Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Latest update from Friends of Wighton

From Sheena Wellington :

Arbroath musician Mark Spalding will return to Dundee's Wighton Centre on Saturday 18th June.

The morning Cappuccino Concert, hosted by the Friends of Wighton, starts at 10.30am with coffee and newspapers, and the music begins at 11am. Admission is £5.

Mark will perform a solo recital on harpsichord and piano, which will include historical music by William Kinloch, as well as more contemporary compositions for piano by Ronald Stevenson and Morris Pert.

The Wighton Centre, upstairs in Dundee's Wellgate library, is a beautiful performance and study space, built to house the Wighton Collection,  an internationally important collection of over 700 old books of Scottish music.   The collection of rare antique volumes was assembled by Dundee Merchant Andrew Wighton, and donated by him to the City after he died in 1866. The centre is also home to a very fine French two-manual harpsichord, which will be used for Saturday's recital.

For more information please visit http://www.friendsofwighton.com or phone 07792 336804.
Mark Spalding at the Wighton Harpsichord, at a recent recital in the Wighton Centre as part of Dundee Keyboard Festival