Scottish Ensemble - A Winter Chorale

Scottish Ensemble
A Winter Chorale: Concerts by Candlelight

Evocative Renaissance and Baroque pieces including:

Byrd: Miserere mihi+
Bach: O Haupt von Blut und Wunden+
Caresana: La Tarantella
Holborne: A short set of works for strings*
Monteverdi: Tempro la cetra*

Atmospheric contemporary works including:
Edmund Finnis: Verbo Domini+
James MacMillan: For Sonny*
Arvo Pärt: Credo and Kyrie from Berlinmesse
Peteris Vasks: Plainscapes II
Adrian Williams: Winter Chorale (UK premiere)
John Woolrich: Ulysses Awakes (after Monteverdi)*

* Scottish Ensemble only
+ I Fagiolini only

With award-winning vocal ensemble I Fagiolini

As winter thickens and darkness descends, let this be our shining gift to you: a smörgåsbord of glittering Renaissance, Baroque, 20th- and 21 century jewels to ring and resonate through the night.

Our much-loved advent tour pairs glowing candles and atmospheric venues with music of hidden depths, spiritual solace, meditative reflection and warm midwinter comfort. Always delivering a few extra gifts, this year we bring you the dynamic, inimitable vocal ensemble I Fagiolini, with seven singers joining us for a mesmerising evening of sound and light.