music-events

Music in St Andrews 

September–December 2014 

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music

Introduction & Contents 

Introduction 

Welcome to Music in St Andrews, a new biannual publication from the Music Centre which 

brings together details of all the musical events planned by the University for the semester, 

and many organised by other groups too. It is a measure of the richness of the musical 

life in this small town that such a substantial publication can be produced, detailing more 

than eighty events between now and Christmas. We hope that you enjoy browsing this 

information in this new format: I, Chris Bragg (our Concerts Administrator, who has compiled 

Music in St Andrews), or any of our colleagues listed at the back of the booklet will be very 

pleased to have your views and feedback. 

As you will see, there is a huge variety of events on offer, promoted by University, professional and community groups, 

performing numerous different styles of music in a wide range of venues. The latter include, in addition to the Younger 

Hall and our two beautiful medieval chapels, the Byre Theatre, whose wonderfully designed spaces we look forward to 

developing as venues for music as well as drama in the coming years, as the University works with the local community to 

bring the Byre back to its rightful place at the heart of the cultural life of St Andrews. 

On behalf of all the Music Centre’s staff, I wish you happy concert-going and look forward to seeing you at many of the 

events listed in these pages. 

Michael Downes 

Director of Music 

Contents 

Orchestral ............................................ page 4 

Chamber and Instrumental ........................... page 7 

Vocal and Choral .................................... page11 

St Andrews Voices .................................. page 14 

Organ .............................................. page 18 

2014 St Andrews Brass Festival ...................... page 20 

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Weekend ................ page 22 

Workshops and Research Seminars .................. page 23 

Music Society ...................................... page 24 

Music Centre ....................................... page 24 

ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTAL VOCAL VOICES ORGAN BRASS C P E BACH SEMINARS

Concert Diary 

SEMESTER DATE TIME CONCERT DETAILS 

WEEK 1 Tuesday 16 September 13:10 Organ Recital by Nicholas Morris page 18 

Friday 19 September 13:10 Music Society Lunch Concert page 24 

WEEK 2 Tuesday 23 September 13:10 Organ Recital by John Kitchen page 18 

Wednesday 24 September 13:10 Lunch Concert by the Astrid Quartet page 7 

Wednesday 24 September 14:30 Research Seminar with John de Simone page 23 

Thursday 25 September 19:30 St Andrews Concert Series presents the Cavaleri Quartet page 7 

Friday 26 September 13:10 Music Society Lunch Concert page 24 

WEEK 3 Monday 29 September 19:30 Celebrity Organ Recital by Henry Fairs page 19 

Tuesday 30 September 13:10 Organ Recital by Robin Bell page 18 

Tuesday 30 September 14:15 Organ Masterclass by Henry Fairs page 19 

Wednesday 1 October 13:10 Lunch Concert by the Campbell Duo page 7 

Friday 3 October 13:10 Music Society Lunch Concert page 24 

Saturday 4 October 10:00 Alexander Technique Workshop with Heather Coates page 23 

Saturday 4 October 19:30 NYOS:Futures and the Hebrides Ensemble page 7 

WEEK 4 Tuesday 7 October 13:10 Organ Recital by Tom Wilkinson page 18 

Tuesday 7 October 19:30 Mike Vass; In the Wake of Neil Gunn page 8 

Wednesday 8 October 13:10 Lunch Concert by Christopher Josey and Carolyn Turner page 11 

Wednesday 8 October 14:30 Research Seminar with Tom Wilkinson page 23 


WEEK 5 Tuesday 14 October 13:10 Organ Recital by Chris Bragg page 18 

Wednesday 15 October 11:00-1300 Percussion masterclass with Matthew Hardy page 23 

Wednesday 15 October 13:10 Lunch Concert by Matthew McAllister and Tom Wilkinson page 8 

Wednesday 15 October 19:30 Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Karen Cargill page 4 

Thursday 16 October 19:30 St Andrews Concert Series presents Murray McLachlan (piano) page 8 


Saturday 18 October 20:00 Choristi Sanctiandree; J.S. Bach in Church and Court page 11 

(© Peter Adamson) (© Peter Adamson) 

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Concert Diary 

WEEK 6 Tuesday 21 October 13:10 Organ Recital by Michael Harris page 18 

Wednesday 22 October 13:10 Lunch Concert by Feargus Hetherington and Gavin Brady page 9 

Wednesday 22 October 14:30 Research Seminar with Dr Stravroula Pipyrou page 23 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Thursday 23 October 14:00 Masterclass by Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside page 14 


ST ANDREWS VOICES Friday 24 October 19:30 Song Recital by Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside page 14 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Friday 24 October 22:00 Candlelit Angels: The Marian Consort page 15 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Saturday 25 October morning Outdoor a cappella page 15 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Saturday 25 October 10:00 Choral workshop, Gregory Batsleer page 15 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Saturday 25 October 14:00 Rufflets Cream Tea with Jazz page 16 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Saturday 25 October 19:30 Scottish Opera Gala page 16 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Saturday 25 October 22:00 Comedy Cabaret with Kit and McConnel page 16 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Sunday 26 October 11:00 Festival Service page 17 

ST ANDREWS VOICES Sunday 26 October 16:00 SCO Brahms Celebration page 17 

WEEK 7 Tuesday 28 October 13:10 Organ Recital by George Barrett page 18 

Wednesday 29 October 13:10 Lunch Concert by Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal page 9 

