Red Hot Chilli Pipers
UNDERCOVER@ – FRIDAY FROM 6PM
Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent. A blazing rock band and a show so hot it carries its own health warning. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless!
Following sell out gigs at the Edinburgh Fringe, Red Hot Chilli Pipers continue to excite audiences worldwide with their intoxicating mix of pipes and drums and rock music. The new album is immenent so expect some exhilarating new numbers when they march into the St Andrews Festival.
Chloe Matharu
UNDERCOVER@ – FRIDAY FROM 6PM
Still a St Andrews’ student, Chloe’s first album was recorded when she was just 18. Now a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe and with a new album due for release this year. With cultural roots in Scotland, Wales and India, Chloe was lucky enough to have grown up surrounded by a wealth of traditional music which when combined with a hint of 60’s revival has led to comparisons with musicians like Anne Briggs and Fairport Convention.
BLACK SHEEP MUSIC SOCIETY
UNDERCOVER@ – FRIDAY FROM 6PM
A very popular St Andrews band, Black Sheep continue to entertain audiences with their upbeat mix of covers and original songs.
Amici Cantate and Michael Kibblewhite
Holy Trinity Saturday – check website for times
Michael Kibblewhite, one of the UK’s best known choral conductors, has founded and directed several renowned choirs including Cambridge Chorale (winners of the 2002 Mixed Voice Competition at Riva del Garda), East London Chorus, English Festival Voices. Michael is especially committed to working with young voices. He ardently believes that all young people should have the opportunity to sing in a choir. In 1994, he founded Cantate. It’s many prizes include the UK’s only Gold Medal in the 2008 World Choir Games, the Sainsbury’s Children’s Choir of the Year Award, and First Prize Cum Laude at the 2006 Europees Muziekfestival in Neerpelt, Belgium. Michael has strong connections with Scotland, being a direct descendent of Flora MacDonald.
The Amici Cantate Choir
Made up of 60 plus friends and parents of Cantate members. Well known for its broad eclectic repertoire, the choir has toured Spain once, and Italy three times including an appearance in St Mark’s Venice and a joint concert with the Coro Santa Maria Maddalena in Desenzano.
Lulo Reinhardt Project
Byre Theatre – Friday 9pm
As part of the UK tour, this unique show of gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt complete with six-piece band comes to St Andrews. Lulo Reinhardt is the grand-nephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt. Lulo represents one of the most unique voices in gypsy-jazz music today. His latin-swing project combines pure gypsy-swing music with elements of Latin music such as flamenco, tango, and bossa nova.
Edinburgh String Quartet celebrating their 50th Anniversary
Holy Trinity – Sunday 2.30pm
The Edinburgh Quartet was founded in 1960 and quickly became established as one of Britain’s foremost chamber ensembles, appearing regularly at prestigious venues across the country including London’s Wigmore Hall and The South Bank Centre. It achieved international recognition after winning the Contemporary Prize at the Evian-les-Bains String Quartet Competition and has since toured extensively across Europe, the Far East, North and South America and the Middle East. The Quartet have made numerous BBC TV and BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.
Brick RED presents a SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL EVENT
Cappella Nova – Alan Tavener (director)
Past Forward – A concert for Arvo Pärt’s 75th Birthday and St Andrews Day
Saturday 20th November 7.30pm – St Salvatores Chapel North St.
Built around Claudio Monteverdi’s Missa in illo tempore, published in Venice exactly 400 years ago, and featuring the world premiere of the motet for St Andrew’s Day, Andreas Christi Famulus, by Swiss composer Ivo Antognini, the concert features six beautiful choral works by Pärt, including the UK premiere of The Deer’s Cry and the Scottish premieres of Morning Star and Da pacem Domine.
Tickets £15/£10/£4
Byre Box Office
www.standrewsfestival.co.uk
