Welcome to our launch for the frst ever Brechin Voice Festival. Ticket price includes wine & and other refreshments.
The Hepburn Four are a talented young choral ensemble who came together at St Andrews University. We think they're destined for great things. At a recent performance at the Glasgow Barons Early Music Festival The Scotsman newspaper had this to say in it's 5 star review;
"… delivered with a fluid gracefulness and remarkable sense of balance and ensemble that made for exquisite sonic beauty".
The event will start with welcome drinks & nibbles and the ensemble will begin at 7.30, performing for an hour with a 15 minute interval. The programme will feature a diverse programme with the repertoire spanning the centuries, from early music to popular Scottish folk music from Burns and Dougie MacLean. The stunning Brechin Cathedral is the perfect venue to experience the Hepburn Four.
Enjoy a glass of wine or a hot drink and snacks before the performance and during the interval. There will be an opportunity to talk to the festival organisers about what you'd like to get from the event going forward..
Doors open at 6.45pm. Event ends at 8.45pm.
The programme will include the following:
Sacred section
Scottish anon. Descendi in hortum meum
Palestrina Magnus Sanctus Paulus
William Byrd Ave Verum corpus
Palestrina Sicut Cervus
Josquin des Prez Ave Maria
Secular section
Orlando di Lasso Matona Mia Cara
Jaques Arcadelt Il bianco e dolce cigno
Pierre Certon La, la, la, je ne l’ose dire
Pierre Passereau Il est bel et bon
Claudin de Sermisy Tant que vivray
Set of 3 Frank Bridge songs:
Music When Soft Voices Die
Autumn
The Bee
Ralph Vaughan Williams Linden Lea
Edward Elgar As torrents in summer
John Wilbye Adieu Sweet Amaryllis
John Wilbye Lady when I behold
Trad arr. Seb Roberts Ae fond kiss
Dougie MacLean arr. Seb Roberts Caledonia
You'll love it!
