Soundfestival2009

north east scotland’s festival of new music 28th Oct - 22nd Nov

www.sound-scotland.co.uk

2009

sound 2009 28th October 22nd November

sound is a unique festival which embraces a network of local organisations to produce a varied programme of events exploring new music. As in previous years we have brought together a large range of different genres of music to appeal to a wide variety of tastes and encourage people to discover new sounds and widen their musical horizons.

We hope the programme will whet your appetite...

pianocircus © Sally Trussler

Fidelio Trio © Richard Hughes

Param Vir © Nick White

At a glance

1

Date

Time

Place

Event

Wed 28th Oct

7.30pm

Aberdeen

pianocircus

Thurs 29th Oct

7.45pm

Aberdeen

Fidelio Trio

Fri 30th Oct

12 noon – 1.30pm

Aberdeen

Chinese Music Seminar

Fri 30th Oct

1.10pm

Aberdeen

Darragh Morgan, violin

Fri 30th Oct

7pm

Aberdeen

Vincent Dance Theatre If we go on

Fri 30th Oct

7.30pm

Bieldside

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano*

Fri 30th Oct

7.30pm

Tarland

Pete Stollery Altered Images

Fri 30th Oct

7.30pm

Nairn

pianocircus

Sat 31st Oct

1pm

Aberdeen

Edinburgh Quartet and James Clapperton, piano

Sat 31st Oct

5pm

Aberdeen

Chinese Music by The Harmony Ensemble & Elphinstone Fiddlers

Sat 31st Oct

7.30pm

Banchory

Soundings: dance triple bill

Sun 1st Nov

10am – 1.30pm

Aberdeen

DanceLive seminar: Making Music for Dance, Making Dance with Music

Date

Time

Place

Event

Sun 8th Nov

10.30am – 4.30pm

Aberdeen

Resonant Frequencies: Connect Seminar

Sun 8th Nov

2.30pm

Aberdeen

Donald Hawksworth, piano

Sun 8th Nov

7pm

Aberdeen

fORCH

Mon 9th Nov

7.30pm

Aberdeen

Dunedin Consort Singers and Players

Tues 10th Nov

7.45pm

Aberdeen

Nava Rasa Ensemble

Wed 11th Nov

5.15pm

Aberdeen

Tadej Kenig, clarinet

Thurs 12th Nov

12.45pm

Aberdeen

Primrose Piano Quartet

Thurs 12th Nov

2pm – 4pm

Banchory

Residency Open Rehearsal

Thurs 12th Nov

7.30pm

Banff

Primrose Piano Quartet

Fri 13th Nov

6pm

Aberdeen

Richard Craig and Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello

Fri 13th Nov

7pm

Aberdeen

Talk by Dr John Morrison

Fri 13th Nov

7.30pm

Bieldside

Primrose Piano Quartet*

Fri 13th Nov

7.30pm

Tarland

Ross Whyte Fog

Fri 13th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Richard Craig and Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello

Sat 14th Nov

10.30am – 3.30pm

Aberdeen

Flute and clarinet workshop day with Richard Craig, Roberto Fabbriciani and Tadej Kenig

Sat 14th Nov

1pm

Aberdeen

Rohan de Saram, cello and Suren de Saram, percussion

Sat 14th Nov

4pm

Tarland

Roberto Fabbriciani, flute

Sat 14th Nov

7.30pm

Aboyne

New Oxford Trio

Sat 14th Nov

7.30pm

Tarland

Miriama Young Disappearing Lightly, Like That

Sun 15th Nov

2pm

Banchory

Pre-concert talk with Dr Miriama Young, Param Vir and Steve Davismoon

Sun 15th Nov

3pm

Banchory

Richard Craig and Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello

Sun 15th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Daniel Padden & The One Ensemble + Sarah Kenchington + Matricarians

Mon 16th Nov

11am – 1pm

Aberdeen

Masterclass with Tadej Kenig, clarinet

Tues 17th Nov

7.45pm

Aberdeen

Roger B. Williams, organ

Wed 18th Nov

5.15pm

Aberdeen

Richard Craig, flute and Karin Hellqvist, violin

Thurs 19th Nov

12.45pm

Aberdeen

Mark Tanner, piano and John McLeod, narrator

Thurs 19th Nov

7.30pm

Portsoy

Richard Craig, flute

Thurs 19th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Shifting Currents with Bill Thompson, Keith Rowe and Rick Reed

Fri 20th Nov

7.30pm

Aberdeen

An evening with Chemikal Underground Records

Fri 20th Nov

7.30pm

Aberdeen

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

8pm

Kemnay

Edinburgh Quartet with Jessica Beeston, viola

Sun 1st Nov

2.30pm

Huntly

Strange Rainbow

Fri 20th Nov

Sun 1st Nov

3pm

Monymusk

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano

Sat 21st Nov

10.30am – 4.30pm

Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Composition Workshop

Sun 1st Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano

Sat 21st Nov

11am and 2.30pm

Aberdeen

Giant The Songbird

12 noon

Aberdeen

The Chapel Choir of King’s College

Sun 1st Nov

8.30pm

Aberdeen

Strange Rainbow + support

Sat 21st Nov

Mon 2nd Nov

11am-1pm

Aberdeen

Workshop with Catriona McKay, harp and Alistair MacDonald, electronics

Sat 21st Nov

1pm

Aberdeen

University New Music Group

Sat 21st Nov

6.30pm

Aberdeen

Composer Portrait: James MacMillan

Thurs 5th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Burkhard Beins and Bill Thompson

Sun 22nd Nov

11am

Aberdeen

Chapel Service: James MacMillan

Fri 6th Nov

1.10pm

Aberdeen

Margaret Preston, flute and Alina Bzhezhinska, harp

Sun 22nd Nov

5pm

Aberdeen

sound lecture 2009: James MacMillan

Fri 6th Nov

7.30pm

Fraserburgh

Mark Wastell and Will Guthrie

Sun 22nd Nov

6.30pm

Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Gala Concert

Fri 6th Nov

8pm

Banchory

King Creosote and Pictish Trail

Sun 22nd Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Red Note Ensemble

Fri 6th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Con Anima Evening Land

Sat 7th Nov

12 noon

Aberdeen

Geoff Palmer, cello and George Chittenden, organ

Sat 7th Nov

1pm

Aberdeen

Margaret Preston, flute and Alina Bzhezhinska, harp

Sat 7th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Burkhard Beins, Will Guthrie, Bill Thompson and Mark Wastell

* For details, please see p15.

At a glance - Key to Special Events DanceLive Event

Resonant Frequencies Event

sound Residency Event

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Event

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sound 2009 28th October 22nd November

sound is a unique festival which embraces a network of local organisations to produce a varied programme of events exploring new music. As in previous years we have brought together a large range of different genres of music to appeal to a wide variety of tastes and encourage people to discover new sounds and widen their musical horizons.

We hope the programme will whet your appetite...

pianocircus © Sally Trussler

Fidelio Trio © Richard Hughes

Param Vir © Nick White

At a glance

1

Date

Time

Place

Event

Wed 28th Oct

7.30pm

Aberdeen

pianocircus

Thurs 29th Oct

7.45pm

Aberdeen

Fidelio Trio

Fri 30th Oct

12 noon – 1.30pm

Aberdeen

Chinese Music Seminar

Fri 30th Oct

1.10pm

Aberdeen

Darragh Morgan, violin

Fri 30th Oct

7pm

Aberdeen

Vincent Dance Theatre If we go on

Fri 30th Oct

7.30pm

Bieldside

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano*

Fri 30th Oct

7.30pm

Tarland

Pete Stollery Altered Images

Fri 30th Oct

7.30pm

Nairn

pianocircus

Sat 31st Oct

1pm

Aberdeen

Edinburgh Quartet and James Clapperton, piano

Sat 31st Oct

5pm

Aberdeen

Chinese Music by The Harmony Ensemble & Elphinstone Fiddlers

Sat 31st Oct

7.30pm

Banchory

Soundings: dance triple bill

Sun 1st Nov

10am – 1.30pm

Aberdeen

DanceLive seminar: Making Music for Dance, Making Dance with Music

Date

Time

Place

Event

Sun 8th Nov

10.30am – 4.30pm

Aberdeen

Resonant Frequencies: Connect Seminar

Sun 8th Nov

2.30pm

Aberdeen

Donald Hawksworth, piano

Sun 8th Nov

7pm

Aberdeen

fORCH

Mon 9th Nov

7.30pm

Aberdeen

Dunedin Consort Singers and Players

Tues 10th Nov

7.45pm

Aberdeen

Nava Rasa Ensemble

Wed 11th Nov

5.15pm

Aberdeen

Tadej Kenig, clarinet

Thurs 12th Nov

12.45pm

Aberdeen

Primrose Piano Quartet

Thurs 12th Nov

2pm – 4pm

Banchory

Residency Open Rehearsal

Thurs 12th Nov

7.30pm

Banff

Primrose Piano Quartet

Fri 13th Nov

6pm

Aberdeen

Richard Craig and Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello

Fri 13th Nov

7pm

Aberdeen

Talk by Dr John Morrison

Fri 13th Nov

7.30pm

Bieldside

Primrose Piano Quartet*

Fri 13th Nov

7.30pm

Tarland

Ross Whyte Fog

Fri 13th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Richard Craig and Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello

Sat 14th Nov

10.30am – 3.30pm

Aberdeen

Flute and clarinet workshop day with Richard Craig, Roberto Fabbriciani and Tadej Kenig

Sat 14th Nov

1pm

Aberdeen

Rohan de Saram, cello and Suren de Saram, percussion

Sat 14th Nov

4pm

Tarland

Roberto Fabbriciani, flute

Sat 14th Nov

7.30pm

Aboyne

New Oxford Trio

Sat 14th Nov

7.30pm

Tarland

Miriama Young Disappearing Lightly, Like That

Sun 15th Nov

2pm

Banchory

Pre-concert talk with Dr Miriama Young, Param Vir and Steve Davismoon

Sun 15th Nov

3pm

Banchory

Richard Craig and Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello

Sun 15th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Daniel Padden & The One Ensemble + Sarah Kenchington + Matricarians

Mon 16th Nov

11am – 1pm

Aberdeen

Masterclass with Tadej Kenig, clarinet

Tues 17th Nov

7.45pm

Aberdeen

Roger B. Williams, organ

Wed 18th Nov

5.15pm

Aberdeen

Richard Craig, flute and Karin Hellqvist, violin

Thurs 19th Nov

12.45pm

Aberdeen

Mark Tanner, piano and John McLeod, narrator

Thurs 19th Nov

7.30pm

Portsoy

Richard Craig, flute

Thurs 19th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Shifting Currents with Bill Thompson, Keith Rowe and Rick Reed

