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Joseph Swensen shoogles and swings in Poulenc and Milhaud in an exploration of different musical cultures and a fusion of classical and jazz.

Rarely has so distinguished a group been assembled to give this work live; it would have shone as a highlight even in a normal year of visiting foreign ensembles and performers.

McFall’s Chamber’s bittersweet programme of Polish music referenced Tango in Warsaw, exploring the avant-garde of Grażyna Bacewicz and early and late Penderecki

McFall’s Chamber’s Red Blue Balance - music for chamber musicians and jazz trio, introduce three new works, revisit recent work and hark back to Bongo Club days with driving Zappa and swing band Raymond Scott pieces at Edinburgh’s Fringe.

McFall’s Chamber brings a freshness to its repertoire as it revisits the Bongo Club years, and performs two newly commissioned pieces. Informal and very enjoyable.

A sparkling new work from John McLeod throws light on the celebration of 150 years of Sibelius and Nielsen.

The Edinburgh Quartet and guests delight in the city where Hans Gál spent many productive years.

Edinburgh's Queen's Hall, combining centre stalls with a horseshoe of pews on two levels, boasts a wonderful chamber music acoustic. The attentive Sunday afternoon audience for the SCO Chamber Concert had no difficulty making out every nuance of the small forces present.

If you want something done, ask a busy person – the old adage goes. With three albums released in the last year, a recent concert of works by Gavin Bryars only one week behind them and the premier of a chamber opera (The Okavango Macbeth) scheduled for mid-April, Mr. McFall's Chamber still found time to perform two new commissions in a programme entitled, Mad March Week 2.