SAT 22 MAY, 8pm
£14/£12
Mr McFall’s Chamber and Michael Marra bring a mixed programme which includes not only a dozen or so of Marra’s songs, but also some instrumental numbers - accordion music from Finland, 19th century salon music from Cuba, folk-influenced classical music from the Czech Republic, tango music from Argentina.
Instrumentation switches between musical saw, accordion, harmonium, keyboard, guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, double bass and string quartet.
Mr McFall’s Chamber and Michael Marra first performed together at the last of the famous "None of the Above” events at the old Bongo Club in Edinburgh. Since that time they have been getting together when schedules permit and have built up a repertoire which encompasses not only Michael Marra’s witty, poignant and finely observed songs, but also Mr McFall’s Chamber’s typically diverse repertoire.
Michael Marra - Vocals/ keyboard/ guitar
Phil Alexander - Accordion/ harmonium
Claire Sterling - Violin
Robert McFall - Violin/mandolin
Brian Schiele - Viola
Su-a Lee - Cello/ musical saw
Rick Standley - Double bass/ bass guitar