Mozart’s Gran Partita

St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington

Sat 22 Sept 7.45pm

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Winds

Duration approx. 2 hours

Sextet
Geysir
Serenade No 10 ‘Gran Partita’

Clarinet/director

Half price concession for children and students in full time education

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Mark Simpson concludes his residency directing the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s brilliant wind players in one of Mozart’s greatest and best-loved works. The Gran Partita for 13 Winds is unique – richly scored with pairs of basset horns as well as clarinets, oboes and bassoons.

Its glorious Adagio, popularised by the movie Amadeus, is one of the composer’s most perfect utterances. Mark also directs Geysir, his own tribute to the Mozart which he says has ‘beautiful sonorities, perfect voicings, endless invention and emotional directness’.

Don't underestimate ... the dazzling breadth of his talents. Astonishingly, [Simpson] is at least as good at playing the clarinet as he is at writing music.'

The Times

The wind soloists of the SCO demonstrate why they are Scotland's, and indeed one of Britain's, finest chamber ensembles.'

The Wee Review

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.

St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington

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.

Wheelchair Access:

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.

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