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David Hume MBE (1937-1999) founded the orchestra in 1976 primarily to give his pupils, and other young musicians of a high calibre, the opportunity of playing in a small chamber orchestra. Philomusica of Edinburgh has toured throughout Britain, performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe each year, and has played for many choral societies in Edinburgh and elsewhere, and performed in charity concerts and concerts for children.
The orchestra's director since 1999 is Lawrence Dunn. He studied with David Hume and joined the orchestra in 1978, performing as a soloist, and for many years as principal second violin.
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MONDAY MAY 26th 2008 - ST. MARY'S, Haddington
Programme to include VIVALDI - GLORIA, and NULLA in MUNDO
MONTEVERDI - BEATUS VIR
with Garleton Singers
SATURDAY AUGUST 16th 2008 - ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL
Free lunchtime concert - 1.10 to 1.50
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TUESDAY AUGUST 19th 2008 - PALMERSTON PLACE CHURCH
Programme to include:-
LEOPOLD MOZART - "Hunting Symphony"
(with 4 natural horns)
NEIL MACKAY - Variations on a theme of Gustav Holst
J. S. BACH - Concerto for 3 violins
HAYDN - Cello Concerto in D - soloist - Lindsay Martindale
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SUNDAY AUGUST 24rd 2008 - ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCH
Programme to include:-
VIVALDI - GLORIA with Garleton Singers
STABILINI - Violin Concerto No. 5 in Eb (restored)
(STABILINI was an Italian composer living in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. He is buried in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard. This will probably be its first performance for 200 years)
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HAWICK MUSIC CLUB
SATURDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2008
Programme to include:-
BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No 3
MOZART - Musical Joke
TELEMANN - music for 2 horns (natural) and strings
SAINT-SAENS - excerpts from "Carnival of the Animals"
WENDY WEATHERBY - excerpts from "Sunset Song"
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ST. GILES at SIX
Sunday 26th October 2008
Complete performance of "Sunset Song" by Wendy Weatherby
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AFTERNOON CONCERT for the FESTIVE SEASON
ST. MARK's CHURCH, PORTOBELLO
J. S. BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No 3 - first Movement
TELEMANN - Concerto in D for 2 violins and 2 horns
John Chick, Lisa Norman - natural horns
PACHELBEL - Canon
WENDY WEATHERBY - excerpts from "Sunset Song"
RAVEL - Bolero
MOZART - 4th movement from "A Musical Joke"
MOZART - 1st movement from "A Musical Joke"
SAINT-SAENS - The Swan and The Elephant
WENDY WEATHERBY - excerpts from "Sunset Song"
JULIAN CROGER - A Merry Bicycle Ride
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ST. GILES at SIX
ALBINONI - Concerto for 2 oboes Op. 9 No. 3
Soloists - Morven Bell, Mary Davis
STRADELLA - Concerto for trumpet and 2 strings orchestras
Soloist - John Sampson
HAYDN - Concerto in D for cello and orchestra
Soloist - Lindsay Martindale
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HAWICK MUSIC CLUB
BOYCE - Symphony No 6
JOHN MAHON - Clarinet Concerto in F
Soloist - Nicola Long
ELGAR - Elegy
MOZART - Divertimento in F (K. 138)
VIVALDI - "Echo" Concerto
PETER WARLOCK - "Capriol" Suite
SIBELIUS - Romance
BOCCHERINI - Fandango
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2007
Tuesday 7th August 2007 - 1.10
St. Mary's Cathedral
WILLIAM BOYCE - Symphony No. 4
ELGAR - Elegy for strings
TELEMANN - Overture from "The Alster Suite"
RUTLAND BOUGHTON - Allegro from Flute Concerto
TELEMANN - 3 movements from "The Alster Suite"
WARLOCK - 2 pieces from "The Capriol Suite"
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Sunday 12th August 2007 - 7.30
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church
