BBC SSO at Edinburgh International Festival 2024 Events
Fri 23 Aug 2024
- 19:30Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Experience the works of two late-Romantic musical titans in celebration of conductor Sir Donald Runnicles's 70th birthday.
Experience the works of two late-Romantic musical titans in celebration of conductor Sir Donald Runnicles's 70th birthday.
Programme
- Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'Selection from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Performers
- Donald RunniclesConductor
- Annika SchlichtMezzo soprano
- Thomas LehmanBaritone
Composers
Sun 4 Aug 2024
- 15:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival Chorus revives Mendelssohn's arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sublime piece about Christ's last days on earth before his resurrection.
Edinburgh Festival Chorus revives Mendelssohn's arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sublime piece about Christ's last days on earth before his resurrection.
Programme
- St Matthew Passionarr. Mendelssohn (1841 Leipzig version)
Performers
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
- James GrossmithChorus Director
- RSNO Youth Chorus
- Patrick BarrettChorus Director
- Elizabeth WattsSoprano
- Sarah ConnollyAlto
- Laurence KilsbyTenor
- James AtkinsonBass
- Ed LyonEvangelist
- Neal DaviesChristus
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