Top classical musicians will perform at this year’s Ruthven Music Festival on the banks of the River Isla.
The annual celebration takes place in the beautiful setting of Ruthven Church on June 6, June 8 and September 7.
“The first concert of our 25th anniversary season is on the evening of Friday, June 6, and will feature Perth choir, Chansons, performing Tom Cunningham’s Scotland at Night, which sets the poems of Alexander McCall Smith to music,” said Evelyn Hood, secretary of Ruthven Music Festival committee.
“This concert will also include the Ruthven Festival Musicians, conducted by Howard Duthie, performing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and music by Durante, Handel and Mozart.”
On the afternoon of June 8 several talented local youngsters will perform.
“This year is the Ruthven Music Festival’s silver anniversary and, having been involved since the start, I am delighted that several of the musicians participating in this year’s concerts also participated in our first festival,” Ms Hood continued.
“Violinist Morag Ann Elder, cellist Donald Gordon, soprano Alison McDonald who is singing at our September 7 silver anniversary recital, as is mezzo soprano and orchestra leader Audrey Mattner are all favourites with Ruthven Festival devotees.”
Another treat for music lovers attending the silver anniversary recital will be a performance of music by Bach and Dialago by Colin Jackson, a cellist who recently moved to Angus after retiring from the Covent Garden Opera Orchestra.
Tickets are £20 for each concert with under-12s welcome free of charge.
To book, email ruthvenfestival@tiscali.co.uk, call 01828 632558 or email hepworth393@btinternet.com.