Scottish Ensemble - Thuit an Oidhche Oirnn at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh on Sunday 13th April 2025

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Scottish Ensemble - Thuit an Oidhche Oirnn

Add to my Calendar 13-04-2025 19:30 13-04-2025 21:30 36 Scottish Ensemble - Thuit an Oidhche Oirnn There are a number of works including the above. The 120 minute performance has an interval.  Composer and fiddle player Donald Grant grew up immersed in traditional music in a small village in the Highlands, and it was here that he realised his passion for gathering with others to share a love of music-making. Following memorable performances during Celtic Connections 2024 and 2025, Donald joins Scottish Ensemble musicians once again for an evening of friendship and musical storytelling. Oral tradition is at the heart(h) of this evening which features the vocals of Gaelic singer Mishca Macpherson and performances by Innes White (guitar), Tom Gibbs (piano), Euan Burton (double bass) and Calum Stewart (uilleann pipes).   They come together to perform traditional tunes, a selection of contemporary Scottish string music and Donald’s work Thuit an Oidhche Oirnn (The Night Overtook Us).     Queen's Hall, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Queen's Hall
85-89 Clerk Street
Newington
Edinburgh
EH8 9JG
Scotland

Sunday 13th April 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Donald Grant – Thuit an Oidhche Oirnn / The Night Overtook Us
Martin Suckling – Postcards: Touch; In Memoriam
~ Interval ~
James MacMillan – For Sonny
Emily Doolittle – Falling Still

Performers

Scottish Ensemble

Programme Note

There are a number of works including the above. The 120 minute performance has an interval.

Composer and fiddle player Donald Grant grew up immersed in traditional music in a small village in the Highlands, and it was here that he realised his passion for gathering with others to share a love of music-making.

Following memorable performances during Celtic Connections 2024 and 2025, Donald joins Scottish Ensemble musicians once again for an evening of friendship and musical storytelling. Oral tradition is at the heart(h) of this evening which features the vocals of Gaelic singer Mishca Macpherson and performances by Innes White (guitar), Tom Gibbs (piano), Euan Burton (double bass) and Calum Stewart (uilleann pipes).

They come together to perform traditional tunes, a selection of contemporary Scottish string music and Donald’s work Thuit an Oidhche Oirnn (The Night Overtook Us).

Scottish Ensemble - Thuit an Oidhche Oirnn

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