BOYCE - Symphony No. 7
JOHN MAHON - Clarinet Concerto in F (1774)
ELGAR - Elegy
MOZART - Divertimento in F K. 138
VIVALDI - "Echo Concerto"
TELEMANN - movements from "The Alster Suite"
John Chick, Lisa Norman, Anne Benoit, Martin Parker - natural horns
WARLOCK - Capriol Suite
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A LUNCHTIME CONCERT for the FESTIVE SEASON
St. Andrew's and George's Church
BOYCE - Symphony No. 6
ERIK SATIE - Three Elegant Waltzes
Reader - Roger Lang
CORELLI - "Christmas" Concerto
SIBELIUS - Romance
TELEMANN - Concerto in D for 2 horns
John Chick and Lisa Norman - natural horns
ERIK SATIE - Three Childrens' Pieces
WARLOCK - Capriol Suite
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St. Giles at Six
MOZART - Piano Concerto in Eb K271 (1777) - soloist - Gilmour Macleod
MAHON - Clarinet Concerto in F (c.1774) - soloist - Nicola Long
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HAWICK MUSIC CLUB
Saturday 30th September - 2006
BOYCE - Symphony No 4
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - The Lark Ascending
WALTON - 2 pieces from Henry Vth
BRITTEN - Simple Symphony
JOSEF SUK - SErenade for Strings
MASSENET - Meditation from "Thais"
BARTOK - Rumanian Dances
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DOLLAR MUSIC CLUB
BOYCE - Symphony No 4
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - The Lark Ascending
BRITTEN - Simple Symphony
MOZART - Piano Concerto in Eb K271 - soloist - Gilmour Macleod
BARTOK - Rumanian Dances
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St. Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place - 8.00 p.m.
ALL BACH PROGRAMME
ORCHESTRAL SUITES 3 and 4
BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS 5 and 6
Lawrence Dunn - violin, Katharine Wake - flute, Stephen Doughty - harpsichord
Andrew Lees, Tom Prentice - viola
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St. Andrew's and St. George's Church, George Street - 7.30 p.m.
Programme to include:-
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - The Lark Ascending
SUK - Serenade for strings
BARTOK - Rumanian Dances
JULIAN WAGSTAFF- "TREPTOW" for string orchestra
and works from the 18th century Edinburgh Enlightenment
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ST. Giles at SIX
HAYDN (arr. Salomon) Symphony No 101 "The Clock"
STUART ORFORD - Dancing Violas for 4 violas and double-bass
J. S. BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No 6
Soloists - Andrew Lees, Tom Prentice
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A LUNCHTIME CONCERT for the FESTIVE SEASON
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church
VIVALDI - Concerto in B minor for 4 violins
Soloists - Lawrence Dunn, Elspeth Luke, Juliet McCreath, Jenni Fraser
PERCY GRAINGER - Sally in our Alley
ERIK SATIE - Sonata Bureaucratique (Reader - Roger Lang)
ROSSINI - Sonata for strings No 1
ALBERT KETELBY - In a Persian Market
LEOPOLD MOZART - Toy Symphony
FRED HARTLEY - Highland Lullaby
ERIK SATIE - She Who Talks Too Much!!
KARL JENKINS - Largo from "Palladio"
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HAWICK MUSIC CLUB
VIVALDI - Autumn from "The Four Seasons"
ELGAR - Serenade for strings
J. S. BACH - Concerto for violin and oboe
Soloists - Lawrence Dunn - violin, Morven Bell - oboe
JAMES OSWALD - A Sonata of Scots Tunes
DAG WIREN - Andante Espressivo and Marcia from "Serenade for Strings"
EARL of KELLY - Untitled slow movement for oboe and strings
HOLST - St. Paul's Suite
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NEWTON STEWART & DISTRICT MUSIC CLUB
Sunday 13th March 2005
HANDEL - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
MOZART - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
PACHELBEL - Canon and gigue
HANDEL - Suite No 3 from "Water Music"
WILLIAM McGIBBON - Sonata in G
BACH - Concerto for two violins - soloists Lawrence Dunn, Robert Dick
STEPHEN MANIAM - Suite for strings
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SATURDAY 13th August 2005 - 8.00 p.m.
