Fittingly coincident with the celebrations of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago, the National Portrait Gallery in London has announced that three important pictures of her predecessors are to benefit from restoration work funded by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Project.
This philanthropic arm of the US company was introduced to Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2010 and extended to Asia and Australia in 2012. A Tudor portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in her early 40s is one of the trio of works covered by the grant, alongside two of King Edward VI, one of which shows him alongside the Pope and his father Henry VIII on his deathbed.
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Martha Wainwright, above, daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon, sister of Rufus, and top solo turn at this year's Celtic Connections in Glasgow, has announced a string of summer dates that includes a Scottish appearance at Edinburgh's Picture House on August 12. It is a date that may cause some wailing and gnashing of teeth among her fans, as it coincides not only with the opening Monday of the Edinburgh International Festival but also a rare date in Glasgow by pioneers of avant-pop from Athens, Georgia, the B52s. Tickets are on sale now (for all three).
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An annual concert in aid of Amnesty International is this year a Symphony of Support for Afghan Woman featuring an orchestra led by violinist Roderick Long and conducted by Robert Dick. They are both natives of Edinburgh, as is cellist Lindsay Martindale, who has organised the event. Her concerts in support of Amnesty date back to 2007 when she was moved to help in the campaign to help political prisoners in Burma with a chamber music recital in the company of two pianists. Now an Edinburgh institution, this year's concert will take place on Sunday, June 23, in the Reid Concert Hall of Edinburgh University at Bristo Square from 7.30pm and will feature music by Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Walton.
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The Kyles Festival boasts of being located in "Argyll's Secret Coast", utilising hotel venues in Kames and Tighnabruich. This year's event is on Friday and Saturday and includes snappily named Dundee collective Anderson McGinty Webster Ward and Fisher, who said: "It's great playing at the bespoke festivals as they help grow and support the grassroots of Scottish music."
With camping available in the Kilfinan Community Forest and food available from a local producers' market on Saturday, the musical line-up also includes Fatherson, above, who have supported Scottish international successes Frightened Rabbit and Twin Atlantic, Boston Tea Party, The Merrylees, Lost in Audio and Northern Irish Band John Deery and the Heads.
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