Some fabulous, free events to enjoy this summer in Edinburgh and Stirling
- a celebration of the quincentenary of the completion of Gavin Douglas’s Eneados in his words and Robert Carver’s wonderful music in Edinburgh on Sunday 21 July
- for the annual commemoration of James VI’s coronation, the Sang Scule sings the music of Stewart ceremony in Stirling on Monday 29 July.
Sunday 21st July
“Gavin’s Douglas’s Eneados: The Glory of Scotland, 1513 A.D.”
A two-part celebration of one of the pinnacles of Scottish humanism, the epic “Eneados”, completed on St Mary Magdalene’s Day, 22 July 1513, by Gavin Douglas, provost of St Giles High Kirk in Edinburgh
3.15 pm Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge
“The batalis and the man I wil discrive”: poet and reciter Rab Wilson performs excerpts from Douglas’s “Eneados”, with commentary by Dr Jamie Reid Baxter.
6 pm (sharp!) St Giles Cathedral
Rober Carver’s sumptuous Mass for Six Voices will be sung by Sang Scule, directed by James Hutchinson, in a concert reconstruction of Procession and High Mass for St Mary Magdalene, as it might have been celebrated by Gavin Douglas.
Entry to both these events is free. For mair informatioun, contack Dr Jamie Reid Baxter, jreid@pt.lu
Monday 29th July
“James VI and the Music of Stewart Ceremony” –
Dr Jamie Reid Baxter and the singers of Sang Scule, directed by James Hutchinson, give this year’s annual James VI Coronation Lecture in the magnificent 15th century setting of the Kirk of the Halie Rude in Stirling – the kirk where James was crowned on 29th July.
Pieces sung to illustrate the lecture include psalms in Scots; polyphonic settings of psalm paraphrases by George Buchanan, set to music by Jean Servin and dedicated to James VI in 1579; English music for the death of Prince Henry Frederick in 1612; and the first-ever Scottish performance of the 8-voice “Harmonia Gratulatoria” composed in 1589 by Abraham Praetorius for the Scandinavian wedding of James and Anna of Denmark.
Entry is free – donations welcome.
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