Fri 20th Nov

7.30pm

Aberdeen

An evening with Chemikal Underground Records

Fri 20th Nov

7.30pm

Aberdeen

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

8pm

Kemnay

Edinburgh Quartet with Jessica Beeston, viola

Sun 1st Nov

2.30pm

Huntly

Strange Rainbow

Fri 20th Nov

Sun 1st Nov

3pm

Monymusk

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano

Sat 21st Nov

10.30am – 4.30pm

Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Composition Workshop

Sun 1st Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano

Sat 21st Nov

11am and 2.30pm

Aberdeen

Giant The Songbird

12 noon

Aberdeen

The Chapel Choir of King’s College

Sun 1st Nov

8.30pm

Aberdeen

Strange Rainbow + support

Sat 21st Nov

Mon 2nd Nov

11am-1pm

Aberdeen

Workshop with Catriona McKay, harp and Alistair MacDonald, electronics

Sat 21st Nov

1pm

Aberdeen

University New Music Group

Sat 21st Nov

6.30pm

Aberdeen

Composer Portrait: James MacMillan

Thurs 5th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Burkhard Beins and Bill Thompson

Sun 22nd Nov

11am

Aberdeen

Chapel Service: James MacMillan

Fri 6th Nov

1.10pm

Aberdeen

Margaret Preston, flute and Alina Bzhezhinska, harp

Sun 22nd Nov

5pm

Aberdeen

sound lecture 2009: James MacMillan

Fri 6th Nov

7.30pm

Fraserburgh

Mark Wastell and Will Guthrie

Sun 22nd Nov

6.30pm

Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Gala Concert

Fri 6th Nov

8pm

Banchory

King Creosote and Pictish Trail

Sun 22nd Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Red Note Ensemble

Fri 6th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Con Anima Evening Land

Sat 7th Nov

12 noon

Aberdeen

Geoff Palmer, cello and George Chittenden, organ

Sat 7th Nov

1pm

Aberdeen

Margaret Preston, flute and Alina Bzhezhinska, harp

Sat 7th Nov

8pm

Aberdeen

Burkhard Beins, Will Guthrie, Bill Thompson and Mark Wastell

* For details, please see p15.

At a glance - Key to Special Events DanceLive Event

Resonant Frequencies Event

sound Residency Event

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Event

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Wednesday 28 October 7.30pm Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen £10, £8 conc, £5 student and under 18

Thursday 29 October 7.45pm Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

Friday 30 October 12 noon - 1.30pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free

Friday 30 October 1.10pm Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen Free (donations) In association with Institute of Medical Sciences and University of Aberdeen

Friday 30 October 7.30pm Left Bank, Tarland £5 (limited tickets: advance booking on 013398 81604)

Friday 30 October 7.30pm Nairn Community Centre £8 adults, £5 students and under 18

Saturday 31 October 1pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery and Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

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Launch Event pianocircus To launch sound 2009, this unique six piano ensemble will perform Yumi Hara Cawkwell Groove Study, Peter Bengston Carillon, Colin Riley Recast, Lynne Plowman Hall of Mirrors and Graham Fitkin’s three pieces Log, Line and Loud.

Fidelio Trio In this tribute concert to the late Chris Cadwur James, the piano trio will perform his Tschei Hora alongside Judith Weir Piano Trio Two, Nigel Osborne The Piano Tuner, Piers Hellawell Etruscan Games and Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht.

danceLive @ sound in association with citymoves, the Lemon Tree and Woodend Arts Association.

Friday 30 October 7pm The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen £9, £7 conc, £5 workshop participants (www.dancelive.org.uk for details of the workshop)

Chinese Music Seminar Three members of the Harmony Ensemble give a seminar exploring instruments, songs and composition in China: Eddie McGuire talks about and demonstrates some of China’s unique instruments; Kimho Ip focuses on how composing has developed in China over the last 100 years; and Fong Liu explains and demonstrates the spectrum of singing styles found in China.

Darragh Morgan, violin The virtuoso violinist plays Philip Glass Knee Play no 2, Miguel Azguime Soit Seul Sur de Son, Bill Campbell Bounce as well as Macedonian trad. Skopsko Oro, Bach Largo from Sonata no 3 for solo violin and Telemann Fantasia for solo violin in D Major.

Saturday 31 October 7.30pm Woodend Barn, Banchory £9, £7 conc

An exceptional ensemble of multi-tasking performers and musicians morph words into movement, shunt gesture into sound and at times burst into song to create a performance they can believe in. In a relentless succession of splintered transactions, where words lose their strength, music strains to be heard and movement meanders into exhaustion and incoherence, If We Go On asks: If you had one last dance in you, what shape would it take?

Soundings Rosalind Masson and Aaron Jonah Lewis Beating/Breaking Shell Beating/Breaking Shell opens up new modes of expression through the movement of two bodies and the sound of one violin.

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Sue Hawksley and Suzanne Parry With articulate animal and the other ensemble Re-membering(s) A series of compelling, improvised miniatures in contemporary music and dance, developed and previewed during a residency at Dance Base.

Sunday 1 November 10am-1.30pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free

pianocircus Yumi Hara Cawkwell Groove Study, Peter Bengston Carillon, Colin Riley Recast, Lynne Plowman Hall of Mirrors and Graham Fitkin’s three pieces Log, Line and Loud.

Vincent Dance Theatre If We Go On

Michael Popper and Nigel Osborne REMEMBERING............ ...........FORGETTING Taking the late writings of the poet Sergei Esenin as their starting point, Nigel Osborne and Michael Popper collaborate on a new work for choreographed bass voice and cello (performed by Clea Friend).

Pete Stollery Altered Images An evening of electroacoustic music consisting of journeys in sound which will take you to familiar and unfamiliar places. The evening will include Serendipities and Synchronicities and Altered Images by Pete Stollery, and will culminate in a performance of Paul Rudy’s Degrees of Separation; Grandchild of Tree for amplified cactus (echinocactus grusonii) and digital sound.

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Making Music for Dance Making Dance with Music A symposium about music and dance collaborations with the participation of composers Aaron Jonah Lewis, Peter Nelson, Suzanne Parry and Pete Stollery, choreographers Sue Hawksley, Rosalind Masson, Claire Pencak and Ian Spink, and dancer writer Donald Hutera.

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Edinburgh Quartet and James Clapperton, piano To include a new work for piano quintet by James Clapperton, commissioned by Aberdeenshire Council for Homecoming Scotland 2009.

Re-membering(s) © Ewan John

Rosalind Masson © Brian Hartley

Michael Popper © Platman

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Wednesday 28 October 7.30pm Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen £10, £8 conc, £5 student and under 18

Thursday 29 October 7.45pm Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

Friday 30 October 12 noon - 1.30pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free

Friday 30 October 1.10pm Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen Free (donations) In association with Institute of Medical Sciences and University of Aberdeen

Friday 30 October 7.30pm Left Bank, Tarland £5 (limited tickets: advance booking on 013398 81604)

Friday 30 October 7.30pm Nairn Community Centre £8 adults, £5 students and under 18

Saturday 31 October 1pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery and Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

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Launch Event pianocircus To launch sound 2009, this unique six piano ensemble will perform Yumi Hara Cawkwell Groove Study, Peter Bengston Carillon, Colin Riley Recast, Lynne Plowman Hall of Mirrors and Graham Fitkin’s three pieces Log, Line and Loud.

Fidelio Trio In this tribute concert to the late Chris Cadwur James, the piano trio will perform his Tschei Hora alongside Judith Weir Piano Trio Two, Nigel Osborne The Piano Tuner, Piers Hellawell Etruscan Games and Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht.

danceLive @ sound in association with citymoves, the Lemon Tree and Woodend Arts Association.

Friday 30 October 7pm The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen £9, £7 conc, £5 workshop participants (www.dancelive.org.uk for details of the workshop)

Chinese Music Seminar Three members of the Harmony Ensemble give a seminar exploring instruments, songs and composition in China: Eddie McGuire talks about and demonstrates some of China’s unique instruments; Kimho Ip focuses on how composing has developed in China over the last 100 years; and Fong Liu explains and demonstrates the spectrum of singing styles found in China.

Darragh Morgan, violin The virtuoso violinist plays Philip Glass Knee Play no 2, Miguel Azguime Soit Seul Sur de Son, Bill Campbell Bounce as well as Macedonian trad. Skopsko Oro, Bach Largo from Sonata no 3 for solo violin and Telemann Fantasia for solo violin in D Major.

Saturday 31 October 7.30pm Woodend Barn, Banchory £9, £7 conc

An exceptional ensemble of multi-tasking performers and musicians morph words into movement, shunt gesture into sound and at times burst into song to create a performance they can believe in. In a relentless succession of splintered transactions, where words lose their strength, music strains to be heard and movement meanders into exhaustion and incoherence, If We Go On asks: If you had one last dance in you, what shape would it take?

Soundings Rosalind Masson and Aaron Jonah Lewis Beating/Breaking Shell Beating/Breaking Shell opens up new modes of expression through the movement of two bodies and the sound of one violin.

��������������������

Sue Hawksley and Suzanne Parry With articulate animal and the other ensemble Re-membering(s) A series of compelling, improvised miniatures in contemporary music and dance, developed and previewed during a residency at Dance Base.

Sunday 1 November 10am-1.30pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free

pianocircus Yumi Hara Cawkwell Groove Study, Peter Bengston Carillon, Colin Riley Recast, Lynne Plowman Hall of Mirrors and Graham Fitkin’s three pieces Log, Line and Loud.

Vincent Dance Theatre If We Go On

Michael Popper and Nigel Osborne REMEMBERING............ ...........FORGETTING Taking the late writings of the poet Sergei Esenin as their starting point, Nigel Osborne and Michael Popper collaborate on a new work for choreographed bass voice and cello (performed by Clea Friend).

Pete Stollery Altered Images An evening of electroacoustic music consisting of journeys in sound which will take you to familiar and unfamiliar places. The evening will include Serendipities and Synchronicities and Altered Images by Pete Stollery, and will culminate in a performance of Paul Rudy’s Degrees of Separation; Grandchild of Tree for amplified cactus (echinocactus grusonii) and digital sound.

��������������������

Making Music for Dance Making Dance with Music A symposium about music and dance collaborations with the participation of composers Aaron Jonah Lewis, Peter Nelson, Suzanne Parry and Pete Stollery, choreographers Sue Hawksley, Rosalind Masson, Claire Pencak and Ian Spink, and dancer writer Donald Hutera.

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Edinburgh Quartet and James Clapperton, piano To include a new work for piano quintet by James Clapperton, commissioned by Aberdeenshire Council for Homecoming Scotland 2009.