Wednesday 29 October 14:30 Research Seminar with Dr Jane Pettegree and the Library Choir page 23 

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Friday 31 October 19:30 Concert by University Gilbert and Sullivan Society 

in collaboration with the Friends of Scottish Opera page 11 

Saturday 1 November 10:00-17:00 Conducting Workshops with Bede Williams and Gillian Craig page 23 

Sunday 2 November 19:30 Heisenberg Ensemble page 4 

WEEK 8 Tuesday 4 November 13:10 Organ Recital by John Butt OBE page 18 

Wednesday 5 November 13:10 Lunch Concert by Choristi Sanctiandree page 11 

Wednesday 5 November 14:30 Research Seminar with Dr Jonathan Kemp page 23 

Wednesday 5 November 19:30 Scottish Chamber Orchestra 

with Llyr Williams and Alexander Janiczek page 5 

Thursday 6 November 19:30 St Andrews Concert Series presents 

Robin Michael and Daniel Tong page 9 

Friday 7 November 13:10 Music Society Lunch Concert page 24 

Saturday 8 November 20:00 St Salvator’s Chapel Choir; Music for Remembrance page 12 

WEEK 9 Tuesday 11 November 13:10 Organ Recital by Alasdair Grant page 18 

BRASS FESTIVAL Wednesday 12 November 13:10 Lunch concert by The New Wallace Collection page 20 

BRASS FESTIVAL Wednesday 12 November 14:30 Research Seminar with Sandy McGrattan and John Wallace page 20 

BRASS FESTIVAL Thursday 13 November 09:30 Brass Masterclass by Peter Franks page 20

BRASS FESTIVAL Thursday 13 November 19:30 St Andrews Brass, St Andrews Renaissance Singers page 20 


BRASS FESTIVAL Friday 14 November 19:30 St Andrews Brass, RCS Brass, St Mary’s Music School Brass page 20 

BRASS FESTIVAL Saturday 15 November 15:00 Kingdom Brass, Carnoustie and District Youth Brass Band page 21 

BRASS FESTIVAL Saturday 15 November 17:00 Conducting Masterclass with Bede Williams page 21 

BRASS FESTIVAL Saturday 15 November 19:30 University Wind Band and Big BUSTA page 21 

BRASS FESTIVAL Sunday 16 November 11:00 Brass Festival Service page 21 

BRASS FESTIVAL Sunday 16 November 14:00 Music in Museums; Scholarship Brass Quintet page 21 

Sunday 16 November 19:30 Piano and Harpsichord Evening page 10 

WEEK 10 Tuesday 18 November 13:10 Organ Recital by Lionel Steuart-Fothringham page 18 

Tuesday 18 November 19:30 University Symphony Orchestra page 5 

Wednesday 19 November 13:10 Lunch concert by Ralph Strehle and Julia Lynch page 12 

Wednesday 19 November 17:30 SCO Early Evening Concert page 10 

Thursday 20 November 19:30 Priory Singers and The Voskresenije Choir of St Petersburg page 12 


CPE Bach Weekend Saturday 22 November 11:00 Concert by The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments page 22 

CPE Bach Weekend Saturday 22 November 13:30 Public Workshop on baroque dance music page 22 

CPE Bach Weekend Saturday 22 November 16:00 Chamber Music Masterclass page 22 

CPE Bach Weekend Saturday 22 November 19:30 St Andrews Chorus and the Heisenberg Ensemble 

(pre-concert talk at 1830) page 22 

CPE Bach Weekend Sunday 23 November 11:00 University Service with the Silbermann Ensemble page 22 

CPE Bach Weekend Sunday 23 November 16:00 Festive Evensong with the Silbermann Ensemble page 22 

WEEK 11 Tuesday 25 November 13:10 Organ Recital by Andrew Mackintosh page 18 

Tuesday 25 November 19:30 St Andrews Chamber Orchestra with Ben McAteer page 6 

Wednesday 26 November 13:10 Lunch Concert by St Andrews New Music Ensemble page 10 

Wednesday 26 November 19:30 A cappella society Christmas concert page 12 


WEEK 12 Monday 1 December 19:30 Music Society Singers and Ukelear Fusion Christmas Concert page 13 

Wednesday 3 December 19:00 St Andrews and Fife Community Orchestra Christmas Concert page 6 

Thursday 4 December 19:30 University Madrigal Group Christmas Concert page 13 

Friday 5 December 19:00 University Carol Service page13 

Pre-Christmas Saturday 13 December 20:45 St Leonard’s Service of Nine Lessons and Carols page13 

Sunday 14 December 14:30 Music in Museums; St Andrews Renaissance Singers page 13 

Wednesday 17 December 19:00 Priory Singers Carol Concert page 13 

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Orchestral 

Wednesday 15 October 

Younger Hall, 19:30 

Scottish Chamber Orchestra 

Robin Ticciati, conductor 

Karen Cargill, mezzo soprano 

Sunday 2 November 


Heisenberg Ensemble 

25th anniversary celebration 

Gillian Craig, conductor 

Heisenberg Ensemble (© Daniel K Oi) 

Karen Cargill (© K K Dundas) 

Hosokawa – Meditation 

Mahler – Kindertotenlieder 

– Blumine 

Haydn – Symphony no. 104, ‘London’ 

A magnificent opportunity to hear world-renowned Scottish 

mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill singing Mahler’s heart-wrenching 

Kindertotenlieder. In addition, the SCO perform Haydn’s 

glorious final symphony and Hosokawa’s Meditation in 

memory of the 2011 earthquake victims in East Japan. 

