Sunday 24th June 2012, 7.30pm
Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall, Orkney

Alasdair Nicolson: dansmusik
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Soprano: Gweneth-Ann Jeffers
Mezzo-soprano: Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Tenor: Jamie MacDougall
Bass: Nicholas Isherwood
Cello: Guy Johnston

Edinburgh Royal Choral Union
St Magnus Festival Chorus
Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductor: Sian Edwards

Edinburgh Royal Choral Union journeys to Orkney to perform Tippett’s magnificent oratorio A Child of Our Time with the St Magnus Festival Chorus, the RSNO. Begun two days after the beginning of the Second World War, it is a reflection on the incident that triggered the Nazi attacks
on Jews and is famously peppered with powerfully resounding arrangements of Negro spirituals. In a programme of all-British music the exceptional young cellist Guy Johnston performs Elgar’s intense and passionate concerto alongside Nicolson’s austere dance overture.

Tickets and further information from the St Magnus Festival website:
http://www.stmagnusfestival.com/programme/2012/SUN24_2012.pdf