Re-membering(s) © Ewan John

Rosalind Masson © Brian Hartley

Michael Popper © Platman

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Resonant Frequencies a weekend of experimental music curated by Bill Thompson Scotland’s free cutting edge culture and listings magazine

Bill Thompson © Davina Gray

Saturday 31 October 5pm Zeste, Crombie Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

Sunday 1 November 2.30pm Huntly Hotel, Huntly Free

Sunday 1 November 3pm Monymusk Arts Centre £8, £6 conc Promoter: Monymusk Arts Trust

Sunday 1 November 8pm Zeste, Crombie Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

Sunday 1 November 8.30pm The Tunnels, Aberdeen £7, £5 conc

fORCH. Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer

Burkhard Beins © Ingo Scheffler

Chinese Music from The Harmony Ensemble & Elphinstone Fiddlers Harmony enthrals audiences with its wide ranging repertoire of folk music, song and dance from different ethnic groups in China. Tonight’s programme will include improvisation on Chinese instruments and compositions by Kimho Ip and Eddie McGuire.

Strange Rainbow Catriona McKay, harp, Alistair MacDonald, live electronics and special guest Chris Stout, violin, launch their new CD, funded by Deveron Arts. “...Music that seems at once dislocated and greatly concerned with roots and connections, a rendering of folk musics refracted through contemporary performance technique and then again through the alien-in-a-blender transformations of MacDonald’s live electronics.” (Seven Things)

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano Irene Drummond performs a programme of songs based on words by Scottish poets. Composers include John Geddes, Tom Cunningham, Lewis Forbes, FG Scott, Schubert and Schumann.

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano In a moving tribute to Scotland’s national poet, Burns, Irene Drummond presents Burns’ poetry set by leading international composers from Schubert to Judith Weir.

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Bill Thompson

Thursday 5 November 8pm Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen Free (donations)

Catriona McKay, harp and Alistair MacDonald, live electronics, are joined again by special guest Chris Stout on violin.

Catriona McKay, harp and Alistair MacDonald, electronics Workshop discussing the combination of laptop with live instruments.

Burkhard Beins and Bill Thompson Bill Thompson and Burkhard Beins perform solo and together with a variety of percussion, found objects and live electronics in this award winning new building.

In association with the Suttie Centre and University of Aberdeen

Friday 6 November 7.30pm Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh £7, £5 students, under 18 and jobseekers In association with Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum with the support of the PRS Foundation

Saturday 7 November 8pm citymoves studio, Aberdeen £7, £5 students, under 18 and jobseekers In association with citymoves

Sunday 8 November 10.30am – 4.30pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free In association with University of Aberdeen

Strange Rainbow + support

In association with Interesting Music Promotions.

Monday 2 November 11am – 1pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free

“The relationship between live electronics and percussion has a long history, stretching back to the early work of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, David Tudor, and Max Neuhaus to name just a few. In many of their works they chose to focus on the timbral qualities as much as the rhythmic aspects of percussion, extending this with the use of found objects, prepared instruments, and live electronics. Each of the artists featured in Resonant Frequencies - Mark Wastell, Burkhard Beins, Will Guthrie, and Bill Thompson - explores a similar territory in their own practice. In a series of solos, duets and a final quartet, this crossover between percussion and live electronics is fully explored as the artists improvise in various combinations during the week.”

Sunday 8 November 7.00pm The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen £7, £5 students, under 18 and jobseekers In association with the Lemon Tree

Mark Wastell and Will Guthrie Following the format of the first evening, Mark Wastell and Will Guthrie each perform a solo set and a duet in the beautiful lens gallery of the Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum. (free bus available from Aberdeen, email info@sound-scotland.co.uk)

Burkhard Beins, Will Guthrie, Bill Thompson and Mark Wastell Giving the UK première of Bill Thompson’s Gates, these four musicians come together, over the course of an hour, to explore the intersection of live electronics, percussion, improvisation and composition. They will be supported by James Wyness.

Resonant Frequencies: Connect 10.30am: Richard Barrett will discuss his work with the ensemble fORCH, many of his compositional strategies used with the group and demonstrate his computer instrumentation.

1.30pm: Burkhard Beins will lead a workshop on Open Improvisation and Graphic Notation. Participants will be introduced to the sign system of adapt/oppose and selected parts of the piece will be played in various versions. 14 places available: instrumentalists of all levels are welcome.

(Please book at info@sound-scotland.co.uk)

fORCH fORCH is a new kind of contemporary music “orchestra” whose combination of “pure” improvised music and composed frameworks doesn’t recognise a hierarchy between composer and performers. fORCH is an expansion of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer’s electroacoustic duo FURT to include Phil Minton and Ute Wassermann (voices), John Butcher (saxophones), Paul Lovens (percussion), Wolfgang Mitterer (piano/electronics), Rhodri Davies (celtic and concert harps), Peter Evans (trumpet) and Aleksander Kolkowski (viola).

A Resonant Frequencies weekend ticket is available, allowing entrance to all events.

Prices: £15, £9 students and under 18s.

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Resonant Frequencies a weekend of experimental music curated by Bill Thompson Scotland’s free cutting edge culture and listings magazine

Bill Thompson © Davina Gray

Saturday 31 October 5pm Zeste, Crombie Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

Sunday 1 November 2.30pm Huntly Hotel, Huntly Free

Sunday 1 November 3pm Monymusk Arts Centre £8, £6 conc Promoter: Monymusk Arts Trust

Sunday 1 November 8pm Zeste, Crombie Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

Sunday 1 November 8.30pm The Tunnels, Aberdeen £7, £5 conc

fORCH. Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer

Burkhard Beins © Ingo Scheffler

Chinese Music from The Harmony Ensemble & Elphinstone Fiddlers Harmony enthrals audiences with its wide ranging repertoire of folk music, song and dance from different ethnic groups in China. Tonight’s programme will include improvisation on Chinese instruments and compositions by Kimho Ip and Eddie McGuire.

Strange Rainbow Catriona McKay, harp, Alistair MacDonald, live electronics and special guest Chris Stout, violin, launch their new CD, funded by Deveron Arts. “...Music that seems at once dislocated and greatly concerned with roots and connections, a rendering of folk musics refracted through contemporary performance technique and then again through the alien-in-a-blender transformations of MacDonald’s live electronics.” (Seven Things)

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano Irene Drummond performs a programme of songs based on words by Scottish poets. Composers include John Geddes, Tom Cunningham, Lewis Forbes, FG Scott, Schubert and Schumann.

Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano In a moving tribute to Scotland’s national poet, Burns, Irene Drummond presents Burns’ poetry set by leading international composers from Schubert to Judith Weir.

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Bill Thompson

Thursday 5 November 8pm Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen Free (donations)

Catriona McKay, harp and Alistair MacDonald, live electronics, are joined again by special guest Chris Stout on violin.

Catriona McKay, harp and Alistair MacDonald, electronics Workshop discussing the combination of laptop with live instruments.

Burkhard Beins and Bill Thompson Bill Thompson and Burkhard Beins perform solo and together with a variety of percussion, found objects and live electronics in this award winning new building.

In association with the Suttie Centre and University of Aberdeen

Friday 6 November 7.30pm Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh £7, £5 students, under 18 and jobseekers In association with Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum with the support of the PRS Foundation

Saturday 7 November 8pm citymoves studio, Aberdeen £7, £5 students, under 18 and jobseekers In association with citymoves

Sunday 8 November 10.30am – 4.30pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free In association with University of Aberdeen

Strange Rainbow + support

In association with Interesting Music Promotions.

Monday 2 November 11am – 1pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free

“The relationship between live electronics and percussion has a long history, stretching back to the early work of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, David Tudor, and Max Neuhaus to name just a few. In many of their works they chose to focus on the timbral qualities as much as the rhythmic aspects of percussion, extending this with the use of found objects, prepared instruments, and live electronics. Each of the artists featured in Resonant Frequencies - Mark Wastell, Burkhard Beins, Will Guthrie, and Bill Thompson - explores a similar territory in their own practice. In a series of solos, duets and a final quartet, this crossover between percussion and live electronics is fully explored as the artists improvise in various combinations during the week.”

Sunday 8 November 7.00pm The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen £7, £5 students, under 18 and jobseekers In association with the Lemon Tree

Mark Wastell and Will Guthrie Following the format of the first evening, Mark Wastell and Will Guthrie each perform a solo set and a duet in the beautiful lens gallery of the Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum. (free bus available from Aberdeen, email info@sound-scotland.co.uk)

Burkhard Beins, Will Guthrie, Bill Thompson and Mark Wastell Giving the UK première of Bill Thompson’s Gates, these four musicians come together, over the course of an hour, to explore the intersection of live electronics, percussion, improvisation and composition. They will be supported by James Wyness.

Resonant Frequencies: Connect 10.30am: Richard Barrett will discuss his work with the ensemble fORCH, many of his compositional strategies used with the group and demonstrate his computer instrumentation.

1.30pm: Burkhard Beins will lead a workshop on Open Improvisation and Graphic Notation. Participants will be introduced to the sign system of adapt/oppose and selected parts of the piece will be played in various versions. 14 places available: instrumentalists of all levels are welcome.

(Please book at info@sound-scotland.co.uk)

fORCH fORCH is a new kind of contemporary music “orchestra” whose combination of “pure” improvised music and composed frameworks doesn’t recognise a hierarchy between composer and performers. fORCH is an expansion of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer’s electroacoustic duo FURT to include Phil Minton and Ute Wassermann (voices), John Butcher (saxophones), Paul Lovens (percussion), Wolfgang Mitterer (piano/electronics), Rhodri Davies (celtic and concert harps), Peter Evans (trumpet) and Aleksander Kolkowski (viola).

A Resonant Frequencies weekend ticket is available, allowing entrance to all events.

Prices: £15, £9 students and under 18s.

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Slains Castle © Aberdeen City and Shire.

Friday 6 November 1.10pm Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen Free (donations) In association with Institute of Medical Sciences and University of Aberdeen

Friday 6 November 8pm Woodend Barn, Banchory £14, £12 conc, £5 under 16

Friday 6 November 8pm St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen £7, £5 conc

Saturday 7 November 12 noon St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen Free Promoter: Lunchtimes at St Andrews Cathedral

Saturday 7 November 1pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery and Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

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Margaret Preston, flute and Alina Bzhezhinska, harp Including a new work composed by Margaret Preston and Alina Bzhezhinska for sound, the programme will also encompass music by Lutoslawski, Shaposhnikov and Liebermann.