St. Mary's Cathedral - Palmerston Place
Programme:-
BRUCH - Violin Concerto No 1
CHEZZ - "A Passing Dream"
MORTEN LAURIDSEN - "Lux Aeterna"
MASSENET - Meditation from "Thais" with original choral parts
Featuring the Choir of St. John's Church
Conductor - Stephen Doughty
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SUNDAY 21st August 2005 - 8.00 p.m.
St. Andrew's and St George's Church - George Street
Programme to include:-
BACH - Concerto for 2 violins
EARL of KELLY - Symphony in Bb "The Maid of the Mill"
TIPPETT - Little Music for strings (Tippett Centenery)
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A LUNCHTIME CONCERT FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON
Wednesday 29th December - 2004
HANDEL - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
BIZET - Prelude to Act 3 of Carmen
EARL of KELLY - Allegro Molto from Quartet in A
CHEZZ - Concerto Grosso for flute, clarinet and harpsichord
Soloists - Katherine Wake - flute, Cathy Hirschmann - clarinet, Leon Coates - harpsichord
EARL of KELLY - Untitled slow movement
VIVALDI - Concerto in E minor for 4 violins
Soloists - Lawrence Dunn, Jenni Fraser, Elspeth Luke, Sheena Robertson
MALCOLM ARNOLD - 3rd movement from Toy Symphony
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Fantasia on Greensleeves
LEROY ANDERSON - Plink, Plank, Plunk
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ST. GILES at SIX
WILLIAM KINLOCH - Kinloch his Fantasie
EARL of KELLY - Quartet in A
3 pieces from Robert Eswards' Commonplace Book
CHEZZ - 3 Scottish Takeaways
WILLIAM McGIBBON - Trio Sonata in D (1729 Set No 6)
EARL of KELLY - Untitled slow movement - soloist Cathy Hirschmann, clarinet
J. B. MCEWAN - "La Racleuse" from String Quartet "Biscay"
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HAWICK MUSIC CLUB
WILLIAM BOYCE - Symphony No 1
PACHELBEL - Canon and gigue
VIVALDI - Recorder Concerto "La Tempest di Mare" - soloist Justin Willman
MOZART - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
HANDEL - Suite 3 from "Water Music"
CIMAROSA - Oboe concerto (arr. Arthur Benjamin)
JOHN RUTTER - Suite for Strings
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INVERESK PARISH CHURCH
HANDEL - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Two Elizabethan Sketces (arr. Muir Matheson)
FRANCESCO BARSANTI - Overture Op. 4 No. 2
GLUCK - "Che Faro senza Euridice" - clarinet solo Cathy Hirschmann
VIVALDI - Concerto in G minor for 2 cellos - soloists Malcolm Garden and Corrinna Kearsley
BIZET - Entracte from Carmen
HAYDN - Finale from "London" Symphony (arr. Salomon)
BOILDIEU - Overture to "The Caliph of Baghdad"
EARL OF KELLY - Minuets from Quartet in A
MOZART - Andante for flute - soloist Katharine Wake
DANZI - Finale from Sinfonia Concertante for flute and clarinet
BARTOK - Rumanian Dances
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2004
Saturday14th August 2004 - 7.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church, George Street
Programme
MOZART - Serenata Notturna
EARL of KELLY - Symphony in Eb
LEON COATES - Harpsichord Concertino
(soloist - Stephen Doughty)
LEOPOLD MOZART - Trumpet Concerto
(soloist - Gordon Richerby)
BACH - Six-part Ricercare from "The Musical Offering"
VIVALDI - Concerto for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets
and works by Francesco Barsanti
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Greyfriars Kirk
with CADENZA
(Conductor - Jenny Summerling)
Programme
BACH - Magnificat
HAYDN - "Harmoniemesse"
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Friday 27th August 2004 - 8.00 p.m.