The Heisenberg Ensemble completes its 25th anniversary 

celebrations with a concert featuring Brahms’ Variations on a 

Theme of Haydn (St Anthony Chorale), Mussorgsky’s Pictures at 

an Exhibition in the evocative orchestration by Maurice Ravel 

and Beethoven’s famous Symphony no. 5. 

Tickets: £10, £5 (students) 

www.heisenbergensemble.co.uk 

Tickets: £11 – £22, £5 (students) 

For information on subscriptions and school group bookings, 

please contact the SCO on 0131 557 6802, info@sco.org.uk 

www.sco.org.uk 

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Wednesday 5 November 


Scottish Chamber Orchestra 

Alexander Janiczek, director/violin 

Llŷr Williams, piano 

Tuesday 18 November 


University of St Andrews Symphony Orchestra 

Winter Concert 

Chris George, conductor; Viv McLean, piano 

The University Music Society’s Symphony Orchestra performs 

Rachmaninov’s famously virtuosic Rhapsody on a Theme of 

Paganini and Dvořák’s lyrical Symphony no. 8. 

Tickets: £7, £4 (concessions and students) 

Llŷr Williams (© John Ferro Sims) 

Stravinsky – Concertino for 12 Instruments 

Mozart – Violin Concerto no. 3 

Beethoven – Piano Concerto no. 1 

Much-admired Beethoven interpreter Llŷr Williams performs 

the composer’s youthful Piano Concerto no. 1 whilst longtime 

SCO collaborator Alexander Janiczek is both soloist and 

director in Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto and Stravinsky’s 

Concertino for 12 Instruments. 

Tickets: £11 – £22, £5 (students) 

For information on subscriptions and school group bookings, 

please contact the SCO on 0131 557 6802, info@sco.org.uk 


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Orchestral 

Tuesday 25 November 


St Andrews Chamber Orchestra 

Michael Downes, Bede Williams, conductors 

Ben McAteer, baritone 

Wednesday 3 December 


StAFCO Christmas Concert 

St Andrews and Fife Community Orchestra 

Gillian Craig, conductor 

Ben McAteer (© Raphaelle Photography) 

This ‘town and gown’ chamber orchestra has gained an 

enviable reputation, not least for its recent performances of 

Beethoven’s late symphonies. They are joined in this concert 

by recent University graduate and rising operatic star Ben 

McAteer in John Adams' The Wound Dresser (based on Walt 

Whitman’s poem about his experiences as a military nurse 

in the American Civil War). The concert will also include 

Beethoven’s Leonore Overture no. 3 and Johannes Brahms’ 

epic First Symphony, described by conductor Hans von Bülow 

as ‘Beethoven's Tenth’. 

StAFCO (© Peter Adamson) 

A resounding start to your Christmas celebrations as StAFCO, 

the unique community orchestra the Music Centre organises 

in close collaboration with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, 

performs alongside guests St Andrews Brass, St Andrews 

Chorus and the Music Centre Youth Choirs. In addition the 

audience will have the opportunity to join the singing! Retiring 

charity collection. 

Tickets: FREE 

Tickets: £8, £5 (concessions), £1 (students) 

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Chamber and Instrumental 

Wednesday 24 September 

Byre Theatre, 13:10 

Astrid String Quartet 

Lunch Concert 

Innovative Live Music Now members 

and RCS graduates, the Astrid Quartet, 

make their St Andrews debut. 

Tickets: £2, FREE for Music Centre members 

www.astridstringquartet.com 

Thursday 25 September 


Cavaleri String Quartet 

St Andrews Concert Series 

Astrid String Quartet 



Campbell Duo 

Lunch Concert 

The Campbell Duo perform a vivid and 

varied programme of music for flute 

and guitar including pieces by Dowland 

and Telemann and melodic and 

rhythmic music from Latin America. 


www.campbellduo.co.uk 

Saturday 4 October 


Hebrides Ensemble and NYOS Futures 

Music Centre Concert 

Campbell Duo 

Cavaleri Quartet (© Chris Christodoulou) 

International prize-winning quartet, fresh from their debut at 

Vienna’s Musikverein, perform music by Mozart, Shostakovich 

and Smetana. 

Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions), £3 (students), £1 (children) 

Please note, season tickets for this series are available from the 

St Andrews Music Club. 

www.saint-andrews.co.uk/smc/ 

www.cavaleristringquartet.co.uk 

Hebrides Ensemble 

(© Sussie Ahlburg) 

NYOS Futures 

Members of the Hebrides Ensemble and the contemporary 

music group of the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland 

perform repertoire for string trio by Linda Buckley and 

Shostakovich’s Stalin Prize-winning Piano Quintet. 

