2018

Paisley Abbey Choir & Ewan Robertson (bass flute) ~ April 22nd 2018 at 7.30pm
Presented the premiere of McGuire's Three Donne Lyrics at Paisley Abbey, Paisley PA1 1JG, Scotland UK
Wiltshire Serenade  (premiere) ~ May 18th 2018 at 7.30pm Marlborough
for violin & viola soloists /string orchestra Wiltshire Serenade Marlborough College Chamber Orchestra, Memorial Hall
Piano40 at the Purcell Room ~ May 21st 2018 at 7.45pm
London premiere of McGuire's Botanic Gardens  (for 4 players at 2 pianos)
Richard Deering recital ~ English Music Festival ~ May 27th 2018 at 10.30am
Included McGuire's Prelude 7  for solo piano - at Radley College, Radley OX14 2HR
70th Birthday Concert  ~ 16th June 2018 at 7pm
McGuire's Viola Concerto  (soloist Scott Dickinson), Auriga: The Five Stars  (Alba Brass quintet), Song of the Ming Flask  (Fong Liu, voice; text by Tom Furniss) Celtic Knotwork, Hebridean Dance Suite, St Silas' Church, 69 Park Road, Glasgow (West End Festival)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast  ~ 26th July 2018 at 1pm
McGuire's Prelude 3  (Ruth Morley, flute) and Lullaby (Robert Irvine, cello) - recorded at St Magnus Festival, Orkney in June                                Celebrating the Vaughan Williams Centenary ~ August 27th 2018
Premiere of Down Ampney Idyll  commissioned and performed by Marlborough College string orchestra conducted by Hector Scott          Whistlebinkies at the Fringe ~ 26th August 2018 at 6pm
Included McGuire's compositions for the group (Macbeth; Inner Sound; The Albannach) at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh EH1 1LG
Piano Recital by Mark Spalding ~ September 2nd 2018 at 3pm
McGuire's Nine Decades  celebrated the 90th birthday of his RAM composition teacher, James Iliff.  St Vigean's Church, Arbroath

2019

String Trio II (world premiere) ~ February 28th 2019 at 1pm                       
Concert Hall, University of Glasgow - www.glasgow.ac.uk/musicintheuniversity
McEwen Bequest Commission, String Trio II, performed by Rachel Spencer (violin), Felix Tanner (viola) and Duncan Strachan (cello)
St Andrews University Chamber Orchestra ~ March 9th 2019 at 7.30pm Younger Hall, St Andrew's, Scotland                          World premiere of Ferment (for10-piece wind ensemble) conducted by Bede Williams preceded by Kaleidoscope Fanfare
St Andrews University Chamber Orchestra ~ March 10th 2019 at 3.00pm Cottier Theatre, Hyndland Street, Glasgow       Included Ferment  performed by 10-piece wind ensemble conducted by Bede Williams preceded by Kaleidoscope Fanfare
Mark Spalding piano recital ~ April 6th 2019 at 7.30pm                                                                                                                                                                                         Mark included McGuire's Four Nocturnes  in his recital - Society of Musicians, 3 Belford Road, Edinburgh EH4 3BL
Edinburgh International Harp Festival ~ April 7th 2019 at 3pm                                                                                                                                                              Eira Lynn Jones included McGuire's Dream and Dancing (for 2 harps) in her Festival recital
Loch Shiel Festival, Argyll, Scotland ~ April 19th 2019 at 7pm                                                                                                                                                                    The second performance of String Trio II : the Spencer/Tanner/Strachan trio in a programme titled Inspirations 1: Mozart, McGuire, Debussy ~ https://lochshielfestival.com/programme-2019/
Organ and Chinese instruments ~ April 28th 2019 at 7pm                                                                                                                                                                            Orgelpark hosted Michael Bonaventure (organ) and friends who premiered McGuire's Interlogue  for organ, zheng and Chinese percussion with the composer playing Di-zi (Chinese bamboo flute): at Orgelpark, Gerard Brandstraat 26, 1054 JK Amsterdam 
Organ and Bagpipes concert ~ May 8th 2019 at 7.30pm
In their concert of works for organ and bagpipes, George McPhee and Robert Wallace included several arrangements of traditional  pieces by McGuire and George performed McGuire's organ solo Ae Fond Kist. At Paisley Abbey
Arkleston Singers annual concert ~  May 17th 2019 at 7.30pm
The choir included McGuire's Three Donne Lyrics in their programme with the bass flute part being played by Ewan Robertson. The concert was at the Arkleston Church in Paisley.
The Whistlebinkies at the Fringe ~ August 25th 2019 at 6pm
Their programme of traditional music included some of McGuire's arrangements for this 8-piece group which uses bagpipes, harp, fiddle, bass, flute and concertina. At St Cecilia's Hall, Niddry Street www.edfringe.com 'Scottish Music Old and New'
Glasgow Barons Orchestra ~ October 10th 2019 at 7.30pm
Conducted by Paul MacAlindin, the orchestra played McGuire's Junk Shop Blues - originally composed for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and inspired by Joan Eardley's painting Rag and Bone Shop. Pierce Institute, Govan Road, Glasgow
LSE guitar recital ~ October 31st 2019 at 1pm                                                                                                                                                                Eleftheria Kotzia included McGuire's Zalongo Dance Elegy in her programme at the London School of Economics.
Ian Watt guitar recital ~ November 9th 2019 at 1pm                                                                                                                                                                                            McGuire's Homage to Rodrigo  was alongside works by Rodrigo, Albeniz and Milan. Renfield Centre, 230 Bath Street, Glasgow
RCS Flute Concert ~ December 9th 2019 at 1pm                                                                                                                                                                       McGuire's Improvisations on Calderon  for flute & guitar (performed by Emilia Parr and Ross Morris) was heard in a programme of music by flute playing composers including Ian Clarke and Ruth Morley at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow

