Aisling Agnew

Upcoming Concerts!

agnewmcallisterduo — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:54:00 +0000

ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, DUNDEE

Saturday 3rd March 2012

SARAJEVO WINTER FESTIVAL

Sunday 4th ~ Wednesday 7th March 2012

KIRKMAHOE CONCERT SERIES

Sunday 25th March 2012

*Check 2012 Concerts for full details*

Flautist Aisling Agnew and Organist Stuart Muir performing...

agnewmcallisterduo — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:02:00 +0000

Flautist Aisling Agnew and Organist Stuart Muir performing Emmanuel as arranged by Doug Denisen live at the CLIC Sargent Christmas Concert in the Caird Hall Dundee in December 2011.

2012 Concerts

agnewmcallisterduo — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:59:00 +0100

PERTH CHAMBER MUSIC CLUB

Tuesday 4th December 2012
Concert details tbc
For further information visit http://www.perthchambermusic.org.uk

FLUTE ENSEMBLE WEEKEND COURSE

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th October 2012
Details: Workshops and coaching the Glasgow Amateur Flute Ensemble
Venue: New Lanark
For further information visit http://www.gafe.co.uk

SIEGBURG, GERMANY

Saturday 8th September 2012
Siegberg
Concert details tbc

BRITISH FLUTE CONVENTION

Monday 20th August 2012
Manchester
Venue: Royal Northern College of Music
Time: 2.15pm
Tickets: For Convention tickets and further information visit http://bfs.org.uk

ISERLOHN FESTIVAL

Sunday 12 ~ Sunday 19th August 2012
Iserlohn
Concert details tbc

NENDAZ FESTIVAL

Friday 27th May 2012
Nendaz
Concert: time tbc

CLASSICAL GUITAR RETREAT

Thursday 5th ~ Monday 9th July 2012
Cathedral of the Isles

RECORDING ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR FLUTE

Friday 4th May 2012
South Eastern Regional College, Bangor
Details: Workshop and recording of electro-acoustic compositions using flute

SICILY MASTERCLASSES & CONCERTS

Friday 13th ~ Sunday 15th April 2012
Sicily
Details tbc

HALLEIN FESTIVAL, AUSTRIA

Thursday 29th March ~ Sunday 1st April 2012
Hallein
Details tbc

KIRKMAHOE CONCERT SERIES

Sunday 25th March 2012
Kirkmahoe
Venue: Kirkmahoe
Time: tbc
Tickets: tbc
For further information visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kirkmahoe-Concerts/140910459339947

SARAJEVO WINTER FESTIVAL

Sunday 4th ~ Wednesday 7th March 2012
Sarajevo
Concert: Tuesday 6th March
Time: tbc
Tickets: tbc
For further information visit http://sarajevskazima.ba

St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee

Saturday 3rd March 2012
Dundee
Concert: Saturday 3rd March
Time: 1pm
Tickets: tbc

MOVING ON MUSIC TOUR

Sunday 5th February 2012
Downpatrick
Venue: Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Time: 3pm
Tickets: £10/£8 (Conc.)
For further information visit www.downartscentre.com/bookings or phone 02844 610747

Friday 3rd February 2012
Lisburn
Venue: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £11.50/£9.50 (Conc.)
For further information visit www.islandartscentre.com/bookings or phone 02892 509254

Thursday 2nd February 2012
Ballymoney
Venue: Town Hall, Ballymoney
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £9/£7 (Conc.)
For further information phone 02827 660230

Wednesday 1st February 2012
Bangor
Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Bangor
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £11/£9 (Conc.)
For further information visit www.northdown.gov.uk/bookings or phone 02891 271200

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2011 CONCERTS

Monday 12th December 2011
St Brides, Fleet Street
Venue: St Brides Avenue, London EC4Y 8AU
Time: 6.30pm
The Agnew McAllister Duo perform for the Communications Industry Christmas Service: http://www.stbrides.com/services

