The Rusty Strings of Oundle reached out to their namesakes in Scotland and before they knew it they were off on tour and performing a joint concert – and absolutely wonderful time was had by all.

Saturday 4th May
5pm High Tea in The Waverley Hotel, Callander, Scotland
6pm Joint Rehearsal in Callander Kirk

Sunday 5th May
2pm Rehearsal
3-5pm Joint Concert in Callander Kirk
Afternoon Tea served in the interval
7pm Celebratory dinner at Venacher Lochside

• A Hundred Thousand Welcomes, J. M. Mason
• March from ‘A Little Suite’, Trevor Duncan
• The Maids of Arrochar, Trad
• Scottish Dances: Calumn’s Road and Spoot o’ Skerry
• English Dances: Morgianna and Morgan Rattler, Trad
• Palladio Concerto Grosso 1st Movt: Allegretto, Karl Jenkins
• Libertango, Piazzola
• Méditation (from the opera Thaïs), Massenet
• Por Una Cabeza (tango), Carlos Gardel
• Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet no. 1) Tchaikovsky
• Easy Winners (Ragtime)’ Scott Joplin
• Conducted by Douglas Butler
• Judex (from the oratorio Mors et Vita) Gounod
• Theme from Schlindler’s List, John Williams
• Basse-Danse (from Capriol Suite), Warlock
• March of the Hundred Fiddlers, Jock Morgan
• Oklahoma! (from Oklahoma!), Richard Rogers
• Moon River (from Breakfast at Tiffany’s), Mancini arr Neel
• The Bare Necessities (from Jungle Book), Gilkyson arr Dezaire
• The Stronsay Wedding and Caddum Woods, Cameron/Rennie