Concerts
Scottish Ensemble
Sunday 14th August
Brodick Hall, 7.30pm
Bach’s Goldberg Variations.‘The Goldberg Variations are, in short, music which observes neither end nor beginning’ Glenn Gould
Peer under the bonnet of one of the most celebrated pieces of music ever written as Scottish Ensemble presents Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Whether or not they were written for an insomniac is a question of much debate, but what we do know, from the composer himself, is that this aria and variations had ambitions to provide a ‘refreshment of the spirit’ – no matter what time of day or night they are heard. In this arrangement for an intimate group of three musicians, you will both hear and see the individual strands of this complex piece come to life. We hope you too feel uplifted by the precision, complexity, and teamwork in this fascinating interpretation of a piece which sits right at the heart of Scottish Ensemble’s most-loved repertoire. More here.
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Scozzesi
Friday 2nd September
Arran High School Theatre in Lamlash, 7.30pm
An exciting male vocal ensemble (quartet or octet) of professional, classically trained singers plus accompanist, Scozzesi (italian for Scottish men) are the latest word in posh boy bands! Programme includes: Nessun dorma, Turandot, Puccini Gloire immortelle, Faust, Gounod Au fond du temple saint, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Bizet Cantique de Jean Racine, Fauré arr DJ Clark Una furtiva lagrima, L’Elisir d’Amore, Donizetti The Piper o’ Dundee, arr DJ Clark When I get Older, Lennon and McCartney This Nearly Was Mine, South Pacific, Rodgers and HammersteinMore here.
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Sasha Savaloni
Saturday 15th October
Brodick Hall. 7.30pm
Classical guitarist Sasha Savaloni is the 1st prize winner of the prestigious Sevilla International Guitar Competition in 2018. Sasha is a lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is also pursuing a Doctoral degree at the RCS focusing on performance of Schubert’s music on guitar. More here.BOOK TICKETS ONLINE
Kwon Lim Duo
Saturday 12th November
Arran High School Theatre in Lamlash, 7.30pm
Cello and Piano.Born in South Korea in 1995, cellist Waynne Kwon and pianist Victor Lim met while studying for Postgraduate Diplomas at the Royal Northern College of Music. They formed the Kwon-Lim Duo and became the worthy recipients of a prestigious Tunnell Trust Award to perform a tour of Scotland in 2021-22.
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Please support us
Good audiences support our application for funding from Enterprise Music Scotland (EMS), which we make annually. Funding from EMS subsidises a large part of our programme, but if audience numbers dwindle, so also will the funds from EMS dwindle. So please come as often as you can. You can help us by...
- ...making a donation or giving a raffle prize
- ...becoming a sponsor or advertising in our programme for £50 per season
- ...helping to get new people to come along
- ...bringing friends to our next concert
Please speak to one of the Committee: Sandra Bentley, Heather Gough, Jane Howe, Jan MacGregor, Hilary Maguire, Alice Maxwell, Carol Wicketstead. Assisted by Joni Keen. Or email us at contact@arranmusic.co.uk. Or use our contact form.
Arran Theatre and Arts Trust is an umbrella organisation for Music Arran, Arran Open Studios, Arran Arts Resource, Arts Forward, Arran On Film and the McLellan Arts Festival. Its aims, in partnership with other organisations on the island, are to foster the visual, literary and performing arts on Arran, further opportunities for professionals in the arts, create experiences which raise skills, awareness and improve access at community level, develop opportunities for young people and encourage new work both on Arran and beyond through the annual McLellan Poetry Award and the McLellan Arts Festival.