How does a musician choose which instrument to play? Will Conway, Hebrides Ensemble’s Artistic Director, reveals why he took up playing the cello. In the 25th anniversary year of Hebrides Ensemble, Will talks about the reasons why he formed the chamber group and we hear him playing to an audience in Pollok Community Centre in […]
Ravel’s Piano Trio was performed with Sally Beamish’s reworking of Debussy’s La Mer and Takemitsu’s Between Tides during Hebrides Ensemble’s ‘Impressions of the Sea’ concert tour. This concert was live streamed from Perth Concert Hall on Monday 7 March, 2016, and was watched by audiences in the UK, Europe, the USA, New Zealand and Mexico. […]
Takemitsu’s Between Tides was performed with Sally Beamish’s reworking of Debussy’s La Mer and Ravel’s Piano Trio during Hebrides Ensemble’s ‘Impressions of the Sea’ concert tour. This concert was live streamed from Perth Concert Hall on Monday 7 March, 2016, and was watched by audiences in the UK, Europe, Africa, the USA and South America. […]
Sally Beamish’s reworking of Debussy’s La Mer was the centrepiece of Hebrides Ensemble’s ‘Impressions of the Sea’ concert tour. This concert was live streamed from Perth Concert Hall on Monday 7 March, 2016, and was watched by audiences in the UK, Europe, Africa, the USA and South America. We’ve made this performance available on demand […]
William Conway (Artistic Director of Hebrides Ensemble) and Stuart MacRae (Composer of Parable) discuss ‘The Lads in their Hundreds’ – a series of concerts in 2014 which marked the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
Soprano Lucy Shelton talks about Schoenberg's masterpiece Pierrot Lunaire, sharing her thoughts on this masterwork one hundred years after the premiere in 1912 and what it is like performing it in advance of her appearance with Hebrides Ensemble on 31st May in the Fruitmarket, Glasgow.
Jessica Duchen, author and musician, talks about Messiaen’s famous Quartet for the End of Time and discusses the context in which it was written – A Prisoner of War Camp in 1940 – and the powerful emotions the work invokes.
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