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The Big Shed, Tombreck, Scotland
Preparing to go and workshop some new material with Scottish violin-cello duo High Heels and Horse Hair, the first advice they sent was,...
Judith Weir
Jun 19, 20152 min read
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12 short studies
In advance of our residency at the Big Shed on Tombreck Farm Judith has written to us about the sketches she has created. ​ ​ One of the...
Judith Weir
Jun 11, 20152 min read
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Waxcap
Having always had a penchant for the sinister, I was immediately attracted to the subject matter for my TRANSPLANTED miniature. Fungi...
Martin Kershaw
Sep 9, 20141 min read
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Cladonia bellidiflora
Not in fact a plant, but a lichen. I saw some of these little beauties when I took shelter next to a damp rock on a wet, sullen winter’s...
Stuart MacRae
Aug 23, 20142 min read
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Sundew
Having not lived near the Scottish countryside for many moons, I asked Sonia and Alice to nominate a plant for my composition. I’m so...
Judith Weir
Aug 17, 20141 min read
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Clover
My favourite place is the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. My mind and eyes are refreshed after a visit to the flowers and plants there. No...
Eddie McGuire
Aug 5, 20141 min read
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The Juniper Run
Born and brought up in the Shetland Islands, Chris Stout has, over the last few years, become nationally and internationally recognised...
Chris Stout
Jul 13, 20142 min read
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The changeless and the changed
It took me quite a while to find the right plant to take as the starting point for my contribution to the Transplanted project. I needed...
David Fennessy
Jul 4, 20142 min read
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Transplanting Heartsease into Music
For this new composition for violin and cello, inspired by James Oswald’s Airs of the Seasons, my chosen flower is Heartsease (Viola...
Hanna Tuulikki
Jun 18, 20142 min read
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Introducing a miniaturist
We first met David Ward when we performed one of his duos for Huntly based chamber music club Music Centeral. The concert repertorie was...
David Ward
May 28, 20141 min read
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