Saturday 10/05"Red Byrd I: Joyfull and Solemn Musick" Glenfinnan Church, 8 pm Music from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries performed by the brilliantly eclectic vocal duo Red Byrd. Select Airs, Dialogues, Lamentations and a Plough Song. Composers include John Blow, Howard Skempton, Henry Purcell, Gavin Bryars, Pelham Humfrey and Barry Guy. John Potter (tenor), Richard Wistreich (bass), Robin Jeffrey (lute), Ingrid Henderson (clarsach), Charles Mutter (organ)Tickets: £ 8, accompanied children free Discount available
Sunday 11/05 "Bach and Red Byrd II: Missa Secreta" Kinlochmoidart House by kind permission of Nino Stewart, 2.30 pmWilliam Byrd's Masses are now renowned for their beauty, but under Elizabeth I they would only be heard behind closed and guarded doors... Preluded by Bach's cello suite no. 5. Jill Gosney of Ardshealach Lodge will put on buffet lunch at £12.00 before the concert, at 12.30. After the concert, there will be a collection for "Help for Heroes". John Potter (tenor), Richard Wistreich (bass), Robin Jeffrey (lute) Dunchan Strachan (cello)
Tickets: £ 8, accompanied children free Discount available for concert only.
Monday 12/05"Bruckner 5" Shielbridge Hall - Acharacle, 7.30 pmMasterpieces by Haydn and Tippett alongside Bruckner's great Quintet in F. The Edinburgh Quartet and Jessica Beeston (viola) Tickets: £ 8, accompanied children free Discount available.
Tuesday 12/05 "Swansong" The Ariundle Centre - Strontian, 12 noon
Viola recital with Brahms' gloriously autumnal Viola sonata.
Jessica Beeston (viola) and Andrew Johnston (piano)
Tickets: £ 6, accompanied children free Discount available. For lunch bookings, please ring 01967 402279
Tuesday 12/05 "Schubert Lieder and Gourmet Evening Meal" Glenfinnan Church, 7 pm then Prince's House Hotel, 8 pm An encounter with "Die schone Mullerin" in Glenfinnan Church before a merry Festival Dinner at the Prince's House. Johan Lippens (baritone) and Brook Cuden (piano) Tickets: £ 30, including 3-course evening meal.
Wednesday 13/05 "From Poland with Love" Glenfinnan Church, 8 pm Chamber music in a variety of guises, featuring the astonishing young German accordionist Karin Kustner.Karin Kustner (accordion) and other Festival artists. Tickets: £ 8, accompanied children free Discount available. Thursday 15/05 "Crafty Squeezes and Cunning Wheezes" Resipole Studio - Acharacle, 6 pm Children's concert for the young at heart. Karin sets out to amaze!Tickets: children £ 3, adults £5, family £12
Thursday 15/05 "The Winter Journey" Salen Hotel, 8.30 pm
Schubert's Die Winterreise at the traveller's inn. Spring will seem very far away for a while... Johan Lippens (baritone), Brook Cuden (piano).Tickets: £ 8, accompanied children free Discount available. To book pre-concert meals, please ring 01967 431661
Friday 16/05 "Bruckner 7" Glenfinnan Church, 8 pm Bruckner's Symphony no. 7, so skilfully arranged for 9 players by Stein, Eisler, and Rankl in 1921 that you'll wonder why the Vienna Phil was ever invented! The Loch Shiel Philharmonic Ensemble Tickets: £ 8, accompanied children free Discount available.
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