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ticket booking I would like to pay by Cheque or by Switch Visa Mastercard Switch issue no. Card no. (Please make cheque payable to St Magnus Festival) 3 digit security code Valid from Card expiry date Signature Date / / name address postcode date / / 2010 tel no. e-mail address Please indicate where you heard about the Festival: Gift Aid: I would like the St Magnus Festival to treat the enclosed Supporters’ payment/donation as a Gift Aid donation. I pay an amount of Income Tax (or Capital Gains Tax) at least equal to the tax the St Magnus Festival will reclaim on my donation. signature date / / 2010 please print name notes: • Concessions are available for schoolchildren, full-time students and registered unemployed. • Allow 10 working days for processing of postal applications. • Tickets are non-refundable. • If you have any special seating requirements, please indicate when ordering tickets. • For advice on access to venues, or for general Festival information, contact the Festival Office, tel: 01856 871445 or email: info@stmagnusfestival.com • St Magnus Festival reserves the right to change the programme without prior notice. • Your details will not be passed on by us to any other party. St Magnus Festival, 60 Victoria Street, Kirkwall Orkney, KW15 1DN. tel: +44(0)1856 871445 A company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland no.73825. A recognised Scottish charity, No. SC011666 Please detach the completed form and return it to the Festival Office, 60 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, Orkney. KW15 1DN
21 King Street Halls, Kirkwall, 11am Simon Armitage poetry reading see event 7 22 St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, 1pm Hebrides Ensemble Members of the BBC SSO* William Conway conductor* Bach Prelude and Fugue in arr. Maxwell Davies C# minor Aleksander Kosciow Ore Osse Oculo Maxwell Davies Scottish Renaissance Dances Lewis Forbes Play Piece commissioned by Robert Clark and Susan Costello Lutoslawski Dance Preludes Pawel Mykietyn Three for Thirteen* Hebrides Ensemble’s typically adventurous programme draws together the Scottish and Polish strands in our programme. A new work by a talented composer from the 2009 Composers’ Course is presented alongside music by our two Polish guest composers. Maxwell Davies’s Scottish Dances find echoes in Lutoslawski’s witty Dance Preludes, and the two works which frame the programme find inspiration in the music of the 18th century. approximately 1 hour p WORLD r e m è i e r 23 depart Palace Road, Kirkwall, 2.30pm St Ninian’s Church, Deerness, 3.15pm Festival Excursion Royal String Quartet with Andrzej Bauer cello Schubert String Quintet in C Almost an island, Orkney’s most easterly parish of Deerness is connected to the mainland by a narrow sandy isthmus. The lovely little St Ninian’s Church, situated on the shore, is the venue for this concert. The eminent cellist, Andrzej Bauer, joins the Royal Quartet to perform one of the most sublime pieces of chamber music. approximately 1 hour recorded for future broadcast on Radio 3 Andrzej Bauer Buses leave Palace Road, Kirkwall, at 2.30pm, arriving back at 5.45pm. Ticket includes transport and light refreshments. Parking is limited: use of Festival buses is advised. Part of Phoenix Cinema, Pickaquoy Centre, 3pm Festival Film The Pianist Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning film is based on the extraordinary story of Polish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman. Set in Warsaw in World War II, The Pianist features music by Chopin, Bach and contemporary Polish composer, Wojciech Kilar. Tickets from the Pickaquoy Centre, tel: 01856 879900 running time 2 hour 20 minutes St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, 6pm The History of Orkney Literature Book launch From the skalds and sagamen of the Viking age to the colourful folklorists and translators of the Victorian era and the internationally acclaimed poets and novelists of the twentieth century, Orkney has developed a unique literary culture of its own. Dr. Simon Hall launches his new book The History of Orkney Literature with this lively tour through the history of Orkney writing, with readings in English and Orcadian vernacular. approximately 45 minutes 24 Jewson’s Shed, Kirkwall, 6pm MagFest The Table see event 17 monday 21 june sponsored by admission free 9
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