EXAUDI, Photo: William Pascall

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Welcome to ecat.

Please see the information below about our concerts for the 2009/10 season.

Tickets for Edinburgh concerts £10, Concessions £7, Schoolchildren free.

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Download the flyer for 'The ecat discussion group with Ron Butlin'

Download the flyer for 'Quatour Diotima'

For further information contact Hazel at hazelsheppard@blueyonder.co.uk or write to:

ecat
16 Clerwood Gardens
Edinburgh EH12 8PT



Scottish Arts Council Funded

2009

The New Music Experience

Monday 26 October | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 7.45pm

Sample sounds of today with young virtuosi Richard Craig (Flute), Su-a Lee (Cello), Simon Smith (Piano), including six new specially commissioned piano pieces.

Introduced by journalist & broadcaster Janice Forsyth.

An informal FREE concert - just turn up


Inner Octaves

Wednesday 11 November | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 7.45pm

Leading performers of Indian and Western classical music perform new concerti by India's Shirish Korde and the UK's Nigel Osborne.

Simon Thacker and the Nava Rasa Ensemble.


 

2009/10

Ron Butlin

Edinburgh Makar, poet, novelist and opera librettist

Mondays: 2 November 2009, 1 February 2010, 1 & 22 March 2010 | Word Power Books, 43 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh 7.45pm

Ron Butlin leads an informal discussion group about music, arts and ideas.

(Cost for all 4 sessions £15 - please contact ecat to reserve a place)

2010

Nicolas Hodges (piano)

Thursday 28 January | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 7.45pm

Music by Georges Aperghis and Brice Pauset.


 

Quator Diotima (residency)

The sensational French string quartet in Edinburgh and Aberdeen

Sunday 21 February | Dovecot Studios, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh 3pm

Peter Nelson introduces a performance and discussion of Helmut Lachenmann's Grido.

(Tickets £5, students and schoolchildren free, available on the door)

Monday 22 February | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 7.45pm

Concert of music by Gerard Pesson, Crumb (Black Angels), Webern, Lachenmann.

Tuesday 23 February | Cowdray Hall (tbc), Aberdeen 7.45pm

ecat in association with Aberdeen University

Concert of music by Pintscher, Crumb, Webern, Berg.

Wednesday 24 February | University of Edinburgh - Alison House, Nicolson Square, Edinburgh 3pm

Composition workshop with Professor Nigel Osborne.


 

Exaudi

director James Weeks

Monday 15 March | Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh 7.45pm

New vocal music from an extraordinary vocal ensemble.


 

Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Monday 26 April | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 7.45pm

Music from the experimental music catalogue.

Scottish Ensemble with Simon Smith (piano), Joby Burgess and Chris Brannick (percussion)