King Creosote and Pictish Trail Innovative singer/songwriter King Creosote returns to sound, accompanied by the immensely talented Pictish Trail (Johnny Lynch). KC’s latest album ‘Flick the V’s’ is an intriguing and kaleidoscopic collection, whilst PT’s debut album, ‘Secret Soundz Vol. 1’, blends folk-tinged acoustic songwriting with a quirky pop sensibility.

Con Anima Evening Land Paul Mealor, director North East Scotland’s finest chamber choir will perform a programme of contemporary Baltic choral music including Arvo Pärt’s The Beatitudes, Cantate Domino, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Pēteris Vasks’ Pater Noster, Per Nørgård’s Aftonland and music by Veljo Tormis.

Geoff Palmer, cello and George Chittenden, organ John Tavener’s Protecting Veil was written in 1987 for Stephen Isserlis, who premiered the work at a BBC Promenade Concert two years later. Geoff Palmer and George Chittenden play the work in a new version for cello and organ in the glorious acoustic of St Andrew’s Cathedral.

Margaret Preston, flute and Alina Bzhezhinska, harp Including a new work composed by Margaret Preston and Alina Bzhezhinska for sound, the programme will also encompass music by Lutoslawski, Shaposhnikov and Liebermann.

Sunday 8 November 2.30pm North East of Scotland Music School, Aberdeen Free (donations: advance booking on 01224 649685)

Donald Hawksworth, piano

Monday 9 November 7.30pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen £10, £5 conc for students, school pupils and those in receipt of unemployment or disability allowance.

Dunedin Consort Singers and Players

A follow-up to last year’s entertainment contrasting old and new styles of composition, this afternoon’s concert will explore more contrasting styles of keyboard music, interspersed with pieces by musicians whose special anniversaries fall this year.

Directors: John Butt and Susan Hamilton This concert showcases the power of music to express love, death and spirituality in a combination of baroque and contemporary music. The programme will include Schutz settings from “Song of Songs”, complementing Errollyn Wallen’s Comfort Me with Apples, a new work commissioned by the Dunedin Consort. J S Bach’s Cantata No.32 and works by Corelli and Schmelzer will close the programme.

Tuesday 10 November 7.45pm Zeste, Crombie Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18 With the support of the PRS Foundation and Scottish Arts Council

Wednesday 11 November 5.15pm King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen Free

Thursday 12 November 12.45pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free Promoter: Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

Thursday 12 November 7.30pm Duff House, Banff £10, £5 under 16 In association with Duff House

Friday 13 November 7.30pm Left Bank, Tarland £5 (limited tickets: advance booking at 013398 81604)

King Creosote © Steve Gullick

Nava Rasa Ensemble Award winning guitarist Simon Thacker leads unique East/West group the Nava Rasa Ensemble to present Inner Octaves, a powerful and innovative programme exploring the meeting of Asian and Western cultures, with music by Indian and Chinese composers who have forged compelling and distinctive voices in the West with their native music as a basis, and two Western composers profoundly influenced by Asian, particularly Indian, music.

Tadej Kenig, clarinet The Slovenian clarinetist plays Adam Scott Neal Petrichor, Robert Scott Thompson Passage for clarinet and electroacoustics (world première), Thea Musgrave Narcisuss for clarinet with digital delay and Pierre Boulez Dialogue de l’ombre double.

Primrose Piano Quartet Commissioned for the Burns celebrations, the programme will include the Scottish première of Variations on an Air by Burns with contributions by composers including James MacMillan, Sally Beamish, Anthony Payne, Piers Hellawell, Peter Fribbens, Jacques Cohen, Julian Jacobson as well as Peter Maxwell Davies’ new piano quartet.

Primrose Piano Quartet As well as Variations on an Air by Burns (see above) and Peter Maxwell Davies’ new piano quartet, this concert in the stately setting of Duff House will also include Fauré’s Piano Quartet in c minor.

Ross Whyte Fog Fog is an audio-visual installation which explores the theme of communication breakdown. Initially inspired by the aphasia of the composer Maurice Ravel, Fog attempts to place the listener in the role of composer through the use of headphones and video.

Tadej Kenig © Domen Hovatin

Primrose Piano Quartet © Richard Hughes

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Slains Castle © Aberdeen City and Shire.

Friday 6 November 1.10pm Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen Free (donations) In association with Institute of Medical Sciences and University of Aberdeen

Friday 6 November 8pm Woodend Barn, Banchory £14, £12 conc, £5 under 16

Friday 6 November 8pm St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen £7, £5 conc

Saturday 7 November 12 noon St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen Free Promoter: Lunchtimes at St Andrews Cathedral

Saturday 7 November 1pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery and Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

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Margaret Preston, flute and Alina Bzhezhinska, harp Including a new work composed by Margaret Preston and Alina Bzhezhinska for sound, the programme will also encompass music by Lutoslawski, Shaposhnikov and Liebermann.

King Creosote and Pictish Trail Innovative singer/songwriter King Creosote returns to sound, accompanied by the immensely talented Pictish Trail (Johnny Lynch). KC’s latest album ‘Flick the V’s’ is an intriguing and kaleidoscopic collection, whilst PT’s debut album, ‘Secret Soundz Vol. 1’, blends folk-tinged acoustic songwriting with a quirky pop sensibility.

Con Anima Evening Land Paul Mealor, director North East Scotland’s finest chamber choir will perform a programme of contemporary Baltic choral music including Arvo Pärt’s The Beatitudes, Cantate Domino, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Pēteris Vasks’ Pater Noster, Per Nørgård’s Aftonland and music by Veljo Tormis.

Geoff Palmer, cello and George Chittenden, organ John Tavener’s Protecting Veil was written in 1987 for Stephen Isserlis, who premiered the work at a BBC Promenade Concert two years later. Geoff Palmer and George Chittenden play the work in a new version for cello and organ in the glorious acoustic of St Andrew’s Cathedral.

Margaret Preston, flute and Alina Bzhezhinska, harp Including a new work composed by Margaret Preston and Alina Bzhezhinska for sound, the programme will also encompass music by Lutoslawski, Shaposhnikov and Liebermann.

Sunday 8 November 2.30pm North East of Scotland Music School, Aberdeen Free (donations: advance booking on 01224 649685)

Donald Hawksworth, piano

Monday 9 November 7.30pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen £10, £5 conc for students, school pupils and those in receipt of unemployment or disability allowance.

Dunedin Consort Singers and Players

A follow-up to last year’s entertainment contrasting old and new styles of composition, this afternoon’s concert will explore more contrasting styles of keyboard music, interspersed with pieces by musicians whose special anniversaries fall this year.

Directors: John Butt and Susan Hamilton This concert showcases the power of music to express love, death and spirituality in a combination of baroque and contemporary music. The programme will include Schutz settings from “Song of Songs”, complementing Errollyn Wallen’s Comfort Me with Apples, a new work commissioned by the Dunedin Consort. J S Bach’s Cantata No.32 and works by Corelli and Schmelzer will close the programme.

Tuesday 10 November 7.45pm Zeste, Crombie Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18 With the support of the PRS Foundation and Scottish Arts Council

Wednesday 11 November 5.15pm King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen Free

Thursday 12 November 12.45pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free Promoter: Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

Thursday 12 November 7.30pm Duff House, Banff £10, £5 under 16 In association with Duff House

Friday 13 November 7.30pm Left Bank, Tarland £5 (limited tickets: advance booking at 013398 81604)

King Creosote © Steve Gullick

Nava Rasa Ensemble Award winning guitarist Simon Thacker leads unique East/West group the Nava Rasa Ensemble to present Inner Octaves, a powerful and innovative programme exploring the meeting of Asian and Western cultures, with music by Indian and Chinese composers who have forged compelling and distinctive voices in the West with their native music as a basis, and two Western composers profoundly influenced by Asian, particularly Indian, music.

Tadej Kenig, clarinet The Slovenian clarinetist plays Adam Scott Neal Petrichor, Robert Scott Thompson Passage for clarinet and electroacoustics (world première), Thea Musgrave Narcisuss for clarinet with digital delay and Pierre Boulez Dialogue de l’ombre double.

Primrose Piano Quartet Commissioned for the Burns celebrations, the programme will include the Scottish première of Variations on an Air by Burns with contributions by composers including James MacMillan, Sally Beamish, Anthony Payne, Piers Hellawell, Peter Fribbens, Jacques Cohen, Julian Jacobson as well as Peter Maxwell Davies’ new piano quartet.

Primrose Piano Quartet As well as Variations on an Air by Burns (see above) and Peter Maxwell Davies’ new piano quartet, this concert in the stately setting of Duff House will also include Fauré’s Piano Quartet in c minor.

Ross Whyte Fog Fog is an audio-visual installation which explores the theme of communication breakdown. Initially inspired by the aphasia of the composer Maurice Ravel, Fog attempts to place the listener in the role of composer through the use of headphones and video.

Tadej Kenig © Domen Hovatin

Primrose Piano Quartet © Richard Hughes

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sound residency Scottish and Italian flautists Richard Craig & Roberto Fabbriciani, Slovenian clarinetist Tadej Kenig and Sri Lankan born British cellist Rohan de Saram will spend four days together rehearsing new works written specifically for them. The Scottish-based composers Pippa Murphy, Oliver Searle, Gareth Williams and Paul Tierney have each written a new piece inspired by works at Aberdeen Art Gallery for any combination of two flutes, clarinet and cello which will be performed by the four musicians in the Art Gallery itself. Bringing these four internationally renowned musicians together for the first time was too good an opportunity to miss, so they will also perform other contemporary works for these combinations at Woodend Barn.

Thursday 12 November 2pm - 4pm Woodend Barn, Banchory Free

Friday 13 November 6pm Repeat performance at 8pm Aberdeen Art Gallery £10, £8 conc, £5 students and under 18 (includes a glass of wine or refreshment) Limited tickets: booking necessary.

In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery.

Experience the process involved in rehearsing new works.

In the presence of composers Pippa Murphy, Oliver Searle, Gareth Williams and Paul Tierney.

Richard Craig & Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello Inspired by works at the Art Gallery, this performance showcases new works written specifically for any combination of two flutes, clarinet and cello by Pippa Murphy, Oliver Searle, Gareth Williams and Paul Tierney.

Art and Music

Sunday 15 November 2pm Woodend Barn, Banchory Free with concert ticket

Pre-concert talk with Miriama Young

In association with Woodend Music Society and Woodend Arts Association

Saturday 14 November 10.30am – 3.30pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Participation £5 With the support of the Aberdeen Endowments Trust

Saturday 14 November 1pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery, Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall and Woodend Arts Association

Commissions funded by the Scottish Arts Council

Friday 13 November 7pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free with concert ticket

Sunday 15 November 3pm Woodend Barn, Banchory £10, £2 for students, under 18 and jobseekers

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Residency Open Rehearsal

Rohan de Saram © Karel Suster

Dr John Morrison from the University of Aberdeen will talk about the art works chosen by the composers and discuss their choices with them.

