Concert Features Sadly Neglected Composer

CONCERT FEATURES
SADLY-NEGLECTED COMPOSER

A summer concert
in Edinburgh's historic Canongate Kirk will have a seldom performed work by a
Scottish-based composer as its centre
piece.

The Edinburgh
Quartet concert on July 2 will open with a Schubert String Quartet but it is
thought the highlight will be a performance of Hans Gal's String Quintet, opus
106. The Edinburgh group will be joined by Jessica Beeston for the two-viola
composition which, like Gal's Clarinet Quintet, was given its first performance
by the long-established Edinburgh Quartet some years ago.

The Austrian-born Gal had a highly successful
inter-war career in Europe until forced to flee Vienna when the Nazis moved in.
He settled in Edinburgh, spending the rest of his long life in the Scottish
capital -- a much loved teacher, performer (he was accompanist for Kathleen
Ferrier for a performance at the first Edinburgh International Festival) and
composer.

Advance tickets
for the Canongate concert (£12) are obtainable
from the Edinburgh Quartet, 119

Craigleith Rd, or
the Hans Gal Society, 16 Blacket Place. They will also be on sale at the door.