Five Joan Eardley Pictures

Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society

Last April John Gourlay’s Five Joan Eardley Pictures for a trio of clarinet, horn and cello, was premièred at the first KOS Extra concert by Stuart Smith, Andreas Morrison and Katie O’Neil. We are delighted to announce that this composition is being repeated in Edinburgh in connection with the current exhibition of Joan Eardley’s work, A Sense of Place, at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

The five sections of the piece are responses to five paintings by Joan Eardley (1921-63), all of which are in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.

1. Street Kids (1949-51)

2. Seeded Grasses and Daisies (1960)

3. The Wave (1961)

4. Children and Chalked Wall No. 3 (1963)

5. Catterline in Winter (1963)

The performance will take place in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh from 6.00-6.30pm on Thursday 27 April 2017. Players from the orchestra will also present three of John’s duets with visual art connections, Aquarelle, Lithoglyph and Impasto.