Hebrides Ensemble
Hebrides Ensemble
The Players
Hebrides' Tune Up tour
Recordings
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Hebrides Ensemble has built a reputation touring frequently throughout Scotland, appearing at international music festivals and broadcasting regularly on BBC Radio 3.
The Ensemble has commissioned and premiered new works by more than forty composers including Nigel Osborne, Sally Beamish, Stuart MacRae and Gordon Mcpherson. They also perform a celebrated series of concerts each year at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
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Hebrides performers have played with a huge number of Scottish and international orchestras and chamber groups, including the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC SSO, RSNO, Nash Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Dante Quartet.
- William Conway - Conductor and cellist
- Alexander Janiczek - Violin
- Krysia Osostowicz - Violin
- Catherine Marwood - Viola
- Rosemary Eliot - Flute
- Douglas Boyd - Oboe
- Yann Ghiro - Clarinet
- Ursula Leveaux - Bassoon
- Angela Whelen - Trumpet
- Neil Fellows - Horn
- Joanne McDowell - Percussion
Sound Currents
The Scottish Arts Council are delighted that Hebrides Ensemble will be taking part in the Tune Up music touring programme. They will be performing music by recent and twentieth century British composers.
| Touring during November 2004, Hebrides Ensemble will take dazzling performances of a bold mix of dramatic music for wind and strings. Venues include Inverness, Ullapool, Plockton, Aberdeen, Stirling and Edinburgh. |
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The full, varied programme is:
- Hex II - Anna Meredith
- Three Miniatures - George Benjamin
- Tuireadh - James MacMillan
- Rhapsodice Quintet - Herbert Howells
- The Seven Brightnesses - Peter Maxwell Davies
- Quartettino - Benjamin Britten
| For more information on Tune Up and the other bands taking part in the tours have a look at the Tune Up website, or the page on the Scottish Arts Council website. |
Hebrides Ensemble’s recent CD 'Anake' by Lyell Cresswell for the NMC label has received high critical acclaim across the globe.
The works on the CD are predominantly for solo instruments. Anake is a set of three contrasting pieces for solo flute, Whira is for solo violin, Acquerello for piano and Atta for solo cello. The CD concludes with Variations on a Theme of Charles Ives for flute and cello.
The CD can be bought from NMC Recordings, Tutti and the Scottish Music Centre.
| For more information on Hebrides Ensemble, their players, performances and recordings you can email Hebrides Ensemble, or visit the Hebrides Ensemble website. |
Supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council. |