north east scotland’s festival of new music 27TH october - 28TH november
2007 www.sound-scotland.co.uk
“...the sound festival is already established as an impressive and important strand in Scotland’s musical calendar. It is developing real muscle and growing sharp teeth. Long may it continue.” Michael Tumelty, The Herald.
Time 1pm 7.30pm 3pm 5pm 8pm 5.30pm 7.30pm 1.10pm 5.15pm 12.45pm 6pm 7.45pm 10am-4pm 12pm 1pm 8pm 3pm 4.30pm 7.45pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 8.30pm 1.10pm 8pm 12.45pm 7pm 7.45pm 12pm
Place Aberdeen Aberdeen Monymusk Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Banchory Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Banchory Ballater Aberdeen Elgin Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Kemnay Aberdeen Banff Aberdeen Aberdeen
Event University New Music Group Shadow with Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith & Philip Smith Sandra Porter & Graeme McNaught Improvisation event Thomas Strønen, percussion + support Rohan de Saram, cello Mr McFall’s Chamber *Student pm concert Simon Thacker, guitar Noriko Kawai, piano Françoise Barrière Rohan de Saram, cello & Noriko Kawai, piano Composers’ workshop day *St Andrew’s lunchtime concert Veronika Toth & Scott Dickinson, violas Fred Frith + Jasper Leyland Hebrides Ensemble Ivan Ilić, piano Con Anima Chamber Choir Ivan Ilić, piano Morten Lauridsen Composer Portrait Black Lips *Student pm concert Ivan Ilić, piano Margaret Preston, flute & Joseph Long, piano Ephyra Duo Paella *St Andrew’s lunchtime concert
Evelyn Glennie. Photograph by J. Wilson © / EG Images.
Date Saturday 27th Oct Saturday 27th Oct Sunday 28th Oct Sunday 28th Oct Monday 29th Oct Tuesday 30th Oct Tuesday 30th Oct Wednesday 31st Oct Wednesday 31st Oct Thursday 1st Nov Thursday 1st Nov Friday 2nd Nov Saturday 3rd Nov Saturday 3rd Nov Saturday 3rd Nov Saturday 3rd Nov Sunday 4th Nov Sunday 4th Nov Sunday 4th Nov Monday 5th Nov Tuesday 6th Nov Tuesday 6th Nov Wednesday 7th Nov Wednesday 7th Nov Thursday 8th Nov Thursday 8th Nov Friday 9th Nov Saturday 10th Nov
Ephyra
Performances at a glance...
Saturday 17th Nov Saturday 17th Nov Saturday 17th Nov Saturday 17th Nov Sunday 18th Nov Sunday 18th Nov Monday 19th Nov Tuesday 20th Nov Wednesday 21st Nov Wednesday 21st Nov Wednesday 21st Nov Thursday 22nd Nov Thursday 22nd Nov Friday 23rd Nov Friday 23rd Nov Saturday 24th Nov Saturday 24th Nov Sunday 25th Nov Sunday 25th Nov Monday 26th Nov Tuesday 27th Nov Wednesday 28th Nov Wednesday 28th Nov Wednesday 28th Nov
12pm 1pm 4pm 7.30pm 2pm 3pm 6pm 7.45pm 1.10pm 5.15pm 8pm 12.45pm 8pm 5.30pm 7.30pm 12pm 1pm 2.30pm 3pm 6pm 8pm 1.10pm 5.15pm 8pm
Aberdeen Aberdeen Tarland Aboyne Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Monymusk Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen
Event Aberdeen City Music School Ephyra Trio & Andy Scott, saxophone Marcia Blane School for Girls + Black Affair + Erstlaub Bingham Quartet University Choral Society and Chamber Orchestra Sacconi Quartet John Kenny, trombones & carnyx Reeling and Writhing: Only the Men *Student pm concert Powerplant Edinburgh Quartet Embracing the Unknown The Pictish Trail & The Fence Collective + Jo Foster John Kenny, trombones, Joby Burgess, percussion & University of Aberdeen Balinese Gamelan *St Andrew’s lunchtime concert new noise John Kenny, trombones & Hugh Webb, harp Harry Kerr, violin & Eleni Mavroumastaki, piano Singing the music of James MacMillan Donald Hawksworth, organ The Death of Klinghoffer Roger B. Williams, organ *Student pm concert Richard Craig, flute Damon and Naomi with Michio Kurihara + Adrian Crowley + Picastro Altering images - new sounds in new spaces Paul Tierney, baritone & Roger B. Williams, piano Cappella Nova BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra *St Andrew’s lunchtime concert Richard Craig, flute Donald Hawksworth, piano Ruth Morley, flute & Scott Mitchell, piano scènes, rendez-vous Howlin’ Rain + guests *Student pm concert University New Music Group Rhodri Davies & Mark Wastell + support
* For information on Wednesday pm student concerts and St Andrew’s Saturday lunchtime concerts, please see page 10. Workshops, Masterclasses and Talks are also on page 10.
