Margain, bring a programme of repertoire from across Europe, much of it inspired by folk and traditional melodies. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Béatrice Cruveiller

Thursday 16th June 1.10pm Concerto Caledonia Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Suite in D minor, Pièces de Clavecin 1707 Suonate 2 in a minor, c.1695, for violin, viola da gamba & basso continuo total 30’ Concerto Caledonia’s fascinating look at the music of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre draws to a close with some of her later works. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm Ensemble Magnétis Jean-Baptiste Lully: Les plaisirs de l'île enchantée 2’ Michael Corrette: Symphonie en quatuor n°2 in D major, sur des Noëls populaires 8’ Henry Purcell: Ciaconna in G minor 9’ Johannes Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 1 and 4 BWV 1080 7’ Johannes Fux: Overture in D minor E.109 13’ Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for strings in G min RV 156 7’ In collaboration with the Alliance Française, the Normandie based string group Ensemble Magnétis visit the UK for the ﬁrst time. The programme brings together baroque showpieces from across Europe, with works by composers seldom seen on concert programmes alongside some of the pillars of baroque composition. The programme ends with virtuosic ﬂair in Vivaldi‘s Concerto. Venue: St Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Daniel’s Beard Strings Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 Op.144 38’ Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Op. 77 No. 2 27’ The string players of host ensemble Daniel‘s Beard bring the Currie and Quirk Shostakovich Series to a close with his ﬁnal quartet. Often described as the most intimate of his quartets, there is a sense of peaceful melancholy about the music. It is paired here with the ﬁnal complete quartet from the composer seen as the Father of the String Quartet, Haydn. Venue: St Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Friday 17th June 1.10pm Ensemble Magnétis Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Concert pour quatre parties de viole 18’ Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ouverture, Chaconne des scaramouches et Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 10’ The Bite-Sized Baroque series comes to a close with a look at two contemporaries of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, performed by French string group Ensemble Magnétis, whose visit is supported by the Alliance Française. Venue: St. Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge Tickets: Free, unticketed

6.30pm Nick Lauener and Adam Wilson Franz Liszt: La Lugubre Gondola 10’ Olivier Messiaen: Apparition de l'église éternelle 10’ Aleksander Scriabin: Prometheus, Poem of Fire 32’ In a collaboration with the Glasgow Science Festival, Nick Lauener (piano) and Adam Wilson (organ) perform music by three composers who all had synesthesia. Each of them associated pitch and harmony with colour, with Scriabin even going as far as to write for ‘colour organ’. Two emerging artists, both recent graduates of the University, perform his immense Prometheus as the Chapel is ﬂooded with light and Scriabin’s colour organ comes to life... Venue: University Chapel, University of Glasgow Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Juice, University Chapel Choir and Dávur Juul Magnussen Arvo Pärt: Summa 5’ Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum ﬂores & Byzantine Motets 13’ Matthew Whiteside: Always Ever Unknowable World Première 15’ Davur Magnussen: cave music 10’ Kerry Andrew: Lines, Loops, Bones and Stones 10’ The Chapel Choir joins forces with vocal trio Juice and a trombone ensemble led by RSNO principal Davur Juul Magnussen for a concert which celebrates and explores the unusual venue - the University Cloisters. The programme, ranging from renaissance polyphony to a new work with a text based on scientiﬁc advances, makes use of the spaces, echoes and acoustical phenomenons of the Cloisters. The performance area is under cover, but we can‘t guarantee the temperature, sorry! Please wrap up warmly. Venue: University Cloisters Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Saturday 18th June 4pm

High Society

Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong music by Cole Porter “vigorous, intelligent and visually stunning.” The Guardian

Sixty years on, High Society is every bit as much as fun as when it was first screened in 1956. It opened to mixed reviews, described by one critic as ‘simply not top-drawer’ and another as ‘as flimsy as a gossipcolumnist’s word’, the film turned out to be enormously popular over subsequent decades. Satchmo and his band are perfectly suited to Cole Porter’s legendary score, which coupled with spuerb comic timing from the all-star cast, meant that Variety magazine’s review of the musical comedy was far more accurate! “ Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes Venue: Grosvenor Cinema Tickets: £9.90/£7 available from the Grosvenor Cinema box office only

