The hallmarks of a Swing 2018 concert are great musicianship allied to an exhilarating approach to the classics of the swing jazz era, ensuring that it’s always great entertainment as well as high quality music.
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Phil Gault & Claire Haslin – Sunday 4th November 2018
The Cinema, Newton Stewart at 3.00 pm
Phil and Claire have been working together since April 2003. Their duo was formed after Claire was overheard arguing with a tenor that baritones were far superior and Phil realised that she would make the perfect accompanist.
Murray McLachlan and Family – Sunday 20th January 2019
Cinema, Newton Stewart at 3.00pm
The family are now planning recital tours featuring all three of their children as well as solos and duets from the adults, Murray and Kathryn. Rose (15) Matthew (17) and Callum (18) present a varied recital of piano works to include Chopin Ballade no. 3, Rachmaninov-Bach Gavotte, Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues and Samuel Barber’s Piano Sonata.
Tha Magnard Ensemble – 14th February 2019
County Buildings, Wigtown at 7.30pm
The ensemble made their international debut at the Culture & Convention Centre Lucerne, Switzerland in January 2017. During the 2014/2015 season, the quintet simultaneously held a Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music, as well as the inaugural joint fellowship between the RAM Open Academy and Wigmore Hall Learning.
Maxwell Quartet – Sunday 17th March 2019
County Buildings, Wigtown at 7.30pm
Hailed by Classical Music Magazine as “one of the front-runners in young chamber music groups in the UK”, the Maxwell Quartet is now fast developing a reputation as one of the leading young string quartets in the world, whose performances excite and astound audiences in major venues both in the UK and internationally.