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Reels to Ragas Two - Victoria and Albert Halls, Ballater
2015-03-09 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Victoria and Albert Halls, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire, AB35 5QB
Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise.
Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra during the day for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas.

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Tabla Kuljit Bhamra
Cello Robert Irvine
Violin Jackie Shave
Pipes Fraser Fifield

Tickets £10 (£6)
Box Office: 01975 641341

Reels to Ragas Two - The Big Shed, Killin
2015-03-10 19:30 - 22:00 | The Big Shed, Goshen Farm Steading, Musselburgh, EH21 8JL
Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise.
Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra during the day for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas.

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Tabla Kuljit Bhamra
Cello Robert Irvine
Violin Jackie Shave
Pipes Fraser Fifield

Tickets £10 (£6)

Plug Festival Opening Concert: Simply Red Note
2015-05-05 19:30 - 22:00 | Ledger Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Plug is back! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s festival of new music is a celebration of potential. As Associate Contemporary Ensemble, we work alongside student composers and guest artists and soloists. Plug starts with intent, and we get our hands on the first new scores at Scotland’s festival. #Plug2015

Programme:
Nicholas Olsen New Work
Thomas Brown New Work
Donagh Marne New Work
Jay Richards New Work
Robert Allan New Work

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Flute Ruth Morley
Clarinet Yann Ghiro
Percussion Tom Hunter
Violin Nicolas Miribel
Cello Robert Irvine
Piano Simon Smith

Tickets £9.50 / £7.50

Plug Festival Closing Concert with MusicLab
2015-05-08 19:30 - 22:00 | Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
The programme features a large-scale composition from doctoral student Colin Broom, as well as last year’s winner of the prestigious Craig Armstrong Prize, Jay Capperauld. #Plug2015

Programme:
Colin Broom 7 Pictures of an Electronic Life
Jay Capperauld New Work
Jamie Wilson New Work

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Flute Ruth Morley
Sax Gareth Brady
Percussion Tom Hunter
Piano Simon Smith
Cello Robert Irvine

Tickets £9.50 / £7.50

Leverhulme Fellows Concert - RCS, Glasgow
2015-05-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Ledger Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Two pieces from Kagel’s Windrose series and two new student compositions using the same salon orchestra set the scene for this concert to head in almost any direction!

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Flute Ruth Morley
Violin Nicolas Miribel
Viola Jessica Beeston
Cello Robert Irvine
Bass Rick Standley
Percussion Tom Hunter
Piano Simon Smith
Harmonium Julia Lynch

Tickets £8.50

Watching Over You with Karen Cargill - Glasgow
2015-05-19 19:30 - 22:30 | St Andrews in the Square, 1 Saint Andrews Square, Glasgow, G1 5pp, United Kingdom
The premiere of a new song cycle by Scottish composer Rory Boyle, setting a specially-written set of poems by Dilys Rose, for Scottish Mezzo Soprano Karen Cargill and the Red Note Ensemble. The seven songs tell, in honest first-person detail, of the joys and trials of early motherhood. The programme also includes Janacek’s deep and personal string quartet, Intimate Letters.
Red Note Ensemble conducted by Jean-Claude Picard

Tickets £15 / £10
Box Office: 0141 559 5902

Watching Over You with Karen Cargill - Edinburgh
2015-05-20 19:30 - 22:30 | The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH8 9JG, United Kingdom
The premiere of a new song cycle by Scottish composer Rory Boyle, setting a specially-written set of poems by Dilys Rose, for Scottish Mezzo Soprano Karen Cargill and the Red Note Ensemble. The seven songs tell, in honest first-person detail, of the joys and trials of early motherhood. The programme also includes Janacek’s deep and personal string quartet, Intimate Letters.
Red Note Ensemble conducted by Jean-Claude Picard
Tickets £15 (£10 concession)
Box Office www.thequeenshall.net/about/the-box-office or call 0131 668 2019

Sounding Brass - Bath International Music Festival
2015-05-24 | Cleveland Pools, Hampton Row, Bath, Somerset, BA2 6QS, United Kingdom
An open air concert in the atmospheric setting of Cleveland Pools, the only remaining Georgian Lido in the UK, set by the River Avon close to the centre of the world heritage city of Bath.
Red Note Ensemble Performers to include:
Trumpet Mark O’Keeffe
Percussion Tom Hunter

