In true Fringe spirit, Re-imagined ClubFest 2020 presents four World Premières and thirty award-winning national and international performers and home grown talent in five free concerts.

Sit back in your free front row seat to enjoy them in your own home at the evening concert and on catch-up. The same link will remain live, so dip back in whenever the fancy takes you.

Just one registration is required to access all the concerts – each evening's concert becomes available @ 18:30 British Summer Time.

Your host David Lyle, musical director of The Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society, will guide you through an eclectic mix of spoken word, piano recital, chamber and traditional music through violin, song, opera, rap, jazz, gypsy, Scottish harp and so much more. Be immersed in Scotland’s music, transported to Piaf’s Paris and tour Europe and U.S.A. in music and song. Listen to gritty performance poetry and four World Premières. Enjoy favourites from opera to blues and gypsy jazz, journey from The Deep South to the Western Isles against the backdrop of exhibitions by artists Gordon Mitchell R.S.A. and Gwen Adair.

All this became a reality through the generous contributions from Club members and friends to the Support Performing Artists Crowdfunder launched by our Club’s President and sponsorship from Live Music Now.

Re-Imagined ClubFest 2020 is free to enjoy, but please donate if you can so we can continue to support the Arts in Scotland. Donations can be made via Paypal once you've registered and entered the online viewing portal.

Programme:

19th August at 18:30 British Summer Time (duration approx. 90 mins):

Excursions on a Wobbly Rail. Passionate and gritty poet from Manchester, Mike Garry, returns to ClubFest for a third time.

Country Rags and Delta Blues. Internationally acclaimed musician, Lone Bear, plays accoustic guitar and blues harp.

20th August at 18:30 British Summer Time (duration approx. 96 mins):

Old Tunes for Odd Times. Flytt. Lea Søndergaard Larsen (bodhrán), Megan MacDonald on piano accordion and Euan McLaughlin (fiddle and guitar)play Scottish and European traditional folk. (With thanks to Live Music Now Scotland)

Three Tom Fleming Songs. Music by Tom Cunningham. With Liam Bonthrone (tenor) and John Walker (piano). World Première.

Seasonal Songs. Calum Robertson (clarinet), Sally Carr (soprano) and Juliette Philogène (piano) perform works from Lori Laitman, Louis Spohr, Arnold Cooke and Margaret Murray McLeod.

21st August – two concerts for you this evening

(1) 18:30 British Summer Time (duration approx. 80 minutes)

Debussy at Six-Thirty. Alisdair Morton-Teng (cello), Freya Hall (violin) and William Gray (piano) contrast one of Debussy's final works with one of his early work.

Saor bho Shaorsa – Free from Freedom. Music and poetry created by composers Margaret McAllister, Aonghas MacNeacail, Florence Price, Edward McGuire and John McLeod CBE. Performed by distinguished musicians: Gary West (piper); Mary Ann Kennedy (vocalist)and Michael Barnett (Piano); Nicholas Ashton (piano); Taylor Wilson (mezzo-soprano), Shinobu Miki (clarinet), Hector Scott (violin) and Mark Bailey (cello).

(2) 20:00 British Summer Time (duration approx. 40 minutes) (This recital is only available for five days at the performer's request.)

Piano Recital. Elena Fischer-Dieskau plays R. Schumann: Kreisleriana Op. 16 and J. Brahms: Two Rhapsodies Op. 79

22nd August at 18:30 British Summer Time (duration approx. 90 minutes):

Sonnets, Sullivan and Showboat. Juliet Montgomery (Soprano), Aidan Edwards (baritone) accompanied by Andy Jeffcoat (piano)sing their favourites.

Je ne Regrette Rien. Christine Bovill (vocals) accompanied by Michael Brawley (piano) sings classic Edith Piaf songs.

23rd August at 18:30 British Summer Time (duration approx. 90 minutes):

The Music of Django Reinhardt. Seonaid Aitken (Jazz violin) and Ross Baird (Guitar)

Siannie Moodie (Sponsored by Live Music Now Scotland) plays Gaelic and Scottish folk music Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands on the clarsach

Covid Disclaimer

The ClubFest 2020 team have taken the safety of our staff and performers during recording sessions very seriously. Working closely with the Club’s House Convenor, and as we get more informed guidance, we will update our Covid Safety measures to promote the health and wellbeing of everyone. Due to the singing and wind/brass playing content of our concerts, we have especially taken note of The Fortius Clinic and Consultant ENT surgeon Declan Costello’s on-going research into singing and wind/brass playing.