Dr Miriama Young from the University of Aberdeen will talk about the works in this afternoon’s concert.

With the participation of composers Param Vir and Stephen Davismoon.

Richard Craig & Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello This unique programme will include a world première for two flutes and cello by Stephen Davismoon as well as a new work for solo cello by Param Vir (funded by the Scottish Arts Council). These will be accompanied by a mix of existing works for flutes, clarinet and cello: Scelsi Ko Lho for flute and clarinet, Elliot Carter Enchanted Preludes for flute and cello, Alessandro Solbiati Ibi, bone fabricator! for solo flute (UK première), Kaija Saariaho Oii Ku for bass flute and cello (Scottish première), Scelsi Petite Suite for flute and clarinet and Xenakis Charisma for clarinet and cello.

Saturday 14 November 4pm Migvie Church, Tarland £6, £4 conc With the support of the Astor of Hever Trust

Saturday 14 November 7.30pm Aboyne Community Theatre, Aboyne £10, £8 members, free for under 18

Saturday 14 November 7.30pm Left Bank, Tarland £5 (limited tickets: advance booking on 013398 81604)

Roberto Fabbriciani

Miriama Young © Andrew Haw

Flute and clarinet workshop day with Richard Craig, Roberto Fabbriciani and Tadej Kenig Morning masterclasses with Roberto Fabbriciani, flute, and Tadej Kenig, clarinet, and afternoon workshops with Richard Craig, flute and Tadej Kenig, clarinet. At least Grade 4 standard. Please see sound website for further details and application form.

Rohan de Saram, cello and Suren de Saram, percussion Including the world premières of two new works by Dehliborn, UK resident composer Param Vir, one for solo cello and a second version for solo cello and percussion (funded by the Scottish Arts Council).

Roberto Fabbriciani, flute Bringing an international feel to our annual Migvie concert, the celebrated Italian flautist Roberto Fabbriciani will perform the world première of Luca Lombardi’s Echo de Syrinx, as well as Vivaldi /J. J. Rousseau La Primavera, Hoffmeister Variazioni su temi di Mozart e Haydn, Mercadante Variazioni su “Là ci darem la mano” dal Don Giovanni di W.A. Mozart, Debussy Syrinx, De Lorenzo Sogno futuristico, Varèse Density 21.5, Berislav Šipuš Dick Tracy and the Story of the Sad Young Men, and Piazzolla Etudes tanguistiques n. 3,4,6.

New Oxford Trio New Oxford Trio was formed specifically to give the first performance of Sundry Sketches by Malcolm Pearce which will have its Scottish première here. The programme will also include Jacob Introduction and Allegro and Oboe Sonatina, Handel Tarantella Flute sonata, Erskine (Earl of Kelly) Sonata no. 3, Pepusch Sonata in g minor, Oswald Airs for the Seasons, Vaughan Williams’ arrangement of Greensleeves for flute and piano and Madeleine Dring’s Trio.

Miriama Young Disappearing Lightly, Like That New stories from the wall, new music for live voice This intimate parlour concert features new music for voice.

Music which explores the human voice as a vessel for conveying story and song. The voice will be diffused through a multichannel surround sound system so that the listener is immersed in a tranquil, ambient landscape of song and narrative.

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sound residency Scottish and Italian flautists Richard Craig & Roberto Fabbriciani, Slovenian clarinetist Tadej Kenig and Sri Lankan born British cellist Rohan de Saram will spend four days together rehearsing new works written specifically for them. The Scottish-based composers Pippa Murphy, Oliver Searle, Gareth Williams and Paul Tierney have each written a new piece inspired by works at Aberdeen Art Gallery for any combination of two flutes, clarinet and cello which will be performed by the four musicians in the Art Gallery itself. Bringing these four internationally renowned musicians together for the first time was too good an opportunity to miss, so they will also perform other contemporary works for these combinations at Woodend Barn.

Thursday 12 November 2pm - 4pm Woodend Barn, Banchory Free

Friday 13 November 6pm Repeat performance at 8pm Aberdeen Art Gallery £10, £8 conc, £5 students and under 18 (includes a glass of wine or refreshment) Limited tickets: booking necessary.

In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery.

Experience the process involved in rehearsing new works.

In the presence of composers Pippa Murphy, Oliver Searle, Gareth Williams and Paul Tierney.

Richard Craig & Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello Inspired by works at the Art Gallery, this performance showcases new works written specifically for any combination of two flutes, clarinet and cello by Pippa Murphy, Oliver Searle, Gareth Williams and Paul Tierney.

Art and Music

Sunday 15 November 2pm Woodend Barn, Banchory Free with concert ticket

Pre-concert talk with Miriama Young

In association with Woodend Music Society and Woodend Arts Association

Saturday 14 November 10.30am – 3.30pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Participation £5 With the support of the Aberdeen Endowments Trust

Saturday 14 November 1pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery, Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall and Woodend Arts Association

Commissions funded by the Scottish Arts Council

Friday 13 November 7pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free with concert ticket

Sunday 15 November 3pm Woodend Barn, Banchory £10, £2 for students, under 18 and jobseekers

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Residency Open Rehearsal

Rohan de Saram © Karel Suster

Dr John Morrison from the University of Aberdeen will talk about the art works chosen by the composers and discuss their choices with them.

Dr Miriama Young from the University of Aberdeen will talk about the works in this afternoon’s concert.

With the participation of composers Param Vir and Stephen Davismoon.

Richard Craig & Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes, Tadej Kenig, clarinet and Rohan de Saram, cello This unique programme will include a world première for two flutes and cello by Stephen Davismoon as well as a new work for solo cello by Param Vir (funded by the Scottish Arts Council). These will be accompanied by a mix of existing works for flutes, clarinet and cello: Scelsi Ko Lho for flute and clarinet, Elliot Carter Enchanted Preludes for flute and cello, Alessandro Solbiati Ibi, bone fabricator! for solo flute (UK première), Kaija Saariaho Oii Ku for bass flute and cello (Scottish première), Scelsi Petite Suite for flute and clarinet and Xenakis Charisma for clarinet and cello.

Saturday 14 November 4pm Migvie Church, Tarland £6, £4 conc With the support of the Astor of Hever Trust

Saturday 14 November 7.30pm Aboyne Community Theatre, Aboyne £10, £8 members, free for under 18

Saturday 14 November 7.30pm Left Bank, Tarland £5 (limited tickets: advance booking on 013398 81604)

Roberto Fabbriciani

Miriama Young © Andrew Haw

Flute and clarinet workshop day with Richard Craig, Roberto Fabbriciani and Tadej Kenig Morning masterclasses with Roberto Fabbriciani, flute, and Tadej Kenig, clarinet, and afternoon workshops with Richard Craig, flute and Tadej Kenig, clarinet. At least Grade 4 standard. Please see sound website for further details and application form.

Rohan de Saram, cello and Suren de Saram, percussion Including the world premières of two new works by Dehliborn, UK resident composer Param Vir, one for solo cello and a second version for solo cello and percussion (funded by the Scottish Arts Council).

Roberto Fabbriciani, flute Bringing an international feel to our annual Migvie concert, the celebrated Italian flautist Roberto Fabbriciani will perform the world première of Luca Lombardi’s Echo de Syrinx, as well as Vivaldi /J. J. Rousseau La Primavera, Hoffmeister Variazioni su temi di Mozart e Haydn, Mercadante Variazioni su “Là ci darem la mano” dal Don Giovanni di W.A. Mozart, Debussy Syrinx, De Lorenzo Sogno futuristico, Varèse Density 21.5, Berislav Šipuš Dick Tracy and the Story of the Sad Young Men, and Piazzolla Etudes tanguistiques n. 3,4,6.

New Oxford Trio New Oxford Trio was formed specifically to give the first performance of Sundry Sketches by Malcolm Pearce which will have its Scottish première here. The programme will also include Jacob Introduction and Allegro and Oboe Sonatina, Handel Tarantella Flute sonata, Erskine (Earl of Kelly) Sonata no. 3, Pepusch Sonata in g minor, Oswald Airs for the Seasons, Vaughan Williams’ arrangement of Greensleeves for flute and piano and Madeleine Dring’s Trio.

Miriama Young Disappearing Lightly, Like That New stories from the wall, new music for live voice This intimate parlour concert features new music for voice.

Music which explores the human voice as a vessel for conveying story and song. The voice will be diffused through a multichannel surround sound system so that the listener is immersed in a tranquil, ambient landscape of song and narrative.

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Daniel Padden & The One Ensemble + Sarah Kenchington + Matricarians Featuring music inspired by the story of James Duthie, a profoundly deaf man from near Fraserburgh, who cycled solo on a 3000 mile return trip to the far north of Europe in the early 1950s. Duthie later penned a journal called ‘I Cycled Into The Arctic Circle’ which award winning film maker Matt Hulse has adapted for the screen and will feature the music of the One Ensemble. This special performance will include Super 8mm film projections shot on location in and around Fraserburgh and along the route of Duthie’s trip.

Monday 16 November 11am - 1pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free (advance booking on 01224 272570)

Tadej Kenig, clarinet

Tuesday 17 November 7.45pm King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen Free

Roger B. Williams, organ

Wednesday 18 November 5.15pm King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen Free

Thursday 19 November 12.45pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free In association with Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

The distinguished clarinetist leads a morning masterclass for some of the University of Aberdeen Music Department’s talented young performers.

New music from the Aberdeen Organ Book, including the world première of The King’s Toccata by John McLeod and Toccatas by John Purser and John Hearne.

Thursday 19 November 7.30pm Salmon Bothy, Portsoy £10, £8 conc, £5 under 16 In association with Salmon Bothy, Portsoy

Thursday 19 November 8pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen £7, £5 students, under 18 and jobseekers In association with Le Weekend and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival With the support of the PRS Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation & Scottish Arts Council

Friday 20 November 7.30pm The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen £15 + booking fee

Richard Craig, flute and Karin Hellqvist, violin Flautist Richard Craig is joined by Swedish violinist Karin Hellqvist to present a varied programme of music for flute and violin to include the world première of a new work for violin and piccolo by Evan Johnson as well as music by Berio and Sciarrino.

Mark Tanner, piano and John McLeod, Narrator Programme to include the first performance in Aberdeen of John McLeod’s Haflidi’s Pictures and music by Chopin.

