2008 Festival

Summer Music returned to Paxton House in 2008 with a tightly-packed programme of 7 concerts celebrating Russian musical genius.

Music on offer included Tchaikovsky’s great piano trio, ballet transcriptions by Stravinsky, impressionistic violin/piano music by Prokofiev, and Shostakovich’s extraordinary piano cycle, 24 Preludes & Fugues, performed complete across two consecutive evenings.

Our artists included two of Scotland’s finest musicians, Robert Irvine and Graeme McNaught in a ‘cello/piano recital, first appearances by the dynamic Kesh Piano Duo, the Armenian violinist, Ani Batikian, and the Scottish Connection string ensemble – and a return visit from Paxton favourites, violinist Susanne Stanzeleit and ‘cellist Andrew Fuller.