William Sweeney

William Sweeney - Performances

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Mon 14 Jun 2010 5:30 pm West End Festival Daniel's Beard Cottier Theatre, Glasgow - Admission free but donations welcome Daniel's Beard (named after Daniel Cottier's hirsute appearance!) will preform for the second time. Throughout the West End Festival Four Acres Charitable Trust are opening the doors of the Cottier Theatre so that the public get to see the restored stained glass. Daniel's Beard, the newly formed chamber music ensemble, will give two promotional performances in the church on the 12th and 14th June. This second performance will explore the musical heritage of Glasgow's West End by playing pieces of composers such as Thomas Wilson, Eddie McGuire, John Maxwell-Geddes and Bill Sweeney who have lived and worked there. It will also feature the winners of the first WEF Composition Competition! Wilson : Chanson de Geste Sweeney : Nine Days Armstrong : Glasgow Love Theme and Morning Breaks McGuire : The Loving of Etain Geddes : Callanish IV Chopin : Berceuse Mozart : Romanza from Horn Concerto No 4 played on the horn used by Lord Kelvin

Sat 28 Nov 2009 2:00 pm Enterprise Music Scotland/Music in the University of Glasgow presents... Sound Thought - Music Department Research Showcase Kevin Bowyer, William Sweeney, Nicholas Ashton University Concert Hall, University of Glasgow, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ Paper presentations, poster discussions, and further world premieres. Featuring Kevin Bowyer, Nicholas Ashton and Bill Sweeney. Followed by a reception in the Research Club.

Fri 27 Nov 2009 7:30 pm Enterprise Music Scotland/Music in the University of Glasgow presents... Sound Thought - Music Department Research Showcase The Edinburgh Quartet, Kevin Bowyer, William Sweeney University Memorial Chapel World premieres of works by postgraduate and Departmental composers, alongside talks, demonstrations and posters for research currently taking place in the Department of Music.

Sat 13 Jun 2009 7:30 pm Salm an Fhearainn Calton Consort Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh - £8 (£6) available at the door please contact caltonconsort@googlemail.com for further details William Sweeney : Psalm of the Land Robert Carver : O Bone Jesu James MacMillan : Christus vincit James MacMillan : Tremunt videntes angeli Julian Anderson : Four American Choruses

Sun 15 Mar 2009 7:30 pm The Word and the Song Cappella Nova St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow - £13.50, £10 (£9.50, £7) Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 0141 353 8000 Our Robert Burns 250th Anniversary concerts celebrate the history of Scottish poetry and song. Alongside romantic and atmospheric settings of Burns by Robert Schuman and James MacMillan, there’ll other great Scottish poets interpreted in music by William Sweeney, Edward McGuire and ‘Anon’, plus delightful arrangements of well-loved songs by Burns. The programme will also include the World Premiere of new work by Craig Armstrong (composer of the film score for Moulin Rouge). Craig Armstrong : Red Tom Cunningham : new work James MacMillan : The Gallant Weaver Sweeney : Milk-Wort and Bog-Cotton Schumann : Funf Lieder von Robert Burns

Sat 14 Mar 2009 7:30 pm The Word and the Song Cappella Nova St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee - £13.50, £10 (£9.50, £7) Central Booking Office 01382 434940/1 Our Robert Burns 250th Anniversary concerts celebrate the history of Scottish poetry and song. Alongside romantic and atmospheric settings of Burns by Robert Schuman and James MacMillan, there’ll other great Scottish poets interpreted in music by William Sweeney, Edward McGuire and ‘Anon’, plus delightful arrangements of well-loved songs by Burns. The programme will also include the World Premiere of new work by Craig Armstrong (composer of the film score for Moulin Rouge). Craig Armstrong : Red Tom Cunningham : new work James MacMillan : The Gallant Weaver Sweeney : Milk-Wort and Bog-Cotton Schumann : Funf Lieder von Robert Burns

Fri 13 Mar 2009 7:30 pm The Word and the Song Cappella Nova St John's Episcopal Church, Dumfries - £13.50, £10 (£9.50, £7) Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association 01387 253383 Our Robert Burns 250th Anniversary concerts celebrate the history of Scottish poetry and song. Alongside romantic and atmospheric settings of Burns by Robert Schuman and James MacMillan, there’ll other great Scottish poets interpreted in music by William Sweeney, Edward McGuire and ‘Anon’, plus delightful arrangements of well-loved songs by Burns. The programme will also include the World Premiere of new work by Craig Armstrong (composer of the film score for Moulin Rouge). Craig Armstrong : Red Tom Cunningham : new work James MacMillan : The Gallant Weaver Sweeney : Milk-Wort and Bog-Cotton Schumann : Funf Lieder von Robert Burns

Tue 3 Feb 2009 1:00 pm Horizon Series Concerts RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Bobby Houlihan(conductor ), Matthew Jones(soloist) National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin Aes Triplex is a set of relatively accessible pieces to open and close the concert. The concerto commemorates a great musician and advocate of new music, Charlie Maguire, to whom many of us owe a huge debt of gratitude. The centrepiece of the concert has a Scottish traditional influence and is by Derek's Scottish contemporary Bill Sweeney. Derek Ball : Aes Triplex 1: Full On Derek Ball : Le monde des ombres Bill Sweeney : St Blane's Hill Derek Ball : Voilà (concerto for viola and orchestra in memory of Charlie Maguire) Derek Ball : Aes Triplex 3: Valediction

Fri 14 Mar 2008 5:00 pm Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama presents... Talk+Play Stringfest 2008 William Sweeney Academy Concert Hall - free by ticket 0141 332 5057

Tue 21 Nov 2006 7:00 pm Enterprise Music Scotland/Music in the University of Glasgow presents... Edinburgh Quartet The Edinburgh Quartet Glasgow University Concert Hall Kenneth Dempster : String Quartet No 4 (The Cold Dancer) James Clapperton : The Great Divorce Edward Harper : Three Folk Settings William Sweeney : String Quartet No 3

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