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The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun

posted: 53 days ago

Aisling performing The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun by Peter Maxwell Davies.

This performance was part of the Concert & Lecture series ‘Notes from Scotland: Celebrating Maxwell Davies and MacMillan’ which took place in Edinburgh at Greyfriars Kirk & The National Museum of Scotland on the 6th December 2009.

‘Notes from Scotland’ was produced by Napier University in association with The Research Ensemble & Edinburgh Quartet.

Solo Concert Review

posted: 153 days ago

Review of solo flute concert from The Courier by Garry Fraser:

“Lunchtime concerts in St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee, regularly produce performances of outstanding quality. They seldom, however, include world premieres. Saturday’s concert did have that innovation, a work for solo flute by the young Maltese composer Veronique Vella that both entranced and excited. And for it to stand out in a programme of music that included works by Bach, Debussy and Telemann speaks volumes for its immediate attraction. As well as this important inclusion, the concert was innovative in itself, for performances by solo flute are rare indeed.
    It’s just a pity a bigger audience had not been there to witness this somewhat unique event.
    Wens ( translated from the Maltese to “comfort”) needs a flautist of sufficient expertise to cope with its contemporary demands, percussion and vocal effects. Aisling Agnew has that by the spade-full as well as beautiful tone, perfect phrasing and effortless delivery. These were not only reflected in this work, but in the contrasting music that made up the rest of the programme. Three Baroque works, side by side with Debussy and Vellas’ delightful creation, were all linked together with Aisling’s skills which are, after her several appearances in the Cathedral in duo, trio or quartet form, quite familiar to regular concert-goers.
    Marin Marais’ Les Folies d’Espagne…a superb theme and variations with its inner contest between legato and staccato…might have eclipsed Telemann’s D minor solo Fantasie, but it couldn’t compete with Bach’s A minor solo Partita in which Agnew was at her thrilling best, with the slow Sarabande the only respite from some severe passages of demand and difficulty.
    If you add Debussy’s famous Syrinx, an indispensable part of any flautist’s repertoire, and the ultra-modern 21st Century Wens to these three, you get an idea not only of the concert’s variety, but also of the vast expanse of music that is available to one performer and one flute.”

World Premiere

posted: 163 days ago

On the 26th September 2009, Aisling gave the World Premiere performance of Wens for solo flute by Veronique Vella during a recital at St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee.

You can watch the live performance of this new work below:

Barockmuseum, Salzburg

posted: 164 days ago

Aisling Agnew & Matthew McAllister will perform a recital at the Barockmuseum Salzburg as part of the MIM – MUSIC IN (E)MOTION Concert Series.

The recital will contain two World Premieres alongside a selction of Baroque & Contemporary repertoire

Barockmuseum Salzburg
(Orangerie des Mirabellgartens)
Mirabellplatz 3
5020 Salzburg
Austria

The concert begins at 6:30pm on Thursday 1st October

Peru & Costa Rica Tour Video

posted: 183 days ago

Just back from a busy tour featuring nine concerts, masterclases, private teaching, radio interviews and tv performances in both Peru and Costa Rica. The tour was great fun and the performances were really well received!