Nova Classics 

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What our audiences said.............

"Great choice of music.....all beautifully played and presented." (Alan H)

""Fantastic Valentine themed gig last night. We will be back for more next month."

(Tommy & Nicola)

"It was a fabulous evening!" (Margurita E)

"It was so good." (Kristina)

"We came to see you this evening and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. We would love to see more." (Vicky T)

"Fantastic" (Lynn S)

"The music was amazing." (Victoria S)

"The concert was really super." (Martin A)

Classics @ the Cowdray 2026

Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen

Friday 25 September 2026 7.00pm         

 

Fantasy Classics

 

Some of the greatest music comes when composers delve into their deepest fantasies.  Debussy’s Clair de lune and Vaughan Williams’ Greensleeves certainly spring to mind but so does Ravel’s Bolero used memorably in Dudley Moore’s film 10.  Nova Quartet adds in music from The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Twilight, Wicked and Howl’s Moving Castle to bring us bang up to date.          

 

Fantasy Classics at the Cowdray | Aberdeen City Council            

Music at Aden, Mintlaw

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Old Deer Church

Sunday, 4th October - 2.00pm

Haydn's String Quartets 

& Scottish Songs (Iryna Chupryna)

String quartet op.50 no.6 The Frog​

String Quartet op.20 no.4 in D major

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Nova is delighted to be invited to play for Music at Aden.  Haydn's sense of the ridiculous can be seen in The Frog Quartet when he writes rapid string crossings imitating the croaking of a frog and its hopping about. More humour is seen in our second quartet with its wild Hungarian dance played with open strings zinging about. Ukrainian soprano, Iryna Chupryna tops it all with Scottish songs arranged by Haydn with one, Will ye go to Flanders having such contemporary relevance, that Nova will link to the traditional Ukrainian anti-war song, Plyve Kacha.  

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Gifford Lectures 2026

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Elphinstone Hall, Aberdeen

1st - 22nd October - 6.00-7.00pm

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“The lecturers … may be of any religion or way of thinking, or as is sometimes said, they may be of no religion, or they may be so-called sceptics or agnostics or freethinkers …”

Adam Lord Gifford

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Presented by theologian and musician, Professor Jeremy Begbie, the lectures follow his interest is the correlation between theology and the arts, in particular the interplay between music and theology. 

Professor Begbie is the Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, Duke University, where he is the McDonald Agape Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts.

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 For this lecture series he will be using musical examples to be performed by the Nova Quartet and Orchestra Nova with music stretching from jazz to that of Bach, Messiaen, MacMillan and Haydn.

Classics @ the Cowdray 2026

Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen

Friday 6 November 2026 7.00pm         

 

Oscar Winner Classics

 

Goodness!  Where do we start with such a wonderful choice of Oscar winning movie scores?  From one of the earliest (The Wizard of Oz) to Star Wars, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and so many more that it’s difficult to choose our favourites.  Join us for a night of the very best of movie music.     

 

Oscar-winning Classics at the Cowdray | Aberdeen City Council              

Music Hall, Aberdeen

Tuesday 15th December 7.15pm 

 

Messiah - Handel

 

Christmas wouldn't be complete without a performance of Handel's wonderful oratorio, Messiah with its famous Hallelujah chorus to send you elated into the night.

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Aberdeen Choral Society

Orchestra Nova

Conducted by Allen Quinn