'iconic gem of a festival'
The Scotsman

The 2015 St Magnus International Festival will be built around the core dates of Friday 19 to Wednesday 24 June. The programme will be launched at the beginning of April and this year's resident orchestra will be the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Please check here for more details as they become available.

APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
FOR 2015 COURSES

In the inspirational setting of a northern midsummer and woven into one of the UK's best respected arts festivals, our courses provide a unique opportunity for creators and performers to work together in developing their skills. There are courses for Composers, Conductors and Writers. Sessions are open to the public and the courses culminate in Festival concerts. For more details and to apply click here.

Composers' and Conductors' Course participants and staff
in St Magnus Cathedral 2013

2014 Festival Review
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2014 Festival Features...

• 'powerful, passionate and just exquisite – and a fine example of the St Magnus Festival’s effortless boundary-pushing at its best' ***** The Scotsman

• Festival Review by David Kettle The Telegraph

• 'a rich mix, provocative and entertaining in equal measure' The Scotsman

• 'There is no overstating the potent sense of place that underpins the St Magnus Festival' The Herald

• Laus Concentus in the Italian Chapel The Herald

• 'The Ultimate Midsummer Treat' The Scotsman

• John Sessions interviewed in The Scotsman

• Mikael Forselius interviewed in the Herald

• The Fidelio Trio on BBC Radio 3

• The Herald previews the Festival

• BBC Scotland On the Road 2014 previews the Festival

• BBCSSO and BBC singers at the Festival - details

• The List - Top 5 Festivals in Beautiful Locations

• Hear Alasdair Nicolson preview the 2014 Festival on BBC Radio Scotland here

• John Sessions to star as Harry Lauder in 'Keep right on to the End of the Road' more here

• Find out more about our performers and performances on Pinterest

ARCHIE BEVAN
The Festival is saddened by news of the death of one of its founders, former Chairman and Honorary Vice-President Archie Bevan. Archie was instrumental in the first meeting between Peter Maxwell Davies and George Mackay Brown which was to provide a source for so much work at the early Festivals. He was also a steady hand through the growth of the Festival in becoming an internationally-known event. Despite failing health, he continued to be a stalwart supporter of Festival events. Our thoughts are with Elizabeth, Peter, Graham and Anne and the rest of his family and friends. 

St Magnus International Festival
is Orkney's midsummer celebration of the arts 

Founded in 1977 by a group including Orkney's distinguished resident composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Festival has grown from small beginnings into one of Britain's most highly regarded and adventurous arts events.
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