Our full 2008/2009 programme of concerts is as follows:

Thursday 21st August, 2008: 45 minute concert and AGM

Friday 12th September, 2008: An Evening with Mendelssohn

Friday 10th October, 2008: Lunchtime Concert

Friday 24th October, 2008: The Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

Friday 14th November, 2008: Djordje Gajic - Accordion

Friday 16th January, 2009: Swing 2009. Jazz Quintet with Dick Lee

Friday 6th February, 2009: The Rhodes Piano Trio

Friday 20th February, 2009: Lunchtime Concert

Friday 13th March, 2009: Sax Ecosse

All evening concerts take place in Falkirk Town Hall at 7.30pm.

Lunchtime concerts are in Falkirk Old & St Modan's Church at 12.30pm. Snack lunches are available for purchase.

• Thursday 21st August

  No charge for admission
  45 minute concert followed by the Annual General Meeting

  Gillian Gardner – Recorder
  Robert Tait – Accompanist

  Sonata in F - JS Bach
  Meditazioni Sopra “ Coeurs Désolés” – Rubbra
  Sonata in F Minor – Telemann
  Sonata for Treble Recorder – Murrill

  Annual General Meeting

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• Friday 12th September

  The Edinburgh Quartet with the Alba String Quartet

  The Edinburgh Quartet with the Alba String Quartet will play the wonderful Mendelssohn Octet in An Evening with Mendelssohn. The Edinburgh Quartet has dominated the chamber music scene in Scotland for over 40 years and is one of the most respected string quartets in the country. The Alba String Quartet is an emerging group which was the first recipient of an Enterprise Music Scotland Residency.

  Edinburgh Quartet:
  String Quartet in f minor op 80 – Mendelssohn
  Alba String Quartet:
  Three Divertimenti – Britten
  Alla Marcia – Britten
  Four for Tango – Piazzolla
  Edinburgh Quartet and Alba Quartet:
  Octet – Mendelssohn

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• Friday 10th October – Lunchtime Concert

  This concert is not included in the season ticket price

  Brass Quintet from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

  Programme will include a wide range of contemporary and traditional music for brass quintet.

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• Friday 24th October

  The Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

  Former winners of a Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians award, this group has quickly established an international career and a formidable reputation for the quality of its playing.

  We are grateful to Tenon for sponsoring this concert

  Overture, L’Italiana in Algeri – Rossini
  La Vega – Albeniz (arr. Roe)
  Cuban Landscape with Rhumba –Leo Brouwer
  The Swan – Catriona McKay (arr. Baker)
  Bresilis – Roland Dyens
  Palhaco – Egberto Gismonti (arr. Jervis)
  Stairs – David Prichard
  Quiccan – Andrew York

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• Friday 14th November

  Djordje Gajic – Accordion

  Djordje is a Yugoslavian-born accordionist, now resident in Glasgow, and is a winner of many international competitions.

  Toccata and Fugue in D Min– JS Bach
  Sonata in E – Scarlatti
  Choral in B Min.- Franc
  Andante – Mozart
  Sonata no 2 - Zolotaryov
  Asturias, Cordoba – Albeniz
  The Dance of the White Indian – Villa-Lobos
  Malaguenia – Lecuona
  Variations on a Russian Theme - Matveyev
  Aria – Rossini

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• Friday 16th January

  Swing 2009. Jazz Quintet with Dick Lee

  We are grateful to William Scott, Dignity Funerals for sponsoring this concert

  Jumpin’ at the Woodside- Basie
  Honeysuckle Rose – Waller
  Nuages – Reinhardt
  Broadway – Weinstein
  Hill House – Lee
  Caravan – Tizol
  Autumn Leaves – Arlen
  Cavalleria – Reinhardt
  Bernie’s Tune – Mulligan
  Brazil – Baroso
  Memoir de mes Reves – Reinhardt
  I Got it Bad (and that ain’t good) - Ellington
  Limehouse Blues – Furber/Braham

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• Friday 6th February

  The Rhodes Piano Trio

  This concert is sponsored by the Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians and features one of the best young ensembles to emerge from the chamber music department of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.

  Piano Trio in C, K. 548 – Mozart
  Piano Trio in Eb op.1 no.1 – Beethoven
  Piano Trio in F min. op. 65 – Dvorak

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• Friday 20th February - Lunchtime Concert

  The Salon Trio (violin, ‘cello and piano)

  This concert is not included in the season ticket price.

  45 minutes of relaxing music to enjoy over lunch.

  Selection, Merry Widow – Lehar
  Plaisir d’Amour – Martini
  Hungarian Dance in G min – Brahms
  Nights of Gladness (Waltz) – Ancliffe
  My Love Is like a Red Red Rose – Arr Simans
  Two Scottish Country Dances – arr. Simans
  Overture, Iolanthe – Sullivan
  Selection, The King and I – Rodgers
  Clog Dance – Herold
  Overture, Show Boat – Kern

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• Friday 13th March

  Sax Ecosse

  This concert is sponsored by Enterprise Music Scotland (EMS) and features an exciting saxophone quartet who are recipients of a residency from EMS.

  Andante et Scherzo – Bozza
  Reverie – Debussy
  July – Michael Torke
  Quatour pour Saxophones – Dubois
  Quatour pour Saxophones – Desenclos
  Three Preludes and The Man I Love - Gershwin
  Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel

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