From the Critics
... In Saturday’s lunchtime concert in St Paul’s Cathedral, Feargus Hetherington rose to the heights required with a performance of the Partita in E that was bristling in perfection both in interpretation and delivery, as was mirrored in the spontaneous applause after the Gavotte. ...
(The Dundee Courier)
... Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, delivered with fire by young Feargus Hetherington ...
Michael Tumelty (The Herald)
... Their violinist, the amiable Feargus Hetherington, introduced a pleasant and relaxing lunchtime of music ... Everything was superbly and emotionally played, an achievement as the music was so diverse ... Undoubtedly one of the best ways to spend lunchtime ...
(ThreeWeeks Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
... telepathic, dance-like interaction between the two musicians ... this close attunement was particularly apparent in the duo's exquisite arrangement of Ronald Stevenson's A'e Gowden Lyric, after Hugh MacDiarmid's poem, with a nod to Burns along the way ...
Susan Nickalls (The Scotsman)
... composer Douglas Whates – a graduate of the RSAMD ... brought his sextet to the first of the lunchtime concerts of Plug, the academy's festival of new music ... Whates has assembled a first-class group to perform his music ... All played to the hilt and with the bit firmly between their teeth ... he looked over his shoulder at the past and dipped into Gershwin's I Loves You, Porgy (a gorgeous piece, with soaring, ecstatic playing from Hetherington, and far too elliptical to be a mere deconstruction) ...
Gareth Williams arrived hotfoot from the St Magnus Festival to hear an
enthralling performance of his Ness, a three-movement essay on tension and
relaxation – or, to adapt the amusing introduction by violinist Feargus
Hetherington, a study in "constipation" and release.
Michael Tumelty (The Herald)
... Many thanks from the Arts Guild for the delightful programme which you presented. The enthusiasm of the large audience spoke for itself,
and altogether it was a most enjoyable evening for everybody ...
Fay Mann (Dunfermline Arts Guild)