Wednesday 7th December 2011
Glasgow Cathedral
Venue: Cathedral Square, Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0QZ
Time: 7pm
Tickets: £8
Glasgow Flute Ensemble performs as part of the Meningitis Trust Christmas Concert: http://www.meningitis-trust.org/fundraising/events/christmas-concerts/

Friday 2nd December 2011
Dundee University Chaplaincy
Venue: Dundee University, Perth Road, Dundee, Angus DD1 4HN
Time: 1.20pm
Tickets: free
For further information visit http://www.dundee.ac.uk/music

Friday 25th November 2011
Dolgellau Music Club, Wales
Venue: Coleg Meirion-Dwfor, Ffordd Ty’n y Coed, Dolgellau, Gwynedd LL40 2SW
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £7.50/£6
For further information and tickets visit phone 01341 422827

Thursday 24th November 2011
Ruthin Music Club, Wales
Venue: tbc
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £8
For further information phone 01824 707761

4-6th November 2011
RSAMD, Glasgow
Venue: RSAMD 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB
Time: tbc
Tickets: tbc
Further information: Aisling and Matthew perform as part of the Big Guitar Weekend

Sunday 23rd October 2011
Siamsa Tire, County Kerry
Venue: Siamsa Tire, National Folk Theatre, Town Park, Tralee
Time: 8pm
Tickets: EUR 16/13
For further information and tickets visit Siamsa Tire or phone 066 712 3055

Thursday 20th October 2011
Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
Venue: Strule Arts Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh BT78 1BL
Tickets: £12
For further information and tickets phone 028 82247831

16th – 18th October 2011
Guitar Gems Festival, Netanya, Israel
Concert: 16th October 2011
Time: 8pm

Wednesday 21st September 2011
Caird Hall, Dundee
Venue: Caird Hall, Crichton St, Dundee, Dundee City DD1 4
Tickets: £4 Concessions FoCHO Members, School groups
Time: 7.30pm
For further information and tickets phone 01382 434940 or visit the Dundee City Box Office

Sunday 4th September 2011
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Venue: Woodend Barn, Banchory, Kincardineshire AB31 5QA
Tickets: £11, £3 students, under 18 and jobseekers in advance
Time: 3pm
For further information and tickets call the Box Office on 01330 825431

Saturday 3rd September 2011
St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee
Venue: St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee City DD1 2
Time: 1pm
Tickets: £3.50/£2.50

Sunday 21st August 2011
St Mark’s artSpace, Edinburgh
Venue: St Mark’s Church, 7 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2DP (0131 228 1155)
Time: 5.30pm
Tickets: £8/6
Concert details: Aisling collaborates with guitarist/composer Dave Flynn and Irish flautist Eileen Hassett at the Edinburgh fringe. Forfurther information or tickets visit www.edfringe.com or phone +44 (0) 131 226 0000

Monday 22nd August 2011
Acoustic Music Centre @St Brides, Edinburgh
Venue: 10 Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh EH11 2DZ (0131 668 2019)
Time: 6pm
Tickets: £8/6
Concert details: Aisling collaborates with guitarist/composer Dave Flynn and Irish flautist Eileen Hassett at the Edinburgh fringe. Forfurther information or tickets visit www.edfringe.com or phone +44 (0) 131 226 0000

Aisling Agnew performing ‘Night in the Forest’ by...

agnewmcallisterduo — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:03:00 +0100

Aisling Agnew performing ‘Night in the Forest’ by the Greek composer Nickos Harizanos.
The video is shot in The Kibble Palace situated in Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens.

Full Biography

agnewmcallisterduo — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:44:00 +0100

Aisling was born and raised in Belfast and is now based in Glasgow. She regularly performs around the UK and Ireland and has appeared in concert across Europe, North & South America and Asia. Her performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio and RTE Lyric FM and include many high profile concerts such as a Wigmore Hall chamber music recital and the British Flute Society’s Seventh International Flute Convention in Manchester. As Concerto Soloist she has appeared with various orchestras including the Ulster Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In 2006 she released her acclaimed debut album Recital with Natural Studio Records and has continued this affiliation with the release of two further chamber music recordings Histoire du Tango and Standing Stones.

