Your events at Classical Events
Details
St Vincent's Chapel
St Vincent Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6SW
Scotland
Programme
Claude Debussy – Preludes, Book I: Des pas sur la neige
Howard Blake – The Snowman: Walking in the Air
~ Interval ~
Franz Liszt – Weihnachtsbaum, S.186
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Seasons, Op.37a
Performers
Matthew Shiel – piano
Programme Note
"Matthew Shiel shone" (⭐⭐⭐⭐ThisWeek Culture)
Celebrate the Christmas season in style this December with classic festive pieces by Debussy, Liszt, Tchaikovsky alongside Howard Blake's uplifting film music from the award-winning animation film 'The Snowman.'
This special candlelit concert experience includes a complimentary hot chocolate and mince pie to enhance the festive experience.
Matthew Shiel is a concert pianist and conductor based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the recipient of a scholarship to study piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he graduated with first class honours and several academic and performance prizes including: J.S. Bach Competition Prize for Piano, Harpsichord and Organ, Mary and Raymond Thomson Organ Scholarship, and Agnes Millar Prize for Outstanding Harmony and Counterpoint.
He has performed piano solo and duet recitals at venues such as St Giles' Cathedral (Edinburgh), Sage Gateshead (Newcastle) and Unitarernes Hus (Copenhagen, DK) and has been invited to be a guest speaker to the Wagner Society of Scotland and the University of Middlesex. He has performed several concertos with the Abbotsford String Orchestra, Little Biggar Orchestra and the Àirigh Orchestra. He was also entrusted to give the world première of Dr Alfredo Caponnetto's Baroque Concerto (PhD, University of Edinburgh), which the composer kindly dedicated to him.
He is conductor of the Àirigh Orchestra and the Scottish Meditation Orchestra and teaches piano at the University of Edinburgh.
