Mananan 50: Scott Brothers Duo

Adults 20 / Under 18s 2
The fabulous Scott Brothers Duo have graced many a Mananan festival stage over the years and when the IOM Organists Association kindly booked them to play here, we thought it was fitting to make them part of the 50 year celebrations!
Brothers Jonathan and Tom perform internationally in instrumental combinations which cover the entire keyboard spectrum. Their online performance videos on the Scott Brothers Duo YouTube channel have achieved more than 100 million views making them some of the most watched in the world. For this Mananan 50 concert, they will perform duets for piano (as well as using the Erin Arts Centre chamber organ) in an unmissable programme showcasing the duos virtuosic arrangements of some of the greatest classical works!Born in Manchester, Jonathan and Tom both studied at Chethams School of Music. Tom read Music on the joint course at The University of Manchester, gained the Sir Thomas Beecham Medal for Excellence in his degree, and achieved a distinction in his Masters degree. He made his concerto debut with the Hall Orchestra, aged 17. Tom is also a keen artist and animator, and creates animations to accompany live classical concerts which have been performed worldwide. As a composer, his work ranges from instrumental to acousmatic compositions and audio/visual works.
Jonathan continued his studies in USA and Holland, won the coveted Worshipful Company of Musicians WT Best Scholarship and gold medal, is a Freeman of The City of London and Associate Artist of The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Recent concert highlights include the reopening concerts at the organs of Rochdale Town Hall, UK, St Mary's Basilica, Kevelaer, Germany and All Saints Church, Warsaw, Poland, as well as solo organ concerts at York Minster, Lyon Concert Hall, France, Rheingau Festival, Germany, and BBC Proms, broadcast live from the organ of the Royal Albert Hall, London.Their programme will be:Gioacchino Antonio Rossini - William Tell Overture
George Frederic Handel - Air & Variations Harmonious Blacksmith from Suite No. 5 HWV 430
Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto in F Minor BWV 1056
Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
INTERVAL
George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Adagio Sostenuto (from Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18)
Tom Scott - Dances for Chamber Organ & Piano (2019)
George Gershwin- Rhapsody in Blue