Following their ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and sold-out show in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,

Moonlight Concert Productions have pioneered a new Christmas show inspired by Ludovico Einaudi's Snow Preludes, Howard Blake's animated film score The Snowman (1982), Christmas novels and our great British tradition of Christmas carolling.

Usher Hall and Live Music Now Scotland Emerging Artists Ines Mayhew-Begg (soprano) and Matthew Shiel (piano) lead us on a winter's journey by candlelight - with enchanting storytelling, festive song and community carolling.

Mulled wine and mince pies will be served in the interval. Merry Christmas!

PROGRAMME

Snow Preludes - Ludovico Einaudi

Ave Maria

O holy night

Along the little road to Bethlehem

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Chestnuts roasting

Howard Blake's incidental music from the animated film 'The Snowman'

including 'Walking in the Air'

(arranged for piano, soprano and narrator)

INTERVAL

Christmas Carolling (please join in!)

O come all ye faithful

God rest ye, merry Gentleman

In the bleak midwinter

The Holly and the Ivy

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Whilst humble shepherds watched their flocks

We three Kings of Orient are

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Joy to the World

In Dulci Jubilo

We wish you a merry Christmas

Silent Night

Ines Mayhew-Begg

Ines Mayhew-Begg is a Scottish soprano with a Master in Vocal Performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2022 she made her European debut in Germany as Adele in Lyric Opera Studio Weimar’s production of Die Fledermaus. In the summer of 2023 she toured around Scotland with Opera Bohemia as Kate in Madame Butterfly and was regarded as “both vocally and visually very persuasive” by Edinburgh Music Review.

Ines has performed many solo operatic roles for Scottish Opera Young Company including at the Beacon Arts Centre. Her Amore received praise for having ‘confidence, consistency and fluency’ by Andrew Clark in Opera Magazine, 2019. She has performed in various opera scenes at the RCS and in the chorus of their recent production of Chabrier’s L’étoile.

Matthew Shiel

'Matthew Shiel shone' (Three Weeks) and 'Matthew Shiel 'composed' a most enchanting concert. 5 stars!' (Edinburgh Guide) - reviewers are applauding Matthew for his unique, creative and fresh approach to music performance which push the boundaries of what a piano recital can be. Matthew Shiel is an award-winning concert pianist, Usher Hall and Live Music Now Scotland emerging artist who has performed at Usher Hall, The National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, St Gile's Cathedral (Edinburgh), The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (Newcastle) and Glasgow City Halls. Matthew is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has collaborated with festivals including the Åben Festival (Copenhagen), Music at Paxton (Berwick) and a sold-out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Moonlight

Moonlight is a performing arts company that creates immersive classical music experiences, concerts, shows and exhibitions. It celebrates interdisciplinary collaboration with writers and storytellers, visual artists, dancers and filmmakers (and beyond) to push the boundaries of what a classical concert can be and create the 'performance of the future.'

Our ambition is to blend high-art conservatoire performance standards with experimental and boundary-pushing attitude of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Moonlight is also inspired by our relationship with Live Music Now Scotland, a charity who challenge musicians to reach audiences who would not normally have access to classical music.

Our aim is to make classical music accessible for all and to make classical music (which is often performed in 19th century etiquette and presentation) appealing to the demands and expectations of a 21st Century audience.

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