Name: St Magnus International Festival - Concert One
Start: 2019-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St Magnus Cathedral

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Laura Samuel

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Mary Bevan

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St Magnus Festival

St Magnus International Festival - Concert One

Kirkwall

United Kingdom

St Magnus Cathedral

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Concert

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

The Illuminations

For Sonny

Adagio For Strings, Op. 11

Jnanakumar P

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Under its leader, Laura Samuel, the BBC SSO's string section performs haunting classics of the repertoire in the impressive surroundings of St Magnus Cathedral. Vaughan Williams’s work based on a theme from the music of Tallis dates from just before the First World War, whilst both works by Britten and Barber precede the Second World War. The still, romantic serenity of Barber’s 'Adagio' sits alongside Britten’s intensely colourful setting of Rimbaud’s mysteriously complex poetry; a tour de force for strings and soprano. Here the orchestra is joined by one of the UK’s finest singers of her generation, Mary Bevan.

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St Magnus International Festival - Concert One by Vaughan Williams, Britten, MacMillan, Barber, From (2019/2019), Conductor Laura Samuel, St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, United Kingdom

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