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
| Date | Venue | Performer | Link |
Upcoming events
- 20 May 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 25 May 2026, 12:30
[Composers' Coffee Club: online coffee chat for composers & musicians] - 27 May 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 28 May 2026, 17:00
[Peer to Peer session: Collaborating to increase commissioning for Scottish composers and performances of new music throughout Scotland] *NMS event - 29 May 2026, 19:00
[Ipsa Collective: McEwen Bequest Concert at University of Glasgow]
Recent updates
Works
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
- Quartet no 6 (Ma), by Matthew Whiteside
- Perihelion, by Neil Tòmas Smith
Events
- Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026
- Ipsa Collective: McEwen Bequest Concert at University of Glasgow
- Peer to Peer session: Collaborating to increase commissioning for Scottish composers and performances of new music throughout Scotland
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Development Opportunities for Scottish composers / composers based in Scotland
- soundcurators: Call for early-career Scottish-based composers/performers
- Classical EDI Development Programme - Chamber Music Scotland
