Hebrides Ensemble
@hebridesensemble.bsky.social
Hebrides Ensemble is an award-winning Scottish collective of musicians that commissions, performs and records the best of contemporary classical chamber music.
🌍 The classical music world is making moves towards sustainability! 🌱
We know international touring is a key part of what we do, but it also has a big carbon footprint. So the Scottish Classical Sustainability Group asked over 100 musicians how we can change the way we tour to be more eco-friendly.
We know international touring is a key part of what we do, but it also has a big carbon footprint. So the Scottish Classical Sustainability Group asked over 100 musicians how we can change the way we tour to be more eco-friendly.
March 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🌍 The classical music world is making moves towards sustainability! 🌱
We know international touring is a key part of what we do, but it also has a big carbon footprint. So the Scottish Classical Sustainability Group asked over 100 musicians how we can change the way we tour to be more eco-friendly.
We know international touring is a key part of what we do, but it also has a big carbon footprint. So the Scottish Classical Sustainability Group asked over 100 musicians how we can change the way we tour to be more eco-friendly.
🎶 Throwback to 2007 at @hcmfuk.bsky.social! 🎶
Huddersfield has long been a vital hub for new music, and as our Artistic Director William Conway put it: “No group performing new music would feel content unless they had appeared at this daring festival...
Huddersfield has long been a vital hub for new music, and as our Artistic Director William Conway put it: “No group performing new music would feel content unless they had appeared at this daring festival...
March 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🎶 Throwback to 2007 at @hcmfuk.bsky.social! 🎶
Huddersfield has long been a vital hub for new music, and as our Artistic Director William Conway put it: “No group performing new music would feel content unless they had appeared at this daring festival...
Huddersfield has long been a vital hub for new music, and as our Artistic Director William Conway put it: “No group performing new music would feel content unless they had appeared at this daring festival...
🎭 From the Archive: Good Angel Bad Angel (2005) 🎶
Our first chamber opera - an intense, claustrophobic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson - was brought to life by the incredible Allison Cook, Richard Burkhard, and Martin Robson.
Our first chamber opera - an intense, claustrophobic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson - was brought to life by the incredible Allison Cook, Richard Burkhard, and Martin Robson.
February 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🎭 From the Archive: Good Angel Bad Angel (2005) 🎶
Our first chamber opera - an intense, claustrophobic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson - was brought to life by the incredible Allison Cook, Richard Burkhard, and Martin Robson.
Our first chamber opera - an intense, claustrophobic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson - was brought to life by the incredible Allison Cook, Richard Burkhard, and Martin Robson.
🎶 Summer 2005 was a milestone moment for Hebrides Ensemble! 🎶
This all-Carter programme, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, was one of the most challenging we had ever performed.
This all-Carter programme, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, was one of the most challenging we had ever performed.
February 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🎶 Summer 2005 was a milestone moment for Hebrides Ensemble! 🎶
This all-Carter programme, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, was one of the most challenging we had ever performed.
This all-Carter programme, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, was one of the most challenging we had ever performed.
The commission formed part of our performance at the then Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland @rcsofficial.bsky.social) whom we continue our fruitful relationship year on year. In 2019 we released a recording of his chamber music on Delphian Records.
February 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The commission formed part of our performance at the then Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland @rcsofficial.bsky.social) whom we continue our fruitful relationship year on year. In 2019 we released a recording of his chamber music on Delphian Records.
Balkan Dances and Laments (commissioned in 2001 by Hebrides Ensemble) saw the beginning of a long, fruitful relationship with the unique composer and humanitarian worker Nigel Osborne.
February 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Balkan Dances and Laments (commissioned in 2001 by Hebrides Ensemble) saw the beginning of a long, fruitful relationship with the unique composer and humanitarian worker Nigel Osborne.
An update from all of us at Hebrides following this morning's Multi-Year Funding announcements from @creativescots.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
An update from all of us at Hebrides following this morning's Multi-Year Funding announcements from @creativescots.bsky.social
Our first commission in 1994 was with the composer John Bevan Baker. Eclogue was a beautiful and enigmatic work, which saw the beginning of a long line of commissions, beginning Hebrides Ensemble's commitment to enabling and performing new music.
January 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our first commission in 1994 was with the composer John Bevan Baker. Eclogue was a beautiful and enigmatic work, which saw the beginning of a long line of commissions, beginning Hebrides Ensemble's commitment to enabling and performing new music.
Hello BlueSky! We're new here, but we recently celebrated a whopping 35 years of incredible music making!
January 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hello BlueSky! We're new here, but we recently celebrated a whopping 35 years of incredible music making!