Aisling initially learned the flute with Billy Dunwoody and played in the 39^th Old Boys Flute Ensemble and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland. At this time she also had masterclasses with Sir James Galway and Trevor Wye and went on to study with Colin Fleming. Later she studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Richard Blake and David Nicholson where she followed masterclasses with players such as Jacques Zoon, Robert Dick, Wissam Boustany and Wilbert Hazelzet. In her third year she won a scholarship to the Lake Placid Institute for Arts in New York and in her final year she was selected to perform the Penderecki Concerto with the RSNO at the Henry Wood Hall in Glasgow; the first performance of this work given in Scotland.

Aisling also holds a Masters degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where her studies were generously funded by awards from the Belfast Classical Music Bursaries and the BELB. There she enjoyed lessons with Samuel Coles, Ian Clarke, Sarah Newbold, Philippa Davies and Sharon Williams and on completion of her Masters, Aisling studied privately in London and Paris thanks to an award from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.Aisling has a keen interest in performing new music and working with composers. She gave the first Scottish performance of the Penderecki Flute Concerto with the RSNO at the Henry Wood Hall in Glasgow and she has premièred works written specially for her by Douglas Whates, Matthew Rogers, Veronique Vella, Greg Caffrey and David Flynn. Aisling also regularly performs with the Scottish based contemporary music group The Research Ensemble with whom she has performed for James MacMillan and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies at their birthday celebration concerts which featured a performance of the solo flute work ‘The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun’. The Agnew/McAllister Duo’s première recording of Greg Caffrey’s Pluck, Blow II (The Return) was recently featured on RTE Lyric FM’s latest CD release Hiccup, having been selected from 65 works commissioned by RTE over the past 8 years.

As a widely active chamber musician, Aisling performs with various ensembles including the Frevo Quartet, the Agnew & Opalinska Flute and Piano Duo and her long established Flute and Guitar Duo with Matthew McAllister. Aisling and Matthew have recently given concerts in Peru, Costa Rica, Holland, Austria, Italy and Malaysia and in 2011 they will celebrate 10 years of performing together with a wide variety of concerts, commissions and live recordings.

Flautist Aisling Agnew and classical guitarist Matthew...

agnewmcallisterduo — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:00:00 +0100

Flautist Aisling Agnew and classical guitarist Matthew McAllister met in Glasgow whilst studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Their joint passion for chamber music, interacting with composers and performing new music immediately brought them together. Their debut album, Recital, features a wide range of virtuosic and beautiful music from around the globe.
Recorded at Colinsburgh Parish Church, 22nd – 25th July 2006.

A short film documenting The Agnew McAllister Duo on tour in...

agnewmcallisterduo — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:02:00 +0100

A short film documenting The Agnew McAllister Duo on tour in Malaysia in 2010.

Cover Artists!

agnewmcallisterduo — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:59:00 +0100

The Agnew McAllister Duo are featured on the cover of the May 2011 edition of Classical Guitar Magazine.

Inside there is an in depth interview with Aisling & Matthew conducted by Features Editor Guy Traviss which focuses on their Tenth Anniversary Year.

Buy a copy here: www.classicalguitarmagazine.com

"it was a pleasure to hear this difficult work delivered with a beautiful sound, clear articulation,..."

agnewmcallisterduo — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:38:00 +0100

“it was a pleasure to hear this difficult work delivered with a beautiful sound, clear articulation, secure intonation and minimal vibrato”

- Pan Flute Magazine (British Flute Society)

Irish flautist Aisling Agnew and Polish pianist Mira Opalinska...

agnewmcallisterduo — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:02:00 +0100

Irish flautist Aisling Agnew and Polish pianist Mira Opalinska performing ‘Pan et les Bergers’ by Jules Mouquet.

