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The Martyrdom of St Magnus

 
Event 31:
25 June 2008
St Magnus Cathedral
Kirkwall
9pm - 10.20pm
 
Tickets: £14
Concession* £7
side aisles + transepts (restricted view):
£10 and £5

Louise Mott mezzo
John McMunn tenor
Jeremy Carpenter baritone
Leigh Melrose baritone
Paul Whelan bass
Hebrides Ensemble
William Conway conductor
Ben Twist director


Maxwell Davies' powerful chamber opera, inspired by George Mackay Brown's novel Magnus, launched the first St Magnus Festival in 1977. This compelling theatrical work returns to the Saint's own cathedral in a new production by The Hebrides Ensemble.

   
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