Fred Frith. Photograph by Heike Liss.
Place Aberdeen Banchory Aberdeen Banchory Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Banchory Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen Banchory Aberdeen Aberdeen
Joby Burgess
Time 1pm 8pm 8pm 3pm 7.45pm 7.30pm 5.30pm 7.30pm 1.10pm 8pm 12.45pm 7.45pm 8pm 9pm
Thomas Strønen
Date Saturday 10th Nov Saturday 10th Nov Saturday 10th Nov Sunday 11th Nov Sunday 11th Nov Monday 12th Nov Tuesday 13th Nov Tuesday 13th Nov Wednesday 14th Nov Wednesday 14th Nov Thursday 15th Nov Thursday 15th Nov Friday 16th Nov Friday 16th Nov
Saturday 27th October 1pm University New Music Group
Sunday 28th October 5pm Improvisation with Fred Frith
Wednesday 31st October 5.15pm Simon Thacker, guitar
Saturday 27th October 7.30pm Shadow with Evelyn Glennie, percussion, Fred Frith, guitar & Philip Smith, piano
Monday 29th October 8pm Thomas Strønen, percussion + support
Thursday 1st November 12.45pm Noriko Kawai, piano
Come and enjoy the first of our lunchtime concerts in the beautiful setting of the atrium of the Art Gallery. Aberdeen Art Gallery Admission free
Shadow is truly a one-of-a-kind, both physical and dynamic experience between one of the great improvisers of our time, the guitarist Fred Frith, pianist Philip Smith and the world’s first full-time solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. The performance will entail a dazzling and freewheeling soundscape of musical artistry creating a totally unique audience experience of improvisation. Music Hall, Aberdeen Tickets: £30, £22, £17, £10. Conc available. To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Sat 27th & Sun 28th October Weekend of improvisation workshops with guitarist and improviser, Fred Frith (Supported by the Aberdeen Endowments Trust and the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust) Please see website for more details and contact info@sound-scotland.co.uk if you are interested in taking part. Participation charge: £25, £15 students MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen
Sunday 28th October 3pm Sandra Porter, mezzo soprano & Graeme McNaught, piano
Programme to include songs by Martin Dalby, Thomas Wilson, Edward McGuire & Ronald Stevenson. Monymusk Arts Trust, Monymusk Tickets: £8, £6 conc To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Following a weekend of workshops with Fred Frith, the participating musicians will take part in an improvisation event open to the general public. MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free
Thomas Strønen is a melodic type of drummer who focuses on large forms, sounds and communication, playing both acoustic music and a set up with live electronics such as samplers and sound effects. Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen Tickets: £5 on the door
Tuesday 30th October 5.30pm Rohan de Saram, cello
Bach Suite No 3 in C major, Isang Yun Glisees, Ligeti Sonata Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Tuesday 30th October 7.30pm Borrowed and Blue Mr McFall’s Chamber
Recycled Grieg fragments and contemporary jazz provide the focus for this programme, given by the ever eclectic Mr McFall’s Chamber. Including world premieres by Scottish composer James Clapperton and Norwegian composer and percussionist Thomas Strønen, as well as pure Grieg for piano and strings. Pre-concert talk by James Clapperton at 7pm. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Tickets £7.50, £5 conc, £2 for students & children. To book 01224 642230 or www.lemontree.org (STBF)
Kenneth Dempster Sanctum, Nigel Osborne After Night, Nigel Westlake Hinchinbrook Riffs for guitar and digital delay, Shirish Korde Time Grids for amplified guitar and computer synthesized tape (1988) MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
James Dillon The Book of Elements Volume 3, Schumann Kinderszenen, Skryabin Two Etudes Op.8 Nos. 8 & 12 Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Admission free
Thursday 1st November 6pm Françoise Barrière