2020

St Andrews New Music Ensemble ~ February 19th 2020 at 1pm                                                                                                                                                            Premiere of Farview, the second movement of McGuire's Kaleidoscope Suite. Specially written for the ensemble's double wind quintet in the concert at St Salvator's Chapel, University of St Andrews, Scotland, conducted by Bede Williams
American Trombone Workshop ~ March 6th 2020                                                                                                                                                                                  McGuire's Trombone Concerto  performed by John Kenny at this showcase trombone festival in Brucker Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia: John premiered it in 1992 with Glasgow Festival Strings & conductor James Durrant who commissioned it. Now published by Warwick Music
Cuillin Sound Quartet ~ March 15th 2020 at 7.30pm                                                                                                                                 They include McGuire's Winds at Sea  in their concert at the Parish Church, Church Street, Gatehouse of Fleet in south east Scotland
Passau Guitar Festival (Passau Saiten) ~ March 21st 2020 ~ POSTPONED due to pandemic                                                  Musicians from Camerata Taipei, join with festival guitarist, flautist and cellist to premiere a new version of Interlogue  by McGuire (for guitar, cello, guzheng, pi'pa, flute and percussion). In Kloster Niedernburg, Passau (on the Danube, south east Bavaria, Germany)
Euphoria internet broadcast ~ May 29th 2020 and onwards                                                                                                                                                                               A performance by Red Note Ensemble from their award-winning CD on Delphian Records on their YouTube channel and Facebook. Composer Edward McGuire introduces it, playing the theme on his flute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQE6i6VnhDI&t=250s
Three Comic Sketches  internet premiere ~ June 7th and onwards                                                                                                                                                           Calum Robertson performs all 4 parts of this new piece for bass clarinets, commissioned by Jane Forder (nee Staunton) of Caversham.         Broadcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT8tVv76sn39eN6x6rbYn_DS_6n3kaPvP 
Nuremberg performances   ~ July 10th & 11th 2020                                                                                                                               Eddie McGuire attended Stefan Grasse's recital in the Renaissance-Saal at Burg Rabenstein to hear performances of his Homage to Rodrigo, Slip Jig Blues and Suite from Peter Pan the Ballet (which he played on solo flute) on July 10th. On the 11th Nuremberg Guitar Society (Saitenwirbel)'s open-air concert organised by Stefan Grasse included the same works.  The concerts were supported by the offices of the twin cities, Glasgow and Nuremberg.
Scottish Arts Club premieres ~ August 21, 2020 and onwards
Filmed for viewing on You Tube, McGuire's Storm Warning  will be premiered during this concert. Commissioned by violinist Hector Scott) who will be joined by Shinobu Scott clarinet, Mark Bailey cello and narrator Taylor Wilson), the text is by the composer.
Three Donne Lyrics online premiere ~ September 3rd 2020 9pm and onwards
Modern science was born amidst the Thirty Years War, a conflict that flared up 400 years ago when an invasion of Bohemia ended the King and Queen’s rule after just one winter. The Winter Queen was Elizabeth Stuart, granddaughter of Mary Queen of Scots. The war affected the lives of many – among them Kepler, Galileo and the poet John Donne. Howie Firth tells the story, interwoven with the online premiere of a setting of Three Donne Lyrics by McGuire, sung by Paisley Abbey Choir with bass flautistEwanRobertson.                                       Folk Memories in Autumn in outdoor concert ~ September 6th 2020 at 3pm                                                                                                          TAIKA (Sophie Rocks, harp, and Meera Maharaj, flute) play this piece by McGuire in their concert at Partick Bowing & Community Club, 46 Partickhill Road Glasgow G11 5BY
Morning Garden Concert ~ September 12th 2020 11am                                                                                                                                                                                    McGuire's Folk Memories in Autumn and Celtic Knotwork will be played by Taika and other flautists: Weasdale Nurseries, Newbiggin-on-Lune CA17 4LX near Tebay
Taika on-line concert (YouTube) ~ from September 20th 2020 1pm                                                                                                                                                        Folk Memories in Autumn will again be played along with pieces by Ravel, Boulanger, Chris Stout & Villa Lobos at Sharpe Craft's Barn, Todmorden, West Yorkshire See YouTube: https://youtu.be/ABOF0hp2kqk
Glasgow Barons and The Whistlebinkies in Govan ~ (now on YouTube on Glasgow Barons site)
Widely believed to be the first symphonic work for folk group and orchestra, McGuire's Riverside (commissioned by the SCO in 1990) will be performed again in the Pierce Institute in Govan, Glasgow, by these two ensembles in a concert conducted by Paul MacAlindin.    