The live recording is from Natural Studio Records ‘Cathedral of the Isles Sessions’ in November 2009.

A short film about the life of the Glasgow Amateur Flute...

agnewmcallisterduo — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:01:00 +0100

A short film about the life of the Glasgow Amateur Flute Ensemble.

"Agnew’s playing throughout was beautiful with extended techniques on her instrument existing within..."

agnewmcallisterduo — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:36:00 +0100

“Agnew’s playing throughout was beautiful with extended techniques on her instrument existing within the musical landscape of the piece, always resisting the temptation of highlighting her own considerable prowess to the detriment of an unknown work.”

- Belfast Telegraph

Irish flautist & Research Ensemble Player Aisling Agnew...

agnewmcallisterduo — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:42:00 +0100

Irish flautist & Research Ensemble Player Aisling Agnew performing ‘The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun’ by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. This work for solo flute constitutes a further celebration of the Orcadian landscape which inspired the poem ‘Peat Cutting by George Mackay Brown. It was written between movements of the large-scale Symphony no.1 whose material it shares.

The first performance was given by Judith Pearce, to whom it is dedicated, at a BBC Radio 3 Invitation Concert at the University of Surrey, Guildford in 1976.

The piece consists of 3 contrasting movements, each preceded by a 3-note Recitando.

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.

"a perfect display of phrasing, tone and control… it was Aisling’s spectacular performance of a..."

agnewmcallisterduo — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:37:00 +0100

“a perfect display of phrasing, tone and control… it was Aisling’s spectacular performance of a host of Bizet melodies that stood out in spectacular style. I had heard this many times played by solo violin, but it is just as impressive for flute, especially with a flautist of this standard.”

- The Courier

Composed by J.S. Bach.Captured during videoshoot @ Gitaarsalon...

agnewmcallisterduo — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:46:00 +0100

Composed by J.S. Bach.
Captured during videoshoot @ Gitaarsalon Enkhuizen, Netherlands.

Camera: Peter de Vos, Frank Reijgersberg.
Audio & Edit: Reijgerrecs.
Sculpture: Han Sterk

St Paul's Cathedral Concert Review

agnewmcallisterduo — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:03:00 +0100

“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.”

By Garry Fraser for The Courier

Photo taken by Carla Rees during the Agnew McAllister Duo...

agnewmcallisterduo — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:02:00 +0100

Photo taken by Carla Rees during the Agnew McAllister Duo performance at the 2010 British Flute Society International Convention.

Repertoire List

agnewmcallisterduo — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:12:00 +0100

Repertoire is listed below in the following sections:

Solo Flute
Flute & Guitar
Flute & Piano
Flute & Orchestra

SOLO FLUTE

Telemann - Twelve Fantasias
J.S Bach Solo Partita
C.P.E Bach – Solo Sonata in A minor
Luciano Berio – Sequenza
Eugene Bozza – Image
Ian Clarke – The Great Train Race
Claude Debussy - Syrinx
Jindrich Feld – Quatre Pieces pour la flute seule
Dave Heath – Coltrane
Paul Hindemith – Ache Stucke
Arthur Honegger – Danse de la Chevre
Katherine Hoover – Kokopeli
Sigfrid Karg-Elert – Sonata Appasionata
Marin Marais – Les Folies d’espagne
Peter Maxwell Davies - The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun
Edward McGuire – Prelude 3
Astor Piazzolla – Six Tango Etudes
Edgar Varese – Density 21.5
Vernoique Vella - Wens
Douglas Whates - Structures