Tickets: £10, £8 (concessions), 

£5 (students and Music Centre members) 

www.hebridesensemble.com 

www.nyos.co.uk/orchestras-futures.html 

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Tuesday 7 October 


In The Wake of Neil Gunn 

Mike Vass (fiddle) 

Thursday 16 October 


Murray McLachlan, piano 


Neil Miller Gunn (1891–1973) was a prolific 

novelist, critic, and dramatist who emerged 

as one of the leading lights of the Scottish 

Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. In this 

concert Mike Vass, winner of the prestigious 

‘Composer of the Year’ title at the MG 

ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in 2012, will 

bring a nine-piece band of internationally Mike Vass 

renowned folk musicians to perform a suite 

of music inspired his voyage to locations originally visited by Neil Gunn in 1937 as 

described in Gunn's book, Off in a Boat: from the Western Isles to the Caledonian Canal. 

Tickets: £12, 

£8 (concessions), £5 (students) 

www.inthewakeofneilgunn.com 


St Leonard's Chapel, 13:10 

Matthew McAllister (guitar) and Tom Wilkinson (harpsichord) 

Lunch Concert 

Murray McLachlan 

Internationally renowned Scottish 

pianist Murray McLachlan makes a 

welcome return to St Andrews in a 

programme including Scottish composer 

John McLeod’s new Piano Sonata no. 5 

and Liszt’s legendary Sonata in B minor. 


£3 (students), £1 (children) 

Please note, season tickets for 

this series are available from the 

St Andrews Music Club. 

Matthew McAllister 

Tom Wilkinson 


www.murraymclachlan.co.uk 

Virtuoso Scottish guitarist Matthew McAllister and University Organist Tom Wilkinson 

perform music by Boccherini, Vivaldi and de Falla. 


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www.thomas-wilkinson.co.uk 

www.matthewmcallister.com



Feargus Hetherington (violin) and Gavin Brady (piano) 

Lunch Concert 

Thursday 6 November 


Robin Michael, cello 

Daniel Tong, piano 


Feargus Hetherington 

Gavin Brady 

Well-known Scottish violinist and German-based Scottish pianist 

Gavin Brady perform sonatas by Elgar and Ireland. 


www.feargushetherington.com 

www.gavin-brady.com 



Eilidh Steele (fiddle) and Mark Neal (guitar) 

Lunch Concert 

Robin Michael 

Daniel Tong 

Principal Cellist of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre 

Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Robin Michael and 

renowned pianist and broadcaster Daniel Tong present a 

programme of full-blooded German Romantic sonatas by 

Brahms and Schumann. 

Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions, £3 (students), £1 (children) 

Please note, season tickets for this series are available from 

the St Andrews Music Club. 


Eilidh Steele and Mark Neal (© Archie MacFarlane) 

In demand Scots folk duo perform their own tunes and songs 

along with old traditional music on fiddle, guitar and vocals. 


www.fiddleguitar.com 

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Younger Hall, Rehearsal Room, 19:30 

Piano and Harpsichord Evening 

Piano and harpsichord students at the University Music 

Centre present a varied programme. 


Younger Hall, 1310 

St Andrews New Music Ensemble 

Bede Williams, director 

Lunch Concert 

Tickets: FREE 



Rosie Staniforth, oboe and oboe d'amore 

Scott Mitchell, piano 

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Early Evening Concert 

Bach – Sonata in E major, BWV 1035 

Poulenc – Sonata for oboe and piano 

Schumann – Fantasiestücke for oboe d’amore and piano 

Pasculli – Ricordo di Napoli (scherzo brillante) for oboe and piano 

Join Scottish Chamber Orchestra oboe soloist Rosie 

Staniforth for a recital celebrating the sparkling virtuosity 

and heartfelt soulfulness of her instrument. Bach’s vivid 

Sonata in E, BWV 1035, contrasts bustling fast movements 

with touching slower evocations, and Poulenc’s lyrical 

1962 Oboe Sonata, full of French sophistication, stretches 

the player to the limit. Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, which 

Rosie performs on a lower-pitched oboe d’amore, are Rosie Staniforth 

songful evocations of love and landscape, and she 

concludes with the breathtaking fireworks and fun of the extraordinarily virtuosic 

Ricordo di Napoli, by Italian oboist and showman Antonio Pasculli. 

New Music Ensemble 

The University’s New Music Ensemble 

performs a programme of 20 th and 21 st 

century American music including 1950s 

miniatures by Morton Feldman and 

music by Milton Babbitt, Tim Miller and 

André Previn. 

Tickets: £2, 

FREE for Music Centre members 

Tickets: £4–£9 

For information on subscriptions and school group bookings, please contact the SCO 

on 0131 557 6802, info@sco.org.uk 

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Vocal and Choral 

St Salvator’s Chapel Choir 

sings three services per week 

during University semesters. 

St Salvator’s Chapel Choir (© Peter Adamson) 

Sundays 

St Salvator’s Chapel, 11:00 

University Service 

Sundays 

St Leonard’s Chapel, 16:00 

Choral Evensong 

Wednesdays 


Choral Evensong 

For details of dates and music, please 

visit www.stsalvatorschapelchoir.co.uk 

Thursdays 


Compline 

St Leonard's Chapel Choir sings the 

service of Compline by candlelight. 

All are welcome to join the choir; 

rehearsals begin at 20:00 on Thursdays. 

For more information contact 

dgscholar@st-andrews.ac.uk 



Songs by Benjamin Britten 

Christopher Josey, tenor 

Carolyn Turner, piano 

Lunch Concert 

Christopher Josey and Carolyn Turner 

Tickets: £2, 




Johann Sebastian Bach in 

Church and Court 

Choristi Sanctiandree 

The Silbermann Ensemble 

Tom Wilkinson, director 

Bede Williams, trumpet 

A celebration of the music of Johann 

Sebastian Bach including Cantata no. 51, 

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen and the 

Harpsichord Concerto in A BWV 1055. 


