Programme 2019/20
Tickets are available online. 
Jean Johnson and Steven Osborne
28th September 2019 at 7.30pm
Linlithgow Academy Theatre
Gala Anniversary Concert
Tickets: Full £16, U26 £6
Programme:
Gershwin: 3 Preludes for clarinet and piano
Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No 2 Op 120 No 2
Weber: Grand Duo Concertant Op 48
We are delighted to welcome Steven and Jean to play the Gala concert opening our 50th anniversary season. Steven, who comes from Linlithgow, met American clarinettist Jean when she was playing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and they are now husband and wife.
McOpera
19th October 2019 at 7.30pm
St Michael's Parish Church
Players from the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, presented by Flora Munro
Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6
Players from the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, presented by Flora Munro
Stravinsky’s iconic A Soldier’s Tale is a timeless parable about a fiddle-playing soldier who meets the devil and trades his violin for untold wealth.
Delivered in Stravinsky's trio version and presented by Flora Munro, this performance is accompanied by a commissioned film by Edinburgh-based director Roddy Simpson with art work by Glasgow artist Derek Gray.
McOpera Ensemble:
Katie Hull - violin
Joe Pacewicz - clarinet
Hebba Benyaghla - piano
Sue Baxendale - horn
Presented by Flora Munro
Live edited by Roddy Simpson
The concert will also feature Brahms' haunting Horn Trio in E flat Op.40 and work by Milhaud.
Brodsky Quartet
9th November 2019 at 7.30pm
Linlithgow Academy Theatre
String Quartet
Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6
Programme:
Tanaka: At the grave of Beethoven
J S Bach: C Major Fugue (arrangement for string quartet)
Shostakovich : String Quartet No 4, Op 83
Beethoven: String Quartet Op 131
SCO and RCS Winds
30th November at 7.30pm
St Michael's Parish Church
Wind Section Music
Tickets: Full £16, U26 £6
Programme:
Nielsen: Wind Quintet Op 43 (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon)
Seiber: Serenade (2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns)
Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and bassoon
Mozart: Divertimento for 6 Winds
Strauss: Suite in B flat Op 4 (double wind quintet plus 2 horns and contrabassoon)
We welcome the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Winds in a joint venture with selected invited players from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Catriona Morison and Malcolm Martineau
18th January 2020 at 7.30pm
St Michael's Church
Mezzo Soprano and Piano
Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6
Programme: TBA
Scottish Sinfonia Orchestral Concert
8th February 2020 at7.30pm
St Michael's Parish Church
Orchestral Concert
Tickets: Full £16, U26 £6
Programme:
Smetana: Má vlast - The Moldau (Vltava)
Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor Op D759 (Unfinished)
Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D major, Op 60
Kosmos Ensemble
14th March 2020 at 7.30pm
Linlithgow Academy Theatre
Violin/Viola/Accordion Trio
Tickets: Full £14 U26 £6
Programme:
Harriet, Meg and Milos have crafted a programme unique to Kosmos, inspired by music from all around the globe. Wild Gypsy fiddling, emotive Jewish and Greek music glide seamlessly into hot-blooded tango, alongside interpretations of Japanese, Polish and Sephardic songs, new arrangements by and for the ensemble, and with references to classical composers including Bach, Brahms and Sarasate.
Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips
4th April 2020 at 7.30pm
Linlithgow Academy Theatre
Viola and Piano
Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6
Programme:
Ysaye: Poème Elégiaque
Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata
Georges Hûe: Thème Varié
Franck: Violin Sonata
Babayaga
25th April 2020 at 7.30pm
Linlithgow Academy Theatre
Harp and Sazophone
Tickets: Full £14, U26 £6
Programme: ( provisional )
Gustav Bumcke: Nocturno Op 45
Claude Debussy: Arabesque No.1
J.C. Bach: Sinfonia in B flat major Op16
Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Transcription)