Monday 14 January 2008 - Saturday 19 January 2008

From Monday 14 January 2008 the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will be resident in Angus for a week of music making. The Orchestra will leave its Glasgow home to perform a variety of concerts, workshops and community projects culminating in the public re-opening of the newly refurbished Webster Theatre in Arbroath.

The first public concert of Out and About in Angus is an RSNO Brass Ensemble performance at the Reid Hall, Forfar on Tuesday 15 January, starting at 7.30pm.  Led by the exuberant Bryan Allen, the ensemble will explore the many ages of music, from baroque and jazz to pop and contemporary.  Seating is unreserved and all tickets are £5.00.

Throughout the week two strings groups assembled from the core of the RSNO musicians, Bagatelle and The Octomore Quartet, will collaborate with pupils from Montrose Academy and Brechin High School, culminating in Sensational Strings, a joint performance showcasing the result of their week's collaboration at Montrose Town Hall on Friday 18 January. Conducted by RSNO Horn John Logan, the concert will feature Holst's St. Paul's Suite, Warlock's Capriol Suite and Handel's Sarabande.  The concert starts at 7.30pm, seating is unreserved and all tickets are £5.00.

On Saturday 19 January the full forces of the RSNO perform the opening concert of the newly-refurbished Webster Theatre in Arbroath. RSNO Assistant Conductor David Danzmayr will lead the Orchestra for a Gala performance, featuring Schubert's Symphony No5, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro overture and waltzes, polkas and marches from the Strauss family.  Tickets are £12.00/£9.00. Concession-rate tickets (£10.00/£8.00) are only available if purchased in advance.

During the week, the RSNO musicians will also be out and about in Angus, appearing at various locations and in various forms: duos, wind trios, string quartets and brass quintets.  In addition, the full force of Scotland's national orchestra will be performing two REMIX! concerts for secondary schools and two Monster Music concerts for pre-school children, all conducted by RSNO Assistant Conductor David Danzmayr and presented by Paul Rissmann, at the Reid Hall, Forfar and the Webster Theatre, Arbroath.

RSNO Director of Education and Audience Engagement, Ellen Thomson, announced the weeklong project, saying:

"We are delighted to be able to take residence in Angus for what should be a fantastic week of music making. We have devised a programme of events which should have something for everyone, from first-time concert-goers to aficionados of orchestral music."

To book tickets for any of the forthcoming events, call 08700 600 100 (booking fee), log onto www.rsno.org.uk or purchase in person from the Webster Theatre Box Office (opening mid-December), Libraries, Museums and ACCESS Points throughout Angus.

This project is in association with Angus Council and was made possible through generous support from The Courier, GlaxoSmithKline, Aberbrothock Charitable Trust, Arbroath Improvement Trust, Miss F B Dundas Trust, Colin Grant Charitable Trust, West Hall Charitable Fund, Kinpurnie Charitable Trust, Leng Charitable Trust, Lethendy Charitable Trust, Northwood Charitable Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation.
ENDS

Out and About in Angus 2008

RSNO Brass in Concert - Reid Hall, Forfar
Tuesday 15 January 2008, 7.30pm (£5/accompanied under 16s free)

Handel                          Arrival of Queen of Sheba

Bach                             Three Chorales

Arr. Howarth                  Greensleeves

McCunn arr Gout            Land of the Mountain and Flood

Conti arr Drover              Theme from Rocky

Jim Parker                      A Londoner in New York

Trad arr. Drover              Ye Banks and Braes

Waller arr Gout               A London Suite

Tim Souster                    All Summer Long: A Beach Boys Fantasy

Conductor             Bryan Allen

REMIX! (Secondary Schools concert - not open to public)
Webster Theatre, Arbroath
Wednesday 16 January 2008, 11.30am
Reid Hall, Forfar
Thursday 17 January 2008, 11.30am

Elgar                 Enigma: Theme, Variation 1, 4, 7, 9, & 11
Mozart              Symphony No40, (1st Movement)
Liebermann        Flute Concerto .(3rd Movement)
Britten               Young Persons Guide to the orchestra
Williams            Star Wars: Main Theme

Conductor             David Danzmayr
Presenter           Paul Rissmann

Monster Music (Pre-schools concert - not open to public)
Webster Theatre, Arbroath
Wednesday 16 January 2008, 1.30pm
Reid Hall, Forfar
Thursday 17 January 2008, 1.30pm

Offenbach          Overture: Galté Parisienne
Brahms              Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor
Britten               Simple Symphony
Tchaikovsky       Mirlitons from The Nutcracker
Grainger            Shepherd's Hey
Rissmann           The Wee Green Van
Arr. Rissmann     Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Fucik                 Entry of the Gladiators

Sensational Strings - Town Hall, Montrose
Friday 18 January 2008, 7.30pm (£5/accompanied under 16s free)

Programme includes:

Holst                 St. Paul's Suite
Warlock             Capriol Suite
Handel              Sarabande

Conductor             John Logan
Bagatelle
Octomore Quartet

and featuring pupils from Montrose Academy and

Brechin High School

Opening Gala Concert - Webster Theatre, Arbroath
Saturday 19 January 2008, 7.30pm (£12.00/£9.00. Concession-rate tickets (£10.00/£8.00) available in advance)

Mozart              Overture: Marriage of Figaro
Schubert            Symphony No5
J Strauss Jr         Annen Polka
J Strauss Jr         Tritsch Tratsch Polka
E Strauss            Carmen Quadrille
Helmesberger     Danse Diabolique
LehAr                Eine Vision: meine Jugendzeit
Strauss Jr           Emperor Waltzes

Conductor             David Danzmayr