£8 (concessions), £5 (students), 

FREE to Music Centre members 

Friday 31 October 

St Andrews Town Hall, 19:30 

Friends of Scottish Opera with 

the University of St Andrews 

Gilbert and Sullivan Society 

The University of St Andrews Gilbert 

and Sullivan Society join Scottish Opera 

soloists (led by Donald Maxwell) for a 

concert of G and S favourites. 

Tickets: £15, £10 (over 60s), £5 (students) 

www.gilbertandsullivan.wix.com/standrews 

www.scottishopera.org.uk 



Choristi Sanctiandree 

Lunch Concert 

The elite sixteen-piece 

choral ensemble of 

St Salvator’s Chapel 

Choir sing music by 

Bernard Hughes and 

James MacMillan. 

Tickets: £2, 

FREE for Music Centre 

members 

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Vocal and Choral 

Saturday 8 November 


Music For Remembrance 





Ralph Strehle, tenor 

Julia Lynch, piano 

Lunch Concert 



St Andrews Chorus 


Michael Downes, conductor 

For more information, see page 22. 


To mark the centenary of the outbreak 

of World War I, St Salvator’s Chapel Choir 

performs music for remembrance by 

Victoria, Purcell, Brahms and Balfour 

Gardiner. 


£8 (concessions), £5 (students), 


www.stsalvatorschapelchoir.co.uk 

Ralph Strehle 

German tenor Ralph Strehle presents a 

new song cycle by Scottish composer 

Tom Wilson. 

Tickets: £2, 


www.ralphstrehle.com 


Holy Trinity Church, 19:30 



A Cappella Society 

Christmas Concert 

The Other Guys 



St Andrews Brass and 

St Andrews Renaissance Singers 

For more information, see page 20. 

The Priory Singers 

directed by Gillian Craig 

The Voskresenije Choir of 

St Petersburg 

directed by Jurij Maruk 

Russian sacred music by composers 

including Mussorgsky and folk songs 

from the Russian countryside. 

Tickets: £9, 


The Alleycats 

Christmas starts here with music from the 

University’s dazzling a cappella groups. 

Tickets: £8, £6 (concessions) 

with retiring collection for charity. 

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www.priorysingers.net 

www.voskresenije.blogspot.co.uk

Monday 1 December 


Yukulele & Yuletide Harmonies 

University Music Society Singers 

Ukelear Fusion 

The University of St Andrews Music 

Society presents the first ever joint 

concert of their Singers and Ukulele 

Orchestra. Repertoire will include a 

mixture of Christmas carols and songs as 

well as covers of popular music from the 

past few decades. 

Tickets: £3, £2 (concessions, students) 

Friday 5 December 


University Carol Service 


University Scholarship Brass Quintet 


Sunday 14 December 

MUSA, 14:30 

Music in Museums 


Claire Luxford, Director 

‘There was mickle melody at that 

childes birth’: enjoy a selection of 

Christmas music from the Middle Ages 

to the present day with the St Andrews 

Renaissance Singers. 

Tickets: FREE 

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music/perform/ 

singers/renaissancesingers 

Thursday 4 December 


‘Cristes Maesse’ 

University of St Andrews 

Madrigal Society 

Madrigal Society 

Now in its 68th year, The University of 

St Andrews’ renowned Madrigal Society 

Medieval and Contemporary Music for 

Advent. 

Tickets: £5, £2 (students) 


St Salvator’s Chapel Choir performs 

carols old and new at the University’s 

Christmas Carol Service. 

Admission free (early arrival advised) 

Saturday 13 December 

St Leonard’s Chapel 20:45 

St Leonard’s Service of Nine 

Lessons and Carols 

St Leonard's Chapel Choir, directed by 

Douglas Gifford Scholar Alasdair Grant, 

performs their annual service of Nine 

Lessons and Carols. 

Admission free (early arrival advised) 

Wednesday 17 December 


Priory Singers Carol Concert 

The Priory Singers 

Gillian Craig, Director 

Carols old and new, plus a chance to sing 

traditional favourites. 

Tickets: £5 

www.priorysingers.net 

www.madgroupsta.weebly.com 

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St Andrews Voices 

Scotland’s Vocal and Choral Festival 

www.standrewsvoices.com 

23-26 October 

Tickets on sale from Younger Hall from 1 August 

Thursday 23 October 


Masterclass 



Song Recital 

Roderick Williams, baritone 

Iain Burnside, piano 

Iain Burnside (© TallWall Media) 

Roderick Williams 

World-renowned baritone Roderick 

Williams and pianist and broadcaster 

Iain Burnside lead a masterclass for vocal 

students representing the Universities 

of St Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh and 

Aberdeen. 

Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside 

perform songs by Purcell, Gurney, Britten 

and Schubert. 


