The Orchestra of Scottish Opera – Ayr Town Hall

Molly Turner, Conductor

Arvo Pärt – Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

Elgar – Introduction and Allegro

Holst – St Paul’s Suite

INTERVAL

Puccini – Crisantemi

Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis

Jeff Moore – Fiddler’s Hill

Join The Orchestra of Scottish Opera for an evening celebrating the very best of British and British-inspired music for strings – from the virtuosic brilliance of Elgar to Vaughan Williams’ luminous Tallis Fantasia. The concert ends with a moment to savour: 30 young musicians from South Ayrshire Music Service join the professionals for Jeff Moore’s folk-inspired Fiddler’s Hill – written especially for this meeting of generations. Composer Jeff Moore travels from Orkney to be there.