With thanks to Sheena Wellington, here's the latest update from Friends of Wighton :Wednesday 3rd February 2010, 1.15-1.45pm : Gordon Penman, fiddle, with Isobel Luke, harpsichord - Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library, Wellgate, Dundee, DD1 1DB.
Admission free.
Gordon Penman, chair of the Friends of Wighton, will be giving an intriguing performance of old Scottish chamber music on Wednesday at lunchtime.
Gordon will perform a sonata by the 18th century composer William McGibbon sonata, a selection of strathspeys and other tunes from the book published by Montrose musician Archibald Duff, and some compositions of the well-known Fife musician and composer James Oswald.
Accompanying Gordon in period style on the Wighton Centre's beautiful French-style harpsichord will be Isobel Luke, a former chair of the Friends.
The music in Wednesday's performance is taken from the rare old books of Scottish music preserved in Dundee City Library in the Wighton Collection.
The Friends of Wighton organises monthly concerts in the Library's specially built performance and study centre, as well as classes and other outreach events to make the treasures of the collection more accessible to the people of Fife, Angus and Dundee.
Harpsichordist Mark Spalding, who had been booked for Wednesday's concert, has suffered an injury. However he will be appearing at the Wighton Centre later on in the year.
Saturday 20th February, 10.30 for 11am : Cappuccino Concert featuring Sheena Wellington, one of Scotland’s finest traditional singers with a programme of songs found in, or inspired by, the Wighton Collection. An article on Sheena is in the February edition of the Scots Magazine.
Tickets, price £5 (to include coffee and newspapers), are available from Rainbow Music, 35 Cowgate, Dundee, 01382 698397.
For more info please visit www.friendsofwighton.com or call 07792 336804.