Susan Tomes’ Piano Club at The Cottier Chamber Project 10.30am - 1.30pm on Saturday 11th and Saturday 18th June Edinburgh’s amateur pianists have been benefitting from concert pianist Susan Tomes’ Piano Club meetings, so we are delighted that she is coming to the West End for a special Festival Edition! Six adult amateur pianists will have the opportunity to play to Susan, and get some advice and insight, as well as the chance to perform in a supportive and friendly atmosphere. Each player would get around 20 minutes of individual attention, but would also learn from watching and listening to others. Hosted in a spacious Dowanhill flat with an unusual piano (an 1880 Erard grand), there will coffee and cake at the break. Book your place by Wednesday 8th June - (info@cottierchamberproject.com or 0141 628 9740). The class will only run if there are six participants on each occasion, with venue details provided on confirmation.

£20 participants, £5 observers

Sunday 19th June 6.30pm Pekka Kuusisto, Alec Frank-Gemmill and Tamara Stefanovich Johannes Brahms: Trio for horn, violin and piano Op.40 30’

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Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in G major, op. 78 30’ György Ligeti: Horn Trio 30’ Principal Horn of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a regular at The Cottier Chamber Project, Alec Frank-Gemmill is joined by one of the most exciting and versatile violin soloists in the world, Pekka Kuusisto, and a pianist who performs as a soloist with the world‘s leading orchestras, Tamara Stefanovich.

Photo: Kaapo Kamu

The trio by Brahms is an emotional and powerful work, written following the death of his mother. After a short interval, the programme continues with a work which Brahms wrote over a decade later. The violin and piano parts imitate and constantly weave lines around each other in this three movement work which is often referred to as the Rain Sonata. The final movement quotes an earlier song with an opening line that is particularly appropriate for a Scottish June...”Pour, rain, pour down...” The programme ends with Ligeti’s Horn Trio, a virtuosic work full of wild melodic fragments, strange harmonies as the horn player imitates a natural horn, driving rhythms and an ear-worm ostinato that will stick with you in the days to come! During the short interval there will be an opportunity to find out a little more about the difference between the natural and modern horns, and to explore how Ligeti approached writing for a combination of the two. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Marco Borggreve

Monday 20th June 1.10pm Cultural Encounters I Is there value in exchanging cultural activity? At a time when news headlines are quick to focus on cultural diﬀerences and in a week when the UK considers whether or not to leave the European Union, we host a discussion on the value in exchanging culture. Does it dilute a region’s identity, skill base and quality of life to introduce new ideas, or does it lead to greater freedom and development? Speakers from the British Council, Alliance Française and Goethe Institut will be in conversation about opportunities and dangers presented by cultural and artistic exchange. Venue: Alliance Française Tickets: Free, unticketed

7.30pm Watch This Space Glen McCartney: Enclosure 10’ Lewis Normand: Path 5 10’ Jack Webb: Drawn to Drone 10’ This is a platform for dancers and choreographers to show short excerpts of their work and to experiment with new, short pieces. Some are part of a larger work and have subsequently been explored further, others are new works in progress. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £3 in advance, £5 on the day; £3 students

9pm

Somewhere between 3 and 4

Chrissie Ardill, Allon Beauvoisin, Stuart Brown and John Allan Jazz, dance and whole host of other inﬂuences collide in an exploration of the grey areas between the perceptions in any given relationship. Yin and Yang, Male and Female, Music and Dance. The curious duality of being both right and wrong at the same time. In the western world the dancer is commonly thought to follow the music whilst in classical Indian music the roles are reversed. This project explores this role reversal within the context of structures used in jazz traditions. The musicians’ improvisations are not only inﬂuenced by the underlying harmonic structure but also from the dancers‘ movements giving the dancers the option and freedom to dictate the structure and musical phrases with in each section. And vice versa...! Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Tuesday 21st June 1.10pm Cultural Encounters II: Bess of Hardwick (1527 - 1608) Dr. Alison Wiggins A shrewd businesswoman born into English noblility, Bess of Hardwick’s letters reveal some fascinating insights into her life, and her friendships with people from other cultures, including Mary, Queen of Scots. Alison Wiggins reveals a little more about her experiences, opinions, relationships and legacy, including music by Thomas Tallis. Venue: Alliance Française Tickets: Free, unticketed

