Irene Drummondsoprano
Alasdair Beatsonpiano
In a moving tribute to Scotland's national poet, Burns, Irene Drummond presents Burns' poetry set by leading international composers:
- Franz/Burns - Ihr Hugel Dort
- FG Scott/MacDiarmid - Moonstruck
- FG Scott/MacDiarmid - Country Life
- John Geddes/Trad - The Laird o' Cockpen Lady Nairne
- Tom Cunningham/Burns - Up in the Morning Early
- John Geddes/Burns - Ay Waukin O
- Schubert/Scott - Ellens dritter Gesang
- Schumann/Burns - Weit Weit
- Schumann/Burns - Im Westen
- Judith Weir/Scotch Minstrelsy - Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight
- James MacMillan/Soutar - Ballad
- James MacMillan/Soutar - The Children
- James MacMillan/Soutar - Scots Song
interval - Schumann/Burns - Die Hochlander-Witwe
- Schumann/Burns - Hochlandisches Wiegenlied
- Lewis Forbes/Burns - new work (première)
- Lewis Forbes/MacDairmid - The Watergaw
- FG Scott/MacDiarmid - The Sauchs in the Reuch Heuch Hauch
- Franz/Burns - Mein Lieb ist eine Rote Ros
Sunday 1 November 2009, 8.00 pm
Zeste, Crombie Hall, University of Aberdeen, High Street, Aberdeen
Tickets: £8, £5 conc, £2 students and under 18
Promoter: University of Aberdeen
- artist pages: Irene Drummond | Alasdair Beatson
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