Afternoon concert – Time TBC
Tickets £10
Bath Festival Box Office www.bathboxoffice.org.uk or call 01225 463362

Red Note Ensemble Improv Music Theatre
2015-06-12 20:30 - 22:00 | Cottier’s Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow, G11 5PU
Composer, pianist and Belfast Music Laureate Brian Irvine joins the players of Red Note and our cast of actors for a night of improvised contemporary music theatre. Past years have seen trips to Mars, the French revolution, the banking crash and an unlikely romance in Paisley…who knows what 2015 will hold?!
Artists:
Brian Irvine Piano/director
Greg Lawson Violin
Robert Irvine Cello
Andy Saunders Horn
Ticket Price: £6.00 – £10.00 Box office call 0333 666 3366 or book online at
www.cottierchamberproject.com

Bach to Bartok - Lismore Hall, Isle of Lismore
2015-06-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Lismore Hall, Isle of Lismore, United Kingdom
Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting programme of 20th Century masterworks interspersed with quartet transcriptions of Bach’s iconic ‘Goldberg Variations’. The Bach fragments frame the sumptuous delicacy of Webern’s 5 Movements, Lutoslawski’s seminal Quartet and the virtuosic passion of one of the greatest works ever written for quartet; Bartok’s amazing second quartet.
Programme:
Bach ‘Goldberg Variations fragments’ arrangement for string quartet
Webern 5 Movements for String Quartet
Bach ‘Goldberg Variations fragments’ arrangement for string quartet
Lutoslawski String Quartet
Bach ‘Goldberg Variations fragments’ arrangement for string quartet
Bartok String Quartet No 2.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Jackie Shave violin
Tom Hankey violin
Rachel Roberts viola
Robert Irvine cello

Lismore Hall, Isle of Lismore – 22 June 7.30pm (£10/£5)
An Cridhe, Isle of Coll – 23 June 8.00pm (£10/£5)
Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow – 24 June 8.30pm (£12/£7)
Woodend Barn, Banchory – 25 June 8.00pm (£10/£5)
Club Inégales, London – 26 June 8.00pm (£12/£7)

Bach to Bartok - An Cridhe, Isle of Coll
2015-06-23 20:00 - 22:00 | An Cridhe, Isle of Coll, PA78 6SY, United Kingdom

Bach to Bartok - Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
2015-06-24 20:30 - 22:30 | Cottier’s Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow, G11 5PU

Bach to Bartok - Woodend Barn, Banchory
2015-06-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Woodend Barn, Burn O’ Bennie, Banchory, AB31 5QA, United Kingdom

Bach to Bartok - Club Inégales, London
2015-06-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Club Inegales, 180 North Gower Street, London, NW1 2NB, United Kingdom

Sounding Brass - BRASS Festival, Durham
2015-07-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham City, Durham, DH1 3NJ, United Kingdom
BRASS runs from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 2015 across Durham county and Durham’s stunning city centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
For the first time Classical Music will be celebrated in a strand of concerts all over four packed days. Great musicians from around the UK and the world will come together to celebrate everything Brass – from traditional brass music and swing bands to brass street music from Romania to Portugal and the best in contemporary brass sounds.
Taking place in the historic surroundings of Durham Town Hall, Red Note’s Sounding Brass is an evening of established classics and new compositions spanning 500 years including works by Gabrieli, Dowland, Britten, Harvey and Birtwistle.

Red Note Autumn 2015 Brochure
2015-09-15 - 2015-11-30
Click HERE to view or download Red Note’s Autumn 2015 Brochure.

Go Compose at sound festival
2015-10-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Woodend Barn, Burn O’ Bennie, Banchory, AB31 5QA, United Kingdom
Over the 3 days, students create an original piece of music, working with professional composers Oliver Searle and Usui Shiori and the musicians from Red Note Ensemble, culminating in a live performance of their new works.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Flute Ruth Morley
Trumpet Mark O’Keefe
Cello Robert Irvine
Aberdeen Box Office: 01224 641122 / www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
For more information www.sound-scotland.co.uk

Vive Le Différence
2016-03-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Another exciting side-by-side project with new music ensemble MusicLab under the direction of the talented Leverhulme Conducting Fellows at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The concert will explore great works from the last 50 years, alongside a new student commission. Conducting Fellows Andrey Rubtsov and Jiří Rožeň.
RCS MusicLab
Andrey Rubtsov / Jiří Rožeň Leverhulme Conducting Fellows
Taner Kemirtlek New Work
Sawer Cat’s Eye
Berio Différences