2pm, 3.15pm, 7pm and 8.15pm Feldenkrais Drop In Day at Cottier’s Theatre led by Alison McGillivray The Feldenkrais Method is used by performers all over the world to improve their movement, recover from injury, and refine their skills. It’s a hot topic in performing arts institutions at the moment, with research being done into how the Method improves creativity as well as movement. Whether you are a musician, a dancer, or more usually find yourself in the audience, baroque cellist and Feldenkrais Practioner Alison McGillivray will guide you through a theme and variations in movement, starting small and always staying within your own limits and possibilities. The classes are suitable for everyone; you are in control of how little or how much you do, and are encouraged to stay comfortable and pain-free at all times. The classes can also be succesfully carried out with a combination of movement in the imagination and actual movement. Wear comfortable clothes. 2pm - 2.45pm - session for musicians 3.15 - 4pm - session for dancers 7pm - 7.45pm - session for musicians 8.15pm - 9pm - session for dancers These sessions are tailored for the different disciplines, but there is a huge amount that is in common between the two.

Moshe Feldenkrais developed the method from his background of engineering, medicine, martial arts and philosophy. His aim was to teach people how to learn for themselves to move with ease, eﬃciency and grace. The method has some of its beginnings in Scotland: Feldenkrais was an engineer at the Radar base at Fairlie, Ayrshire, during the second world war. His evening classes were attended by the Fairlie villagers as well as his scientiﬁc colleagues.

Wednesday 22nd June 1.10pm Cultural Encounters III: Venanzio Rauzzini (1746-1810) Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland Leading man and concert impresario, Venanzio Rauzzini was celebrated throughout Europe. He was also a highly regarded teacher and was in demand from students throughout Europe. Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland introduces his life and work, oﬀering a glimpse of a world, and profession, that has inﬂuenced the future of opera. In collaboration with the University of Glasgow's College of Arts. Venue: Alliance Française Tickets: Free, unticketed

7.30pm Triple Bill: Penny Chivas and Alex McCartney Fuora Dance Project Tom Baylis and Claire McCue Penny Chivas and Alex McCartney: time : touch 20’ Fuora Dance Project: * is to Finish 20’ Tom Baylis and Claire McCue: Game? 20’ Penny Chivas and Alex McCartney perform a semi-improvised work for dancer and theorbo. Both dancer and musician follow compositional guidelines which provide space for controlled and inspired improvisation, culminating in a fine momentary balance of choreography and music. Fuora Dance Project's new work, * is to Finish, is a dance piece inspired by Molly Bloom’s final monologue from Ulysses by James Joyce, one of the most famous examples of Stream of consciousness. The work is a physical interpretation of the concepts of the stream, smells, pain/pleasure and female/male energies, taking inspiration from the fragmented but fluid rhythm and words of the monologue itself. Tom Baylis choreographs Game? to Claire McCue's Kneeling, for clarinet and choir, and a new work for voice and chamber ensemble. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

Photo: Sean Purser

Thursday 23rd June 1.10pm Cultural Encounters IV: Abu Talib Khan (1752-1806) Professor Nigel Leask In the early 1800s, Abu Talib Khan travelled from India to Africa, and on to Ireland, England, and France, recording his observations of European culture with wit and precision. Professor Nigel Leask introduces this fascinating character, his journey and his legacy. In collaboration with the University of Glasgow's College of Arts Venue: Alliance Française Tickets: Free, unticketed

7pm

Plan B Dance

And Now... 80’ choreography by Frank McConnell music by Jim Sutherland 'And Now...' is plan B’s debut production of the company’s new permanent ensemble. It is the first in a series of dance theatre works reflecting on themes of ‘Where we are going?' Reflecting on the sea change in Scotland in 2014, a tribe of lost children, full of charm, innocence and a comic disposition enter a beguiling dreamscape. They find an ethereal Neverland where present generations glimpse what promise may emerge when we finally grow up – if indeed we ever will. Accompanied by a powerful ambient score from award winning composer Jim Sutherland, the piece is overlaid with live music pulsating both rhythm and class – from the wonderfully, witty sax player Steve Kettley. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day; £6 students