This pioneer of French electroacoustic music formed the Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges with her colleague Christian Clozier in the 70s, and has had a huge influence on the composition and performance of electroacoustic music as well as on contemporary styles and genres. Tonight’s performance will include works by herself and Clozier as well as performances of works by composers associated with Bourges, including Kalimba by Diana Simpson, Power Tools by Adrian Moore, and a new work by Pete Stollery commissioned by IMEB (world premiere). Picture Gallery, Marischal College, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Friday 2nd November 7.45pm Rohan de Saram, cello & Noriko Kawai, piano
(Commission supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council) Morton Feldman Durations II (1960), James Dillon The Hesperides for cello and piano (world premiere), Grieg Sonata for cello and piano. Woodend Barn, Banchory Tickets: £10, £7.50 conc & WMS members, £2 students & over 12s, free for 12 & under To book: 01330 825431
Saturday 3rd November 1pm Veronika Toth & Scott Dickinson, violas
Sunday 4th November 7.45pm Con Anima Chamber Choir,
Andrew Morrisson, organ & Paul Mealor, conductor Tallis Rising from the bed of death, Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna, Paul Mealor Lux Benigna, Byrd Mass in Five Parts St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen Tickets: £7.50, £5 conc, £2 students & children To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Monday 5th November 7.30pm Ivan Ilić, piano
This Saturday’s Art Gallery lunchtime concert programme is uniquely composed of works for viola: Nigel Osborne Transformations, Magnus Robb Skyn, György Kurtág Jelek (Signs) Op. 5, Stravinsky Elegie, George Benjamin Viola, Viola Aberdeen Art Gallery Admission free
To include new works by Keeril Makan and John Hearne, as well as works by Bach, Liszt, Debussy and Chopin. Gordonstoun School (South Room), Duffus, Elgin Tickets: £10, £5 students & children. To book: 01343 837895
Saturday 3rd November doors 8pm Fred Frith + Jasper Leyland
Tuesday 6th November 7.45pm Morten Lauridsen Composer Portrait
Probably best-known for his guitar work, Fred Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-garde rock group Henry Cow. For more than thirty years now he has situated himself in the area where rock music and new music meet. The Tunnels, Carnegie’s Brae, Aberdeen Tickets: £6 on the door
Sunday 4th November 3pm Hebrides Ensemble
(Commission supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council) Programme to include Leighton Fantasy on American Hymn Tune, Fred Frith Water Stories (world premiere), Lyall Cresswell Atta, Bartok Contrasts Woodend Barn, Banchory Tickets: £10, £7.50 conc & WMS members, £2 students & over 12s, free for 12s & under To book: 01330 825431
Mr McFall’s Chamber
Darroch Learg Hotel, Ballater
Con Anima Chamber Choir, conducted by Paul Mealor The American composer, Morten Lauridsen has created some of the most beautiful music for choirs. In this concert he will discuss some of the inspiration behind his deeply moving, spiritually uplifting music. Performances of his music will be given by Con Anima Chamber Choir. King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen Tickets: £5, £3 conc, £2 students & children To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Noriko Kawai. Photograph by Xavi M. Miró.
(Supported by the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust) A day for everyone interested in composing. Our guest composers will lead workshops on a variety of subjects, and will also provide limited one-to-one sessions. The day will conclude with an exciting improvisation session between Fred Frith, guitar and Rohan de Saram, cello at 3.15pm. All welcome! Please check our website for further details nearer the time: www.sound-scotland.co.uk MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations) Pre-booking for one-to-one sessions essential. To take part please contact info@sound-scotland.co.uk
Sunday 4th November 4:30 pm Ivan Ilić, piano
James Dillon. Photograph by Dylan Collard.