£8 (under 26, students and 

Music Centre members) 

Tickets: FREE 

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Candlelit Angels 

The Marian Consort 

Rory McCleery, director 


Morning a cappella 



Brahms Choral Workshop 

The Alleycats 

Marian Consort 

A late-night concert featuring a 

stunning selection of Renaissance music 

associated with the Annunciation, 

including exquisite pieces by John 

Sheppard, Tomas Luis de Victoria, 

Michael Praetorius, Francisco Guerrero 

and Jean Mouton. These are juxtaposed 

with works by Jonathan Harvey, who 

was himself inspired by the sonorities 

of this period and the powerful imagery 

of angels, divine intercession and the 

appearance of heaven on earth. Spaces 

are limited so book early! 


www.marianconsort.co.uk 

The Other Guys 

The University of St Andrews’ awardwinning 

a cappella groups, The Other 

Guys and The Alleycats perform at the 

Fife Farmer’s Market in Kirkcaldy and in 

St Andrews town centre. 

www.thealleycats.co.uk 

www.otherguys.co.uk 

Gregory Batsleer (© Eoin Carey) 

Inspirational SCO chorusmaster Gregory 

Batsleer delves into excerpts from 

Brahms’ German Requiem. Open to all 

amateur singers who have some choral 

experience. 

Tickets (for participation): £10, 

£5 (concessions, under 26, students and 


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St Andrews Voices 


Garden Room, Rufflets Hotel 

14:00-17:00 with music from 15:00 

Jazz Cream Tea with 

Martyna Wren 

‘An incredible voice’ – BBC Radio 2 



Scottish Opera Gala 


Hotel du Vin, 22:00 

Comedy Cabaret with 

Kit and McConnel 

Stephanie Corley 

Robert Murray 

(© Sussie Ahlburg) 

Martyna Wren 

Jazz and vintage singer/songwriter 

Martyna Wren is a regular performer 

at the London Jazz Festival and has 

recently released her debut solo album. 

Don’t miss this one-off opportunity to 

hear her live whilst enjoying Rufflets’ 

famous afternoon tea… 


including afternoon tea 

www.martynawren.com 

www.rufflets.co.uk 

Marcus Farnsworth 

Derek Clark 

Stephanie Corley (soprano), Robert 

Murray (tenor) and Marcus Farnsworth 

(baritone) perform a selection of 

operatic favourites accompanied by 

Scottish Opera’s Head of Music Derek 

Clark. Arias and duets by Mozart, Puccini 

and Handel are on the menu, alongside 

some lighter numbers. 


£8 (under 26, students and 


www.scottishopera.org.uk 

Kit and McConnel 

The ballroom of St Andrews’ new Hotel 

du Vin provides the opulent setting for a 

late-night session with hilarious musical 

comedy duo Kit Hesketh-Harvey and 

James McConnel. 


including a glass of wine 

www.kitandmcconnel.com 

www.hotelduvin.com/locations/st-andrews/ 

Hotel du Vin 

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Sunday 26 October 


Festival Bach Cantata Service 


St Salvator’s Chapel Choir and guest 

instrumentalists perform excerpts from 

Bach’s Cantata no. 29 Wir danken dir, 

Gott during a service led by University 

Chaplain, the Rev Dr Donald MacEwan. 

Sunday 26 October 


A celebration of Brahms with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus 

Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) 

Aisling O’Dea (violin) 

Simon Smith (piano) 

Rebecca Bottone (soprano) 

Ashley Riches (baritone) 

Stuart Hope, Neil Metcalfe (piano) 

SCO Chorus 

Gregory Batsleer, conductor 

The SCO Chorus under their 

chorusmaster Gregory Batsleer perform 

Brahms’ poignant masterpiece A 

German Requiem, a work of power and 

soul-searching beauty, here heard in 

its original version for piano duet. This 

will be preceded by the composer’s 

Horn Trio, performed by a trio led by 

the SCO’s award-winning Principal Horn 

player Alec Frank-Gemmill. 


£8 (under 26, students and Music Centre 

members) 


Rebecca Bottone 

Ashley Riches 

Aisling O'Dea 

Alec Frank-Gemmill 

SCO Chorus (© Eoin Carey) 

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Organ 

Recitals take place on the 1973 Gregor Hradetzky organ (IV/40) 

in St Salvator’s Chapel and, where indicated, on the 1994 

Walker organ (II/9) in St Leonard’s Chapel. 

Tuesdays at 13:10 


21 October 

Michael Harris 

St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh 

Music by Kerll, Bach and Eben 

16 September 

Nicholas Morris 

Birmingham Cathedral 

Music by Leighton, Cecilia McDowall and 

Francis Pott 

28 October 

George Barrett 

University Organ Scholar 

Music by Howells, Bairstow and Dupré 

23 September 

4 November 

(© Delphian Records) 

John Kitchen 

University of Edinburgh 

‘Music from Scandinavia’ – 

Roman, Gade, Grieg and Hovland 

30 September (St Leonard's Chapel) 

Robin Bell 

St Andrews 

Music by Byrd, Lully Handel and Purser 

John Butt OBE 

University of Glasgow 

Music by Bach, Franck and Dupré 

11 November 

Alasdair Grant 

University Organ Scholar 

“The Organists of the Age of Enlightenment” 

Music by Krebs, Balbastre and Bellini. 

7 October 

Tom Wilkinson 

University Organist 

Music by Bach and Reger 


18 November 

Lionel Steuart-Fotheringham 

Dundee 

Music by du Mage, Messiaen and Franck 

14 October 

Chris Bragg 

St Andrews 

Music by Mozart, Hindemith and Bach 

25 November 

Andrew Macintosh 

St Andrews 

‘Music for Advent’ – Bach and Leighton 

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Monday 29 September 


Celebrity Recital by Henry Fairs 

Multi award-winning Professor of Organ at Birmingham Conservatoire and Honorary 

Professor of Organ at the University of St Andrews, Henry Fairs presents a programme of 

music by father and son Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, culminating 

in the great Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582. 

