Piano

Through our Piano for Orkney appeal we managed to purchase a brand new Steinway 'Model D' concert grand piano in 2016. The piano is housed in St Magnus Cathedral. For more information on the piano and to see the list of donors click here

28 The Marian Consort

22 June 2015 St Ninian's Church Skaill, Deerness, Deerness KW17 2QJ

The Marian Consort is a young, dynamic and internationally acclaimed group, drawing here on the rich corpus of music written by William Byrd. THE MARIAN CONSORT RORY McCLEERY Director WILLIAM BYRD Miserere mei, Deus WILL...

33 The Bardic Trio - Folk Songs Re-Imagined

23 June 2015 Balfour Castle Balfour, Shapinsay KW17 2DY

Enjoy a confection of songs and music for guitar and harp from the folk traditions of Scotland, Orkney, Wales and Latin America in the very special atmosphere of the drawing room at Balfour Castle. BARDIC TRIO JAMIE MACDO...

39 Čiurlionis Quartet

24 June 2015 Balfour Castle Balfour, Shapinsay KW17 2DY

The world-renowned Lithuanian quartet bring music from their homeland alongside Schubert in the Drawing Room of Balfour Castle. MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS ČIURLIONIS Quartet in C minor GIEDRIUS KUPREVIČIUS Six Lithuania...

21 SAMSON TSOY & PAVEL KOLESNIKOV

13:00 - 14:00 21 June 2016 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX

PIANO FOUR HANDS These two young virtuosi bring the Festival’s new Steinway piano to the fore for the first time with a piano duo recital. Samson Tsoy & Pavel Kolesnikov Piano Duo Beethoven 8 Variations from the theme &lsq...

27 BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and ALEXEI VOLODIN

19:00 - 21:15 22 June 2016 Pickaquoy Centre Arena The Pickaquoy Centre, Muddisdale Road, Kirkwall KW15 1LR

Inspired by this year’s Shakespeare anniversary and his most famous pair of characters, the BBC Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of orchestral virtuosity on the biggest of themes: love. Alexander Vedernikov Conductor Ale...

34 ALEXEI VOLODIN

20:00 - 22:00 24 June 2016 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX

Acclaimed for his highly sensitive touch and technical brilliance, the Russian pianist Alexei Volodin is in demand throughout the world. To inaugurate the new Festival piano he brings to Orkney a programme which commemorates the 400th anniversary...

38 MYRTHEN Songs To The Moon

14:00 - 16:00 26 June 2016 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA

Taking its name from a cycle of songs by Schumann, and with the pianist Joseph Middleton at its heart, the ensemble Myrthen brings together the crème de la crème of young British-based singers and has won universal critical acclaim. The...

10 Lecture: Steven Osborne: What does music mean?

18:00 - 19:00 18 June 2017 Peedie Kirk Hall Palace Road, KIRKWALL KW15 1PA

Steven Osborne offers personal reflections on the nature of our connection to music. He is well known for his insightful talks about music and his reflections on the nature of performance and how to listen. This promises to be a fascinating...

19 Steven Osborne

19:00 - 21:00 19 June 2017 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX

Steven Osborne Piano Steven Osborne has an international reputation for his elegant, lyrical and powerful playing and his programme for St Magnus Festival brings all these qualities to bear. Brahms&rsquo...

21 Ashley Fripp

13:00 - 14:00 20 June 2017 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX

Ashley Fripp Piano One of the younger generation of virtuoso British pianists, Ashley Fripp performs a dance inspired programme with delicate Mazurkas from Chopin contrasting with the same composer’s extravagantly virtuosic Grande ...

23 Norwegian Radio Orchestra

19:00 - 21:00 20 June 2017 Pickaquoy Centre Arena The Pickaquoy Centre, Muddisdale Road, Kirkwall KW15 1LR

Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor Steven Osborne Piano Grieg Peer Gynt (excerpts) Ravel Piano Concerto in G Victor Agudelo La Madre de Agua (Mother Water) *British Première* Sibelius Symphony No. ...

5 Fiachra Garvey

13:00 - 14:00 23 June 2018 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX

Fiachra Garvey serves up a richly varied and vibrant programme ranging across a century from the 1840s to the 1950s. Debussy’s elusive sonorities and delicate sound pictures filled with bells and orientalism flows gently into...

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