Update 21st March 2024

Wow! What a recital we were given last Wednesday! Two young musicians, one Scottish and the other Chinese, absolutely bursting with vitality, emotion and virtuosic techniques played Sonatas by Debussy, Schostakovitch, Sally Beamish and Rachmaninov pinning us to our seats with the impact of their youthful “in your face” performance. Hugh Mackay and Junyan Chen who formed their duo when they both were students at the Royal Academy in London, are surely on their way to an international sparkling career. How lucky were we to have them now for I’m sure we won’t be able to capture them again although they both told me they would love to come back. We’ll keep our fingers crossed. That was a marvellous way to close our season and we will remember it for a long time. Well back to reality and I have to remind you of, and welcome you to the AGM on 17th April. Not a boring lot of talk, I promise, but the necessary reports and business matters dealt with quickly and painlessly to be finished in time for an hour’s recital by the harpist Sophie Rock at 8.00pm and then a time for socialising with extended nibbles before we part for the Summer. Please come and take part in the election of Office Bearers and help the Society to go from strength to strength. I look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 17th April in the Old Kirk at 7.30pm.
Mairi Rolland
Chairman