Scottish composer Bill Sweeney’s 90—minute version of Hugh MacDiarmid’s poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is a brilliant, multi-faceted setting of one of the landmark Scots poems of the twentieth century.
A string quartet drawn from Red Note’s line-up - Greg Lawson, Lise Aferiat, Jane Atkins and Robert Irvine - will perform with Tommy Smith, Joe Lovano and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra conducted by Gunther Schuller at the Edinburgh International Festival
Oboe (doubling Cor Anglais), Accordian, Small Drumkit and Marimba
Gabriel Jackson: New Work for Strings // John Adams: Shaker Loops // Gavin Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Risk-taking and a sense of adventure are essential components in any collaboration, and we want to take the brave experimentation of Red Note’s Noisy Nights and the Traverse’s Words, Words, Words contributors a step further by hooking up Noisy composers and Words writers to see what blares, jangles, purrs, chirps and warbles out of the mix for this special, one-off event in the Traverse’s Autumn Festival.
3 'cellos, played by Robert Irvine, Eilidh Martin and Sonia Cromarty
A Cage lunchtime concert to complement the Cage paintings on view in the University's Hunterian Art Gallery.
A celebration marking the 60th birthday of Rory Boyle, 2010 British Composer Awards winner and RSAMD staff member.
Harpsichord, Baroque ‘cello and recorder
Red Note (RSAMD Associate Contemporary Ensemble) side-by-side with the RSAMD's ensemble MusicLab, in a programme of world premieres of music...
