From Monday 14 January 2008 the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will be resident in Angus for a week of music making. The Orchestra will leave its Glasgow home to perform a variety of concerts, workshops and community projects culminating in the public re-opening of the newly refurbished Webster Theatre in Arbroath.
The first public concert of Out and About in Angus is an RSNO Brass Ensemble performance at the Reid Hall, Forfar on Tuesday 15 January, starting at 7.30pm. Led by the exuberant Bryan Allen, the ensemble will explore the many ages of music, from baroque and jazz to pop and contemporary. Seating is unreserved and all tickets are £5.00.
Throughout the week two strings groups assembled from the core of the RSNO musicians, Bagatelle and The Octomore Quartet, will collaborate with pupils from Montrose Academy and Brechin High School, culminating in Sensational Strings, a joint performance showcasing the result of their week's collaboration at Montrose Town Hall on Friday 18 January. Conducted by RSNO Horn John Logan, the concert will feature Holst's St. Paul's Suite, Warlock's Capriol Suite and Handel's Sarabande. The concert starts at 7.30pm, seating is unreserved and all tickets are £5.00.
On Saturday 19 January the full forces of the RSNO perform the opening concert of the newly-refurbished Webster Theatre in Arbroath. RSNO Assistant Conductor David Danzmayr will lead the Orchestra for a Gala performance, featuring Schubert's Symphony No5, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro overture and waltzes, polkas and marches from the Strauss family. Tickets are £12.00/£9.00. Concession-rate tickets (£10.00/£8.00) are only available if purchased in advance.
During the week, the RSNO musicians will also be out and about in Angus, appearing at various locations and in various forms: duos, wind trios, string quartets and brass quintets. In addition, the full force of Scotland's national orchestra will be performing two REMIX! concerts for secondary schools and two Monster Music concerts for pre-school children, all conducted by RSNO Assistant Conductor David Danzmayr and presented by Paul Rissmann, at the Reid Hall, Forfar and the Webster Theatre, Arbroath.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Director of Education and Audience Engagement, Ellen Thomson, announced the weeklong project, saying:
"We are delighted to be able to take residence in Angus for what should be a fantastic week of music making. We have devised a programme of events which should have something for everyone, from first-time concert-goers to aficionados of orchestral music." -- www.rsno.org.uk
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