Wednesday 27 May 2026
St Andrews, Laidlaw Music Centre, McPherson Recital Room
7:30 to 9:00 pm
Free
In Project Earth, the Iris Trio brings vital new works by internationally decorated poet Karen Solie and celebrated Canadian composers Andrew Downing and Sarah Slean to Scotland.
The Iris Trio, Christine Carter (clarinet), Zoë Martin-Doike (viola) and Anna Petrova (piano), have performed on major concert stages from Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Sydney Opera House.
An interdisciplinary address to environmental crises and to beauty worth protecting, The Green Chapter has been praised by Miranda Massie, Founder and Director of New York City’s Climate Museum as “striking and beautiful, its presentation of spoken poetry combined with musical performances perfectly calibrated, and the principals’ performances staggeringly accomplished, in sync, and alive”.
“…a beauty of sound and striking expression that is rarely surpassed.”
– Bremen Weser Kurier (Germany)
“These mysterious works are uncannily beautiful, and this rendition is absolutely breathtaking.”
– The WholeNote (Canada)
“These are extraordinarily, mutually attuned practitioners that deserve our acclaim. They take on the classic and the present-day with equal poise and authentic fluency.”
– Classical-Modern Music Review (United States)
“The Iris Trio plays with great beauty, clarity, prowess, authenticity, and teamwork…”
– American Record Guide (United States)
“…joy and risk without restraint…”
– Ritmo Magazine (Spain)
“…an enthralling performance. The interpretation and level of execution are exceptional.”
– The Clarinet (International)
Karen Solie’s most recent poetry collection, Wellwater, won the Forward Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize, and the Governor General’s Award for poetry. A recipient of a 2026 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, she teaches for the University of St Andrews.