NEXT Sunday (March 1) Melrose Music Society continues its concert season with Across the Pyrenees: French and Spanish Music for the Saxophone.

The concert, generously sponsored by the Tunnell Trust, will give the audience an exciting and colourful exploration of the cultural sympathy and musical styles of the two countries on either side of the Pyrenees.

Saxophonist Jonathan Radford studied at Cheetham’s School of Music and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Claude Delangle, graduating in 2017 with a Masters Degrees with distinction in both saxophone and chamber music.

Pianist Eleanor Kornas, from Derbyshire, graduated with a First Class Honours Music degree from Cambridge University, and she was an Adami Award Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment at the Royal College of Music. She now works as a Staff Accompanist at Cheetham’s School of Music having performed as a soloist and accompanist both in the UK and internationally.

The French side of their programme includes works by Milhaud, Caplet, Lauba, Fauré, Maurice and Borne, the last piece a ‘Fantasie’ based on melodies taken from Bizet’s Carmen opera. The Spanish side is represented by music of Manuel de Falla and Pedro Iturralde.

The concert starts at 7.30pm at Melrose Parish Church Hall.

Tickets, priced at £15 and free for accompanied school-age children, are available at the door.