Tickets: £10, £8 (concessions), £5 (students), FREE for Music Centre members 

Tuesday 30 September 

St Salvator’s Chapel, 14:15-15:45 

Masterclass by Henry Fairs 

Honorary Professor of Organ at the 

University of St Andrews, Henry Fairs 

guides the University’s Organ Scholars. 

Tickets: FREE 

www.henryfairs.com 

Henry Fairs 

(© Chris Bragg) 

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2014 St Andrews Brass Festival 

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music/brassfestival 

The St Andrews Brass Festival is the only annual brass festival of its kind in Scotland. Returning for the third year, the 

festival brings together professional, student and community musicians from band and orchestral backgrounds for a 

week of masterclasses, talks and brass music for ensembles of all sizes. Curated and directed by Bede Williams. 



The New Wallace Collection 

Lunch Concert 

John Wallace 

Led by the Fife-born international 

trumpet virtuoso and former Principal of 

the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland John 

Wallace, The New Wallace Collection 

presents a programme on historical and 

modern instruments. 

Tickets: £2, 

FREE for Music Centre Members 



Research Seminar 

John Wallace, Sandy McGrattan and 

guests present on the performance 

practice issues of 19th century brass 

chamber music. 



Brass Masterclass 

Peter Franks, Principal Trumpet of the 

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, offers his 

insights and ideas to the brass players 

of the University and of the St Andrews 

community. 

Observers welcome. 

Anyone is welcome to take part and play 

for Peter: please contact Bede Williams 

bw23@st-andrews.ac.uk to book a slot. 



Evening Concert 

St Andrews Brass and 


Claire Luxford and Bede Williams, 

directors 

A feast for the majestic combination of 

organ, brass and voice with music by 

Gabrieli, Monteverdi and Schütz. 

Tickets: FREE 

Friday 14 November 


Evening Concert 

The Brass Ensembles of the Royal 

Conservatoire of Scotland, St Mary’s 

Music School and St Andrews with 

John Kenny and Nigel Boddice MBE 

St Mary's Music School Brass Ensemble 

Nigel Boddice and John Kenny perform 

with some of Scotland’s finest young 

brass players in a mixed programme 

that demonstrates how versatile and 

virtuosic brass can be. Featuring a 

performance of legendary LA percussion 

guru Steve Forman’s Clydean Coronaries 

for brass ten-piece and bagpipes. 

Tickets: FREE 

www.boddice.fsnet.co.uk 

www.st-marys-music-school.co.uk 

www.rcs.ac.uk 

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Tickets: FREE



Afternoon Concert 

Kingdom Brass 

Carnoustie and District Youth Brass Band 

Sarah Knight (euphonium) 

The award winning Kingdom Brass 

returns to the festival, this time joined by 

the Carnoustie and District Youth Brass 

Band, with a programme of original 

music by Eric Ball, Edward Elgar and 

the Scottish premiere of Paul Mealor’s 

Baritone Concerto. 

Tickets: FREE 

www.kingdombrass.co.uk 

www.cdybb.org.uk 


Stewart Room, Younger Hall, 17:00 

Conducting Masterclass on 

Elgar’s Severn Suite 



MusSoc’s Guide to the Galaxy 

University Concert Wind Band 

Big BUSTA 

Bede Williams (flugelhorn) 

Bede Williams 

The University Concert Wind Band 

performs a programme inspired by 

Space, joined by the University Big Band 

– Big BUSTA – who will perform Kenny 

Wheeler’s Sweet Time Suite. 

Tickets: £3, 

£2 (students and concessions) 



Brass Festival Service 

A special service with music from the 

Alba Brass quintet adding to the choir 

and organ of St Salvator’s Chapel, 

featuring Handel’s magnificent Zadok the 

Priest and music by Purcell. Led by the 

University Chaplain, the Rev Dr Donald 

MacEwan. 


Bell Pettigrew Museum, 14:00 

Music in Museums 

University Scholarship Brass Quintet 

Come to the Bell Pettigrew Museum 

and listen to a short family-friendly 

programme of music by composers who 

have been inspired by the beauty and 

diversity of the natural world. The music 

will include ‘Winter’ from Vivaldi’s Four 

Seasons, selections from The Carnival of 

the Animals by Saint-Saëns and a new 

piece by Stuart Murray. 

Tickets: FREE 

Kingdom Brass 

Bede Williams leads students from the 

University through Elgar’s Severn Suite 

with Kingdom Brass. The Severn Suite 

is Elgar’s only original composition for 

brass band. Observers welcome. 

Tickets: FREE 

www.bedewilliams.com 

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Weekend 

A weekend of events dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach’s most prolific son, Carl Philipp Emanuel: a crucial link in the Enlightenment 

transition from baroque invention to the new Classical aesthetic. 