Saturday 3rd November 10am-4pm Composers’ workshop day
Tuesday 6th November doors 8.30pm Black Lips Self-described “flower punks”, Southern garage-punk band The Black Lips are one of the US underground’s most talked about bands, having been banned from numerous venues for their wild live shows, as well as releasing a multitude of sell-out albums and 7 inches on different underground garage labels. The fun these guys have is hard to hide either live or on record: this is rock n roll as it was once known: soul-stirringly powerful and wholly unpredictable. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Tickets: £8, £6 conc To book: 01224 642230 or www.lemontree.org (STBF)
Wednesday 7th November 8pm Ivan Ilić, piano Programme as 5th November Kemnay Church Centre, Kemnay Tickets: £9, £7 conc, £1 children To book: 01651 882274
Thursday 8th November 12.45pm Margaret Preston, flute & Joseph Long, piano
Jindrich Feld Sonata for flute and piano, John McCabe Variations for Piano, Eddie McGuire Prelude 3 for flute. Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Admission free
Thursday 8th November 7pm Ephrya Duo
Charlotte Bradburn, saxophone, and Adam Caird, piano will perform an exciting contemporary programme including works by Graham Fitkin, Hywel Davies, Adam Johnson, Barry Cockroft, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Charlotte Bradburn and Adam Caird. Duff House, Banff Tickets: £12, £10 conc (under 16, over 60) To book: 01261 818181
Friday 9th November 7.45pm Paella
Paella is a new music percussion ensemble combining traditional percussion instruments with found objects. Performing works by John Cage, as well as premiering works by David Revill, Brent Fariss, and Travis Weller, the group seeks to explore the horizons of experimental music opened by Cage and others. Picture Gallery, Marischal College, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Saturday 10th November 1pm Aberdeen City Music School
Students from Aberdeen City Music School will perform works by contemporary composers in our Art Gallery lunchtime series. Aberdeen Art Gallery Admission free
Saturday 10th November 8pm Ephyra Trio & Andy Scott, saxophone
Programme to include works by Pete Meechan, Graham Fitkin, Andy Scott and Adam Caird. Woodend Barn, Banchory Tickets: £10, £7.50 conc & WMS members, £2 students & over 12s, free for 12 & under To book: 01330 825431
Saturday 10th November doors 8pm Marcia Blaine School for Girls + Black Affair + Erstlaub
Glasgow’s mysterious trio, Marcia Blaine School for Girls, throwing up smoke screens whenever anyone finds out too much, leaving a wake of rich and varied releases in their trail, from minimal drones through distorted hip-hop and detroit influenced techno. Steve Mason is something of an enigma. You know him as the frontman of the most original band to come out of Scotland in recent times… Black Affair is his new electro pop fashion outfit. Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen Tickets: £8 To book: 01224 642682 (One-Up) or www.ticketweb.co.uk (STBF)
Sunday 11th November 3pm Bingham Quartet
Schubert Quartetsatz, David Ward Quartet No 6 (world premiere), Sallinen Quartet no.3, Beethoven Quartet Op 95 From 2-2.30pm, the Quartet together with composer David Ward will give a masterclass playing and discussing three short pieces specially written for the occasion by William Gilmour, James East and Peter Cudmore. Woodend Barn, Banchory Tickets: £10, £2 students & over 12s, free for 12 & under To book: 01330 825431
Sunday 11th November 7.45pm University Choral Society & University Chamber Orchestra
Mark O’Keefe, trumpet & Roger B. Williams, conductor Timothy Raymond Dreaming of Easter (world premiere), Haydn Trumpet Concerto, Haydn Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass) Mitchell Hall, Marischal College, Aberdeen Tickets: £7.50, £5 conc, £2 students & children To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Monday 12th November 7.30pm Sacconi Quartet & David Campbell, clarinet
This award-winning young quartet will perform a new work, Paths of Song, written for them by the Welsh composer, John Metcalf, and premiered earlier this year at the Bangor Festival. This will be followed by clarinet quintets by Weber and Brahms. Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Tickets : £9.00, £3.50 for students, children & those in receipt of unemployment or disability benefit To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Tuesday 13th November 7.30pm Only the Men by Reeling and Writhing