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Programme:-
VIVALDI - The Four Seasons
(Lawrence Dunn - solo violin)
VIVALDI - Concerto for recorder "La Notte" - (soloist - Justin Wilman)
VIVALDI - Concerto for 2 Cellos
(soloists - Malcolm Garden, Corrinna Kearsley)
VIVALDI - "Nulla in Mundo" - (soprano - Ali Darragh)
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A Lunchtime Concert for the Festive Season
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church
KARL JENKINS - Allegretto from "Palladio"
JAMES OSWALD - A Sonata of Scots Tunes
Fiddle Solos played by Lewis Rumney
JOHN RUTTER - "A-Roving" from Suite for Strings
VIVALDI - Recorder Concer in C minor - soloist Isobel Clark
GARETH CLEMSON - Folk Melody, Elegy and Epilogue
CARL REINECKE - "Steeple-chase" from Toy Symphony
TORELLI - Sonata in D for trumpet and strings - soloist Gordon Richerby
LEROY ANDERSON - Fiddle-faddle
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Glenkens and District Music Club
Philomusica of Edinburgh (director - Lawrence Dunn) visit Glenkens and District Music Club in Dalry Town Hall on
Saturday 15th November 2003
with a performance of their programme "The Sublime and The Ridiculous".
The "sublime" is represented by two great works by J. S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3 for solo strings, and Brandenburg Concerto No 5 for violin flute and harpsichord soloists - a cantata by Atillio Ariosti about a rose battered by the storm but restored by a ray of sun, sung by soprano Fiona Mitchell - and music by Thomas Arne, John Dowland and the 16th century Scottish composer William Kinloch.
These pieces are contrasted with two 17th century comic instrumental pieces - Carlo Farina's Capriccio Stravagante, in which the musicians have to imitate various other instruments such as flutes, trumpets, hurdy-gurdy and Spanish guitar, and also animals such as cats, dogs, hens and cockerels - and Biber's "La Battalia" - a representation of "the dissolute revels of the musketeers", "the battle" and "the lament of the wounded".
ST. GILES' at SIX
Sunday 12th October 2003 - 6.00 p.m.
WILLIAM KINLOCH (16th century) - Kinloch his Fantassie
J. S. BACH (1721) - Brandenburg Concerto No 3
CARLO FARINA (1626) - Capriccio Stravagante
JOHN DOWLAND (1605) - Lachrymae Antiquae & The Earl of Essex Galliard
BIBER (1673) - La Battalia
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2003
Saturday 9th August 2003 - 8.00 p.m.
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Programme to include:-
MOZART - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
BRITTEN - Simple Symphony
NEIL MACKAY - Violin Concerto (conducted by the composer)
PACHELBEL - Canon and Gigue
GLUCK - Dance of the Blessed Spirits
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with CADENZA
Programme to include:-
FAURE - Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine
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Friday 22nd August - 8.00 p.m.
