This year began celebrating Chopin’s visit to Scotland earlier and in a different form, by walking in early spring to the ruins of what once was Wishaw House sadly demolished in the 1950s – a home of Lord and Lady Belhaven, who hosted the forlorn Chopin in early October 1848. Graham Butt and John Smillie, […]
On 5 April 2019 as part of the international conference „Romantic Interactions” held at the Polish Academy of Skills, Kraków, „An Evening with Janer Stirling” was performed. Below you will find a review of the conference and our event by prof. Charlotte May
„Past into Present: Gargunnock House 2019” – a concert restaging Chopin’s matinée musicale held on 27 September 1848 in the Merchants’ Hall, Glasgow.
The venue was filled with real music and history lovers. And in the audience Dennis Melloy, Provost of Perth and Kinross, Mrs Sylwia Spooner representing the Consulate General of Poland and many other celebrities. Perth Friends of Bydgoszcz, Perth Scouts, Jagiellonian University, Consulate General of Poland in Edinburgh, thank you!