Lyrical contemporary Scottish theatre at its best, fusing the music and the geography of the Scottish coast in a tragi-comedic tale. Composer Eddie McGuire creates the soundscape of Sanna and those who dwell therein, with score for alto flute and ocean drum being performed live. Woodend Barn, Banchory Tickets: £9, £7 conc. To book: 01330 825431
Wednesday 14th November 8pm Powerplant with Joby Burgess, Matthew
Fairclough, the Elysian Quartet & Kathy Hinde Prokofiev String Quartet No. 2 for string quartet & electronics, Javier Alvarez Temazcal for maracas, electronics + film/live visuals, Joby Burgess/Matthew Fairclough Carbon Copy for berimbau, drum kit, electronics + live film/visuals, Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint for xylosynth, electronics + film/live visuals, Kraftwerk arr. Joby Burgess & Ben Foster The Robots, Trans Europe Express, Tour de France, Autobahn, Radioactivity, The Model, Home Computer & Pocket Calculator for xylosynth, percussion, string quartet, electronics + film. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Tickets: £7.50, £5 conc, £2 for students & children To book 01224 642230 or www.lemontree.org (STBF)
Thursday 15th November 12.45pm Edinburgh Quartet
The programme will feature music by young composers of Aberdeen - Paul Tierney, Jeremy Coleman & Lliam Paterson - as well as Haydn’s ‘Emperor’ Quartet. Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Admission free
John Kenny
with John Kenny (trombones), Hugh Webb (harp), & the Edinburgh Quartet Peter Swan Prelude & Fandango, Edward McGuire Guest Sextet, Etienne Rolin Embracing the Unknown, Andrian Pervasov /dev/jam (duo for trombone & harp), John Kenny Aerial Cartography (world premiere). Woodend Barn, Banchory Tickets: £10, £7.50 conc & WMS members, £2 students & over 12s, free for 12 & under To book: 01330 825431
Friday 16th November doors 8pm The Pictish Trail & The Fence Collective + Jo Foster
Normally The Pictish Trail has a penchant for mad-cap folky nonsense, soft melodic meandering, and custard creams. Here, Johnny Lynch takes the weird and wonderful Fence Collective out with him on tour to carry his guitars and make him tea. Currently comprising King Creosote, James Yorkston, OnTheFly, Uncle Beesly and Captain Geeko – this band will blow your preconceptions of Fence being ‘folk’ out of the water. The Tunnels, Carnegie’s Brae, Aberdeen Tickets: £8 To book: 01224 642682 (One-Up) or www.ticketweb.co.uk (STBF)
Friday 16th November 9pm John Kenny, trombones, Joby Burgess, percussion & University of Aberdeen Balinese Gamelan
Two of the world’s stunning virtuoso performers join forces with the University’s Gamelan for a wonderful evening of meditation and improvisation. Programme to include Ametarasu by John Kenny and Ian Willcock’s For the Republic, for alto trombone, percussion & electronics. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Tickets: £7.50, £5 conc, £2 students & children. To book: 01224 642230 or www.lemontree.org (STBF)
Sacconi Quartet
Internationally renowned trombonist John Kenny gives the second of two festival concerts in the wonderful acoustic of the atrium of the University of Aberdeen’s Institute of Medical Sciences. Will include works for carnyx, an Iron Age Celtic war horn. Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Thursday 15th November 7.45pm Embracing the Unknown
Ivan Ilić. Photograph by Gilles Dacquin
Tuesday 13th November 5.30pm John Kenny, trombones & carnyx
Saturday 17th November 1pm new noise
Joby Burgess, percussion & Janey Miller, oboe This exciting oboe and percussion duo play the following works in our Art Gallery lunchtime series: Steve Reich Clapping Music, Adrian Lee Peace for Vayu, Dobrinka Tabakova Frozen River Flows, Michael Finnissy Delal, George Nicholson Bagatelle. Aberdeen Art Gallery Admission free
Saturday 17th November 4pm Music at Migvie Church
John Kenny, trombones & Hugh Webb, harp (Supported by the Astor of Hever Trust) This small and beautiful church will host an unusual concert combining harp and trombone. Not to be missed, but do come equipped with warm clothes! Migvie Church, Migvie, Tarland Tickets: £5, £4 conc, £2 children To book: 01330 825431
