Date: August 20, 2022

Saturday 20 August 2022 11.00am – 1.00pm, The Queen’s Hall , Clerk Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9JG, UK

Programme
Richard Strauss, arr. Brett Dean – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (1895/1995)
Brett Dean – Recollections
Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No.1 in B-flat, Op.18

Hebrides Ensemble is delighted to be invited to perform this prestigious programme as part of the Edinburgh International Festival’s 75th anniversary programme.

Australian musician Brett Dean is respected worldwide as both a violist and a composer. He collaborates with Hebrides Ensemble in the surreal reminiscences and swirling colours of his own ‘Recollections’, a vivid voyage into musical memory.

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Date: August 26, 2022

26 August, Belcombe Court, Bradford-on-Avon

La rondine (The Swallow) is a moving tale of young love and heartbreak – and what else, you may ask, is opera about? Arguably Puccini’s most modern opera, La rondine was premiered in Monte Carlo in 1917, and includes one of Puccini’s most gorgeous creations, the quartet, ‘Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso’ (I drink to your beautiful smile).

Venue: Belcombe Court, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. BA15 1LZ
5pm Gates open for picnics
7pm Performance starts
9:30pm Approx. end
There will be an interval of half an hour

Tickets:
£40.00 – £90.00 Members ticket pricing
£45.00 – £95.00 Non-members ticket pricing
Under 18’s go free – enquire at box office
Children welcome aged 7 and above

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Date: August 31, 2022

Wednesday 31 August at 7.30pm, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk

Summer at Snape: Alison Balsom
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Copland – Quiet City
Rodrigo arr. Evans ed. Davies – Concierto de Aranjuez
Barber – Capricorn Concerto
Stravinsky – Concerto in D
Gershwin arr. Wright – Rhapsody in Blue

The brilliant trumpet player Alison Balsom joins the outstanding Britten Sinfonia to perform new arrangements of hugely popular concertos of Rodrigo and Gershwin. They also play pieces from their newly-released album, which showcases American composers of the first half of the 20th century who were incorporating jazz influences into their music.

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