ELLIE DONALD soprano/Christine
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Saturday 1 November 2025Doors/Bar: 8.00pm
Performance: 8.30pm-9.30pm (no interval) Tickets:
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Moonlight Concerts present their first musical shows at 1901 Arts Club inspired by Halloween.
Storyteller and concert pianist Matthew Shiel, international opera singer Ellie Donald and acclaimed Shanghainese Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen collaborate on a new show inspired by the greatest ghost story every told - Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera (1910). Venetian masks, operatic arias, dramatic silhoettes and the most haunting piano pieces ever written meet alongside romantic candlelight recitations of Gaston Leroux's original novel and an ethereal digital art exhibition designed by acclaimed Chinese artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen – to create a simultaneously thrilling and terrifying musical experience designed to seduce your senses - and lure you away to the phantom's lair! "Christine, you must love me!" Moonlight Concerts come to us following their ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and sold-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival,
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ProgrammeRachmaninov
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.3 No.2 Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major, Op.9 No.2 Donizetti O Luce di quest’anima Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Brahms Lullaby Chopin Funeral March Mozart Chi sa, chia sa qual sia Weber Einst träumte meiner Sel’gen Base Puccini Quando m’en vo Chopin Fantasie-Impromptu Previn I want magic Mozart Lacrimosa from Requiem |
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Matthew Shiel'Matthew Shiel shone' (Three Weeks) and 'Matthew Shiel 'composed' a most enchanting concert. 5 stars!' (Edinburgh Guide) - reviewers are applauding Matthew for his unique, creative and fresh approach to music performance which push the boundaries of what a piano recital can be.
Matthew Shiel is an award-winning concert pianist, Usher Hall and Live Music Now Scotland emerging artist who has performed at Usher Hall, The National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, St Giles' Cathedral (Edinburgh), The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (Newcastle) and Glasgow City Halls. Matthew is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has collaborated with festivals including the Åben Festival (Copenhagen), Music at Paxton (Berwick) and a sold-out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. |
Ellie DonaldScottish soprano Ellie Donald graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2022, where she studied with Linda Ormiston and Wilma MacDougall. Her interest in music’s role in our development and within society led her to progress onto the master's program, “Music Psychology in the Arts” at the RCS. She is continuing her vocal development under the tutelage of Wilma MacDougall.
Since her studies, she has performed as a soloist with Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society, the Glasgow Bach Cantata Project, and attended the Oxford International Summer School where she received masterclasses with Susan Bullock, Malcolm Martineau, Joan Rodgers, and Marie McLaughlin. She has enjoyed recent recitals at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow and St Andrews Cathedral, Aberdeen. Ellie looks forward to moving to London in September, generously supported by The Royal Academy of Music, to continue her development on the Opera course, under the tutelage of Mary Nelson. |
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Moonlight Concerts
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Moonlight is a performing arts company that creates immersive classical music experiences, concerts, shows and exhibitions. It celebrates interdisciplinary collaboration with writers and storytellers, visual artists, dancers and filmmakers (and beyond) to push the boundaries of what a classical concert can be and create the 'performance of the future'.
Our ambition is to blend high-art conservatoire performance standards with experimental and boundary-pushing attitude of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Moonlight is also inspired by our relationship with Live Music Now Scotland, a charity who challenge musicians to reach audiences who would not normally have access to classical music. Our aim is to make classical music accessible for all and to make classical music (which is often performed in 19th century etiquette and presentation) appealing to the demands and expectations of a 21st Century audience. |
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Saturday
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Doors/Bar: 8.00pm
Performance: 8.30pm-9.30pm (no interval) Tickets:
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