8.30pm Red Note Ensemble Noisy Nights: The Cottier Chamber Project Edition 70’ Red Note‘s legendary Noisy Nights comes to the festival for the first time, with a themed selection of pieces reflecting on the In-Out European Union Referendum. Scored for viola, horn and cello, visit the website to find out how to submit pieces. Join us for world premiere performances, and take part in the 10-minute-composition-challenge. Venue: Cottier’s Theatre Tickets: Free, ticketed

Friday 24th June 1.10pm Cultural Encounters IV: Dorothy Richardson (1873-1957) Dr Bryony Randall British author and journalist Dorothy Richardson was a pioneering modernist author who wrote, amongst many other works, a sequence of thirteen novels, Pilgrimage, which included the ﬁrst novel ever to be published entirely using interior monologue. Bryony Randall talks about her life, and how her time living in Germany informed her work. Venue: Alliance Française Tickets: Free, unticketed

7.30pm Rosas Company Fase, Four Movements to the music of Steve Reich 70’ choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmacker music by Steve Riech: Piano Phase, Come Out, Violin Phase and Clapping Music “Something mesmerizing, masterful, and endlessly inventive is bound to surprise you…” The Arts Desk *****

Photo: Herman Sorgeloos

Tramway Theatre and The Cottier Chamber Project present Rosas Dance Company in two performances of Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich, choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s very ﬁrst performance, premièred in 1982, and never before performed in Glasgow. Fase comprises three duets and one solo, choreographed to four repetitive compositions by the American minimalist Steve Reich. De Keersmaeker uses the structure of Reich’s music to develop an independent movement idiom that doesn’t merely illustrate the music but also adds a new dimension to it. Both the music and the dance start from the principle of phase-shifting through tiny variations: movements that are initially perfectly synchronous gradually start slipping and sliding, resulting in a complex play of continuously changing forms and patterns. One of the world’s leading contemporary dance companies, Rosas have been at the forefront of Europe’s dance scene for many years. The opportunity to see Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker dancing Fase is not to be missed! Venue: Tramway Tickets: £14 full price, £10 students and concessions

Saturday 25th June 7.30pm Rosas Company Fase, Four Movements to the music of Steve Reich 70’ choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmacker music by Steve Riech: Piano Phase, Come Out, Violin Phase and Clapping Music “Something mesmerizing, masterful, and endlessly inventive is bound to surprise you…” The Arts Desk *****

Photo: Herman Sorgeloos

Tramway Theatre and The Cottier Chamber Project present Rosas Dance Company in a second performance of Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich, choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s very ﬁrst performance, premièred in 1982, and never before performed in Glasgow. One of the world’s leading contemporary dance companies, Rosas have been at the forefront of Europe’s dance scene for many years. The opportunity to see Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker dancing Fase is not to be missed! Venue: Tramway Tickets: £14 full price, £10 students and concessions

Get involved One of the most frequently asked questions is ‘Have you got enough help?’ The team involved are brilliant - the festival shouldn’t really be able to happen at all on the small number of hours that we can aﬀord! More help would be very useful though, particularly when it comes to the festival time itself. There are lots of ways in which you could help: • • • • • • • • • • • •

accommodation for performers stewarding at concerts page turning hosting rehearsals - particularly if you have a good grand piano! distributing our brochures introductions to potential sponsors or funders sharing posts on social media smiling whenever you see any of us looking harrassed! telling friends, family, neighbours, or anyone else that you speak to, all about the festival coming along to as many performances as possible...with a friend or two home-made cakes make rehearsals go really well sponsor a concert, performer or piece

or if you have specialist, professional skills and would like to be involved, please come and have a chat. If you would like to help out with anything, please email info@cottierchamberproject.com or come and say hello to one of the team!

