Cirque du piano – 1 piano, 3 pianists, 6 hands, 30 fingers!

Experimental piano-troupe performs finger gymnastics and rarely heard music for 3 pianists playing 1 piano together! This ‘piano-orchestra,’ assembled from award-winning alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a captivating spectacle pushing the limits of what a piano can do! Programme includes a toy piano and 6-hand arrangements of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Mozart’s Rondo alla Turka, Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Scottish folk songs and a comic performance of Sousa’s all-American Stars and Stripes Forever.

“Director Matthew Shiel shone” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ThreeWeeks

“masters of their craft” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ BingeFringe

PROGRAMME

Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Fantasy after Scottish Folk Songs – Carl Czerny

Romance – Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rondo alla Turka (‘Turkish March’) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Marche funèbre d’une Marionette – Charles-François Gonoud

Carillon de St Pierre - Georges Malézieux

Toccata and Fugue in D minor – Johann Sebastian Bach

Overture from the Barber of Seville – Gioachino Rossini

Matthew Shiel

'Matthew Shiel shone' (Three Weeks) and 'Matthew Shiel 'composed' a most enchanting concert. 5 stars!' (Edinburgh Guide) - reviewers are applauding Matthew for his unique, creative and fresh approach to music performance which push the boundaries of what a piano recital can be. Matthew Shiel is an award-winning concert pianist, Usher Hall and Live Music Now Scotland emerging artist who has performed at Usher Hall, The National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, St Gile's Cathedral (Edinburgh), The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (Newcastle) and Glasgow City Halls. Matthew is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has collaborated with festivals including the Åben Festival (Copenhagen), Music at Paxton (Berwick) and a sold-out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Moonlight

Moonlight is a performing arts company that creates immersive classical music experiences, concerts, shows and exhibitions. It celebrates interdisciplinary collaboration with writers and storytellers, visual artists, dancers and filmmakers (and beyond) to push the boundaries of what a classical concert can be and create the 'performance of the future.'

Our aim is to make classical music appealing to the demands and expectations of a 21st Century audience and make classical music accessible for all.

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