Saturday 17th November 7.30pm Harry Kerr, violin & Eleni Mavroumastaki, piano
Beethoven ‘Spring’ Sonata, Szymanowsky Sonata No1 in D minor Op.9, Prokoviev Five Melodies Op35, Schnittke Sonata No1 (1963). Aboyne Community Theatre, Aboyne Tickets: £10, £8 for members of SMC, children free To book: 013398 86222
Sunday 18th November 2-5pm Singing the music of James MacMillan
Under the direction of singers from Cappella Nova, a unique opportunity to sing some of James MacMillan’s accessible pieces for church choir. Participants will also have the option of singing at the Aberdeen University Mass at 6.30pm. No experience required - all welcome. Old Aberdeen University Campus Tickets £7, £5 conc, £3 students Booking: 0141 552 0634 (Cappella Nova)
Sunday 18th November 3pm Donald Hawksworth, organ
Come and hear the famous Samuel Green organ of 1778 in works composed specially for this instrument by Herbert Howells and Martin Dalby. The programme will also include music on the big organ, feature songs from Sally Garden, A Fancy for Organ by Roger Williams (Scottish premiere), and works by Tippett and Britten, intermingled with some early music. St Mary’s Episcopal church, Carden Place, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Monday 19th November 6pm The Death of Klinghoffer
A screen adaptation of John Adams’ opera, based around the hijacking in 1985 of a cruise liner by Palestinian gunmen. Followed by Q+A with the director Penny Woolcock. Belmont Picturehouse, Aberdeen Tickets: £5, £4 conc, £2 students To book: 01224 343 536 (1-9 pm), www.picturehouses.co.uk
Tuesday 20th November 7.45pm Roger B. Williams, organ
A concert of organ music to include the world premiere of Toccata Trilinea by John Hearne, Volumina by Ligeti and music by Jonathan Stephens and J.S.Bach. King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Wednesday 21st November 5.15pm Richard Craig, flute
Tristan Murail Unanswered Questions (UK premiere), James Dillon Sgothan, Brian Ferneyhough Carceri D’inventioni iib, Salvatore Sciarrino Venere che la grazie la fiorniscono (Scottish premiere), José Luis Torá Kaspar Hauser Lied for solo piccolo (UK premiere), John Croft …ne l’aura che trema for alto flute and electronics (Scottish premiere). King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Wednesday 21st November doors 8pm
Damon and Naomi with Michio Kurihara + Adrian Crowley + Picastro
Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang formerly of Galaxie 500 bring their dreamy contemplative folk-rock to Aberdeen for the first time. They will be joined for this evening by guitarist Michio Kurihara of Japanese psych-rock band Ghost. “[Kurihara] hasn’t so much altered what they do as augmented it, often beautifully. The results are occasionally breathtaking... rare and graceful” MOJO magazine. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Tickets: £9, £6 conc. To book: 01224 642230 or www.lemontree.org (STBF)
Thursday 22nd November 12.45pm Altering images – new sounds in new spaces
Electroacoustic music performed by Pete Stollery Concert in the beautiful atrium of the Art Gallery, including music by Kirsty Robertson, Claire Singer, Bill Thompson, James Wyness, and Pete Stollery’s Altered Images. Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen Admission free
Thursday 22nd November 8pm Paul Tierney, baritone & Roger B. Williams, piano
Elliott Carter Three Poems of Robert Frost, Mark Anthony Turnage Three Songs, Phillip A. Cooke new work, Britten Songs and Proverbs of William Blake. St Machar’s Cathedral, Old Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Friday 23rd November 5.30-7pm Cappella Nova
James MacMillan, celebrated world-wide as Scotland’s leading composer, wrote his youthful Missa Brevis at the beginning of his career. You can hear it alongside some of his most recent choral works: the dramatic and mystical Strathclyde Motets, and Palestrina’s 8-part Mass Confitebor tibi Domine. St Mary’s RC Cathedral, Huntly Street, Aberdeen Tickets: £12.50 & £10.00, £9.50 & £7.00 conc. To book: 01224 641122
Saturday 24th November 1pm Richard Craig, flute
The last in our Art Gallery lunchtime series will feature works for flute by Maderna, Salvatore Sciarrino and Giuseppe Giuliano. Aberdeen Art Gallery Admission free
Sunday 25th November at 2.30pm What about this, Mr Clementi?
