The Orchestra of the Scottish Enlightenment: The Art of the Fugue
The Orchestra of the Scottish Enlightenment and award-winning pianist perform Bach's greatest fugues alongside Mozart's Piano Concerto 23 in the atmospheric candlelit St Vincent's Chapel on 15th June.
About The Orchestra of the Scottish Enlightenment: The Art of the Fugue
| 15th June 2024 | |
| 8.15pm | |
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St Vincents Chapel Edinburgh St Vincent Street at the junction with St Stephen Street and Circus Lane, Stockbridge and Canonmills EH3 6SW |
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| £7.50 - £29.50 | |
| Visit the event website here | |
Our orchestra and award-winning pianist perform Bach's greatest fugues alongside Mozart's Piano Concerto 23 in our candlelit chapel.
"Artistic Director Matthew Shiel shone" (⭐⭐⭐⭐ThisWeek Culture)
The Orchestra of the Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th and early 19th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. Among the Scottish thinkers and scientists of the period were Joseph Black, James Boswell, Robert Burns, William Cullen, Adam Ferguson, David Hume, Francis Hutcheson, James Hutton, Lord Monboddo, John Playfair, Thomas Reid, Adam Smith and Dugald Stewart.
The Orchestra of the Scottish Enlightenment are a historically-informed classical orchestra who celebrate the music and performance practices of this glorious period in Scottish history. For example, our concerts are often conducted from the piano as Mozart and Bach would have done and our programmes are a variety show of solo sonatas and intimate chamber works alongside concertos and symphonies.
Each concert includes a peice by a Scottish composer and composers from the Scottish Enlightenment include: James Foulis (1710–73) Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1732–81) James Oswald (1710–69), Alexander Reinagle (1756 - 1809), William McGibbon (1690 - 1756) and the great Scots bard himself - Robert Burns (1759 - 1796).
PROGRAMME:
J.S. Bach: 6 Preludes and Fugues (arranged for piano and orchestra by Mozart)
INTERVAL
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K.488)
Mozart: Rondo alla Turka (from Sonata No. 11 in A major, K.331) - 'Turkish March'
Conductor and soloist: Matthew Shiel
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