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An innovative festival of chamber music
Dates for next year: 9 – 15 May 2010 Are you looking for inspiration? You’ll find it in abundance on the shores of Loch Shiel in the second week of May, when leading artists from all over Scotland and beyond will team up to perform classical music befitting the scenic splendour of the West Highlands. Albeit short of lavish concert halls, the villages round Loch Shiel offer a series of imaginative chamber music venues ranging from the awe-inspiring to the picturesque, and festival programmes are devised to match. In 2006 we staged a concert at Glenfinnan railway station, featuring music by Steve Reich. In 2007 we celebrated the Highland Year of Culture by commissioning "Lady Chisholm's Songbook", a collaborative work based on local themes and song traditions. The 2008 festival saw the birth of the Loch Shiel Philharmonic Ensemble and their inspired performance of Bruckner's Symphony no. 7 in chamber arrangement for 9 instruments - including the accordion! This is how Artistic Director Charles Mutter reviews the highly successful 2009 Festival: There was a time, back in the dark days of Autumn 2008, when Hege and I thought Loch Shiel 2009 would probably just consist of a long weekend. The bank balance was looking pale, official funding bodies tight-lipped. I was starting to think that my own violin would be providing the only entertainment.
So what went right? See Charles' full review under AD's review.
The Festival’s Artistic Director is London-based violinist Charles Mutter, Associate Leader of the BBC Concert Orchestra.  COME TO LOCH SHIEL
FOR INSPIRATION!
Click here for details on how to get to Loch Shiel.
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