Friday 20 November 8pm Kemnay Church Centre £9, £7 conc, £1 under 16 and full-time students

Saturday 21 November 11am and 2.30pm The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen £5 + booking fee

Daniel Padden & The One Ensemble

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Keith Rowe © David Reid

Richard Craig © Alexander Craig

Richard Craig, flute This recital will include the world première of Oliver Searle’s Mean Tone for solo bass flute, the Scottish première of Toru Takemitsu’s Air, as well as C.P.E Bach Solo Sonata in a minor, Ferroud Trois Pièces, Berio Sequenza I and Stephen Davismoon (this has already) passed / passing for solo bass flute.

Shifting Currents with Bill Thompson, Keith Rowe and Rick Reed

Queens Terrace, Aberdeen © Aberdeen City and Shire.

Sunday 15th November 8pm Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen £6 in advance, £8 on the door

Shifting Currents is an installation and performance created by Bill Thompson from recordings of electro-magnetic fields from Stirling, Aberdeen and Huddersfield. These sounds were used to form a multiple speaker installation of delicate and also harsh, shifting electronic sounds. This constantly evolving sound installation forms a shifting sonic web in which Keith Rowe, Rick Reed and Bill Thompson improvise using live electronics, found objects and field recordings.

An evening with Chemikal Underground Records Chemikal Underground Records is one of Scotland’s most successful independent record labels, established in 1995 by The Delgados, based in Glasgow and responsible for launching artists such as Mogwai, Interpol, Bis, Arab Strap, De Rosa and Aereogramme. This very special show will feature latest signings The Phantom Band, co-founder and former Delgado Emma Pollock, ex-Arab Strap frontman Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs and Martin John Henry of the recently split De Rosa.

Edinburgh Quartet with Jessica Beeston, viola Edward McGuire’s new quintet The Silent Traveller Returns will be featured alongside Beethoven Quartet Op 74 in E flat ‘Harp’ and Mendelssohn Quintet in A Op 18.

Giant The Songbird Giant, the Inclusive Theatre Specialists, join forces with acclaimed composer David Paul Jones, for a unique and innovative development in music theatre for all children aged 8-11 years and their families. Using live music, a language of specially developed ‘sound poetry’ and Giant’s interactive sensory performance techniques, The Songbird is a subtle story with a powerful emotional punch.

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Daniel Padden & The One Ensemble + Sarah Kenchington + Matricarians Featuring music inspired by the story of James Duthie, a profoundly deaf man from near Fraserburgh, who cycled solo on a 3000 mile return trip to the far north of Europe in the early 1950s. Duthie later penned a journal called ‘I Cycled Into The Arctic Circle’ which award winning film maker Matt Hulse has adapted for the screen and will feature the music of the One Ensemble. This special performance will include Super 8mm film projections shot on location in and around Fraserburgh and along the route of Duthie’s trip.

Monday 16 November 11am - 1pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free (advance booking on 01224 272570)

Tadej Kenig, clarinet

Tuesday 17 November 7.45pm King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen Free

Roger B. Williams, organ

Wednesday 18 November 5.15pm King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen Free

Thursday 19 November 12.45pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free In association with Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

The distinguished clarinetist leads a morning masterclass for some of the University of Aberdeen Music Department’s talented young performers.

New music from the Aberdeen Organ Book, including the world première of The King’s Toccata by John McLeod and Toccatas by John Purser and John Hearne.

Thursday 19 November 7.30pm Salmon Bothy, Portsoy £10, £8 conc, £5 under 16 In association with Salmon Bothy, Portsoy

Thursday 19 November 8pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen £7, £5 students, under 18 and jobseekers In association with Le Weekend and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival With the support of the PRS Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation & Scottish Arts Council

Friday 20 November 7.30pm The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen £15 + booking fee

Richard Craig, flute and Karin Hellqvist, violin Flautist Richard Craig is joined by Swedish violinist Karin Hellqvist to present a varied programme of music for flute and violin to include the world première of a new work for violin and piccolo by Evan Johnson as well as music by Berio and Sciarrino.

Mark Tanner, piano and John McLeod, Narrator Programme to include the first performance in Aberdeen of John McLeod’s Haflidi’s Pictures and music by Chopin.

Friday 20 November 8pm Kemnay Church Centre £9, £7 conc, £1 under 16 and full-time students

Saturday 21 November 11am and 2.30pm The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen £5 + booking fee

Daniel Padden & The One Ensemble

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Keith Rowe © David Reid

Richard Craig © Alexander Craig

Richard Craig, flute This recital will include the world première of Oliver Searle’s Mean Tone for solo bass flute, the Scottish première of Toru Takemitsu’s Air, as well as C.P.E Bach Solo Sonata in a minor, Ferroud Trois Pièces, Berio Sequenza I and Stephen Davismoon (this has already) passed / passing for solo bass flute.

Shifting Currents with Bill Thompson, Keith Rowe and Rick Reed

Queens Terrace, Aberdeen © Aberdeen City and Shire.

Sunday 15th November 8pm Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen £6 in advance, £8 on the door

Shifting Currents is an installation and performance created by Bill Thompson from recordings of electro-magnetic fields from Stirling, Aberdeen and Huddersfield. These sounds were used to form a multiple speaker installation of delicate and also harsh, shifting electronic sounds. This constantly evolving sound installation forms a shifting sonic web in which Keith Rowe, Rick Reed and Bill Thompson improvise using live electronics, found objects and field recordings.

An evening with Chemikal Underground Records Chemikal Underground Records is one of Scotland’s most successful independent record labels, established in 1995 by The Delgados, based in Glasgow and responsible for launching artists such as Mogwai, Interpol, Bis, Arab Strap, De Rosa and Aereogramme. This very special show will feature latest signings The Phantom Band, co-founder and former Delgado Emma Pollock, ex-Arab Strap frontman Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs and Martin John Henry of the recently split De Rosa.

Edinburgh Quartet with Jessica Beeston, viola Edward McGuire’s new quintet The Silent Traveller Returns will be featured alongside Beethoven Quartet Op 74 in E flat ‘Harp’ and Mendelssohn Quintet in A Op 18.

Giant The Songbird Giant, the Inclusive Theatre Specialists, join forces with acclaimed composer David Paul Jones, for a unique and innovative development in music theatre for all children aged 8-11 years and their families. Using live music, a language of specially developed ‘sound poetry’ and Giant’s interactive sensory performance techniques, The Songbird is a subtle story with a powerful emotional punch.

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James MacMillan 50th Birthday weekend Friday 20 November 7.30pm Music Hall, Aberdeen £9.50 to £20, £5 for school pupils, £8 standby tickets for full time students, registered unemployed and over 60

Saturday 21 November 10.30am-4.30pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free

Saturday 21 November 12 noon St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen Free

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Piers Lane, piano and Petr Altrichter, conductor This concert begins with the première of music from James MacMillan’s most recent opera The Sacrifice: Three Interludes as well as Mozart Piano Concerto No.22, K482 and Dvořák Symphony No.8.

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Composition Workshop Members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra rehearse five new pieces for string quartet and clarinet by short-listed composers from the University of Aberdeen Music Prize. Composer James MacMillan will lead the workshop.

The Chapel Choir of King’s College A programme of plainchant and music by James MacMillan.

Promoter: Lunchtimes at St Andrews Cathedral

Saturday 21 November 1pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free

In association with

musicprize

Sunday 22 November 11am King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen Free

Sunday 22 November 5pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free (limited tickets: advance booking on 01224 273874 or musicprize@abdn.ac.uk).

Free wine and nibbles between the lecture and concert.

With the support of Buchanan Foods

Sunday 22 November 6.30pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free (limited tickets: advance booking on 01224 273874 or musicprize@abdn.ac.uk)

University New Music Group Featuring works by their director Paul Tierney and James MacMillan.

In association with the BBC SSO

Chapel service In 2009, King’s College Chapel celebrates 500 years since its consecration. As part of the University of Aberdeen Chapel 500 Celebrations, this Sunday service will feature music and preaching by composer James MacMillan.

sound lecture 2009: James MacMillan “Aesthetic plurality and licence in British contemporary music. Is it better here than elsewhere?”

James MacMillan discusses the great strengths of contemporary music in the UK; its plurality of styles and ideas, its openness to every possibility and apparent lack of the ideological straitjackets imposed in mainland Europe.

Referring directly to his own experiences and those of other modern composers, MacMillan takes on those critics who paint British music as conservative and insular, and suggests that Marxist ideology has been a detrimental influence in understanding modernity in music.

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Gala Concert Members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra will perform the five new pieces specifically written by composers Yuko Ohara, David Elliott, Jonas Valfridsson, May-Kay Yau and Hiroshi Nakamura for the Music Prize.

The winner of the prize will be announced by competition judge, James MacMillan, and will receive a £5,000 prize in the form of a commission to write a new piece for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery and Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

Saturday 21 November 6.30pm King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

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Composer Portrait: James MacMillan With the Edinburgh Quartet, the Chapel Choir of King’s College and Roger B. Williams, organ James MacMillan will present a selection of his own music, including the UK première of Who Are These Angels? (co-commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet, sound and De Doelen, Rotterdam, funded by the Scottish Arts Council), Memento for string quartet, The Lamb has come and HB to MB for solo cello.

James MacMillan © Angela Catlin

The Edinburgh Quartet © Marc Marnie

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © John Wood

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James MacMillan 50th Birthday weekend Friday 20 November 7.30pm Music Hall, Aberdeen £9.50 to £20, £5 for school pupils, £8 standby tickets for full time students, registered unemployed and over 60

Saturday 21 November 10.30am-4.30pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free

Saturday 21 November 12 noon St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen Free

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Piers Lane, piano and Petr Altrichter, conductor This concert begins with the première of music from James MacMillan’s most recent opera The Sacrifice: Three Interludes as well as Mozart Piano Concerto No.22, K482 and Dvořák Symphony No.8.

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Composition Workshop Members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra rehearse five new pieces for string quartet and clarinet by short-listed composers from the University of Aberdeen Music Prize. Composer James MacMillan will lead the workshop.

The Chapel Choir of King’s College A programme of plainchant and music by James MacMillan.

Promoter: Lunchtimes at St Andrews Cathedral

Saturday 21 November 1pm Aberdeen Art Gallery Free

In association with

musicprize

Sunday 22 November 11am King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen Free

Sunday 22 November 5pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free (limited tickets: advance booking on 01224 273874 or musicprize@abdn.ac.uk).

Free wine and nibbles between the lecture and concert.

With the support of Buchanan Foods

Sunday 22 November 6.30pm Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Free (limited tickets: advance booking on 01224 273874 or musicprize@abdn.ac.uk)

University New Music Group Featuring works by their director Paul Tierney and James MacMillan.