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Programme:-
VIVALDI - The Four Seasons
HANDEL - Concerto a due Cori
CHRISTOPHER BALL - Andante Pastorale & Allegretto
(from recorder concerto - "The Piper of Dreams")
soloist - Justin Willman (finalist - Edinburgh Competition Festival Concerto Class)
J. S. BACH/CLEMSON - Fugue in G minor
NEIL MACKAY - Karelian Welcome Song
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Dunbar Parish Church
with Dunbar and District Choral Union
Programme:-
SCHUBERT - Mass in G
HAYDN - Te Deum (Maria Teresa)
MOZART - Ave Verum Corpus
MOZART - Sancta Maria, Mater Dei
HAYDN - The Heavens are Telling from "The Creation"
MOZART - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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An AFTERNOON CONCERT for the FESTIVE SEASON
Saturday 28th December 2002 - 2.00
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church
George Street, EDINBURGH
Programme
BOYCE - Symphony No 3
MOZART - Sleigh-ride, LEROY ANDERSON - Sleigh-ride
LEON COATES - Concerto Grosso "Killearn"
PACHELBEL - Canon and gigue
DELIUS - 2 Aquarelles
CIMAROSA - Oboe concerto
ROMBERG - Toy Symphony
Featuring:-
Morven Bell - oboe, Emma Welsby and Eddy Hackett - marimbas
ADMISSION FREE
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Sunday 13th October 2002
WILLIAM CROFT - Airs from "Courtship a la Mode"
NEIL MACKAY - Violin Concerto (conducted by the composer)
(Lawrence Dunn - solo violin)
GUSTAV HOLST - St Paul's Suite
ADMISSION FREE
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE - 2002
Saturday 10th August 2002 - St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Boyce - Symphony No 5
Bottesini - Fantasia on La Sonnambula - Christopher Gray (double bass)
Carl Stamitz - Concerto for 2 clarinets (Pamela Turley, Cathy Hirschmann)
Stephen Maniam - Suite for Strings (Scottish & Irish fiddle tunes)
Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 flutes (Katherine Wake, Barbara Richerby)
Purcell - Sonata for trumpet (Gordon Richerby)
Vivaldi - Concerto in D minor - (Emma Welsby, Eddie Hackett - marimbas)
Boccherini - Night Music of Madrid
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Saturday 17th August 2002 - Greyfriars Church
with CADENZA
Programme to include Durufle - Requiem
Handel - Zadok the Priest, Let thy hand be strengthened
and unaccompanied Choral items
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Friday 23rd August 2002 - St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Vivaldi - Four Seasons (Lawrence Dunn - solo violin)
C. P. E. Bach - Sinfonia No. 3
J. L. Bach - Suite in D
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 2
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Thursday 29th August 2002 - St. John's Church, West End
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (with OPERA CAMERATA)
Conductor - Alison Rushworth
Stanley - Organ Concerto in Bb (soloist - Stephen Doughty)
Hebden - Concerto Grosso No. 2
Purcell - Chacony
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Wednesday 8th May 2002 - Dunbar Parish Church
Programme to include
Mozart - Vespers
Verdi - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves From Nabucco
Mascagni - Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana
Wagner - Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhauser
Donizetti - Chorus of the Wedding Guests from Lucia di Lammermoor
Bizet - Duet from The Pearlfishers
Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakme
Massenet - Meditation from Thais
Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
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A Lunchtime Concert for the Festive Season
Friday 28th December 2001-12.30 (lunchtime) - admission FREE
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church - George Street
HANDEL - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
LOCATELLI - Christmas Concerto
BARTOK - Rumanian Dances
VIVALDI - Concerto in B minor for 4 violins
WALTON - Two pieces from the film "Henry Vth"
BOCCHERINI - Fandango
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2001:-
Friday 10th August 2001 - 12.30 (lunchtime) - admission FREE
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church - George Street
A programme of chamber music performed by soloists from this year's Philomusica concerts
(flute, trumpet, oboe, marimba and string quartet)
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Saturday 11th August - 8.00 p.m.
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral - Palmerston Place
*****25th BIRTHDAY CONCERT*****
Programme:-
BOYCE - Symphony No 2
From "East Lothian Courier"
" ... the vigorous playing in which Philomusica revels."
BACH - Concerto for oboe and violin
(soloists - Morven Bell - oboe, Lawrence Dunn - violin)
From "East Lothian Courier"
"... the performance by Lawrence Dunn and Morven Bell was exquisite. The phrasing was flawless and the tonal quality delightful ..... a memorable musical experience"
TELEMANN - Polish Concerto
NEY ROSAURO - Marimba Concerto (soloist - Emma Welsby)
MICHAEL HAYDN - Concerto No 2 for Trumpet (soloist - Mike Hardy)
BOTTESINI - Concerto for 2 Double-basses (soloists - Tom Berry, Richard Pattinson)
BOCCHERINI - Fandango
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Thursday 23rd August - 8.00 p.m.
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral - Palmerston Place
Programme:-
VIVALDI - Four Seasons
HANDEL - Water Music (Trumpet Suite and Flute Suite)
VIVALDI - Flute Concerto - "La Notte" (soloist - Katharine Wake)
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Saturday 25th August 2001 - 8.00 p.m.