Reels to Ragas 3
2016-04-11 20:00 - 22:00 | The Big Shed, Goshen Farm Steading, Musselburgh, EH21 8JL
Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise.
Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra at 6pm for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Tabla Kuljit Bhamra
Cello Robert Irvine
Violin Jackie Shave
Viola Simon Tandree

The Night With...
2016-04-12 20:00 - 22:00 | The Hug and Pint, 171 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9AW
Red Note perform music for solo brass, trio and electronics featuring music by Handel, Messiaen, John Cage and Harvey. Taking place in The Hug and Pint, Glasgow’s west end bar, eatery & music venue, The Night With Red Note is a must-see event for fans of classical and contemporary music alike.
Taking place in The Hug and Pint, Glasgow’s west end is a bar, eatery & music venue, The Night With Red Note is a must-see event for fans of classical and contemporary music alike.
Programme:
Handel (arr. Arthur Frackenpohl); Suite for Brass Trio
Matthew Whiteside; for Matt Mattera (for solo trumpet)
Oliver Messiaen: ‘Appelle Interstellaire’
Chris Gough: Improv on Messaien
John Cage: Music for Sliding Trombone
Jonathan Harvey; Other Presences
Karlheinz Essl: Sequitur
Peter Longworth; Parade for brass trio
Timothy Cooper; Inner Resonance
Jonathan Harvey; Mortuos Plango Vivos Voco
Denis Smalley; Base Metals

The Night With.....Glasgow’s newest music series, with a twist
2016-04-12 20:00 - 22:00 | The Hug and Pint, 171 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9AW
Red Note perform music for solo brass, trio and electronics (trumpet – Mark O’Keeffe, trombone – Simon Johnson, horn – Chris Gogh, electronics – Timothy Cooper).
This concert will feature music by Handel, Messiaen, John Cage and Harvey. Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland’s Open Project Fund, the concerts promise to be an intriguing evening of music.
Programme:
1st set….Chris Gough – French Horn
Oliver Messiaen: ‘Appelle Interstellaire’ (segue)
Chris Gough: Improv on above (with pedals and effects etc)
(Approx 10-12 minutes).
2nd set….Mark O’Keeffe – Trumpets
Matthew Whiteside: for Matt Mattera (unaccompanied solo)
Simon Johnson – Trombone
John Cage: Music for Sliding Trombone
Jonathan Harvey: Other Presences (electronics with Tim Cooper)
(Approx 10-12 minutes)
3rd set….Simon Johnson – Trombone
Jacob TV: ‘I Was Like Wow’
(Approx 11 minutes)
4th set…Brass trio…
Handel: Suite for Brass Trio
Muczynski: Voyage for brass trio
(Approx 12 minutes)
The Night With is a new concert series set up by composer Matthew Whiteside to perform music in a relaxed environment. The intention is to develop it into a monthly concert series running for six months of the year to include new commissions performed by the highest quality players both Scottish and international and promoting music from all eras but with a bias toward contemporary.

Reels to Ragas 3
2016-04-12 20:30 - 22:30 | The Ceilidh Place, 14 West Argyle Street, Ullapool, Highland, IV26 2TY, United Kingdom
Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise.
Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra from 4-5pm for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Tabla Kuljit Bhamra
Cello Robert Irvine
Violin Jackie Shave
Viola Simon Tandree
Pipes Fraser Fifield

Reels to Ragas 3
2016-04-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Mission House, Harris, Finsbay, Isle of Harris, HS3 3JD, United Kingdom
Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise.
Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra each day at 3pm for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Tabla Kuljit Bhamra
Cello Robert Irvine
Violin Jackie Shave
Viola Simon Tandree
Pipes Fraser Fifield

Reels to Ragas 3
2016-04-14 19:30 - 21:30 | SEALL, Ostaig House, Sleat, Isle of Skye, IV44 8RQ
Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise.
Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra from 4-5pm at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, TDC Main Hall for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Tabla Kuljit Bhamra
Cello Robert Irvine
Violin Jackie Shave
Viola Simon Tandree
Pipes Fraser Fifield

Reels to Ragas 3
2016-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Glenfinnan Church, Glenfinnan, Highland, PH37 4LT
Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise. This concert is part of the annual Loch Shiel Music Festival.
Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra at 5pm Princes House Hotel, Glennfinnan for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Tabla Kuljit Bhamra
Cello Robert Irvine
Violin Jackie Shave
Viola Simon Tandree
Pipes Fraser Fifield

