BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Opening Concert
St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington
Fri 15 Sept 8pm
Prelude and Liebestod from ‘Tristan und Isolde’
Un moto di gioia
Vado, ma dove
Voi avete un cor fedele
Symphony No 4 in G major
Soprano
Conductor
Half price concession for children and students in full time education
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Photo credit: BBC / John Wood
Martyn Brabbins and the BBC SSO return with a musical feast to open the festival. They’re joined by Rowan Pierce, one of today’s most exciting sopranos, in three of Mozart’s fine concert arias and in Mahler’s 4th Symphony.
The singer’s serene hymn to the innocence of childhood in the symphony’s finale is one of Mahler’s most moving creations, the climax of a journey through a landscape of joy and pain. The concert begins with the opening and closing music from Wagner’s greatest opera – almost shockingly passionate in its intensity.
'A blistering performance, magisterially controlled by Brabbins at white heat.'
The Herald
'Rowan Pierce especially dazzles.'
The Guardian
Seating Plan
See ticket prices for St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington below.
St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington
The Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin is one of the great ecclesiastical buildings of mediaeval Scotland, founded in 1380 and known for centuries as "The Lamp of Lothian".
It was severely damaged in the 16th Century during Henry VIII's 'Rough Wooing' of Scotland, and after the Reformation only the nave was used as a parish church, with the choir and tower remaining roofless.
It was finally restored to its former glory in the 1970s, and is Scotland's longest church as well as one of its most beautiful, with a wonderfully warm, resonant acoustic.
Address
St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington
EH41 4BZ
Getting there by bus
Buses passing trough Haddington
EAST COAST BUSES: X6, X7, 106
PRENTICE: 108, 109, 101, 111, 122
EVE COACHES: 121
Please check bus timetables before booking your tickets.
Getting there by train
The nearest station is Drem.
Getting there by car
Haddington is off the A1. There are two exits off the A1 coming from the east or the west.
Accessibility
Parking:There is free on-street parking, 100m from the church, on the road, and throughout the town.
We can offer 3 spaces inside the church grounds, buy the side of the church, for blue badge holders. Please email [email protected] to book a space, subject to availability and on a first come first served basis.
Terrain:Tarmac and gravel.
Induction Loop:
Yes
Toilets:
Good male/female provision plus adapted toilet for disabled.
Access is easier via the North Side (side) door, next to the blue badge parking spaces, and open 30 minutes before concert. There will be a volunteer steward in a high vis jacket who will provide assistance. There is level access into venue.
