East Neuk Festival takes place in some of East Fife's most stunning seaside locations. and this year's highlights include: The Opening Concert: Scotland’s finest jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie takes Brahms Opus 10 as inspiration for his own improvisations, before being joined by Su-a Lee (cello) and Donald Grant (violin) for duos and trios.
Three UK premieres: Arietta - a co-commission inspired by Beethoven’s late piano sonatas written for the Calidore Quartet by Mark Anthony Turnage. Images from the Floating World inspired by Njál’s Saga, performed by the Opus 13 quartet, and written by Swedish composer Britta Byström. New work written by oud master, Rihab Azar for oud, violin, cello and percussion. A rare chance to hear Beethoven’s ‘Mega Work,’ - all three of Beethoven’s Razumovsky quartets performed over the course of a single day by all three quartets at this year’s festival (Opus13, Cuarteto Quiroga, Calidore Quartet). The return of Christian Zacharias performing Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet with Cuarteto Quiroga - one of his all-time favourite quartets. The Tallis Scholars singing a sequence of all three of William Byrd’s masses. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, led by Maxim Emelyanchev closing the festival with works by Mozart, Haydn and Stravinsky and guest soprano Anna Dennis. Llŷr Williams performing Schumann’s KreislerianaPlus, this year’s Big Project performance is inspired by the rags-to-riches story of Crail-born composer James Oswald (b. 1710) - the son of Crail’s town drummer who rose to have a glittering career as one of London’s most famous and influential musicians and publishers. Titled Looking for Oswald, this new performance offers James Oswald’s music performed by harpist Karen Marshalsay, singer Chris Miles and fiddler/violist Kathryn Nicholl with introduction by Tom Davidson. Accompanying artwork will be created by pupils at the local Crail primary school.
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