19 Ticket £22, £20. Concession £20, £18. Unreserved £15.
19 - SURE ON THIS SHINING NIGHT : SONORO
June 24, 2024 at 10:00pm. Duration: 70 MINUTES
St Magnus Cathedral, Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1DH
SONORO
Neil Ferris Conductor
Michael Higgins Organ
Plainchant Tonus Peregrinus/Magnificat
Michael Higgins Orkney Sketches: i Scapa Flow
Oliver Tarney The Spirit of the Lord
Arvo Pärt Bogoroditse Dyevo
R. Nathaniel Dett Ave Maria
Cheryl Frances-Hoad Bogoroditse Dyevo
Michael Higgins Orkney Sketches: ii Ring of Brodgar
Errollyn Wallen Ave verum corpus
Undine Smith Moore We shall walk through the valley
James MacMillan Cecilia Virgo
Michael Higgins Orkney Sketches: iii Twilight
Dobrinka Tabakova Alma redemptoris mater
Michael Higgins See I am God
Giles Swayne Magnificat
Ola Gjeilo Northern Lights
Morten Lauridsen Sure on this shining night
Michael Higgins Orkney Sketches: iv Sea and Sky (Toccata)
Cecilia McDowall Regina coeli
Gareth Treseder Jesu, joy of our desiring
Sonoro is one of the finest singing groups in the UK and for this late-night concert it presents a programme of music glued together by Michael Higgins’ organ compositions inspired by the choir’s last visit to the Festival and Orkney’s history and landscape. Surrounding these instrumental interludes are choral reflections by many contemporary composers – all inspired by earlier works in the repertoire – that bring a meditative and reflective atmosphere to the peaceful calm of St Magnus Cathedral.