St. John's Church, West End, Princes Street
Philomusica of Edinburgh and CADENZA choir (conductor - Jenny Summerling)
Programme:-
VIVALDI - Credo
RACHMANINOV - Ave Maria
VIVALDI - Gloria
JOHN RUTTER - Requiem
Wilma McDougall - soprano
Lucy Taylor - Mezzo-soprano
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Sunday 1st July 2001 - 6.00 p.m. - St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
with Edinburgh Singers (conductor - Jenny Buckley)
FAURE - REQUIEM
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Wednesday 9nd May 2001 - 8.00 p.m.
Dunbar Parish Church
with Dunbar and District Choral Union
Programme:-
HANDEL - Chandos Anthem "Let God Arise"
BACH - Concerto for Oboe and Violin
(Lawrence Dunn - violin, Morven Bell - oboe)
BOYCE - Symphony No. 2
VIVALDI - Gloria
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Thursday 28th December 2000 - 12.30
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church, George Street, EDINBURGH
BOYCE - Overture "Ode to the New Year"
TELEMANN - Suite for recorder and strings
CORELLI - Christmas Concerto
FINGER - Sonata in Eb for trombone and strings
LEOPOLD MOZART - Sleigh-ride
soloists - Elspeth Wyllie - recorder, Bill Giles - trombone
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2000:-
This year's concert series involved a total of 60 musicians
Saturday 12th August - 8.00 - St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place
"CON MOLTI STROMENTI"
Programme includes:-
BOYCE - Symphony No. 4
COPLAND - "Quiet City" - Mike Hardy - trumpet, Morven Bell - cor anglais
BOTTESINI - Double-bass concerto in Bminor - soloist Chris Gray
HANDEL - Organ Concerto Op.4 No.4 - soloist Stephen Wood
VIVALDI - Concerto for 2 mandolines, 2 guitars, 2 flutes, 2 basset-horns etc.
JOHN RUTTER - Suite for strings
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Wednesday 16th August - 8.00 - St. Mark's Unitarian Church, Castle Terrace
"THE SUBLIME AND THE RIDICULOUS"
Programme includes:-
BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No 5 -
Lawrence Dunn - violin, Katherine Wake - flute, Stephen Doughty - harpsichord
BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No 3
ARIOSTI - cantata "La Rosa" , THOMAS ARNE - 2 songs from "As You Like It"
Fiona Mitchell - soprano, Elspeth Wyllie - recorders
BIBER - "La Battalia"
FARINA - "Capriccio Stravagante"
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Saturday 19th August - St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place
Philomusica of Edinburgh and CADENZA choir (conductor - Graham Lovett) perform:-
HANDEL - Zadok the Priest, The King Shall Rejoice
HANDEL - Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 4
W. A. MOZART - Requiem
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Thursday 24th August - 8.00 - St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place
"THE SEASONS AND THE WATER MUSIC"
VIVALDI - The Four Seasons - (Lawrence Dunn - solo violin)
HANDEL - The Water Music - (First Suite)
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Friday 23rd June - 7.30 - Reid Concert Hall, EDINBURGH
Philomusica and EDINBURGH SINGERS (conductor - Jenny Buckley) perform:-
TELEMANN - Concerto for 2 clarinets (soloists - Ronald Mackie, Katherine Taylor)
HAYDN - Mass in time of War ("Paukenmesse")
and other choral items
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Born Edinburgh, 22nd January 1937 - Died Edinburgh, 8th February 1999
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Born and raised in Edinburgh, enjoying a close and loving childhood, David Hume had polio when young and took up the violin as physiotherapy. He proved to have a phenomenal talent for the instrument. National service was spent in an army band on clarinet and violin. A career in a bank in London was not for him and he returned to Scotland to study at the RSAMD. He started his career playing in professional orchestras in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
However his fulfilment was to be in teaching and performance. For this purpose the Philomusica of Edinburgh was formed by David in 1976 and always led by him "from the front". This allowed him to include players of all ages and abilities, and those from George Heriot's School, where he taught violin for over 25 years.
