Michael Beeston - viola

Featured Artist

1997

MONDAY Glenfinnan
Edinburgh Quartet: Jane Murdoch (violin), Peter Markham (violin), Michael Beeston (viola) Mark Bailey ('cello).

Schubert Quartetsatz
Borodin String Quartet No. 2
Wolf Italian Serenade
Patrick Stephen-Samuels String Quartet No. 1

MONDAY Glenfinnan House
The Scottish Harp Ensemble, Eira Lynn Jones (harp), Ruth Morley (flute) and Michael Beeston (viola)

Debussy
Ravel
Ibert
Neilson

WEDNESDAY Refollen House Acharacle
Special Invitation Concert. Recital for Viola and Piano. Michael Beeston (viola), Isobel Anderson (piano) played music by Telemann, Mendelssohn, Watson Forbes and Brahms.

THURSDAY Glenfinnan Church FRIDAY Mingarry Church
The Loch Shiel Spring Festival Choir in Concert, conducted by Patrick Stephen-Samuels. A broad selection of secular and religious music from across the centuries. The programme included the haunting and powerful "O Magnum Mysterium" by the early composer, Vittoria, a selection from Mozart's 12th Mass, a number of amusing and romantic madrigals, and more modern work by John Rutter.

SATURDAY Acharacle
"John McCormack, Man and Legend ". A one man concert by Patrick Stephen-Samuels with pianist Fergus Malcolm.

In the programme, Patrick reviewed the life and work of the great tenor John McCormack who rivalled Caruso in the early 20th Century, performing many of the songs he sang.