Donald Hawksworth, piano An informal recital of mainly 20th century piano music suitable for less experienced pianists, interspersed with a little Bach. Followed by afternoon tea. North East of Scotland Music School, Huntly Street, Aberdeen Admission free (donations) with pre-booked ticket only To book: 01224 649685
Sunday 25th November at 3pm Ruth Morley, flute & Scott Mitchell, piano
Peter McGarr Imaginary Orchestras for flute and tape, John Hearne Endurspegla, Jacques Hetu Quatre Pièces, Charles T. Griffes Poem, Philip Glass Mad Rush for solo piano. Monymusk Arts Trust, Monymusk Tickets: £8, £6 conc. To book: 01224 641122 or www.adbnboxoffice.com
Richard Craig
Following a showing of cult 1970s short C’était un Rendezvous by Claude Lelouch (the most exhilarating road movie of all time...), Pete Stollery introduces his electroacoustic work scènes, rendez-vous recorded and composed in Paris in 2006 which uses the film as a stimulus. Belmont Picturehouse, Aberdeen Tickets: £5, £4 conc, £2 students. To book: 01224 343 536 (1-9 pm), www.picturehouses.co.uk
Tuesday 27th November 8pm Howlin’ Rain + guests
Howlin’ Rain (with Ethan Miller of acclaimed Californian psychedelic rockers Comets On Fire and John Moloney aka Sunburned Hand Of The Man) make joyful freewheelin rock in the vein of Creedence Clearwater Revival or Bob Dylan’s Pat Garret and Billy The Kid Album. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Tickets: £7, £5 conc. To book 01224 642230 or www.lemontree.org (STBF)
Damon & Naomi
Till Fellner, piano & Ilan Volkov, conductor Judith Weir Heroic Strokes of the Bow, Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’, Bartók Concerto for Orchestra. Music Hall, Aberdeen Tickets: £8.50 to £19 To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Monday 26th November 6pm scènes, rendez-vous
Wednesday 28th November 5.15pm University New Music Group
Conducted by Paul Tierney, the New Music Group will perform a programme of compositions by music students. Elphinstone Hall, Old Aberdeen Admission free
Wednesday 28th November 8pm Rhodri Davies & Mark Wastell + support
Rhodri Davies, amplified harp and electronics, and Mark Wastell, amplified textures, are the core members of Broken Consort. They have been performing together in various groups since 1995. Through combining acoustic and electronic instruments, they explore the nature of space, silence, noise and electronic sound. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Tickets: £6 To book 01224 642230 or www.lemontree.org (STBF) STBF = subject to booking fee.
Davies & Wastell
Friday 23rd November 7.30pm BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Other events taking place during sound Workshops and masterclasses
(Supported by the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust) During sound many of the musicians and composers lead workshops and masterclasses in schools and universities. This year there will be schools workshops with Evelyn Glennie, Mr McFall’s Chamber, Rohan de Saram, Fred Frith, Ivan Ilić, Ephyra, Joby Burgess, John Kenny and Richard Craig. The following workshops, talks and masterclasses will be open to the public (admission free). All will take place at the MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen: 1st November
11 am
5th November 11 am
Simon Thacker guitar masterclass Morten Lauridsen student composers workshop
9th November 12-1pm David Revill 13th November 2-4pm Dr James Nalley “The Use of Imagery to Introduce Contemporary Music To Students” 14th November 2-4pm Joby Burgess workshop on rhythm and motion 16th November 12-1pm John Kenny talk on the Carnyx 23rd November 12-1pm Richard Craig talk on contemporary flute music Schools: for more details on workshops 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.
