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
- 22 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Neil Smith: Try Try Try (soundfestival 2026)] - 28 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Composing for Media - NMS Peer to Peer session 3] - 29 Oct 2026, 19:30
[BBC SSO: Enrico Chapela's 'Antiphaser' (Concerto for electric violin and orchestera)] - 30 Oct 2026, 18:00
[James Weeks: weatherworld quartets (soundfestival 2026)] - 31 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Mimi Doulton (soprano): No Man is an Island (soundfestival 2026)]
Recent updates
Works
- Ransacking, by Tom Macfadyen
- Les Mélodies Nutritives, by Julien Lonchamp
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
Events
- Late Night soundsession: Tom Macfadyen
- Composing for Media - NMS Peer to Peer session 3
- Neil Smith: Try Try Try (soundfestival 2026)
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Red Note Factory Weekend – 17 & 18 October 2026
- Noisy Nights – Call for Scores
- Nordic Music Days 2027: Call for Works