On Wednesday 7th July at the Outback Art Gallery at Sanaigmore there is a special 2010 addition to the programme – an afternoon String Quintet concert. Tickets are £5 from the Gallery and the concert begins at 1.30 pm.). See article on the festival here.

Tickets and Booking

For the main Festival programme, single tickets are £12 (£10 concession). Season tickets are £60 (£50 concession). They can be bought in advance at the Celtic Shop, Bowmore (01496 810304), or at the door on the night. Children under 12 and accompanied by an adult go free. A full programme with notes on all the pieces to be performed will be available at the concerts.

There is further information at the Cantilena Festival website.

The full programme

With the exception of the afternoon concert at the Outback Art Gallery at Sanaigmore – which starts at 1.30pm, each of the evening concerts starts at 8.00pm.

• Sunday 4th July at the Columba Centre, Bowmore: piano recital – Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Franck
• Monday 5th July at the Columba Centre, Bowmore: Beethoven Piano Trio ‘The Ghost’ and works for strings by Scarlatti, Grieg, Dag Wiren
• Tuesday 6th July at Lagavulin Distillery:  Pavan
• Wednesday 7th July at the Outback Art Gallery at Sanaigmore: String Quintet.  Note:This is a special 2010 addition to the programme .Tickets are £5 from the Gallery and the concert begins at 1.30 pm.)
• Wednesday 7th July at the Columba Centre, Bowmore: Beethoven Piano Trio ‘The Archduke’, Schumann Piano Quartet
• Thursday 8th July at Ardbeg Distillery: Scarlatti String Sinfonia, Gabrieli Canzonia in 7 parts, Mozart Adagio & Fugue, Mendelssohn String Symphony No 9 in C
• Friday 9th July: at Bruichladdich Distillery: Mendelssohn Octet and music for fun.