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Evening Concert Series: Auld Alliance Concert with The Choir of St Giles' Cathedral

Join the Choir of St Giles’ Cathedral for a spectacular evening of choral music celebrating the 730th anniversary of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France. Expect a moving blend of Scottish and French music performed in the majestic setting of St Giles’, echoing centuries of cultural friendship.

Master of the Music - Jack Oades

Organist - Jordan English

Programme

Kyrie Eleison (from Messe Solenelle) - Louis Vierne (1870-1937) 

Ave Maris Stella - Guillame Dufay (c1397-c1474) 

O Radiant Dawn - James MacMillan (b. 1959) 

Notre Père - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) 

Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) 

Sicilienne (Pelléas et Mélisande) - Gabriel Fauré 

White-note paraphrase - James MacMillan 

Hymn à la Vierge - Pierre Villette (1926-1998) 

A New Song - James MacMillan 

Leaving St Kilda - Fraser MacDonald (b. 2001)

Loch Lomond - Traditional, arr. David Overton  

Gloria in Excelsis - (from Messe Solenelle) - Louis Vierne 

Free entry, with an optional donation. Tickets available at Eventbrite.

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