What's on in Dumfries and Galloway

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Programme:
Bach, Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027
Rameau, Gavotte et six Doubles
Ligeti, Sonata for Solo Cello
Interval
Stravinsky, Suite Italienne
Piazzolla, Le Grand Tango

PROGRAMME
Tea for Two – Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
La Cumparsita – Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (1897-1948)
Adiós Nonino – Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Misirlou – Nicholas Roubanis (1880 – 1968)
El Gato Montés – Manuel Penella Moreno (1880-1939)
España Cañí – Pascual Marquina Narro (1873–1948)
Veinte Años – María Teresa Vera (1865-1965)
Mozart Cuban Medley – Sergio Vega Dominguez (b. 1992)
Danzón No 2 – Arturo Márquez (b 1950)

*Interval*

Tico Tico no Fubá – Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935)
El Choclo – Ángel Villoldo (1861 -1919)
Oye Cómo Va – Tito Puente (1923-2000)
Por una cabeza – Carlos Gardel (1883-1945)
Suspiros de España – Antonio Álvarez Alonso (1867-1903)
Isako Suite – Sergio Vega Dominguez (b. 1992)
Waltz no 2 – Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Underground Tango – Goran Bregović (b 1950)
Libertango – Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

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The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are back in Dumfries.

2026 will see The Proclaimers return with a new album recorded in the spring and back out live from early summer.

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