Music in Peebles Online Concert Archive
Here you can find details of recorded concerts and, in some cases, download the programme notes.
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 | Online Concert: Learmont Drysdale and his Music Rediscovered Recorded 4 September 2022 Venue: Eastgate Theatre, Peebles THE FESTIVAL LECTURE-RECITAL 2022 Jointly presented by Music in Peebles and The Tweeddale Society as part of Creative Peebles Festival A talk by Robert England on the life of Learmont Drysdale will be followed by a concert of his music,including chamber works, pieces for solo piano and song settings, performed by Gina McCormack and students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Songs: A selection of songs and song settings, with piano accompaniment, with particular emphasis on texts by Borders writers, including Walter Scott, Robert Chambers, James Hogg (‘The Ettrick Shepherd’) and Lady Grizel Baillie (of Mellerstain). Solo piano: Sonatina and ‘White Heather’ (Polka de Salon) Violin and piano: Reverie and Ballade Piano Trio: Trio in F for piano, violin and cello To view the film, click on THIS LINK and please consider making a donation if you are able to do so (£5 suggested), either using the link on the YouTube page or HERE. Music in Peebles is grateful to Scottish Borders Council for financial support given to this event through a grant from the Council’s Neighbourhood Support Fund.
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 | Online Concert: Marcus Barcham Stevens (violin) & Christina Lawrie (piano) Recorded 7 August 2021 Venue: Eastgate Theatre, Peebles Marcus Barcham Stevens and Christina Lawrie perform the second of two concerts in our 2021 Midsummer Music mini-series. Recorded in front of a live, socially-distanced audience in the Eastgate Theatre, Peebles on 7th August 2021. Programme: Kreisler | Praeludium and Allegro To view the film, click on THIS LINK and please consider making a donation if you are able to do so (£5 suggested), either using the link on the YouTube page or HERE. | |
 | Online Concert: Gina McCormack (violin) & Nigel Clayton (piano) Recorded 4 July 2021 Venue: Eastgate Theatre, Peebles Gina McCormack, internationally acclaimed violinist and Patron of Music in Peebles, introduces the first concert to be performed at the Eastgate following Covid-19 lockdown. She is then joined by pianist Nigel Clayton to perform the first of two concerts in our 2021 Midsummer Music mini-series. Programme: Leclair | Sonata in D, Op 9 no. 3 Amy Beach | Romance for Violin and Piano, Op.23 Prokofiev | Five Melodies, Op 35b Fauré | Sonata in A, Op 13 To view the film, click on THIS LINK and please consider making a donation if you are able to do so (£5 suggested), either using the link on the YouTube page or HERE. | |
 | Online Concert: Kowalski-Reyes Duo Recorded December 2020 Venue: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow As the Kowalski-Reyes Duo, Madelyn Kowalski (cello) and Maurizio Arroyo Reyes (piano) were due to play a live recital for Music in Peebles in the Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, on Sunday 10 January 2021. Unfortunately, like so much live music at that time, the performance had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, they recorded this recital for us, containing two of the works scheduled for their original live concert. This film was recorded for Music in Peebles in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, in December 2020. Programme: Debussy | Cello Sonata in D minor Schubert | Sonata for Cello & Piano in A minor (“Arpeggione Sonata”), D.821 Poulenc | Cello Sonata To view the film, click on THIS LINK and please consider making a donation if you are able to do so (£5 suggested), either using the link on the YouTube page or HERE. |
