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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NMS opportunities
Upcoming events
- 14 Jun 2026, 14:00
[On A Wing and A Prayer - Reflections on Morvern's Changing Habitat] - 16 Jun 2026, 20:00
[Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026] - 17 Jun 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 17 Jun 2026, 20:00
[Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026] - 18 Jun 2026, 20:00
[Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026]
Recent updates
Works
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
- Quartet no 6 (Ma), by Matthew Whiteside
- Perihelion, by Neil Tòmas Smith
Events
- BBC SSO: Enrico Chapela's 'Antiphaser' (Concerto for electric violin and orchestera)
- BBC SSO: Takemitsu & Fujikura
- BBC SSO: Erland Cooper's Dawn Chorus
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Call for delegates to UNM Denmark festival 2026
- New Music Scotland CPD Fund
- Development Opportunities for Scottish composers / composers based in Scotland