In association with the BBC SSO

Chapel service In 2009, King’s College Chapel celebrates 500 years since its consecration. As part of the University of Aberdeen Chapel 500 Celebrations, this Sunday service will feature music and preaching by composer James MacMillan.

sound lecture 2009: James MacMillan “Aesthetic plurality and licence in British contemporary music. Is it better here than elsewhere?”

James MacMillan discusses the great strengths of contemporary music in the UK; its plurality of styles and ideas, its openness to every possibility and apparent lack of the ideological straitjackets imposed in mainland Europe.

Referring directly to his own experiences and those of other modern composers, MacMillan takes on those critics who paint British music as conservative and insular, and suggests that Marxist ideology has been a detrimental influence in understanding modernity in music.

University of Aberdeen Music Prize Gala Concert Members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra will perform the five new pieces specifically written by composers Yuko Ohara, David Elliott, Jonas Valfridsson, May-Kay Yau and Hiroshi Nakamura for the Music Prize.

The winner of the prize will be announced by competition judge, James MacMillan, and will receive a £5,000 prize in the form of a commission to write a new piece for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

In association with Aberdeen Art Gallery and Lunchbreak Concerts at Cowdray Hall

Saturday 21 November 6.30pm King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

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Composer Portrait: James MacMillan With the Edinburgh Quartet, the Chapel Choir of King’s College and Roger B. Williams, organ James MacMillan will present a selection of his own music, including the UK première of Who Are These Angels? (co-commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet, sound and De Doelen, Rotterdam, funded by the Scottish Arts Council), Memento for string quartet, The Lamb has come and HB to MB for solo cello.

James MacMillan © Angela Catlin

The Edinburgh Quartet © Marc Marnie

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © John Wood

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Sunday 22 November 8pm Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen Free In association with the Red Note Ensemble and Peacock Visual Arts

Final concert

Other events taking place during sound

Red Note Ensemble

Schools workshops

Garry Walker, conductor To round off the festival, the Red Note Ensemble will perform Ligeti’s Hungarian Rock (arr) and Chamber Concerto as well as John Harris’ For Tom, His Question Answered and Gordon McPherson’s The Waterworks (2009 version).

pianocircus: Keyboard Collective project

Newton Dee Concerts Newton Dee is a Camphill community in Bieldside, Aberdeen. During sound they will be hosting two concerts at their own venue, the Phoenix Hall.

■■ Friday 30th October at 7.30pm: Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano

During sound the following musicians and composers will lead workshops in schools: Richard Craig, Pippa Murphy, the Primrose Quartet, Oliver Searle and Gareth Williams. For more details please see our website: www.sound-scotland.co.uk or contact info@sound-scotland.co.uk.

Please note that there will also be reduced price tickets for many performances for school children.

sound is collaborating with pianocircus on this exciting six-month education project.

Keyboard Collective is designed for secondary school pupils to develop compositional and ensemble skills for multiple keyboards. It aims to reinvigorate classroom practice with new approaches to keyboard use and technology. Five schools will be involved - two from Aberdeenshire and the Highlands, and one from Aberdeen City. The project will start with a performance at the Beach Ballroom on the 28th October, will involve workshops and mentoring sessions over 6 months, and will finish with a final performance in May 2010.

With the support of Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, the Educational Institute of Scotland, Gordon Fraser Trust, The Highland Council, Music Nairn, PRS Foundation and the University of Aberdeen.

■■ Friday 13th November at 7.30pm: Primrose Piano Quartet

Post-festival events Thursday 26 November 11am-1pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free

Friday 27 November 7.45pm Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

Monday 30 November Inverurie Town Hall, Inverurie For the full programme and ticket information visit www.aberdeenshirearts.org.uk

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Esther Lamneck and Elizabeth McNutt Clarinet and Flute Masterclass The distinguished flautist and clarinetist lead a morning masterclass for some of the University of Aberdeen Music Department’s talented young players.

Creative Identities

Peacock Visual Arts This year during sound, sonic artists Claire Singer, Bill Thompson, Patrick Keenan and Ross Whyte, will collaborate with groups of young people from Aberdeen city in a series of exciting experimental music based workshops. Participants will have the chance to try their hand at circuit bending, take part in improv sessions, and create compositions based on sounds collected from found objects. The workshops are supported by Peacock Visual Arts and Creative Identities. Some will be open to the public and free. www.peacockvisualarts.co.uk for more details.

Creative Identities is an 18 month programme funded by the Scottish Government’s Cashback for Communities initiative.

Using £1.2 million from the proceeds of crime it is managed in partnership with Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council.

The Tornado Project Flute, clarinet & interactive computer programs The Tornado Project, performed by two of America’s most distinguished performers, is a series of compositions for flute, clarinet and interactive computer programs by such composers as Ricardo Climent, Eric Lyon, Paul Wilson, Robert Rowe and Andrew May.

Land of the Standing Stones with Paul Anderson, James Clapperton, Edinburgh Quartet, Old Blind Dogs, Claire Singer and Aberdeenshire’s Music Centre Youth Orchestra, Youth Pipes and Drums, Saxophone Ensemble and Jazz Band.

In celebration of the landscape, music and cultural traditions of the north east, Aberdeenshire Council has commissioned a new work from composer and renowned fiddle payer Paul Anderson as a musical contribution to the Homecoming 2009 celebrations.

The work, Land of the Standing Stones, will be performed in a St Andrew’s Night concert, along with arrangements of the tune in a variety of musical genres by composers James Clapperton, John Hearne, Claire Singer, Roger Williams, Justin Brook, Robert Aitken and Jonny Hardie. There will also be a performance of a new work by Bill Thompson.

Left Bank Residency: Lisa O’Brien

9th to 14th November “As sound is time based or durational it is tied to space and therefore place. It is the indivisible aspect of time and place and their contribution to a precise conciousness which intrigues me. By juxtaposing sound and image, not always using matching field recordings and real time, I want to draw attention to temporality, to question realities, to take time to experience fleeting moments and their universal qualities.

Sound and visual are of equal importance in my work, I want them to comment on each other and present shifting perspectives. And by interrupting the natural link between sound and image I want to try and raise the viewer’s awareness that they are not the centre of the piece. Exposing the construction of some pieces is an attempt to suggest an alternative reality to the viewer.”

Left Bank, Tarland | Free

Pippa Murphy Pathfinder

28th October to 22nd November Pathfinder is a radiophonic composition exploring and investigating the musical community within its rural and isolated communities in and around Aberdeen. Based on a series of interviews with a number of professional, semi-professional and amateur individuals, Pathfinder raises awareness of the difficulties and pressures musicians face in developing and maintaining their creative skills locally and the ways in which our citizens are engaged culturally.

Commissioned by Aberdeenshire Council, in partnership with the University of Aberdeen’s Music Department, Pathfinder is a creative consultation pilot project in support of The Cultural Pathfinder Project for Aberdeen City and Shire.

Lang Byre Gallery, Woodend Barn, Banchory | Free

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Sunday 22 November 8pm Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen Free In association with the Red Note Ensemble and Peacock Visual Arts

Final concert

Other events taking place during sound

Red Note Ensemble

Schools workshops

Garry Walker, conductor To round off the festival, the Red Note Ensemble will perform Ligeti’s Hungarian Rock (arr) and Chamber Concerto as well as John Harris’ For Tom, His Question Answered and Gordon McPherson’s The Waterworks (2009 version).

pianocircus: Keyboard Collective project

Newton Dee Concerts Newton Dee is a Camphill community in Bieldside, Aberdeen. During sound they will be hosting two concerts at their own venue, the Phoenix Hall.

■■ Friday 30th October at 7.30pm: Irene Drummond, soprano and Alasdair Beatson, piano

During sound the following musicians and composers will lead workshops in schools: Richard Craig, Pippa Murphy, the Primrose Quartet, Oliver Searle and Gareth Williams. For more details please see our website: www.sound-scotland.co.uk or contact info@sound-scotland.co.uk.

Please note that there will also be reduced price tickets for many performances for school children.

sound is collaborating with pianocircus on this exciting six-month education project.

Keyboard Collective is designed for secondary school pupils to develop compositional and ensemble skills for multiple keyboards. It aims to reinvigorate classroom practice with new approaches to keyboard use and technology. Five schools will be involved - two from Aberdeenshire and the Highlands, and one from Aberdeen City. The project will start with a performance at the Beach Ballroom on the 28th October, will involve workshops and mentoring sessions over 6 months, and will finish with a final performance in May 2010.

With the support of Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, the Educational Institute of Scotland, Gordon Fraser Trust, The Highland Council, Music Nairn, PRS Foundation and the University of Aberdeen.

■■ Friday 13th November at 7.30pm: Primrose Piano Quartet

Post-festival events Thursday 26 November 11am-1pm MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Free

Friday 27 November 7.45pm Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18

Monday 30 November Inverurie Town Hall, Inverurie For the full programme and ticket information visit www.aberdeenshirearts.org.uk

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Esther Lamneck and Elizabeth McNutt Clarinet and Flute Masterclass The distinguished flautist and clarinetist lead a morning masterclass for some of the University of Aberdeen Music Department’s talented young players.

Creative Identities

Peacock Visual Arts This year during sound, sonic artists Claire Singer, Bill Thompson, Patrick Keenan and Ross Whyte, will collaborate with groups of young people from Aberdeen city in a series of exciting experimental music based workshops. Participants will have the chance to try their hand at circuit bending, take part in improv sessions, and create compositions based on sounds collected from found objects. The workshops are supported by Peacock Visual Arts and Creative Identities. Some will be open to the public and free. www.peacockvisualarts.co.uk for more details.

Creative Identities is an 18 month programme funded by the Scottish Government’s Cashback for Communities initiative.

Using £1.2 million from the proceeds of crime it is managed in partnership with Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council.

The Tornado Project Flute, clarinet & interactive computer programs The Tornado Project, performed by two of America’s most distinguished performers, is a series of compositions for flute, clarinet and interactive computer programs by such composers as Ricardo Climent, Eric Lyon, Paul Wilson, Robert Rowe and Andrew May.

Land of the Standing Stones with Paul Anderson, James Clapperton, Edinburgh Quartet, Old Blind Dogs, Claire Singer and Aberdeenshire’s Music Centre Youth Orchestra, Youth Pipes and Drums, Saxophone Ensemble and Jazz Band.

In celebration of the landscape, music and cultural traditions of the north east, Aberdeenshire Council has commissioned a new work from composer and renowned fiddle payer Paul Anderson as a musical contribution to the Homecoming 2009 celebrations.

The work, Land of the Standing Stones, will be performed in a St Andrew’s Night concert, along with arrangements of the tune in a variety of musical genres by composers James Clapperton, John Hearne, Claire Singer, Roger Williams, Justin Brook, Robert Aitken and Jonny Hardie. There will also be a performance of a new work by Bill Thompson.

