A celebration of Scottish Baroque music – from the salon to the Highland Fling - All Saints Tilford

7.30 pm: A programme incorporating a fusion of traditional Scottish fiddle tunes and folk-influenced baroque repertoire

Soloists: Alastair Fraser and Natalie Haas

Musicians: London Handel Players, directed by Adrian Butterfield

Scottish Baroque music had its beginnings in a tavern in Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town.The landlord at the beginning of the 18th century was a violin player who arranged “Corelli sessions” for his classically educated patrons from the gentry;these took place alongside enthusiastic reels and jigs. The same musicians would play both repertoires, with the same techniques, and using the same instruments. Scottish Baroque became a lively fusion of home-grown talent, music and culture combined with Italian flair and style. 

Review in the Boston Globe of “cutting-edge fiddle and cello explorations of Scottish and global music”

" … you would think they'd been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then [Haas] opens her cello's throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as urbane as a Manhattan midnight, and as wild as a Clackmannan winter."

8:30 pm Food and drink will be available for purchase at the Tilford Institute

9–10:30 pm Cèilidh - Tilford Institute

Scottish country music, dancing and fun, with a caller to help keep everyone on track. Do you need to know the dances? No!