Hebrides Ensemble
Sun 13 Sep · North Esk Church, Musselburgh · £25, £18
Musselburgh · North Esk Church, Musselburgh
Classical chamber music concert featuring Scottish composers and mezzo-soprano Ailish Tynan.
Hebrides Ensemble: performed by Ailish Tynan (Mezzo-soprano), Hebrides Ensemble, William Conway (Director) playing Judith Weir: O Viridissima; Helen Grime: Seven Pierrot Miniatures; Charles Ives: Songs my mother taught me; Lyell Cresswell; Variations on a theme of Charles Ives; Thea Musgrave: Pierrot; Judith Weir: Nuits d’Afrique; Stuart MacRae: Ursa Minor at North Esk Parish Church, Musselburgh on Sun 13 Sept 4pm as part of the Lammermuir Festival. As Thea Musgrave approaches her centenary in 2028, the Hebrides Ensemble celebrates the striking individuality of music by her and other Scottish composers, and pays special tribute to the late Lyell Cresswell, an adopted Scot from New Zealand. Irish mezzo Ailish Tynan joins the ensemble for a set of beautiful Ravel-inspired songs specially written for her by Judith Weir.