2021

Soundtracks for James Cowan artwork videos  ~ ongoing presentation on You Tube                                                                                    Click on the heading at the top of this page - 'Soundtracks' - for links to the new videos with music by Eddie McGuire for ensembles such as wind quintet; violin, clarinet & piano; flute,violin & cello; flute, clarinet & bassoon                                                                                                                              Nocturne & Sunrise  ~  premiere at Nuremberg Guitar Nights ~ July 16th 2021 at 7pm                                                                          Commissioned by Nuremberg Guitar Society this new piece for 5 guitars will be performed by Stefan Grasse who will play live with 4 recorded parts in this open-air event at Tucherschloss Museum. More details on                                                                                                                                              
Orkney International Science Festival ~ online September 2nd 2021 at 9pm                                                                                                                      3 astro-physics inspired works by Eddie McGuire feature in this event - The Big Bang (solo trumpet); Orbit (trumpet duo) and Five Stars in Auriga (brass quintet) with Bede Williams (trumpet) and the Wallace Collection Brass Quintet. Read about it here: https://oisf.org/fest-event/five-stars-in-auriga/  Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rzB7NB8OJM&t=15s
St Andrews Music Participation Brass Concert ~ online September 26th 2021 at 5pm                                                                                      Including Eddie McGuire's Earthrise and John Wallace's Mysteries of the Universe - both for large brass ensemble. See link at https://stamp.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/
Saxophone & Harp work at music societies ~ October 27th & 30th 2021
Karen Dufour & Gwen Mairi Sinclair (Baba Yaga sax & harp duo) play Eddie's Purple Bamboo arrangement of 3 Chinese dances at Strathearn Music Society and Linlithgow Arts Guild
Guitar Duo at COP26 arts programme ~ November 12th 2021 at 4pm and on You Tube
Tim Beattie & Finlay Hay of the RCS Guitar Ensemble play Eddie's Piobaireachd to the Brahmaputra at the Science Show Theatre in the Glasgow Science Centre during the COP26 climate conference. View on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lBtw0KmagI            
Flute and clarsach piece premiered ~ November 21st St Conan's Kirk, Lochawe                                                                                                 Peter Hennessy commissioned Eddie's piece Duncan Ban MacIntyre's Meditation. It was performed, during a historical and dramatic presentation of the poet's life, by Eddie on flute with Rhona MacKay on clarsach

A science-related arts programme forms part of the festival and my setting of John Donne poems - Three Donne Lyrics - is sung by The Mayfield Singers conducted by George McPhee and accompanied by Ewan Robertson on bass flute. The concert celebrates the 450th anniversary of John Donne's birth and explores his connection with Kepler and Galileo. See www.oisf.org                                                                                           Scottish Voices CD launch ~ Thursday 22nd September 2022 Renfield Church Centre Bath Street, Glasgow
Scottish Voices, directed by Graham Hair have included my Celtic Knotwork in this new CD album                                                                                                New Scottish Songbook launch ~ Saturday December 9th 7pm Laidlaw Centre, St Andrews
Jamie MacDougall (with Scott Mitchell on piano) sings all 22 new arrangements of Scots songs for this new publication, with the CD and book being issued during 2023,  including Eddie's version of The Battle of Killiecrankie  Some of the composers, including Eddie, speak on a YouTube presentation about the new book: https://youtu.be/GnxW1SX1bdU