The Melrose Music Society, Melrose, Scotland



The Melrose Music Society has been bringing classical and contemporary chamber concerts of international standard to Melrose and the Scottish Borders since 1962.


2013 - 2014 Concert Programme

Friday 27 September 2013 | Society Supper 6pm; Concert 8pm

Steven Osborne, piano

Melrose Music Society Supper at 6pm for 6.30pm, concert follows at 8pm. Please book in advance for the supper.

  • Beethoven - Bagatelles, Op 33
  • Beethoven - Waldstein Sonata
  • Beethoven - Bagatelles, Op 119
  • Beethoven - Piano Sonata, Op 111

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Sunday 27 October 2013 | 7.30pm

Zambra Wind Quintet: Heather North, flute; Sarah Cruickshank, oboe; Nicola Turner, clarinet; Craig MacDonald, horn; Fraser Gordon, bassoon

  • Mozart - Magic Flute Overture
  • Ligeti - Six Bagatelles
  • Parker - Mississippi Five
  • Debussy - Le Petit Negre
  • Dvorak - American Quartet, Op 96
  • Hallam - Dance Suite

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Saturday 16 November 2013 | 7.30pm

Greenwood Trio: Frances Cooper, soprano; Joanna Nicholson, clarinet; Ingrid Sawers, piano

  • Vaughan Williams - Vocalises
  • Mayerbeer - Hirtenlied
  • Spohr - German Songs
  • Schubert - Shepherd on the Rock
  • Bliss - Two Nursery Songs

Melrose Parish Church Hall →

Saturday 7 December 2013 | 7.30pm

Antony Peebles, piano

  • Chopin - (Etude) E major, Op 10, No 3
  • Chopin - (Etude) C minor, Op 10, No 12
  • Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 27, No 1
  • Chopin - Polonaise in A flat
  • Schubert - Three songs (transcribed by Liszt)
  • Liszt - Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude
  • Verdi - Concert Paraphrase on ‘Ernani’

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Sunday 12 January 2014 | 2.30pm (please note)

Souter, Robertson, Brydon: Matthew Souter, viola; Calum Robertson, clarinet; John Bryden, piano

  • Bruch - Four Romantic Pieces
  • Gordon Jacob - Miniature Suite for viola & clarinet
  • Brahms - Sonata for viola & piano in F minor, Op 120
  • Mozart - ‘Kegelstaff’ trio in E flat, K 498

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Thursday 13 February 2014 | 7.30pm

Doric String Quartet: Alex Redington, violin; Jonathan Stone, violin; Simon Tandree, viola; John Myerscough, cello

  • Haydn - String Quartet, Op 76, No 4
  • Korngold - String Quartet, Op 26, No 2
  • Beethoven - String Quartet, Op 127

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Sunday 9 March 2014 | 7.30pm

Philip Higham Duo: Philip Higham, cello; Sam Armstrong, piano

  • Debussy - Cello Sonata (1915)
  • Schumann - Drei Fantasiestucke, Op 73
  • Brahms - Cello Sonata, No 2 in F, Op 99

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Tickets for all concerts can be purchased at the door on the evening of the performance. Unless otherwise stated above tickets are £12 for non-members, and £7 for members. Society members may also purchase a season ticket giving entrance to all concerts for just £25: please see Membership & Tickets for full details on how to become a member.


Melrose Music Society gratefully acknowledges support from: