The University of Dundee’s series of evening concerts will start on Thursday 16 October with an enchanting performance from two highly- acclaimed Scottish musicians.
Harriet Davidson and Claire Haslin will play at the University Chaplaincy, Cross Row, Dundee at 7.30pm. The evening’s programme includes:
12 Variations on Handel’s Judas Maccabeus (Beethoven)
Le Grand Tango (Piazzolla)
Sonata No.2 (Martinu)
Preludes (Debussy)
Sonatoa in A (Franck).
Cellist Harriet Davidson is from Edinburgh and studied at Oxford University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Raphael Wallfisch. As soloist and chamber musician, Harriet has performed in the Jacqueline du Pre concert hall, the Royal Festival Hall, the Palace of Hollyrood House, the Royal Opera House and Windsor Castle.
Recent orchestral engagements include education projects with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Sinfonia 21 and performances with the Royal Philharmonic and Scottish Concert Orchestras and Camerata Scotland (as Principal Cello). Harriet has also recorded for BBC Television and Island Records, and performed on the acoustic stage at Glastonbury Festival.
Pianist Claire Haslin comes from Glasgow where she studied at the RSAMD (Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) with Jean Hutchinson. There she won prizes for solo and chamber music, and represented the Academy in recital tours of Iceland and Russia before completing the Advanced Solo Studies course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
She has performed at prestigious venues throughout Britain and Europe, including the Purcell Room (London), the Edinburgh Festival, the Montalcino Festival in Italy and the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. In 1997, she won the Sir Henry Richardson Award for piano accompaniment.
Graeme Stevenson, the University of Dundee’s Music Co-ordinator said, "This concert kicks off an exciting series of musical events. We are looking at new ways of making classical music more accessible. For instance, we’re actively encouraging local schools to get involved with acts such as Travelling By Tuba and Recorder Rave scheduled for later in the academic session.
This series - with concession tickets available for many - will no doubt see even more people enjoying and appreciating music."
Ticket prices:
Season ticket £25
Season ticket (concession) £18
Season ticket (student/unwaged) £10
Individual concert £7, £5 (concession), £3 (student/unwaged)
Tickets on sale at Dundee City Box Office (call 01382 434940) or on the door
The other concerts are:
Piers Adams & Howard Beach, Thursday 30 October, Bonar Hall, Park Place
Christina Lawrie, Thursday 27 November, Bonar Hall, Park Place
Athenaeum Brass, Thursday 27 January, Chaplaincy Centre, Cross Row
Travelling by Tuba, Thursday 12 February, Bonar Hall, Park Place
All concerts start at 7.30pm.
By Esther Black, Press Officer 01382 344768 e.z.black@dundee.ac.uk