Excursions, where transport is included in the ticket, and Festival on Tour take our performers and audiences out into the parishes and islands.
For transport to the isles contact Orkney Ferries Tel 01856 872044
Hoy Kirk Hoy, Hoy KW16 3NJ
The first of two opportunities to hear the virtuosic wind players of the SCO in a richly varied programme of music mainly from the Baroque and Classical eras and concluding with Beethoven's early work for Wind Octet. MOZART Divertimento in B...
Papa Westray Community School Papa Westray, Papa Westray KW17 2BU
NOTE CHANGED DATE FROM PUBLISHED PROGRAMME This young and vibrant trombone quartet is based in Glasgow and brings one of the instruments from the back of the orchestra right to the front in a thrilling sound combination. CHRISTOP...
Westray Junior High School Pierowall, Westray KW17 2DH
This young and vibrant trombone quartet is based in Glasgow and brings one of the instruments from the back of the orchestra right to the front in a thrilling sound combination. CHRISTOPHER MANSFIELD Trombone RICHA...
Cromarty Hall Cromarty Square, St Margaret's Hope KW17 2SN
Brass Jaw have been described as the musical equivalent of a quadruple espresso and their exuberant and highly virtuosic performances are electrifying and exhilarating. PAUL TOWNDROW Alto Saxophone KONRAD WISZNIEVSKI&nb...
19:00 - 20:00 Sanday School Sanday, KW17 2AY
MUSICIANS FROM ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND WITH SANDAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL Musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland join pupils from Sanday Community School and their string instructors in the world première of music special...
14:30 - 17:15 St Peter's Kirk Skaill, Sandwick, Skaill, Sandwick KW16 3LS
Excursion to St Peter’s Kirk, Bay of Skaill, Sandwick One of the world’s leading brass quintets, Stockholm Chamber Brass presents a concert showcasing its legacy of commissions and arrangements for brass quintet in the unusual and...
20:00 - 21:00 The Space Rousay, Rousay KW17 2PU
SIROCCO WINDS This young ensemble present an eclectic selection of music for flute, clarinet and bassoon ranging from Beethoven’s variations on a theme from Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni to contemporary arrangements of folk tunes by ...
Woodwick House Woodwick Bay, Evie KW17 2PQ
Excursions to Woodwick House Bus departs 10.30 Concert starts 11.00 This young ensemble present an eclectic selection of music for flute, clarinet and bassoon ranging from Beethoven’s variations on a theme from Mozart’...
Woodwick House Woodwick Bay, Evie KW17 2PQ
Bus departs Kirkwall 13.00; Concert starts 13.30 One of the UK’s most fascinating poets, John Gallas was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1950, attended Otago University in New Zealand, and won a Commonwealth Scholarship to Merton Col...
15:30 - 18:00 Woodwick House Woodwick Bay, Evie KW17 2PQ
Bus departs 15.30 Concert starts 16.00 As part of a project in aid of UNICEF, Robert Irvine asked many composers to write small works for solo cello on the theme “children and their suffering in the world”. These works have been record...
14:15 - 17:15 Milestone Community Church Vetquoy Road, Dounby KW17 2JE
Buses depart 14.15 Concert starts at 15.00 Alison McNeill Voice Sasha Savaloni Guitar Alison McNeill and Sasha Savaloni present a selection of music by living composers. As part of their residency with E...
14:00 - 15:15 Hoy Kirk Hoy, Hoy KW16 3NJ
Timothy Dean Conductor Programme to include: Maxwell Davies Lullaby for Lucy Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs Britten Hymn to St Cecilia Poulenc Salve Regina Tippett Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time Madrigals from E...
14:45 - 18:00 St Peter's Kirk Skaill, Sandwick, Skaill, Sandwick KW16 3LS
It fell on a Summer's day Buses depart 14.45 Concert starts at 15.30 Mhairi Lawson and Elizabeth Kenny bring their celebrated artistry to the magically austere Presbyterian kirk overlooking the Bay of Skaill. H...
19:00 - 20:40 The Space Rousay, Rousay KW17 2PU
The music of Spain and France dominates this recital bringing the Mediterranean sunshine to the outer isles. The combination of voice and guitar is a classic one for both the fiery flamenco and the more reflective, soulful ballads which are prese...
