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

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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...

8 EUNSLEY PARK & MAKSIM ŠTŠURA

14:30 - 16:30 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA

A virtuosic snapshot of late 19th and early 20th Century violin repertoire culminating in Cesar Franck’s mighty, romantic masterpiece.   The programme is filled with music which is ‘under the influence’; be it Stravinsky&r...

19 JAMAL ALIYEV & CAN ÇAKMUR

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

Following his concerto performance with the BBC SSO, Jamal Aliyev is joined by the Turkish pianist Can Çakmur for an exploration of chamber music for the cello. The high romanticism of late Brahms with its passionate and turbulent explorat...

20 DINARA KLINTON

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

A programme which contrasts the elegant 18th century classical keyboard music of Scarlatti with the turbulent and complex 20th century neo-classical sonatas by Prokofiev. Whilst the Russian’s eleven sonatas are a significant contribution to the...

31 ANNA SZAŁUCKA

11:00 - 12:30 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA

Fresh from her new CD recording, Polish pianist Anna Szałucka surveys music from her homeland as it reaches 100 years since independence. Starting with the music of Chopin she investigates the works of the famous pianist, and Prime Minister of Po...

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