As a teacher and leader he encouraged players at every level, acutely observing where their abilities lay, and always in the true spirit of democracy, treating all as equals. He introduced generations of pupils into the lifelong joy of making music. Some of his pupils chose music as a career, achieving the highest levels of performance.
David Hume was a very special person, a galvanising presence, naturally intelligent, sensitive to others and very gifted. He loved the company of people of all ages and conditions and always respected the individuality and personality of others. By nature generous and encouraging, he was rarely critical and judgemental of others in the pejorative sense.
We who knew him thank Creation for giving us the privilege and enrichment of participating in David's life within our own.
(from the Scotsman obituary)
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David was a sincere, genuine and lovely man who contributed much of his time and energy to all those who knew him. He was a good friend and a great support to many other men and women living with HIV; he gave his time freely and compassionately. He was an active member of the Gay Men's support group at SOLAS which he came to regularly every Friday afternoon, and though latterly he would just fall asleep he was very much a part of the group. He would often have lunch in the SOLAS cafe, where he would relax and have a chat with others, before going up the hill to Royal Terrace for a game of bridge. He was also involved in the management committee of Positive Voice, formerly Body Positive Lothian, at a time when the organisation was changing and required the skills of people who were dedicated, clear and who had a vision, to enable the organisation to survive. David was such a person. For a short period of time David was also a representative on the Waverley Care Board of Trustees.
However it was through Philomusica that David contributed vastly to the HIV community, not only through raising money for Waverley Care and Positive Voice, but also by creating continued awareness of the many issues surrounding HIV to the general public. David was always, year in and year out, very much involved in World AIDS Day , which is a day when we remember those who have died and celebrate the lives of those who are living with HIV.
(David Cameron - Waverley Care Trust)
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David was no stranger to illness, his introduction to the violin came via physiotherapy after childhood polio and in later years he suffered several heart attacks, and was in general ill-health. His determination and good humour, however meant that his absences from teaching and performing were few. During one corporate event, when asked for the name of the quartet he replied "Dickie Ticker and the Heart-throbs". Those of us who played, learned or laughed with David will never forget him.
(Wendy Weatherby - Journal of the Musicians' Union)
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It is my regret that I only met David two years ago when he was appointed leader of the Edinburgh Light Orchestra on the occasion of the orchestra's re-launch: but during that time, he became a dear friend and colleague. He enjoyed playing all types of music - from the lighter to the serious repertoires. Despite ill-health, David was determined to do as much playing as he could. His final concert as leader of the Edinburgh Palm Court Orchestra was just the day before he died.
(James Beyer - Conductor, Edinburgh Light Orchestra)
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Comments from players and colleagues
"I am greatly indebted to him for giving me such a tremendous opportunity"
"Music is to be enjoyed, and he made that possible for everyone"
"... made my heart sing and brought tears of joy"
"It was always an enjoyable, and sometimes humorous concert"
"He gave me my first ever concerto"
"I have fond memories of David and Philomusica - of friendships made and exciting tours and exhilarating music-making
"He gave me many opportunities as a young unknown singer"
"He always seemed in his element playing Bach, and enjoyed sharing the experience with others"
"... mischevious grins he used to give the violas across the orchestra"
"I always appreciated the reassuring way David had of assuming everyone found the music as easy to play as he did"
"My husband and I met while playing in the orchestra with David"
"I miss phoning David to discuss the latest instalment of Eastenders!"
"... all the fabulous baroque music which I have loved playing with him and Philomusica"
"... initially a bit in awe of David and his reputation as a musician. His natural manner and sense of fun soon dispelled all that"
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TRIBUTE TO DAVID HUME MBE - 8.00 p.m., Saturday, August 14th, 1999
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place
A concert which involved 70 musicians who had worked with David and Philomusica of Edinburgh from its formation in 1976 to 1999.
