December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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May 2011
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Front Cover!
The Agnew McAllister Duo are featured on the cover of the May 2011 edition of Classical Guitar Magazine. Inside there is an in depth interview with Aisling & Matthew conducted by Features Editor Guy Traviss which focuses on their Tenth Anniversary Year. Buy a copy here: www.classicalguitarmagazine.com
May 2nd
April 2011
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Dublin Concert
The Agnew McAllister Duo are giving a concert in Dublin on Thursday 7th April. Tickets are €12/8 To book tickets and get more information call 014939462 (inside Ireland) from UK dial 00 353 14939462.  
Apr 1st
February 2011
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Feb 11th
January 2011
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Ryan Fark on Bach & Brouwer
“The classically-minded listener is in for a real treat with Matthew McAllister’sBach & Brouwer, which cleverly juxtaposes the very well-known J.S. Bach Suite No. 1 with a lesser-known work, Suite No. 2 by Leo Brouwer (b. 1939). The works, though separated by centuries, share interesting similarities in structure and harmony, and seem an absolutely natural pairing. The same musical...
Jan 6th
December 2010
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Dec 12th
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2010 Concert Archive
Saturday 13th March Solo Recital Time: 7:30pm Tickets: TBC Venue: TBC Passau Germany Sunday 9th May Solo Recital Live Radio Broadcast Time: 10am Tickets: free Concertgebouw Amsterdam Holland Friday 14th May Solo Recital Twents Guitar Festival Time: 12:30pm Tickets: 10 Euros Venue: Concordia Theater Enschede The Netherlands Wednesday 26th May Live Music Now! Time: 7:30pm Tickets: tbc National...
Dec 11th
November 2010
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Nov 5th
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Nov 3rd
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Gelders Gitaristen Podium
Matthew will give the opening concert in the new season of The Gelders Gitaristen Podium in The Netherlands. The concert will take place on Sunday the 21st of November at 11:30am. The Gelders Gitaristen Podium organises 4 concerts every season, the venue is the beautiful Old Etten Church situated in the village of Etten – Gelderland. The Old Etten Church has a very special acoustic which...
Nov 1st
October 2010
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Recital in Italy
Matthew McAllister will be performing a solo recital at the 6th Festival Internazionale Chitarristico which is taking place in Campobpasso, Italy from the 26th to the 31st of October. Matthew’s recital will take place on Thursday 28th October at 8pm in theAuditorium Biblioteca P.Albino, via D’Amato – Campobpasso. The programme will include suites from Matthew’s latest recording entitledBach &...
Oct 1st
September 2010
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Organ & Guitar
Matthew is joining forces with City Organist Stuart Muir and performing a Lunchtime Recital of music for Guitar & Organ in the Caird Hall, Dundee. Stuart Muir with Matthew McAllister – Caird Hall – Sept 16th -1pm Lunchtime concert on the Caird Hall Organ  Programme to include music by Bach, Albinoni, Vivaldi & Handel. Concert will last 50 minutes – so you can squeeze them into your lunch...
Sep 16th
Agnew Mcallister Duo Malaysia Tour
The Agnew McAllister Duo are embarking on a tour in Malaysia later this month. Performances include double Vivaldi Concertos at the Yamaha Festival Hall, Duo Concerts for the Bel Canto Concert Series and The Classical Music Society of Malaysia plus performances for Perak Society of Performing Artsand SL Gift Music Centre. All concert and class details are listed in the Featured Concerts Section...
Sep 1st
August 2010
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Aug 25th
Agnew McAllister Duo in Taranto
The Agnew / McAllister Duo will perform at the Museo Nazionale di Taranto in Italy on Saturday 7th August. Programme Hamnataing – Chris Stout (b. 1976) Quebra Queixo – Celso Machado (b. 1953) Agua e Vinho – Egberto Gismonti (b. 1947) Suite no.2 – Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) Sonata in G Major – Pietro Locatelli (1695 – 1764) Adagio – Allegro – Largo – Allegro Interval Sonata in E minor – Johann Sebastian...
Aug 1st
July 2010
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Frevo Quartet at Crail Festival
Frevo Quartet are performing as part of The Crail Festival Lunchtime Concert Series. The Quartet will perform on Tuesday the 27th of July at 1pm in The Most Holy Trinity Church, Crail. The programme will include music from their acclaimed recordings Histoire du Tango & Standing Stones. Tickets are £6.00 Most Holy Trinity Church After Anstruther Rd, on the corner of Westgate North & Lamont...
Jul 22nd
June 2010
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May 2010
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May 9th
March 2010
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Mar 22nd
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Barockmuseum, Salzburg
Barockmuseum, Salzburg Aisling Agnew & Matthew McAllister will perform a recital at theBarockmuseum Salzburg as part of the MIM – MUSIC IN (E)MOTION Concert Series. The recital will contain two World Premieres alongside a selction of Baroque &Contemporary repertoire. Barockmuseum Salzburg (Orangerie des Mirabellgartens) Mirabellplatz 3  5020 Salzburg Austria The concert begins at 6:30pm on...
Mar 16th
February 2010
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Feb 7th
January 2010
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2009 Concert Archive
Tuesday 27th January  Maelasta Time: 5pm Tickets: LMN (Invited Audience)  Venue: National Gallery  Edinburgh Scotland Sunday 15th February  Agnew / McAllister Duo Time: 4pm Tickets: £10 Venue: St Leonard’s Auditorium St Andrew’s Music Club Scotland Thursday 26th February  Agnew / McAllister Duo Time: 7.30pm Tickets: tbc Venue: Ruthin Music Club Ruthin Wales Saturday 7th March  Frevo Quartet Time:...