Concert by The Society of 

Strange and Ancient 

Instruments 

Clare Salaman, violin 

Alison McGillivray, cello 

Terence Charleston, harpsichord 

A concert of music 

by C.P.E. Bach 

and his baroque 

predecessors 

featuring some 

weird and wonderful 

instruments. Prepare 

to be surprised… 



www.strangeandancientinstruments.com 


Younger Hall, Rehearsal Room,14:00 

Workshop on Baroque 

Dance Music 

Clare Salaman, Alison McGillivray and 

Terence Charleston lead a public workshop 

on baroque music intended for dancing. 

Tickets: FREE 


Younger Hall, Rehearsal Room,16:00 

Chamber Music Masterclass 

Clare Salaman, Alison McGillivray and 

Terence Charleston tutor University 

student chamber ensembles on 

repertoire including music by C.P.E. Bach. 

Tickets: FREE 



Mozart Requiem 

C.P.E. Bach Magnificat 

St Andrews Chorus 


Michael Downes, conductor 

Scotland’s largest choral society presents 

Mozart’s tragic final work and C.P.E. 

Bach’s joyous Magnificat of 1749. 


£2 (Students) 

www.standrewschorus.weebly.com 

This performance will be preceded by an 

introductory talk by Terence Charleston, 

beginning at 18:30. Entrance free to 

concert ticket-holders. 


St Salvator’s Chapel 

Clare Salaman Terence Charleston Alison McGillvray 

Sung Services 

11:00 University Service 

16:00 Evensong 

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The choir of St Salvator’s Chapel are 

joined by period instrument group The 

Silbermann Ensemble in repertoire 

including music by C.P.E. Bach.

Workshops and Research Seminars 

The University of St Andrews workshops and research seminars are steeped in the rich performance culture here at the Music Centre. 

The seminars feature a variety of internal and external speakers presenting their music-related research followed by discussion. 

Research Seminars free and open to everyone! 

Workshops 

Research Seminars 


Younger Hall, Rehearsal Room, 10:00–12:00 

Introduction to the Alexander Technique 

with Heather Coates 

The Alexander Technique is a way of using our whole self: body, 

mind and spirit, so that everything we do becomes easier, lighter, 

less effort. The relevance to musicians – people who rely on mobility 

and poise in order to perform to a high standard – is obvious. In 

this workshop you will be introduced to the key elements of the 

Alexander Technique. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing 

and bring 2 normal-sized paperback books with you. 

Tickets £5 

FREE for Music Centre members. 

Places limited – please book early to avoid disappointment. 


Younger Hall, 11:00–13:00 

Percussion masterclass with Matthew Hardy 

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra's new Principal Timpanist 

Matthew Hardy guides the University's student percussionists. 

Entrance: FREE 


Younger Hall, 10:00–17:00 

Conducting Workshop 

Bede Williams and Gillian Craig lead a workshop for conductors 

working in education or community music. Focusing on 

Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony and Grieg’s Holberg Suite, as 

well as on repertoire suggested by the participants, the day will 

be a ‘hands-on’ event with each conductor enjoying at least 30 

minutes of podium time with a small ensemble. To participate, 

please contact Bede Williams, bw23@st-andrews.ac.uk. 

Fees for participation: £50, £20 (students) including lunch. 

Wednesday 24 September 2014 


John De Simone, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 

Writing a “Scottish” Piece: The importance of national identity in 

my music. 

Wednesday 8 October 2014 


Tom Wilkinson, University Organist 

The Music of J.S., W.F. and C.P.E. Bach 




Dr Stravroula Pipyrou, University of St Andrews 

Lost in Fantasma: Embodiment and Governance in Mafia Dance. 



Dr Jane Pettegree, University of St Andrews 

The Library Choir 

Singing in the Stacks; unearthing the treasures of the 

University’s 18 th century music library. 

Wednesday 5 November 2014 


Dr Jonathan Kemp, University of St Andrews 

Understanding the motion of the lips in brass musical 

instrument playing. 

www.kempacoustics.com 

Wednesday 12 November 2014 


John Wallace and Sandy McGrattan 

19 th century brass music (part of the St Andrews Brass Festival) 

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Music Society 

Music Centre 

University of St Andrews 

Music Society 

Friday Lunchtime Concerts 


Admission free 

University of St Andrews Music Centre 

Younger Hall, North Street, St Andrews, KY16 9AJ 

Tel 01334 462226 

Email: music@st-andrews.ac.uk 

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music/ 

Sept 19 

Ukelear Fusion 

Sept 26 

Caroline Taylor (soprano) 

Oct 3 

Mairi Warren (violin) 

Maebh Martin (piano) 

Oct 10 

Vocal Students of Jonathan May 

Oct 17 

Piano variety show 

Dr Michael Downes 

Director of Music 

Helen Gregory 

Music Centre Manager 

Bede Williams 

New Music Co-ordinator 

Tom Wilkinson 

University Organist 

Alex Hill 

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Intern 

Gillian Craig 

Music Consultant 

Chris Bragg 

Concerts Administrator 

Ruth Carr 

Music Centre Administrator 

Jeni Deards 

Administrative Assistant 

Dr Jonathan Kemp 

Music Technology Co-ordinator 

Oct 24 

Olivia Clark (soprano) 

Oct 31 

Ronan Kearney (tenor) 

Kerr Barrack (accordion) 

Nov 7 

Vocal Students of Ian Darling 

Nov 14 

University Scholarship String Quartet 

Nov 21 

Vocal Students of Jonathan May 

Nov 28 

Emma Taylor and 

Lucy Coatman (sopranos) 

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