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A Burns Night Hootenanny – ‘Tam O’ Shanter’

Come along to St Vincent's Chapel on 25th January for an evening of drams of whisky, kilts, sporrans and a dramatic reciting of Rabbie Burns’ Tam O'Shanter alongside the best Scottish folk music!

A Burns Night Hootenanny – ‘Tam O’ Shanter’

About A Burns Night Hootenanny – ‘Tam O’ Shanter’

“Sim and Shiel both are masters of their crafts.” (5***** Binge Fringe Magazine)

A dram of whisky, kilts, sporrans and a dramatic reciting of Rabbie Burns’ great Tam O'Shanter meet Scottish folk music, masterpieces inspired by the beauty of Scotland and a sing-along performance of his world-famous Auld Lang Syne. Tonight’s musical programme includes the most haunting Scottish melodies ever composed: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Farewell to Stromness, Burns’ Lea Rigg and Mendelssohn’s Overture to the Hebrides – by intimate candlelight. Award-winning concert pianist Matthew Shiel and renowned author Alastair Sim meet alongside a digital art exhibition and lightshow designed by acclaimed Chinese artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen – to create an immersive musical experience which the press are calling “a ripping good yarn. 5 stars!”

“The absolute highlight of the night was when Sim declaimed Burns’ epic poem “Tam o’ Shanter”: all about witches, demons, and a haunted, hectic horse ride. Sim would read several stanzas and then pause while Shiel punctuated the performance from selections from a “Tam o’ Shanter” musical arrangement, making for a ripping good yarn.”

PROGRAMME

Farewell to Stromness – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Sechs Ecossaisen (‘Six Scottish Dances’) – Ludwig van Beethoven

Locheil’s March – Traditional

Lea Rigg – Robert Burns (arranged for piano by Alexander Reinagle)

Mol’s Plate – Traditional

Overture to the Hebrides (‘Fingal’s Cave’) – Felix Mendelssohn (arranged for piano duet)

Tam O’ Shanter – Robert Burns (with piano accompaniment by George Warren)

Auld Lang Syne – Robert Burns

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