Concerts

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Edinburgh Piano Duo - Coffee Concert Glasgow, Music for Piano Duo

Saturday 16th November 2024

11:30am - 12:30pm

Venue: Bearsden Cross Parish Church, 61 Drymen Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G6 12SU

Programme: 

Debussy Symphonie

Johannes Brahms Waltzes Op. 39
York Bowen Suite in Three Movements Op. 52

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Edinburgh Piano Duo - Ayr Holy Trinity Church Concert

Saturday 18th March 2023

7:30pm

Venue: Ayr Holy Trinity Church, 25 Fullarton Street, Ayr KA7 1UB

Programme: 

J. Brahms - Waltzes op.39

C. Saint-Saens (arr. Garban) - Carnival of the Animals
C. Debussy - Petite Suite
F. Schubert - Allegro in A minor (Lebensstürme) D.947

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Edinburgh Piano Duo - Orkney Stromness Town Hall Concert

Tuesday 8th March 2022

7:30pm

Venue: Orkney Arts Society - Stromness Town Hall

Programme: works by Schubert, Debussy and York Bowen, also by Scottish composer John McQuaid.

A further workshop is scheduled at the same venue for young duettists.

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Edinburgh Piano Duo - Rush Hour Concert

Friday 22nd November 2019

5.30 - 6:30pm

Venue: St. Andrew's and St. George's West Church, George St., Edinburgh

Programme: Mozart Fantasia in F minor, Faure Dolly Suite and Schubert Fantasie in F minor

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Edinburgh Piano Duo - Lockerbie Music Society

Tuesday, 12th November 2019

7.30pm

Programme: Mozart Fantasia in F minor, Faure Dolly Suite and Schubert Fantasie in F minor

Venue: Lockerbie, Somerton House Hotel. The concert is preceded by a Workshop at Annan Academy in the afternoon.

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Edinburgh Piano Duo Concert - THURSO

Friday, 22nd March 2019

7.30pm

Programme: works by Debussy, Schubert, Grieg and Saint-Saens

Venue: Thurso West Church, Sinclair St., Thurso

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018

Thursday 23rd August

4.30pm

Venue: St. Andrew's and St. George's West Church, George St., Edinburgh

Programme: works by Ligeti, Schubert and Saint-Saens

Tickets: £12 (students/concessions - £8) obtainable from Fringe Box Office and the venue

The Edinburgh Piano Duo of Margaret Wakeford and Simon Coverdale present an afternoon concert for young and old on the superb piano found in the welcoming atmosphere and acoustic of St Andrew's and St George's West Church. Items in the programme include classic four-handed works by Schubert – his late Variations on an Original Theme in A flat, D.813, and Saint-Saens – the arrangement by Paul Garban for piano duet of Le Carnaval des Animaux, a multi-scened parody couched in zoological titles including a special poke of fun at pianists themselves.

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Edinburgh Piano Duo Concert

Friday, 28th October 2016

7.30pm

Venue: Thurso West Church, Sinclair St., Thurso

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016

Margaret Wakeford & Simon Coverdale

perform music for piano, 4 hands - programme to include

Dvorak, Schubert & York Bowen

Tuesday, 9th August 2016

4.30pm

Venue: St. Andrew's and St. George's West Church, George St, Edinburgh

Tickets £10 (students/concessions - £8) obtainable from Fringe Box Office and the venue

Margaret Wakeford and Simon Coverdale present their Fringe fantasy – Schubert's great late work in F minor, the sylvan and rustic world of Dvorak legends and the Suite Op 52 by York Bowen, 'the English Rachmaninov'.

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Edinburgh Piano Duo Concert

Sunday, 28th February 2016

3pm

Venue: Newton Stewart and District Music Club, Newton Stewart cinema

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Lecture-Demonstration and Workshop on the performance and repertoire of piano duets and their importance in teaching

Saturday, 3rd March 2015

2.15pm - 5.15pm

Venue: Edinburgh Society of Musicians, 3 Belford Road, Edinburgh

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University of Edinburgh lunchtime concert series

Friday, 13th March 2015

1.10 pm

Venue: Reid Hall, Bristo Square

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Edinburgh Piano Duo Fringe Concerts

Fri 16th Aug 2013, 4.30pm & Sat 17th Aug 2013, 4.30pm

Venue: St Andrew's & St George's West Church, George Street, Edinburgh

Come and savour the intimate soundworld of the Edinburgh Piano Duo in masterworks for one piano, 4 hands. Margaret Wakeford and Simon Coverdale are delighted to be returning to this magnificently refurbished venue to present two consecutive afternoon recitals which will both include the mighty Grand Duo D812 by Franz Schubert. Due to the symphonic proportions, opportunities to hear this are rare so it is not to be missed! Each performance will be partnered with a complementing work.

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