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St Michael's Church
High Street
Chagford
Devon
TQ13 8BN
England
Programme
James MacMillan – A Child's Prayer
Karine Polwart – Follow the Heron
James MacMillan – The Gallant Weaver
James Ross – The Piper of Windy Ha'
James Ross – Landscape to Light
Gemma McGregor – O May, thy morn
Harry Baker – Piano improvisation on Skye Boat Song
James MacMillan – Scots Song
Performers
Freddie Crowley – Conductor
Matthew McKinney – tenor
Harry Baker – piano
Corvus Consort
Whiddon Autumn Festival String Quartet
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
All the Whiddon Autumn Festival's resident artists come together for a celebration of Scotland's beautiful musical heritage, co-curated by award-winning Scottish tenor Matthew McKinney.
Scottish folksongs will feature prominently — some performed by Matthew, and others by Corvus Consort, including choral arrangements by Scottish composers James MacMillan and Gemma McGregor. James MacMillan is one of Scotland's most decorated and renowned composers, and the concert will open with his searingly poignant A Child's Prayer, composed as a tribute to the victims of the Dunblane massacre in 1996.
Pianist Harry Baker and the Festival String Quartet will perform instrumental items inspired by traditional Scottish music, including two movements from Landscape to Light by Scottish pianist-composer James Ross.
The concert will feature the world premiere performance of a new work for choir by Composer-in-Residence Ben Nobuto, written specially for this concert.
