Music for a While - Schotland - Isle of Skye 6 maart 2026
6 maart 2026
Op uitnodiging van onze ambassadeur Hans Petri gaven Louise Jones, Rob Petri en Gerard Leegwater een concert in samenwerking met de beroemde Alison McGillivray op het mooie eiland Sleat, Isle of Skye in Schotland. De opbrengst van het concert kwam ten goede aan de Bun-Sgoil Shleite (Sleat Lagere School). Het programma bestond uit betoverende barok muziek, helemaal passend bij het eiland. Of zoals de West Highland Free Press schrijft: 'A spectacular evening of early music...as an ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians performed an intimate programme of songs about enchantment and unrequited love...'
Alison McGillivray
Based in Glasgow, Alison McGillivray first studied modern cello at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now RCS) with William Conway. During further studies in London she was drawn into the world of Early Music under the guidance of Jennifer Ward Clark, discovering the viola da gamba while accompanying the Early English Song Class at the Royal Academy of Music.
After many years in London as principal cellist and soloist with ensembles such as the Academy of Ancient Music and the English Consort, she has continued to perform both as soloist and director throughout the UK and Europe.
Her recordings include C. P. E. Bach’s Cello Concerto with the Academy of Ancient Music and Geminiani’s Cello Sonatas with David McGuinness (Linn Records). Upcoming and recent releases feature collaborations on Tobias Hume’s Songs and Viol Music with Concerto Caledonia, Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico with Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, and Nine Daies Wonder with The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments – a tribute to Will Kemp’s famous 1600 dance from London to Norwich.