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Affirming Flame

Concert for Amnesty International

Add to my Calendar 25-01-2026 18:00 25-01-2026 20:00 36 Affirming Flame In the stunning setting of the Robin Chapel in Niddrie, Edinburgh A beautiful benefit concert for Amnesty International of choral and string music by Tavener, Panufnik, Durufle, Hindemith/Hildegard and poetry by Auden and Burns. Featuring Laurentum Singers and Lumina Quartet performing The Bridegroom by Tavener Concert lasts one hour   The Robin Chapel, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYY

Details

The Robin Chapel
Niddrie Mains Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4EA
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
Hildegard Von Bingen – Antiphon Spiritus Sanctus
Robert Burns – A Man's a Man for a' That (Poem)
Robert Burns – My Love is Like a Red Red Rose

Performers

Jamie Sutherland – Speaker

Laurentum Singers
Lumina String Quartet

Programme Note

In the stunning setting of the Robin Chapel in Niddrie, Edinburgh

A beautiful benefit concert for Amnesty International of choral and string music by Tavener, Panufnik, Durufle, Hindemith/Hildegard and poetry by Auden and Burns.

Featuring Laurentum Singers and Lumina Quartet performing The Bridegroom by Tavener

Concert lasts one hour

 

Affirming Flame concert with candle

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