So here we are, the Winds and Brass team, on the road to Oban after a hearty breakfast in Dunkeld, a quick coo over three cute black kittens playing in the hotel car park and a ridiculously hairy junction within the first five minutes of setting off this morning!
Last night's concert at Birnam Institute was a huge success. Set off the main road, the wooden-fronted Institute boasts a modern performance space, a cake friendly cafe and Beatrix Potter exhibition and shop.
A keen audience thoroughly enjoyed the concert with many commenting that while they love to see the orchestra in full, there was something rather special about seeing the Winds and Brass perform music specifically composed and arranged for this particular ensemble. Just the kind of feedback we like to hear!
The first half saw SCO Principal and 2nd trumpet players, Peter Franks and Shaun Harrold respectively, team up with percussionist, Caroline Garden on tenor drum, for a rousing performance of Two Renaissance Dances by Claude Gervaise (arranged by Peter). The rest of the Ensemble completed the first half with Arvo Part's Fratres and Jean Francaix's Nine Characteristic Pieces.
The second half began with a Wind arrangement of Gioachino Rossini's Operatic Overture to The Barber of Seville, followed by a captivating duet performance of excerpts of Mozart's The Magic Flute arranged for two flutes and performed by SCO Principal Flute Alison Mitchell and Janet Larsson. Krommer's Partita in E-flat major, Op 79 for winds completed the programme and all were received with thunderous applause.
Tonight will see us in picturesque Oban's St John's Cathedral and judging by the weather so far today, it should be a lovely warm summer evening - perfect for a Highland Tour!
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