FLUTE & GUITAR

J.S Bach – Sonata in E minor
Francois Borne - Fantasie Brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen
Greg Caffrey – Pluck, Blow
Greg Caffrey – Pluck Blow II
Greg Caffrey - The Uses of Not
David Fennessy - Continuity Error
David Flynn - Omos do Frankie Kennedy, Quirk No.2
Egberto Gismonti - Agua e Vinho
Georg Friedrich Handel – Sonata in A Minor
Dave Heath - Gentle Dreams
Pietro Locatelli - Sonta in G Major
Lowell Liebermann – Sonata
Celso Machado - Musiques Populaires Breiliennes
Edward McGuire – Improvisations on Calderon
Astor Piazzolla - Libertango / Histoire du Tango
Francis Poulenc - Mouvements Perpetuels
Chris Sout - Hamnataing
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasilieris no.1

FLUTE & PIANO

Louis Aubert – Madrigal
J.S Bach – Sonatas, Suite no.2 in B minor
C.P.E Bach – ‘Hamburger’ Sonata
Samuel Barber – Canzone
Francois Borne - Fantasie Brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen
Michel Blavet – Sonata no.2
Lennox Berkeley – Sonatina
Giulio Briccialdi – Carnival of Venice
Eldin Burton – Sonatina
Andre Caplet – Reverie
Cecile Chaminade – Concertino
Frederick Chopin – Variations on a theme by Rossini
Ian Clarke – Orange Dawn
Aaron Copland – Duo
Michel de la Barre – Suites
Gaetano Donizetti – Sonata in C
Albert Franz Doppler – Fantasie Pastoral Hongroise
Henri Dutilleux – Sonatine
Georges Enesco – Cantabile et Presto
Gabriel Faure – Fantasie, Morceau de Concours, Sicilienne from ‘Pelleas et Melisande’, Berceuse
Cesar Franck – Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major (arr)
Louis Ganne – Andante et Scherzo
Philippe Gaubert – Fantasie, Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando
Benjamin Godard – Idylle
Georg Friedrich Handel – Sonatas
Dave Heath – Gentle Dreams, Shiraz
Paul Hindemith – Sonata
Andre Jolivet – Chant du Linos
Lowell Libermann – Sonata
Frank Martin – Ballade
Bohuslav Martinu – First Sonata
Olivier Messiaen – Le Merle Noir
Jules Mouquet - La Flute de Pan
Mike Mower – Sonata Latina
Robert Muczynski – Sonata
Carl Nielsen – The Fog is Lifting
Francis Poulenc – Sonata
Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata no. 2
Pagannini – Moto Perpetuo
Carl Reinecke – Sonata ‘Undine’
Albert Roussel – Joueurs de Flute
John Rutter – Suite Antique
Camille Saint-Saens – Romance, Odelette
Franz Schubert – Sonata in A minor ‘Arpeggione’, Introduction and Variations on ‘Trocke Blumen’, Standchen
Paul Taffanel – Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino, Grande Fantasie (Mignon)
Charles Marie-Widor – Suite
Edwin York-Bowen – Sonata

FLUTE & ORCHESTRA

Malcolm Arnold – Concerto no.2
Cecile Chaminade – Concertino
Jules Demersseman – Italian Concerto
Benjamin Godard – Suite for Flute and Orchestra
Charles Griffes – Poem
Jacques Ibert – Concerto
W.A Mozart - Concerto in D major K314, Concerto in G major K313
Carl Nielsen – Concerto
Krzystof Penderecki – Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
Aulis Sallinen – Concerto ‘Harlekiini’
Carl Stamitz – Concerto in G major
Vivaldi - Concerto no.1 in F major, Concerto in C major for Piccolo

Aisling Agnew performing Ag Críost an Síol by Seán Ó Riada...

agnewmcallisterduo — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:45:00 +0100

Aisling Agnew performing Ag Críost an Síol by Seán Ó Riada during a recital at the Gitaarsalon in Enkhuizen

Natural Studio Records artist Aisling Agnew performing...

agnewmcallisterduo — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:43:00 +0100

Natural Studio Records artist Aisling Agnew performing ‘Structures (Barbican Complex, 2008)’ by Douglas Whates.