Wednesdays 1.10pm Aberdeen University student concerts
These informal lunchtime concerts will showcase the talents of music students from the University of Aberdeen. A range of contemporary music will be featured throughout the series. MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free
Saturdays 12-12.30pm Contemporary Music at St Andrew’s
On Saturday lunchtimes throughout the festival, there will be a contemporary element to the recitals in St Andrew’s Cathedral. St Andrew’s Cathedral, King Street, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Newton Dee concerts
Newton Dee is a Camphill community in Bieldside, Aberdeen. During sound they will be hosting three concerts at their own community centre - the Phoenix Hall. Friday 9th November 7.30pm Ephyra Duo Friday 16th November 7.30pm Edinburgh Quartet Friday 23rd November 7.30pm Richard Craig, flute
12th October - 11th November Installation by David Blyth at the Lang Byre Gallery
An installation involving artefacts and sound recordings from a human ploughing match to be held on fields by Woodend Barn on Saturday 6th October. See www.langbyre.co.uk for details. Lang Byre Gallery, Woodend Barn, Banchory Admission free
Accommodation and travel Hotels
We are pleased to be associated with the Aberdeen Douglas Hotel to offer reduced price hotel rooms at weekends during the festival. Single Room £45.00 BB (limited availability on Thursday night with a £10.00 Supplement) Twin/Double Room £60.00 BB Please contact reservations@aberdeendouglas.com
Travel information
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... For more info visit www.firstgroup.com/scotrail www.nationalrail.co.uk (route planner) by road Aberdeen is accessible by road from Edinburgh or Glasgow in around 2 1/2 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: 01224 722331 www.baa.co.uk
Aboyne Community Theatre Aboyne Academy Bridgeview Road, Aboyne AB34 5JN Belmont Picturehouse 49 Belmont Street, Aberdeen AB10 1JS Cowdray Hall Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ
Duff House
Mitchell Hall Marischal College, The University of Aberdeen, Broad Street Aberdeen AB10 Monymusk Arts Trust Monymusk, Aberdeenshire AB51 7HJ Music Hall Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS Newton Dee Community Bieldside, Aberdeen AB15 9DX
Darroch Learg Hotel Braemar Road, Ballater Aberdeenshire AB35 5UX
North East of Scotland Music School 21 Huntly Street, Aberdeen AB10 1KJ
Duff House Banff AB45 3SX
Peacock Visual Arts 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen AB11 5BQ
Elphinstone Hall The University of Aberdeen Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3FX
Picture Gallery, Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, Broad Street, Aberdeen AB10
Gordonstoun School Elgin, Moray IV30 5RF
St Andrew’s Cathedral 28 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AX
Institute of Medical Science The University of Aberdeen Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
St Machar’s Cathedral The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 1RQ
King’s College Chapel The University of Aberdeen High Street, Aberdeen AB24 3FX
St Mary’s Episcopal Church Carden Place, Aberdeen AB10 1UN
The Kemnay Church Centre Church Lane, Kemnay Aberdeenshire AB51 5QP The Lemon Tree 5 West North Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AT MacRobert Building The University of Aberdeen St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3FX
St Mary’s RC Cathedral Huntly Street, Aberdeen AB10 1SH The Tunnels Carnegie’s Brae, Aberdeen AB10 1BF Woodend Barn Arts Centre Burn O’Bennie, Banchory AB31 5QA
Woodend Bar Arts Centre
Aberdeen Art Gallery Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ
Migvie Church Migvie, Tarland, Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Venues
sound is the North East of Scotland’s festival of new music. Following a pilot event, “Upbeat” in 2004, the first festival was launched in November 2005, and has become an annual event. sound aims to make new and contemporary music more accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds by presenting an eclectic but very broad range of contemporary music - classical, traditional, popular, jazz, experimental through a wide range of events including concerts, talks, electroacoustic installations, and workshops. sound, an initiative of Woodend Arts Association in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, operates largely as a network of local organisations. The 2007 network also includes Aberdeen Chamber Music Club, Aberdeen City Music School, Banchory Academy, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Belmont Picturehouse, Cappella Nova, Duff House, Gordonstoun School, Interesting Music Promotions, Inverurie Music, The Lemon Tree, Monymusk Arts Trust, Music Hall, Newton Dee Community, North East of Scotland Music School, Peacock Visual Arts, Strathdee Music Club, Upper Deeside Music and Woodend Music Society.
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sound gratefully acknowledges the support of the following: Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeen Endowments Trust, Astor of Hever Trust, David Gordon Memorial Trust, D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, EventScotland Regional Events Programme, PRS Foundation, The Robertson Trust, RVW Trust, Scottish Arts Council, Shell U.K. Limited and Wood Group.
Events in the brochure reflect our programme as of August 07. 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