William Sweeney

Scottish Music Centre

William Sweeney - Performances

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more Sat 28 Nov 2009 2:00 pm
Enterprise Music Scotland/Music in the University of Glasgow presents...
Sound Thought - Music Department Research Showcase
William Sweeney, Kevin Bowyer, 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.
more 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, William Sweeney, Kevin Bowyer

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.
more 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
more 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
more 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
more 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
more 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
more 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
more 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
more Mon 20 Nov 2006 7:30 pm
Edinburgh Quartet: Contemporary
The Edinburgh Quartet

Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh - £10, (£7/£2)

This concert sees the Edinburgh Quartet perform a selection of contemporary string quartets some of which will be introduced by the composers. This performance is in conjunction with the release of a new contemporary CD on Delphian Records.

Kenneth Dempster : The Cold Dancer: String Quartet No 4
James Clapperton : The Great Divorce
Judith Weir : String Quartet
Edward Harper : Three Folk Song Arrangements
William Sweeney : String Quartet No 3