Posts for December, 2023

Live Entertainment with Graeme Mackay Accordionist in the Lounge Bar

The TOMS season ends on Saturday 20 April 2024 when the wonderful MAXWELL STRING QUARTET return after a number of years.

Colin Scobie-violin: George Smith-violin: Elliott Perks-viola: Duncan Strachan-cello, are masters in the classical music field, but also have a love of Folk music, which they say ‘.. is the root, the fundament of classical music, and our approach aims to marry the two together in a unique, free, and meaningful way. The performance for TOMS allows you to enjoy both aspects, with their programme of:

Haydn – String Quartet in E flat Op 20/1: Maxwell Quartet – Worksongs (Folk music of Scotland): Beethoven – Quartet in C sharp minor Op 131,

On Sunday 17 March 2024 the renowned TIM KLIPHUIS TRIO will return to Boat of Garten with Tim Kliphuis on violin, Nigel Clark on guitar and Roy Percy on Double bass. Their programme will comprise Mussorgsky’s innovative and popular themes re-imagined by the Trio, and added to with new compositions based on famous paintings by Van Gogh, Hokusai, O’Keefe and others. This will be a concert of two halves, the second half will be material from gypsy jazz (Grappelli), Bach, and Five Elements (an ode to the planet) programmes.

The BROEN ENSEMBLE will make its 3rd visit to TOMS on Saturday 17 Feb 2024, when these outstandingly talented musicians will play a lovely and exhilarating string sextet programme:
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence 1. Allegro con spirito: Mozart – Grande Sestetto Concertante for string sextet K364: Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

ALBA CHALLAH’s last performance in Boat of Garten was their first performance for a classical music audience and it was absolutely stunning.

This Glasgow based Klezmer band is making a much-demanded return visit – showcasing Eastern European repertoire, world folk music and ritual melodies, fusing classical music with Klezmer.

The band leader, Ruaridh Bakke, says – ‘We’ll all be delighted to return to Boat because of the wonderful reception we received last December, and will work on a programme to blow your socks off, for our return in January 2024′.

Traditional Hogmanay Ceilidh in Braemar Village Hall with Graeme Mitchell’s Ceilidh Band. Bring your own Bottle!

Join us in Blair Castle’s Ballroom for a recital of piano, song and a little pipe music interspersed with excerpts from Kitty’s life story. The concert is to celebrate the centenary of the Duchess of Atholl (Duchess Kitty’s) election to Parliament, she was the first Scottish woman MP and you can read her full story here.

Musicians:

Dida Condria (International prize winner and finalist of Young Musician of the Year (Keyboard) 2022 Colleen Nicoll – soprano Muriel Johnstone and Lavinia Gordon – piano Garry West – bagpipes
When? Friday 8th December, 4pm – 5pm
Entry: £15, and includes tea and mince pies after the concert. Tickets can be purchased in advance here.

Music in Blair Atholl

Music in Blair Atholl was set up some 30 years ago as a small organisation with charitable status to bring classical music of a high standard to the Highlands of Scotland where it had little representation. At that stage Sebastian and Henrietta Thewes were living at Strathgarry where they had converted 18th Century farm buildings to include a small concert hall seating 100.

Since the sale of Strathgarry their concerts moved to Lude House, Blair Atholl, home of Andrew and Lavinia Gordon, and have now moved to the Ballroom of Blair Castle, with occasional concerts at the Village Hall and Kilmaveonaig Church, Blair Atholl.

Traditional Scottish music provided by famed Shetland fiddle player Maggie Adamson along with some of her friends.

Ceilidh open to all the family at Cromdale Village Hall. Tickets only £10, children under 16 are free. A BYOB event. Come and join us for a fantastic evening

Adam Fortune is an exciting singer/songwriter who is carrying on the musical legacy of Mic Christopher, Lisa Hannigan and Dick Gaughan as well as bands such as The Waterboys, The Cure and The Frames.

His 2021 album, ‘Harbour’, is a tribute to late Campbeltown musicians Kenny Gilchrist and Robert Black and features songs Adam has written over the course of the last 10 years, reflecting a decade of personal twists and turns.

Enjoying listening to Adam over a drink and a meal this New Years Day.