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Hebrides Ensemble

@hebridesensemble.bsky.social

Hebrides Ensemble is an award-winning Scottish collective of musicians that commissions, performs and records the best of contemporary classical chamber music.

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🌍 The classical music world is making moves towards sustainability! 🌱 We know international touring is a key part of what we do, but it also has a big carbon footprint. So the Scottish Classical Sustainability Group asked over 100 musicians how we can change the way we tour to be more eco-friendly.

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

🎶 Throwback to 2007 at @hcmfuk.bsky.social! 🎶 Huddersfield has long been a vital hub for new music, and as our Artistic Director William Conway put it: “No group performing new music would feel content unless they had appeared at this daring festival...

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

🎭 From the Archive: Good Angel Bad Angel (2005) 🎶 Our first chamber opera - an intense, claustrophobic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson - was brought to life by the incredible Allison Cook, Richard Burkhard, and Martin Robson.

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🎶 Summer 2005 was a milestone moment for Hebrides Ensemble! 🎶 This all-Carter programme, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, was one of the most challenging we had ever performed.

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The commission formed part of our performance at the then Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland @rcsofficial.bsky.social) whom we continue our fruitful relationship year on year. In 2019 we released a recording of his chamber music on Delphian Records.

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Balkan Dances and Laments (commissioned in 2001 by Hebrides Ensemble) saw the beginning of a long, fruitful relationship with the unique composer and humanitarian worker Nigel Osborne.

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

An update from all of us at Hebrides following this morning's Multi-Year Funding announcements from @creativescots.bsky.social

Hebrides Ensemble is thrilled to announce the continued support of Creative Scotland through its Multi-Year Funding Programme’s Development Stream. This recognition not only celebrates the quality of our artistic work, but also affirms the values and vision that Hebrides Ensemble strives to embody. As we mark our 35th anniversary, we are excited to journey into our 2025/26 Season supported by the Multi-Year Funding Programme.

We would also like to extend our warmest congratulations to all our partners and colleagues whose work has been celebrated in today’s funding announcements. It’s inspiring to see so many organisations expanding their reach across Scotland, and we look forward to the lasting impact of this support.

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Our first commission in 1994 was with the composer John Bevan Baker. Eclogue was a beautiful and enigmatic work, which saw the beginning of a long line of commissions, beginning Hebrides Ensemble's commitment to enabling and performing new music.

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Hebrides Ensemble @hebridesensemble.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hello BlueSky! We're new here, but we recently celebrated a whopping 35 years of incredible music making!

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