Concerts for a Summer’s Night
Our annual summer concerts bring vibrant string music to open, light-filled venues across Scotland. With a programme of music ranging from classical to contemporary, including the second part of our new commission from David Fennessy, Concerts for a Summer’s Night presents a sonic cocktail of bubbling melodies, sweet harmonies, and zesty rhythms.
Returning for its third year, this tour is quickly becoming a highlight of our performance calendar – marking that special moment in Scotland when days stretch longer than nights, and you start to remember the feeling of the sun on your skin (even if it’s amidst the usual Scottish all-seasons-in-one-day!).
The performance lasts approximately 70 minutes with no interval.
David Fennessy’s new commission has been made possible thanks to a transformative donation, made in memory of our late founder John Calder.
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Jörg Widmann
180 beats per minute -
Edward Elgar
Serenade for Strings (movement 2) -
Tunde Jegede
Dancing in the Spirit -
Peter Sculthorpe
Movement I from Jabiru Dreaming -
Caroline Shaw
Valencia -
Sigur Rós arr. Guy Button
Fljótavík -
Felix Mendelssohn arr. Lynne Latham
Violin Concerto in E minor (movement 1) -
Ana Sokolović
Innamorati from Commedia dell'arte III -
Leoš Janáček arr. Jarmil Burghauser
On an Overgrown Path -
Jessie Montgomery
Smoke from Break Away -
Sufjan Stevens arr. Michael Atkinson
Year of the Ox from Run Rabbit Run -
David Fennessy
RAIN II (world premiere)
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Mon 17 June 8:00 pmPerthshire Rossie Byre
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Tue 18 June 8:00 pmStrathpeffer Strathpeffer Pavilion
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Wed 19 June 8:00 pmAberdeen Aberdeen Art Gallery
SOLD OUT
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Thu 20 June 8:00 pmEdinburgh National Museum of Scotland
SOLD OUT
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Fri 21 June 8:00 pmGlasgow Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Tickets available on the door