Music For String Quartet, Piano & Celeste
Francis Macdonald
Description
Instrumentation Genre Ensemble (no conductor)
Tag orchestra
Duration 45 minutes
Instrumentation
"Music For String Quartet, Piano & Celeste" is an album of original chamber music performed by Francis Macdonald (piano, celeste) and a string quartet featuring soloists from Scottish Ensemble.
"Sublime, minimalist classical music” (Classic FM)
"A lovely low-key minimal thing" (Clash magazine)
"Wonderful" (Classics Unwrapped, BBC Scotland)
"Gorgeous" (Classical Connections, BBC Ulster)
"An evocative soundtrack" (The Strad magazine)
"Beautiful" (Bryan Burnett, BBC Scotland)
"A given gift for melody" (The Herald)
"Fine and beautiful" (The Scotsman)
"Sublime Music" (Record Collector)
"Nice" (Jarvis Cocker, 6music)
"Quite lovely" (The Skinny)
"Simple sublime" (Uncut)
"A triumph" (The List)
Instrumentation Genre Ensemble (no conductor)
Tag orchestra
Duration 45 minutes
Instrumentation
Performances of this work
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Upcoming events
- 21 Mar 2026, 19:30
[Calton Consort: Luminous Night of the Soul] - 22 Mar 2026, 15:00
[Famous Stories brought to life in Music] - 25 Mar 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 26 Mar 2026, 18:00
[Free Online Workshop: Writing for Viola with Garth Knox] - 01 Apr 2026, 13:00
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Works
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
- Quartet no 6 (Ma), by Matthew Whiteside
- Perihelion, by Neil Tòmas Smith
Events
- Free Online Workshop: Writing for Viola with Garth Knox
- Calton Consort: Luminous Night of the Soul
- Famous Stories brought to life in Music
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Contemporary Music for All (CoMA) FREE Festival Day
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