Jan 1st
December 2009
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Maelasta Review The Scotsman ****
NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND **** Maelasta – Feargus Hetherington & Matthew McAllister “PART of the enduring fascination with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is the darker, more melancholic side of his nature, which he often soothed by playing the violin. The violin and guitar duo Maelasta shed some tantalising light on what music Holmes might have listened to, as well as what, and...
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
November 2009
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Frevo Quartet in Glasgow
Frevo Quartet are giving the Saturday night concert during the Big Guitar Weekend in Glasgow. Come along and listen the quartet performing music from their latest recordings Histoire du Tango & Standing Stones. Saturday 15th November 7.30pm – Opera Studio Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama  £7/5
Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
October 2009
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Oct 6th
September 2009
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Organ & Guitar Reviews
Here are two videos from a recent concert with the Organist Stuart Muir. The footage is taken from their first ever concert together, the venue is The Caird Hall, Dundee, where Stuart is the City Organist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOz-1UkalTw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWirgOVzIBk Muir & McAllister “The only problem I have about a “brunch” is that it always leaves me wanting more of...
Sep 17th
August 2009
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 21st
cbeebies
In association with Live Music Now! children from Flora Stevenson Primary School in Edinburgh alongside children from primary schools all over the UKtook part in the latest BBC CBeebies series of Sugar Plum Story Timeintroduced by Charlie & Lola. Listen to the episodes which feature Matthew performing for the children and working with them to form ideas for their imaginative stories.  to...
Aug 21st
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Aug 21st
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Kelvin Trio / Maelasta / Agnew McAllister Duo
Thursday 10th July  Agnew / McAllister Duo Time: 6pm Tickets: free Venue: National Gallery Edinburgh Scotland Friday 11th July  Maelasta Time: 2.15pm Tickets: free Venue: Generation Arts  West Calder  Scotland Thursday 17th July  Kelvin Trio Time: 8pm Tickets: £4/£3 Venue: St Salvator’s Chapel  St Andrew’s Scotland
Aug 21st
July 2009
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Frevo Quartet in Dublin
Friday 4th July  Frevo Quartet Time: 1:15pm Tickets: 6 Euro Venue: Christ Church Cathedral Dublin Ireland Friday 4th July  Frevo Quartet Time: 8pm Tickets: free Venue: Rathfarnham Castle Dublin Ireland
Jul 2nd
Summer Touring
Matthew is currently on tour for the rest of the summer. The Agnew McAllister Duo will be performing 6 concerts in Lima, Peru, and 2 concerts in San Jose inCosta Rica, alongside various TV & Radio interviews and broadcasts. The duo have been invited by the Centro Cultural Peruano Britanic to perform in the IV Festival de Ensambles Peruano Británico in Lima, Peru. Aisling and Matthew will give...
Jul 1st
June 2009
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Dundee / London / Netherlands / Kilconquhaur
Dundee / London / Netherlands / Kilconquhaur Thursday 8th May  Agnew / McAllister Duo Time: 7:30pm  Tickets: £8, £4 & £1 Venue: Dundee University Chaplaincy  Dundee Scotland Friday 9th May Agnew / McAllister Time: 1:15 Tickets: free Venue: St Bride’s Fleet Street London England Saturday 17th May Solo Recital Time: 20:15 Tickets: tbc Venue: SCC Hofdael  Geldrop Eindhoven Netherlands Tuesday...
Jun 9th
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Jun 3rd
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Frevo Quartet Tango Review
Frevo Quartet’s recent album Histoire du Tango is reviewed in Classical Guitar Magazine.  
Jun 2nd
May 2009
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Trio Concert Review
The debut performance of the Kelvin Trio was the subject of much excitement and enthusiasm at St Paul’s Cathedral on the 19th of May. The trio performed sonatas by Bach, Telemann & Vivaldi in the popular lunchtime concert series.
May 19th
April 2009
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Maelasta & Turner
Maelasta perform music by Filippo Gragnani (1767-1820) and Paganini (1782-1840), inspired by the Turner & Italy exhibition taking place in the Royal Scottish Academy Building in the National Galleries complex on the Mound –Edinburgh. This major exhibition explores the enduring relationship between JMW Turner and Italy. Highlights include the artist’s great Rome from the Vatican of 1819, and...
Apr 30th
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Maelasta at the National Gallery
Thursday 31st May Maelasta Venue: National Gallery Edinburgh Time: 6:30 Tickets: free admission Concert details: Matthew & Feargus return to the Scotland’s National Gallery to give an early evening performance of music from Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Scotland and France.
Apr 12th
February 2009
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National Museum, Paxton House & Milngavie Music...
National Museum, Paxton House & Milngavie Music Club Sunday 30th March  Maelasta Time: 11am  Tickets: free Venue: National Museum  Edinburgh Scotland Sunday 30th March Maelasta Time: 6:20pm Tickets: tbc Venue: Hayloft Gallery Paxton House Berwickshire Scotland Saturday 5th April Agnew / McAllister Duo Time: 12noon  Tickets: free  Venue: St Mary’s Church Slough  England Saturday 19th April...
Feb 21st