Lunchtime Recitals at St Mary’s Cathedral

17 to 22 August 2015 1.10pm

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Monday 17 August, 1.10pm Mattias Nilsson Jazz piano Programme 1 set of 40 minutes All compositions will be announced from the stage Scandinavian Jazz Piano From the harsh chill of his native land comes warm music that springs from the rich and varied traditions of Swedish folk music, hymns and native composers. The art of improvisation melts this Swedish legacy with the jazz piano tradition, giving him a unique vehicle of expression that is entirely his own. Mattias Nilsson is regarded as one of the most respected pianists in Sweden. Besides his devotion to the timeless traditions of jazz piano, Nilsson adds to his palette of musical colours the rich and varied traditions of Swedish folk music, hymns, native composers, and not least, his original compositions. With a very warm, personal touch in mind, Mattias creates his own soundscape with totally new colours. Mattias has toured and performed in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Holland, Croatia, Turkey, United States and Latin America with regular visits to Chile where he also was invited by the Swedish Embassy in 2011 to play for the Swedish Prime Minister on his first visit to the country. In 2013 Mattias received the prestigious Swedish Harry Arnold Scholarship and later that year he performed solo at the 23rd Akbank International Jazz Festival in Istanbul which marked the beginning of his solo career at the international scene. Since 2014 he has also worked with international jazz singer Sharón Clark from USA. www.mattiasnilsson.com www.facebook.com/mattiasnilsson.jazzpianist

Cathedral Tours - Free Every Tuesday at 10am and Friday at 2.15pm (45 mins). Meet at the West Door of the Cathedral.

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Tuesday 18 August, 1.10pm Aquillos Ensemble Barbara Richerby Flute Chris Crosby Oboe John Peacock Clarinet Neil Mantle MBE Horn Barbara Mooney Bassoon Programme The Aquillos Ensemble was formed in 2009 by a dedicated and enthusiastic group of Edinburgh based players and gave its inaugural concert during the Edinburgh Festival in St Giles’ Cathedral. As well as performing much of the major wind quintet repertoire, it has promoted less familiar works and has arranged pieces appropriate to art exhibitions at the National Galleries of Scotland; incidentally, the ensemble will be performing a short concert of different pieces at the National Gallery of Scotland on Thursday 20 th August at 6pm. For the concert at St Mary’s they will play as an introduction, a short arrangement of Monteverdi’s Ave Maris Stella from the Vespers of 1610. This was written to complement the exhibition of Titian’s work at the National Gallery in 2014. The programme continues with the well-loved arrangement by Mason Jones of the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet of Beethoven’s Sextet op 71, originally written for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons in 1796. There are 4 movements: I Adagio/Allegro

II Adagio

III Minuet and Trio

IV Rondo

Finally they will perform Danzi’s delightful Quintet in Bb op. 56 No.1, composed in 1821, and was part of a set of 3 dedicated to the famous wind composer Antoine Reicha. His acclaimed wind players from Paris were exponents of the latest developments and innovations of woodwind manufacture at that time. Danzi was very fortunate also to have the use of these players to promote his works. There are 4 movements: I Allegretto

II Andante con moto

III Minuet and Trio

IV Allegro

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Wednesday 19 August No Recital Today (BBC Broadcast Evensong)

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Thursday 20 August, 1.10pm Mademi Clarinet Quartet Eleonora De Lapi, Giulia Magnanego Giorgia Mammi, Silvia Manfredi Programme T. Stewart Smith Suite for four equal clarinets

1. With vigor

2. Peacefully

3. With gaiety and abandon

Dowland Come Again Claudin de Sermisy Tant Que Vivray Bartok adapt. Mazzini Roumanian Folk Dances 1. Joc Cu Bata 2. Braul 3. Pe Loc 4. Buciumeana 5. Poarga Romanesca 6. Maruntel Filippo Gambetta Passeio de Bicicleta Kenneth A. Wilson Variations on a Theme of Paganini In 2010, the Mademi Clarinet Quartet was formed in Genova, Italy, with the purpose of presenting music written or arranged for clarinet quartet. Along with devoting time to research and rehearsal, the quartet began its national and international performance activities. The quartet performed for ‘Impressionismo e Impressionismi’: concert lecture on Impressionism together with Professor Daniele Grosso Ferrando, the Concerti del Cerchio in in Savignone, the Friends of the Anglican Church in Genoa, the Festival of San Bernardo, the Circolo Risorgimento Musicale, the University of Genova, among others. In August 2013 the quartet performed a series of concerts in Edinburgh including St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Giles’ Cathedral and the National Gallery, during the Festival Fringe. At the moment the quartet is also working on the recording of a new album together with the internationally known accordionist Filippo Gambetta.

