What's on in Dumfries and Galloway

You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas!

Programme:
Piazzolla, Fugata & Oblivion
Rachmaninoff, Vocalise
Brahms Intermezzo in A Major Op 118, No. 2 (piano solo)
Brahms Sonata in E Flat Major
Interval
Gershwin, Summertime & It ain’t necessarily so
Chopin, Grande Waltz Brillante in Eb Major Op. 18
Scott, Respectfully Yours
Watson, Rhapsody on an echo chamber

In A Big Country, an evening with Big Country’s Bruce Watson

Big Country founder and guitarist, Bruce Watson, dominated the charts in the 1980s and has never looked back.

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:
Mozart, Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.15 D major Op. 28 (Pastoral)
Interval
Liszt, Six Consolations
Khachaturian, Vocalise , Lullaby from Gayane, Adagio from Spartacus, Sabre Dance

This is a cross-cultural community festival celebrating Japan-Scotland connections.

Jay Rayner faces some serious questions and in Nights Out in the Kitchen, the show marking publication of his fabulous new cookbook, he’s finally going to answer them.

Due to phenomenal demand, award winning wildlife photographer and filmmaker Gordon Buchanan will hit the road again in 2027, continuing the success of his biggest ever live tour - Lions and Tigers and Bears.

Programme:
Beethoven, Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Schubert, Impromptus, D 899, Op. 90
Interval
Schubert, Allegretto in C minor, D 915
Beethoven, Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

The extraordinary lessons learned from animals and Noel's unexpected gift for music-with his favourite rock songs live.