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Affirming Flame

Concert for Medecins Sans Frontieres

Add to my Calendar 24-01-2026 15:00 24-01-2026 17:00 36 Affirming Flame In the stunning setting of St Vincent's Chapel in Stockbridge, Edinburgh A beautiful benefit concert for Medecins Sans Frontieres of choral and string music by Tavener, Panufnik, Durufle, Moody and poetry by Auden and Burns. Featuring Laurentum Singers and Lumina Quartet  Concert lasts one hour   St Vincent's Chapel, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Vincent's Chapel
St Vincent Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6SW
Scotland

Programme

Wynstan Hugh Auden – September 1, 1939 (Poem)
John Tavener – Mother of God
Andrzej Panufnik – Old Polish Suite
John Tavener – The Bridegroom
Maurice Duruflé – Tota pulchra es, Op.10
Ivan Moody – The Troparion of Kassiani
Robert Burns – A Man's a Man for a' That (Poem)
Robert Burns – My Love is Like a Red Red Rose

Performers

Donald Smith – Speaker

Laurentum Singers
Lumina String Quartet

Programme Note

In the stunning setting of St Vincent's Chapel in Stockbridge, Edinburgh

A beautiful benefit concert for Medecins Sans Frontieres of choral and string music by Tavener, Panufnik, Durufle, Moody and poetry by Auden and Burns.

Featuring Laurentum Singers and Lumina Quartet 

Concert lasts one hour

 

Affirming Flame Concert with candle

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