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Friday 21 August, 1.10pm Adam Brown Guitar Programme Lauro Maria Carolina Montes Preludio de Adios Lauro Virgilio Johanson Magic Serenade Piazzolla Romantico Villa-Lobos Chôro no.1 Tarrega Gran Vals London-based guitarist Adam Brown has performed throughout Europe, the United States and South America. Among his many concert appearances are recitals at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and the 92nd St.Y-Tisch Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, and at London’s Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre. He has also performed at such renowned music festivals as Aspen (USA), Spoleto (Italy), Accademia Chigiana (Italy), Amsterdam International Guitar Festival (The Netherlands), Bath International Guitar Festival (England) and the Musica y Danza Festival (Peru). Recent performances have included solo recitals at the Purcell Room at London’s Southbank Centre, the Bath, Bermuda, Bolivar Hall-London Guitar Festival, and Cheltenham International Guitar Festivals, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the International Guitar Festival at Kings Place in London. This season (2014/15) will include performances throughout the UK as a Making Music Selected Artist. The Rebels Within, Adam Brown’s first solo album features four 20th-century masterpieces that fuse progressive compositional techniques with aspects of archaic musical structures and language. Gladios, released in 2010, presents the melodic lyricism and dynamic rhythmic interplay of music from Latin America. Without Limits-An American Century of Music for Guitar, was released in 2013 and highlights the guitar’s pre-eminent role in America’s cultural life. Born in Edinburgh, Adam Brown studied with Carlos Bonell as a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music in London, where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree with Honours and received several prestigious awards. He continued his studies with Sharon Isbin at the Juilliard School in New York City, completing the Masters of Music degree and subsequently becoming the first guitarist to obtain Julliard's distinguished Artist Diploma degree. He went on to earn a performance-based Doctorate in Musical Arts at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he studied with the celebrated guitarists William Kanengiser and Pepe Romero. More information on the artist, including audio and video performances, can be found at www.adambrownguitar.com. There will be a retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music. 6

Saturday 22 August, 1.10pm Sofia Dimitrova Soprano Charles Eliasch Baritone Will Shaw Piano Programme Mozart Bei Männern and Der Vogelfänger from Die Zauberflöte Donizetti Regnava nel Silenzio and Soffriva nel pianto from Lucia di Lammermoor Verdi Ernani, Ernani Involami from Ernani Tosti A’ Vuchella Monteverdi Pur ti Miro from L’Incoronazione di Poppea Boito L ’Altra Notte Infondo al Mare from Mefistofele Mozart Papagena….Weibchen…..Pa…pa…pagena from Die Zauberflöte Rogers & Hammerstein If I Loved you from Carousel Cole Porter So in Love from Kiss me Kate Sofia Dimitrova, soprano, has enjoyed an international career, having performed in Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, the United States, and in her native Bulgaria. Known for her ‘theatrical flair and sparkling performance’, Ms. Dimitrova currently divides her time between New York and London. This season she is singing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, title role in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena as well as Princess Fedora in The Circus Princess and Kate in Madama Butterfly with Amore Opera. Charles Eliasch, baritone, recently graduated from Mannes College of Music under the guidance of Lois Winter. He is continuing his studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama under the guidance of Eric Roberts and Ingrid Surgenor. He has performed in roles such as the Mule in Starbird by Henry Mollicone, Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld with FAVA, Texas, Papageno in Magic Flute with FAVA, Salzburg and the Viceroy in La Périchole with FAVA, France. Eliasch has performed in venues across the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Sweden, Austria, Hong Kong and the United States. Will Shaw, has been playing the piano since the age of 3. Born in Conwy, North Wales, he attended Chetham's School of Music in Manchester for 5 years where he was taught by Bernard Roberts and Murray McLachlan, and was awarded prizes whilst there for Performing, Chamber Music and Sight reading. His time is currently divided between accompanying, jazz work at VIP Piano Lounge in Cardiff Bay, and his studies as a soloist at RWCMD, for which he received the Julian Jacobson Prize for Piano Performance, and graduated with first class honours last year. He returned to Cardiff to musically direct and conduct Britten's "The Turn of the Screw" last year, and is looking forward to starting a new life in Amsterdam this coming autumn as a repetiteur and accompanist. There will be a retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music.

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Sunday 23 August Services in the Cathedral 8am

HOLY COMMUNION (1929 Scottish Liturgy)

10.30am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST Setting: Martin Mass for Double Choir Motet: Glinka The Cherubic Hymn 3.30pm

CHORAL EVENSONG & CHORISTER VALEDICTORY Canticles: Buxtehude Magnificat Anthem: J.S. Bach Nun danket alle Gott Services sung by the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral

Sundays at 4.45pm CELEBRITY ORGAN RECITALS in the Cathedral 1 hour Free (retiring collection) Popular Festival recitals on the Cathedral’s magnificent ‘Father’ Willis organ. Sunday 23 August Donald Hunt, Assistant Organist, St Mary’s Cathedral.

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There will be a retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music.