Our 15th festival is a landmark worth celebrating and, thanks to the tremendous support provided by our many donors and funders, we are thrilled to be able to mark it in the way we know best – by inviting some of the world’s finest musicians to perform great music in our beautiful, historic county.
We are honoured that the incomparable Véronique Gens has agreed to sing for us, and we look forward to Britten’s delightful ‘Albert Herring’ in a concert staging by Scottish Opera. We are thrilled to welcome Concerto Copenhagen, one of the finest baroque orchestras in the world, as Ensemble in Residence. The brilliant young Van Baerle Trio from Holland play all of Beethoven’s piano trios through our weekday morning Coffee Concerts. The brand new Valo String Quartet are partnered with the extraordinary Jeremy Denk who also contributes two more typically striking programmes, including an amazing Charles Ives event with violinist Maria Wloszczowska and a band!
Our devotion to JS Bach is undimmed, with Fretwork playing The Art of Fugue and Roman Rabinovich the ‘Goldberg Variations’. Our friends the Maxwell Quartet are back, along with Dunedin Consort, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Gesualdo Six, Tenebrae, Hebrides Ensemble, and many others. It should be quite a party in September – we hope to see you then!
Hugh Macdonald & James Waters
Artistic Directors