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With thanks to... There are a lot of people who have supported the festival this year in a number of ways. Naming them all here would lead to an extra 10 pages! Support has come in the form of donations, ideas, cake, patience, enthusiasm, caďŹ&#x20AC;eine, giving time and skills, providing accommodation and rehearsal space, laughter, encouragement and excitement...a mixture of practical and moral support. Thank you!! The 2016 festival team are: Artistic Director: Andy Saunders Festival Manager: Karen Dufour Dance Project Curator: Freya JeďŹ&#x20AC;s Dance on Film Curator: Lewis Landini Technical Manager: Oliver Gorman Festival Assistant: Becky Smith Bite-Sized Baroque Production Assistant: Andrew Bull PR and Social Media Intern: Emma McNally Dance Project Producer: Roddy Simpson Performer Portraits: Sean Purser PR Consultant: Jane Nicolson Website: Simon Rogers Cultural Encounters: Alison Wiggins and Bryony Randall

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Box Office In advance For almost all performances, tickets are cheaper if you buy them in advance. There are a few ways to buy them: Online: follow the Tickets link on the left of the page at www.cottierchamberproject.com Phone: by calling 0141 357 4000. Staffing hours for the phone line vary, but there is an answerphone where you can leave a message and one of the staff will call back to complete your booking. In person: visit Currie & Quirk, Opticians, at 142-144 Byres Road. Currie & Quirk are sponsoring our Shostakovich Series, and have very kindly offered to sell tickets as well. Both card and cash transactions will be accepted. Film screenings at the Grosvenor Cinema can be booked through www.grosvenorwestend.co.uk/cinema/ or on 0845 166 6002. There are no advance purchase discounts for Rosas Dance Company on the 24th and 25th June, sorry!

On the day Tickets will only be available on the door on the day of a performance. The box oﬃce will open at least 30 minutes before a performance begins - on some days a little earlier.

Discounts Currie and QuIrk Customers: you are entitled to 2-for-1 tickets on all Currie & Quirk Shostakovich Series events. Ask in the Practice for the discount code. New Music Scotland members: several of the performances include contemporary music, so there is a discount of £2 for those events. Check the NMS website for details of the discount code (or to join up if you’re not already a member but would like some free tickets!). under 25s: The Cavatina Chamber Music Trust have very generously offered to subsidise a limited number of free tickets for selected concerts. Look out for the symbol, and then book through the box office as normal. Concessions/unders 18s: There are tickets available at a lower price for students and under 18s. Our Advance Purchase pricing allows people to create their own concessions, and don’t forget about our Loyalty Card scheme! Loyalty Card: Pick up a card and get a stamp every time that you attend a ticketed performance. Your sixth one is then free! N.B. Does not apply to film screenings or Rosas Dance Company. Beard Like Brahms: Daniel Cottier was a Brahms look-alike, as you’ll see from the portrait that hangs above the bar at Cottier’s. If you resemble Brahms, we’ll salute your beard with a free ticket (not at the cinema or Tramway though, sorry). There’s a page on our website which gives you a guide to composers and their facial hair...

Venues Cottier’s Theatre : 93-95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU subway: Hillhead/Kelvinhall train: Partick bus: Firstbus 4, 4a or Citybus 15 cycles: on street car parking: on street facilities: restaurant, bar University Concert Hall : Main Building, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ subway: Hillhead train: Partick bus: Firstbus 4 and 4a, Citybus 15 cycles: racks car parking: on street, disabled car parking available in advance Hunterian Museum : Main Building, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ subway: Hillhead train: Partick bus: Firstbus 4 and 4a, Citybus 15 cycles: racks car parking: on street, disabled car parking available in advance University Cloisters: Main Building, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ subway: Hillhead train: Partick bus: Firstbus 4 and 4a, Citybus 15 cycles: racks car parking: on street, disabled car parking available in advance St Simon’s Church, Partick Bridge St, G11 5PQ subway: Kelvinhall train: Partick bus: SimpliCITY 2, 3, Firstbus 77, 90 car parking: on street

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Grosvenor Cinema, Ashton Lane subway: Hillhead train: Partick bus: Firstbus 4, 4a, 8, Citybus 15 cycles: rack in car park within 3 mins walk Alliance Francaise, 3 Park Circus, G3 6AX subway: St George’s Cross train: Charing Cross cycles: on street car parking: on street Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, G412PE subway: West Street train: Pollokshaws East cycles: on street car parking: on street

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Box Office at Currie and Quirk, Opticians 142-144 Byres Road, G12 8TD subway: Hillhead train: Partick bus: Firstbus 4, 4a, 8, Citybus 15 car parking: on street Please use environmentally friendly transport methods whenever you can!

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