PLUG Festival - Plug 1: Opening Concert
2016-05-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Ledger Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
A multi-faceted opening to Plug@10, featuring the combined forces of Red Note and MusicLab, and including the winner of the prestigious Craig Armstrong Prize. Taking place at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, there will also be the first screening of a new opera for film by Henry McPherson, featuring students from the RCS Opera School and DFTV, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Martyn Brabbins. What a way to start!
New works by: Gregor Forbes, Martin Keary, Shona Mackay, Henry McPherson.
Red Note Ensemble
RCS MusicLab
Garry Walker Conductor

The 306: Dawn
2016-05-24 11:30 - 2016-06-11 22:00 | Dalcrue Farm Barn, Pitcairngreen , Perth, PH1 3LX, United Kingdom
World Premiere National Theatre of Scotland, 1418 NOW and Perth Theatre co-production, in association with Red Note Ensemble
The 306: Dawn is a new piece of music theatre directed by National Theatre of Scotland’s Artistic Director, Laurie Sansom, written by Oliver Emanuel and composed by Gareth Williams.
Based on real events, it charts the heart-breaking journey of three of the 306 British soldiers who were executed for cowardice, desertion and mutiny during World War I (1914-18). The work is a co-commission with 14-18 NOW, the UK’s First World War centenary cultural programme. The 306; Dawn is Part I of a trilogy of new plays, with live music, commemorating the First World War, to be presented in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
These plays will explore personal stories of the 306, as well as looking at how the war affected women, families and communities on the home front.
Audiences will be transported from Perth Concert Hall to the farm. Please note times vary, for full details of dates and times please visit: http://www.horsecross.co.uk/whats-on/306-dawn

The Cottier Chamber Project Reels to Ragas
2016-06-06 20:30 - 21:30 | Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
Red Note, Kuljit and Fraser perform new and traditional tunes at this year’s Cottier Chamber Project in Glasgow’s West End. The theme of love songs sees new tunes written by Kuljit Bhamra, Jackie Shave, Robert Irvine and Fraser Fifield, as well as new and traditional tunes and a few special arrangements.
Travel to Reels to Ragas venue
Subway: Hillhead train: Partick bus: Firstbus 4 and 4a, Citybus 15
Cycles: racks
Car parking: on street, disabled car parking available in advance
Red Note Performers:
Pipes Fraser Fifield
Tabla & percussion Kuljit Bhamra
Violin Jackie Shave
Viola Gavyn Wright
Cello Robert Irvine
Programme:
Fraser Fifield: Psalm
Jackie Shave: Machhair to Myrrh
Fraser Fifield: Chase it, Catch it
Heinrich Biber: ‘Mystery’ Sonata No.1 (with tabla continuo)
Kuljit Bhamra: Ektaal
trad arr. Robert Irvine: Ca’ the yowes

The Sins by Sally Beamish
2016-07-16 20:00 - 21:30 | Parabola Arts Centre, Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3EP
The Sins is a semi-theatrical work, taking as its starting point a new translation by Phil Hind of the ‘seven deadly sins’ section of Langland’s 14th century narrative poem Piers Plowman. Also featuring Commedia and Piobaireachd for piano trio.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Violin Jackie Shave
Cello Robert Irvine
Flute Ruth Morley
Clarinet Marie Lloyd
Percussion Tom Hunter
Piano Huw Watkins
Actor Crawford Logan

Music and Film at Concorde
2016-09-16 20:30 - 22:00 | National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, EH39 5LF
The Concorde Hangar is the stunning setting for a concert in which visual images join music to spectacular effect.
Edgard Varèse’s Déserts (1954) is a monumental work which explores the inner deserts of the mind as well as of land and sea. Varèse’s powerful music is accompanied by a film specially created by the visionary American video artist Bill Viola. George Crumb’s mesmerizingly beautiful and ritualistic Vox Balaenae, inspired by the singing of humpback whales, is followed by Louis Andriessen’s hypnotic, super-dynamic Workers’ Union, with a brand new film commissioned from sound artist Zoe Irvine.
In this exciting event Red Note Advanced Academy brings senior students from major European conservatoires, including Paris, to work alongside Red Note musicians.
Programme:
Varèse Déserts
Crumb Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)
Andriessen Workers Union