PROGRAMME
VIVALDI - Concerto for 2 trumpets - soloists Bruce Davis and John Dixon
BACH - "Ich Will den Kreuzstab" from Cantata 56 - Mark Wood - bass
VIVALDI - Concerto in C for sopranino recorder - soloist Angus Skinner
VIVALDI - Concerto in B minor for 4 violins - soloists Lawrence Dunn, Nicholas Dale, Robert de Mey, Fiona Coutts
VIVALDI - Concerto in D for guitar - Luca Villani (1st movement), Ian Smith (2nd movement), Malcolm Watson (3rd movement)
MOZART - "Deh Vieni" from The Marriage of Figaro - Janet de Vigne - soprano
BACH - Presto from Brandenburg Concerto No 4 - Lawrence Dunn - violin, John Sampson, Elspeth Wyllie - recorders
MOZART - "Exsultate Jubilate" - Fiona Mitchell - soprano
GRIEG - Holberg Suite
DVORAK - Silent Woods - Robin Mason - cello
HANDEL - Zadok the Priest - Members of Opera Camerata and Dunbar & District Choral Society - Alison Rushworth - conductor
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LAWRENCE DUNN studied violin with David Hume in Edinburgh and Malcolm Layfield in Manchester. He gives regular solo and chamber recitals during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and throughout Scotland on both modern and baroque instruments. As a freelance player he has performed with various orchestras including the Scottish Baroque Players, Newcastle Baroque and the City of Glasgow Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of Quernstane, Edinburgh Barock and Edinburgh Galante, and has recently taken over as leader of the Edinburgh Light Orchestra and the Edinburgh Palm Court Orchestra.
STEPHEN DOUGHTY. After spending 2 years at the then Napier College, Edinburgh he was awarded an Academic Scholarship for a Bachelor of Music degree at the The University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Music, from where he graduated in 1992. He recently furthered his education by graduating with a Master of Music degree from the RSAMD, Glasgow.
Stephen is well-known as an accompanist, conductor and organist. In addition to private musicians, he accompanies the Ulster Yout Choir and the National Youth Choir of Scotland with whom he toured Sweden in July this year. As a conductor, stephen is best known for his work with the Garleton Singers with whom he has conducted Mendelssohn's Elijah, Orff's Carmina Burana, Schubert's Mass in Bb and Elgar's The Music Makers. He has recently been appointed Musical Director of the St. Andrews Chorus.
In addition, he plays harpsichord continuo with Scottish Chamber, BBC Scottish Symphony and Royal Scottish National Orchestras. He is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists and is Director of Music of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh.
FIONA MITCHELL graduated from the RSAMD in Glasgow. She continued her studies in London with Paul Hamburger and Margaret Field. After being awarded an Arts Council grant she was able to study with Sir Peter Pears at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Studies. Fiona performs all over Scotland with her singing group "The Music Room", singing anything from opera to musicals. She also works for the Council for Music in Hospitals with whom she has been associated for the past 16 years.
KATHARINE WAKE studied flute with David Haslam of the Northern Sinfonia before going on to read languages at St. Andrews University. Since then she has studied with David Nicholson of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and has participated in master classes with Peter-Lukas Graf in Salzburg and Italy. Her English translation of Graf's book on musical interpretation will be published by Schott later this year.
MORVEN BELL was born & bred in Edinburgh. She studied at the RSAMD where she gained a B.A. (Music Performance) and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Oboe & Cor Anglais. Since leaving college, she has freelanced with the RSNO, BBC SSO and the SCO, as well as for some of the touring musicals, including "Les Miserables" and the "Fiddler on the Roof" National Tour. As well as pupils at home, Morven teaches in 7 private schools and is on the staff of the "City of Edinburgh Music School". She is the Musical Director of the Edinburgh University Wind Band, a job she thoroughly enjoys!
EMMA WELSBY studies percussion at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in the Junior Department. She has been a marimba player for two and a half years and hopes to go and study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston next year.
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