Friday 1st December 2023 at 1.00pm in St Stephen’s Church, Inverness
Described as delivering “energetic and charming performances”, the Morris-Begg Duo of Ross Morris (guitar) and Ines Mayhew-Begg (soprano) began working together in 2019 at the Royal conservatoire of Scotland. They have already brought their shared enjoyment of the intimate and expressive nature of voice and guitar to several prestigious venues across the UK including at Kings Place, the National Gallery of Scotland, St Giles Cathedral and the National Museum of Scotland.
They perform to a wide variety of audiences as Live Music Now Scotland Artists and International Guitar Foundation Young Artist and recently premiered an IGF commission at Kings Place, London. They aim to continue to bring a freshness to their programmes through their own unique arrangements and commissions.
“Ross Morris is considered as the most exciting of the new generation of British classical guitarists” (Western Morning News) and his performing career has taken him to stages across the UK and North America, including the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity (CA), Toronto Guitar Society, Yellowbarn (USA), Kings Place (London), National Gallery of Scotland, BBC Radio Scotland, Beacon Arts Centre (UK), St Giles Cathedral and Helly’s International Guitar Festival (UK). Ross has toured with Scottish Opera (2023) and Glyndebourne Opera Company (2021). As an educator, Ross is an associate instrument teacher, ensemble leader and lecturer at the University of St Andrew’s and has delivered workshops at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland alongside Quartet Malamatina.
Ines is a Scottish soprano and has recntly made her German debut as Adele in Lyric Opera Studio Weimar’s production of Die Fledermaus. She has performed several solo roles for Scottish Opera Young Company and her performance as Amore received praise for having ‘confidence, consistency and fluency’ by Andrew Clark in Opera Magazine. She has a keen interest in early music and is the founder and director of the Avra Baroque Ensemble.
The Morris-Begg programme for musicinverness is :-
Scottish Lute Prelude arr. Ross Morris
James MacMillan (1959-) arr. Ross Morris
Scots Song
Ballad
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) arr. Ross Morris
Music for a While
If Music be the Food of Love
Sweeter than Roses
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tune arr. Giovanni de Chiaro
II. Rhosymedre
Stephen Goss (1964-)
Under Milk Wood Songs:
I. Polly Garter
II. Lily Smalls
III. Rosie Probert and Captain Cat
IIII. Oh, What’ll the neighbours say
V. Pretty Polly Hums and longs
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) arr. Ross Morris
Córdoba (solo guitar)
José Bassa (1670-1730) arr. Morris
Minué cantado
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
A selection of Tonadillas arranged by Julian Byzantine:
El majo discreto
La maja dolorosa
El tra la la y el punteado
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