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Historic treasure islands: Orkney
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Year after year, for nearly two decades, I have promised myself a
visit to the St Magnus Festival Kirkwall's annual shindig. I imagine
music unbounded, ozone on tap, surfing the wave of oratorio and
fugue.
The thought has sustained me through bleak midwinters, picturing
four or five balmy nights at the end of June the Orkney islands in
musical resonance, the main town of Kirkwall lit by the glimmering
ghost of the midnight sun, stars like notes between staves of cloud.
It remains my dream.
I'm still waiting, because on my latest foray to these islands off
the top of Scotland, I missed the ...
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Head over heels about St Magnus
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...and two years later building began on St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. Next week at the...Hebrides Ensemble present The Martyrdom of St Magnus, Peter Maxwell Davies' chamber opera...Director Ben Twist, takes up the tale. "St Magnus was a 12th century pacifist who refused...
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Treasure island
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...simply drew me away from the town, to the north towards Maes Howe, the Ring of Brodgar (pictured above), and Skara Brae...music. By sheer bad timing, of course, I had missed the St Magnus Festival, the annual end-of-June carnival of music centred on Kirkwall, the island's capital. Kirkwall could ...
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Walk of the week: Skara Brae, Orkney
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday
; ...descend on Orkney for the annual extravaganza that is the St Magnus Festival. Started 30 years ago by resident composer Sir...Standing Stones Hotel at Stenness, near the stones and Maes Howe, on the A965. While you are in the area Visit the nearby Ring of Brodgar, Maes Howe and the ...
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Going Out: St Magnus Festival: Magnus magnified
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; IN the world of events, the annual St Magnus Festival in Orkney is one of the great...with innovation. For this year's 31st St Magnus her creative ingenuity has been on overdrive...a week or so after the serious-minded St Magnus event. But this year the two have been...
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Rewiews: Nash Ensemble: Tommy Smith
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; Town Hall Stromness /St Magnus Church Birsay St Magnus Cathedral Kirkwall IT'S astonishing what you can fit into 12 hours at the St Magnus Festival. After an ultra-slick traditional music presentation late on Saturday morning by local youngsters...
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Northern light fans community flame
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; THERE is nothing quite like the St Magnus Festival, at least not in Britain. It...Maxwell Davies's First Ferry to Hoy in St Magnus Cathedral at lunchtime the next day...my ears. Of course, not everything in St Magnus works. Was it a good idea, having got...
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SPOT OF HISTORY
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald
; Location: Maes Howe, Orkney Date: c.1150 Possibly the first...broke into the stone- age chamber of Maes Howe and carved profound things on the wall...remember they may be descended from the Maes Howe Young Team. Maes Howe Chambered Cairn...
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Orcadian chorus
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; The St Magnus Festival deserves to have a book written...was a chamber opera, The Martyrdom of St Magnus, by Maxwell Davies, the "enfant terrible...contemporary music world, that launched the St Magnus Festival in 1977. The St Magnus story...
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Classical
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; St Magnus Festival This year's St Magnus Festival opens on Friday with a celebration of the 850th anniversary of the death of St Rognvald, the Viking earl who founded St Magnus Cathedral. The festival's focus on Indian music is highlighted...
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Sir Peter's martyred saint makes a welcome Orcadian comeback
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...powerful chamber opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus enjoys iconic status in the world of...part it played in launching the original St Magnus Festival 31 years ago. It was Max's second...festivals that have sprung up since. The 32nd St Magnus Festival - which opens tonight with a...
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