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Saturday 20th June 2009

Events and details may be subject to change until the programme brochure is published in March.

Event 26: Psappha with
Kathryn Tickell, Northumbrian pipes

St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm - 2pm
The acclaimed folk musician joins Psappha for Maxwell Davies' Kettletoft Inn - a mini-concerto for Northumbrian pipes

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Event 27: Excursion to Birsay - Trio Mediaeval
Leaves Kirkwall 2.30pm, arriving back at 5.45pm

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Festival Film: Tango Maestro - The Story of Piazzolla
Phoenix Cinema, Pickaquoy Centre, 3pm - 4.30pm

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Event 28: A Johnsmas Foy
Orkney Arts Theatre, Kirkwall, 6pm - 7pm
Orkney poetry, prose and music

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Event 29: Oiseau Rouge II
6.30pm - 8.30pm (all age show)
The Spiegeltent returns with Oiseau Rouge II, a new mix of circus, cabaret, burlesque, comedy and music specially created for St Magnus Festival by the team who devised the hugely popular 2007 show, all housed in the same exotic mirrored pavilion.

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Event 30: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall 7.30pm - 9.30pm
The RSNO's Music Director Stéphane Denève conducts the Orchestra in a French programme including Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande and contrasting piano concertos by Ravel and Connesson, both featuring Eric Le Sage

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Event 31: Oiseau Rouge II
10pm - 12 midnight (adult show)
The Spiegeltent returns with Oiseau Rouge II, a new mix of circus, cabaret, burlesque, comedy and music specially created for St Magnus Festival by the team who devised the hugely popular 2007 show, all housed in the same exotic mirrored pavilion.

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Festival Club - Kathryn and Peter Tickell
Matchmakers, Albert Hotel, Kirkwall from 10pm

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*Concessions are available for schoolchildren, full-time students and people who are registered unemployed. Full details of the programme will be available on-line and as a printed brochure from the end of March 2009. Postal and in-person bookings open Monday 5th May. Phone bookings accepted from Tuesday 6th May. Please call +44 (0)1856 871445, or download the booking form and order by post. Click here for box office opening times. Information on priority booking for supporters available here.