Other great festivals
Sonorities Festival Belfast 22-25 April From late-evening Feldman to cannily curated club nights, artists from over 20 countries join Belfast’s Hard Rain Ensemble for the city’s new music biennial.
Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 4867
Web: www.sonorities.net
Tectonics Glasgow 2 & 3 May
With the BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, a sonic bothy and a nod to the Fluxus art movement, Tectonics tantalises. Tel: +44 (0)141 353 8000
Web: www.tectonicsfestival.com
Loch Shiel Festival 13-17 May
Anchored by the Maxwell String Quartet and featuring pianist Martin Roscoe and the Broen Ensemble, Beethoven meets kayaking and al fresco frolics.
Web: www.lochshielfestival.com Clandeboye Festival 14-22 August
With pianist Barry Douglas, Camerata Ireland and soprano Ailish Tynan spearheading celebrations, Beethoven’s 250th anniversary is front and centre.
Tel: +44 (0)28 9024 1919
Web: www.camerata-ireland.com
The Cumnock Tryst 1-4 October
Cumnock’s reach is now year-round but the Octoberfest remains at its heart. Mezzo Karen Cargill and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra are among 2020’s luminaries. Tel: +44 (0)141 332 5057
Web: www.thecumnocktryst.com St Andrews Voices 15-18 October
Light installation artists Luxmuralis return to illuminate vocal festivities. Plus Schubert’s Winterreise is interspersed with excerpts from Captain Scott’s Antarctic diaries.
Tel: +44 (0)1334 475000 www.standrewsvoices.com
Sound 27 October –1 November
New works by Philip Cashian and Tansy Davies are joined by a promenade concert around Aberdeen Maritime Museum.
Tel: +44 (0)1330 826526
Web: www.sound-scotland.co.uk