Left Bank Residency: Lisa O’Brien

9th to 14th November “As sound is time based or durational it is tied to space and therefore place. It is the indivisible aspect of time and place and their contribution to a precise conciousness which intrigues me. By juxtaposing sound and image, not always using matching field recordings and real time, I want to draw attention to temporality, to question realities, to take time to experience fleeting moments and their universal qualities.

Sound and visual are of equal importance in my work, I want them to comment on each other and present shifting perspectives. And by interrupting the natural link between sound and image I want to try and raise the viewer’s awareness that they are not the centre of the piece. Exposing the construction of some pieces is an attempt to suggest an alternative reality to the viewer.”

Left Bank, Tarland | Free

Pippa Murphy Pathfinder

28th October to 22nd November Pathfinder is a radiophonic composition exploring and investigating the musical community within its rural and isolated communities in and around Aberdeen. Based on a series of interviews with a number of professional, semi-professional and amateur individuals, Pathfinder raises awareness of the difficulties and pressures musicians face in developing and maintaining their creative skills locally and the ways in which our citizens are engaged culturally.

Commissioned by Aberdeenshire Council, in partnership with the University of Aberdeen’s Music Department, Pathfinder is a creative consultation pilot project in support of The Cultural Pathfinder Project for Aberdeen City and Shire.

Lang Byre Gallery, Woodend Barn, Banchory | Free

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Ticket and Venue Information Tickets can either be bought through Aberdeen Box Office or, in some cases, directly at the venue (in which case telephone numbers are provided below).

Aberdeen Box Office In person at the Music Hall or His Majesty’s Theatre, 9.30am-6pm, Monday to Saturday, or at The Lemon Tree 10am-4pm, 7 days a week.

By phone 01224 641122, 9.30am-6pm, Monday to Saturday.

Online 24/7 at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com Aberdeen Art Gallery Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Aboyne Community Theatre Aboyne Academy, Bridgeview Road, Aboyne AB34 5JN 01339 886222 Beach Ballroom The Esplanade, Aberdeen AB24 5NR citymoves studio Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Cowdray Hall Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Duff House Banff AB45 3SX 01261 818181 Elphinstone Hall The University of Aberdeen, King Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX Huntly Hotel 18, The Square, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB54 8BR

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The Lemon Tree 5 West North Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AT

Travel and Accommodation

Left Bank 5 Bridge Street, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, AB34 4YN 013398 81603

Travel information

MacRobert Building The University of Aberdeen, King Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX Migvie Church Migvie, Tarland, Aberdeenshire 01330 825431 Monymusk Arts Centre Monymusk, Aberdeenshire AB51 7HJ The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh, AB43 9DU Music Hall Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS

by rail There is an overnight sleeper service from London to Aberdeen, hourly trains from Glasgow and Edinburgh or direct services from London, Birmingham, Plymouth, Newcastle, York. www.scotrail.co.uk www.nationalrail.co.uk by road Aberdeen is accessible by road from Edinburgh or Glasgow in around two and a half hours. From Glasgow take the M8/ M80-A80/M9-A9 north to Perth or from Edinburgh the A90-M90 north to Perth, and then the A90 trunk road to Aberdeen.

Alternatively from Perth, take the more scenic A93 over Glenshee and via Braemar.

by air Aberdeen Airport is situated 7 miles north west of the city. It is served by flights from throughout the UK, including daily flights to and from London, as well as international destinations such as Amsterdam, Dublin, Esbjerg, Paris and Stavanger.

Aberdeen Airport Tel. +44 (0) 1224 722331 www.aberdeenairport.com

Hotels We are pleased to be associated with the Aberdeen Douglas Hotel to offer reduced price hotel rooms from Thursdays to Sundays during the festival.

Single Room

£45.00

B&B

Twin/Double Room

£60.00

B&B

Please contact: reservations@aberdeendouglas.com.

Nairn Community Centre King Street, Nairn IV12 4BQ Newton Dee Community Bieldside, Aberdeen, AB15 9DX North East of Scotland Music School 21 Huntly Street, Aberdeen AB10 1TJ Peacock Visual Arts 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen AB11 5BQ Salmon Bothy Links Road, Portsoy, Banff AB45 2SS 01261 842951 St Andrew’s Cathedral 28 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AX St Machar’s Cathedral The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, AB24 1RQ Suttie Centre Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

Institute of Medical Sciences The University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

The Tunnels Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen AB10 1BF

Kemnay Church Centre Church Lane, Kemnay, Inverurie, AB51 5QP

Woodend Barn Banchory AB31 5QA 01330 825431

King’s College Chapel The University of Aberdeen, High Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX

Zeste Crombie Hall, The University of Aberdeen, High Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX

The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh

Salmon Bothy, Portsoy

Migvie Church, Tarland

sound, an initiative of Woodend Arts Association in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, operates largely as a network of local and some national organisations. The 2009 network also includes Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen Chamber Music Club, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Banchory Academy, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, citymoves, DanceLive, Deveron Arts, Duff House, Interesting Music Promotions, Inverurie Music, Left Bank, The Lemon Tree, Lunchbreaks at Cowdray Hall, Monymusk Arts Trust, Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Music Nairn, Newton Dee Community, North East of Scotland Music School, Peacock Visual Arts, Portsoy Salmon Bothy, Red Note Ensemble, Strathdee Music Club, University of Aberdeen Music Prize and Woodend Music Society. sound gratefully acknowledges the support of the following: Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeen Endowments Trust, Astor of Hever Trust, David Gordon Memorial Trust, Educational Institute of Scotland, Gordon Fraser Trust, Hugh Fraser Foundation, Leche Trust, PRS Foundation, RVW Trust, Scottish Arts Council and the University of Aberdeen.

Events in the brochure reflect our programme as of July 09. This is subject to change and more events may be added. For current programme details and updates please see: www.sound-scotland.co.uk If you’d like to be on our mailing list and receive updated information, please email us at: info@sound-scotland.co.uk or write to sound, c/o Woodend Barn, Banchory AB31 5QA (tel: 01330 825431).

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Ticket and Venue Information Tickets can either be bought through Aberdeen Box Office or, in some cases, directly at the venue (in which case telephone numbers are provided below).

Aberdeen Box Office In person at the Music Hall or His Majesty’s Theatre, 9.30am-6pm, Monday to Saturday, or at The Lemon Tree 10am-4pm, 7 days a week.

By phone 01224 641122, 9.30am-6pm, Monday to Saturday.

Online 24/7 at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com Aberdeen Art Gallery Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Aboyne Community Theatre Aboyne Academy, Bridgeview Road, Aboyne AB34 5JN 01339 886222 Beach Ballroom The Esplanade, Aberdeen AB24 5NR citymoves studio Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Cowdray Hall Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Duff House Banff AB45 3SX 01261 818181 Elphinstone Hall The University of Aberdeen, King Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX Huntly Hotel 18, The Square, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB54 8BR

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The Lemon Tree 5 West North Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AT

Travel and Accommodation

Left Bank 5 Bridge Street, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, AB34 4YN 013398 81603

Travel information

MacRobert Building The University of Aberdeen, King Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX Migvie Church Migvie, Tarland, Aberdeenshire 01330 825431 Monymusk Arts Centre Monymusk, Aberdeenshire AB51 7HJ The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh, AB43 9DU Music Hall Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS

by rail There is an overnight sleeper service from London to Aberdeen, hourly trains from Glasgow and Edinburgh or direct services from London, Birmingham, Plymouth, Newcastle, York. www.scotrail.co.uk www.nationalrail.co.uk by road Aberdeen is accessible by road from Edinburgh or Glasgow in around two and a half hours. From Glasgow take the M8/ M80-A80/M9-A9 north to Perth or from Edinburgh the A90-M90 north to Perth, and then the A90 trunk road to Aberdeen.

Alternatively from Perth, take the more scenic A93 over Glenshee and via Braemar.

by air Aberdeen Airport is situated 7 miles north west of the city. It is served by flights from throughout the UK, including daily flights to and from London, as well as international destinations such as Amsterdam, Dublin, Esbjerg, Paris and Stavanger.

Aberdeen Airport Tel. +44 (0) 1224 722331 www.aberdeenairport.com

Hotels We are pleased to be associated with the Aberdeen Douglas Hotel to offer reduced price hotel rooms from Thursdays to Sundays during the festival.

Single Room

£45.00

B&B

Twin/Double Room

£60.00

B&B

Please contact: reservations@aberdeendouglas.com.

Nairn Community Centre King Street, Nairn IV12 4BQ Newton Dee Community Bieldside, Aberdeen, AB15 9DX North East of Scotland Music School 21 Huntly Street, Aberdeen AB10 1TJ Peacock Visual Arts 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen AB11 5BQ Salmon Bothy Links Road, Portsoy, Banff AB45 2SS 01261 842951 St Andrew’s Cathedral 28 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AX St Machar’s Cathedral The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, AB24 1RQ Suttie Centre Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

Institute of Medical Sciences The University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

The Tunnels Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen AB10 1BF

Kemnay Church Centre Church Lane, Kemnay, Inverurie, AB51 5QP

Woodend Barn Banchory AB31 5QA 01330 825431

King’s College Chapel The University of Aberdeen, High Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX

Zeste Crombie Hall, The University of Aberdeen, High Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX

The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh

Salmon Bothy, Portsoy

Migvie Church, Tarland

sound, an initiative of Woodend Arts Association in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, operates largely as a network of local and some national organisations. The 2009 network also includes Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen Chamber Music Club, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Banchory Academy, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, citymoves, DanceLive, Deveron Arts, Duff House, Interesting Music Promotions, Inverurie Music, Left Bank, The Lemon Tree, Lunchbreaks at Cowdray Hall, Monymusk Arts Trust, Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Music Nairn, Newton Dee Community, North East of Scotland Music School, Peacock Visual Arts, Portsoy Salmon Bothy, Red Note Ensemble, Strathdee Music Club, University of Aberdeen Music Prize and Woodend Music Society. sound gratefully acknowledges the support of the following: Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeen Endowments Trust, Astor of Hever Trust, David Gordon Memorial Trust, Educational Institute of Scotland, Gordon Fraser Trust, Hugh Fraser Foundation, Leche Trust, PRS Foundation, RVW Trust, Scottish Arts Council and the University of Aberdeen.

Events in the brochure reflect our programme as of July 09. This is subject to change and more events may be added. For current programme details and updates please see: www.sound-scotland.co.uk If you’d like to be on our mailing list and receive updated information, please email us at: info@sound-scotland.co.uk or write to sound, c/o Woodend Barn, Banchory AB31 5QA (tel: 01330 825431).

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