Dabton Home |
Dabton Home is a Georgian nation home on the Queensberry Property in Dumfriesshire, constructed within the 1820s and really a lot a classical villa. From 17 to 19 Could 2024, the home is internet hosting a Classical Music Retreat, giving company the possibility to listen to rising Scottish artists within the intimate confines of Dabton Home’s drawing room. The weekend is being introduced by Absolute Classics, creative director Alex McQuiston, an organisation that presents classical music throughout Dumfries & Galloway, showcasing most interesting classical musicians to audiences whereas additionally nurturing and supporting rising skills.
The Classical Music Retreat at Dabton Home options Scottish violinist Iona McDonald and pianist Yuki Negishi in Clara Schumann, Franck, Lili Boulanger and Saint-Saens, 16-year-old cellist Will Archibald (runner up within the closing of the Scottish Younger SoloMusician of the 12 months in Could 2023) with Negishi in Schumann, Ligeti and Rachmaninov, Scottish soprano Catriona McArthur with Negishi in an eclectic programme that strikes from Handel and Mozart, to Schumann, Debussy, Madeleine Dring, Rebecca Clark and James MacMillan, and percussionist Callum Walton (who’s evidently from Gretna Inexperienced).
Absolute Classics presents a complete number of occasions throughout the area, and the Summer time Pageant this 12 months options pianist Peter Donohoe, the Rossetti Ensemble in a programme of piano quartets, brass ensemble Septura, and Opera Bohemia in Puccini’s Tosca, all in Dumfries.
Full particulars from the Absolute Classics web site.