21:30 - 22:30 Skaill House Bay of Skaill, Sandwick KW16 3LR
The Spencer-Strachan Duo bring a folk music inspired programme to the intimate surroundings of the Drawing Room at Skaill House. Bartók was well known for his travels collecting folk music from his native country of Hungary as well as furt...
14:30 - 15:30 Moncur Memorial Church Wardhill, Stronsay KW17 2AG
The Cathedral choir from Bergen brings a programme of music which is arranged, written or improvised by the choir members themselves and showcases the rich talent of this group. With 36 voices this ensemble has a reputation for ...
17:30 - 21:30 Skaill House Bay of Skaill, Sandwick KW16 3LR
MAGFEST returns with an outdoor concert of music from Lithuania and Orkney in the grounds of one of Orkney's most historic houses, sited at the heart of the World Heritage Site on Orkney's Atlantic Coast. Hadhi...
15:30 - 16:40 St Magnus Church Birsay, Birsay KW17 2LX
Taking Dowland as his starting point. Michael Butten surveys music from the UK which straddles the centuries. A master of the lute, Dowland has inspired many later composers and the Nocturnal by Britten is one of the most eloquent homages. John M...
19:30 - 21:00 The Space Rousay, Rousay KW17 2PU
Festival on Tour - Rousay One of Scotland’s finest chamber ensembles brings a richly diverse programme ranging across the centuries to Rousay. Trios by Haydn and Roussel are surrounded by intriguing duos and solos and music by veteran Sc...
19:30 - 21:15 Cromarty Hall Cromarty Square, St Margaret's Hope KW17 2SN
Festival On Tour - Cromarty Hall, St Margaret’s Hope Exploring interesting corners of the chamber music repertoire this concert celebrates the soloistic virtuosity of the Danish Sinfonietta’s players. Britten’s arrangeme...
21:15 - 23:00 St Peter's Kirk Skaill, Sandwick, Skaill, Sandwick KW16 3LS
Buses depart 21.15 - Concert starts at 22.00 The drama of solo cello is exploited here in a recital of music ranging from pieces originally for viol to newly created works by this cellist/ composer. At the heart of the recital is Ligeti’...
Graand Owld Byre Pierowall, Westray KW17 2BZ
Festival on Tour - Westray Michael Butten explores music written for the guitar and lute whilst taking two Bach arrangements from the violin repertoire as cornerstones of his recital. Gerhard’s Fantasia takes us into the 20th Century and...
Buy tickets for all the concerts in a series and you will be allocated top price tickets with a 10% discount on the total price.* EXPLORER 1 ORCHESTRA EXPLORER SERIES Friday 21 June St. Magnus Cathedral 2030 Strings Bri...
14:00 - 17:00 Papdale Gardens off Berstane Road, Kirkwall, KW15
Papdale Walled Garden – Happy Valley – Woodwick House THE ASSEMBLY PROJECT Rachel Spencer Violin Emma Halnan &n...
14:00 - 17:00 Papdale Gardens off Berstane Road, Kirkwall, KW15
See Event 7 for details. Ticket price includes bus to transport audience between the three venues. The first performance starts at 14.00 in Papdale Walled Garden. Bus will leave from near Papdale Walled Garden after the first performance an...
19:30 - 20:50 Cromarty Hall Cromarty Square, St Margaret's Hope KW17 2SN
See Event 21 for details. Tickets £15 Concessions £10 Duration 80 minutes
15:00 - 16:10 St Ninian's Church Skaill, Deerness, Deerness KW17 2QJ
EXCURSION: NORWEGIAN SOLOISTS’ CHOIR Buses depart at 14.15 Concert starts at 15.00 In the beautiful setting by the sea at Deerness, the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir perform a wide-ranging programme starting with Bach’s great ...
15:30 - 16:45 St Ninian's Church Skaill, Deerness, Deerness KW17 2QJ
ROOKH HORN QUARTET The Rookh Horn Quartet draws from members of several Scottish orchestras to explore an unusual ensemble which reflects the conventional make-up of orchestral horn sections. The quartet formation has one famous concerto wor...
14:30 - 15:40 Noltland Castle Westray, KW17 2DW
ROOKH HORN QUARTET Ensemble in Residence at the Festival, the Rookh Horn Quartet take their special blend to Westray for a concert in this historic monument. It should be possible to make a day trip to Westray if you want to visit the old cast...
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