Member profile
Hebrides Ensemble
http://www.hebridesensemble.org.uk
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Hebrides Ensemble are offering work experience opportunities to enthusiastic and hard working individuals. If you are interested please email your CV to manager@hebridesensemble.com
Hebrides Ensemble has built a reputation as Scotland's foremost chamber group, touring frequently throughout Scotland, appearing at international music festivals and broadcasting regularly on BBC Radio 3. Its concerts are acclaimed for their imaginative and innovative programming and for the outstanding quality of performance. For its work in 2005 Hebrides Ensemble was nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society award.
The Ensemble has commissioned and premiered new works by more than fifty composers including Gordon Mcpherson, Stuart MacRae, Haflidi Hallgrimsson and Sally Beamish and performs a celebrated series of concerts each year at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Recent projects include prestigious Scottish Arts Council Tune Up tours and collaborations with Scottish Dance Theatre and Opera Circus. Festival appearances include a residency at the St. Magnus Festival, Orkney, performances at the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Edinburgh International Festivals, and the Ensemble's first appearance at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in November 2007.
In May 2008, Hebrides Ensemble will make its Wigmore Hall debut, followed by a residency at the St Magnus Festival, Orkney in June 2008 and a Scottish tour of Peter Maxwell Davies' opera "The Martyrdom of St Magnus". Further plans include a Scottish tour with soprano Jane Irwin in Autumn 2008, a Scottish / Austrian tour in Spring 2009, and the Ensemble's City of London Festival debut in 2009.
The Ensemble has recently recorded Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time for Linn Records, for release in May 2008. The Hebrides commission "Waltzer" by Gordon McPherson will be released on Natural Studio Records in March 2008.
Hebrides Ensemble's recent CD of music by Lyell Cresswell for NMC has received the highest critical acclaim across the globe. A further CD featuring music by John Bevan Baker was released by Linn Records in September 2006.
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Hebrides Ensemble, Opera Circus, Pakriti Dutta (singer), Sarvar Sabri (tabla), Simon Thacker (guitar) - Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:00: Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Naciketa: A Musical Epic. Nigel Osborne: Naciketa. .
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Hebrides Ensemble, Opera Circus, Pakriti Dutta (singer), Sarvar Sabri (tabla), Simon Thacker (guitar) - Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:00: Reid Hall
Dundee
Naciketa: A Musical Epic. Nigel Osborne: Naciketa. . Queen's Hall Box Office 0131 668 3456
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Hebrides Ensemble, Opera Circus, Pakriti Dutta (singer), Sarvar Sabri (tabla), Simon Thacker (guitar) - Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:30: Clore Studio, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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Hebrides Ensemble, Opera Circus, Pakriti Dutta (singer), Sarvar Sabri (tabla), Simon Thacker (guitar) - Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:00: Bridport Arts, Dorset
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Hebrides Ensemble, Colin Currie (percussion), Michael Popper (dancer & choreographer) - Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:30: Perth Concert Hall
Perth
Hebrides Ensemble. Maxwell Davies: Scottish Renaissance Dances; Birtwistle: The Axe Manual; Ades: Court Dances from 'The Tempest'; Maxwell Davies: Vesalii Icones. . Perth Concert Hall Box Office 0845 612 6324
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Hebrides Ensemble, Colin Currie (percussion), Michael Popper (dancer & choreographer) - Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:00: Woodend Barn Arts Centre
Aberdeen
Hebrides Ensemble. Maxwell Davies: Scottish Renaissance Dances; Birtwistle: The Axe Manual; Ades: Court Dances from 'The Tempest'; Maxwell Davies: Vesalii Icones. . Woodend Barn Box Office 01330 825431
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Hebrides Ensemble, Colin Currie (percussion), Michael Popper (dancer & choreographer) - Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:00: Eden Court Theatre
Highlands and Islands
Hebrides Ensemble. Maxwell Davies: Scottish Renaissance Dances; Birtwistle: The Axe Manual; Ades: Court Dances from 'The Tempest'; Maxwell Davies: Vesalii Icones. . Eden Court Box Office 01463 234234
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Hebrides Ensemble, Colin Currie (percussion), Michael Popper (dancer & choreographer) - Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00: Queens Hall
Edinburgh
Hebrides Ensemble. Maxwell Davies: Scottish Renaissance Dances; Birtwistle: The Axe Manual; Ades: Court Dances from 'The Tempest'; Maxwell Davies: Vesalii Icones. . Queen's Hall Box Office 0131 668 3456
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Hebrides Ensemble, Andrew Kennedy, Roderick Williams, Will Conway - Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00: Perth Concert Halls
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Hebrides Ensemble - Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00: Queens Hall