Saltire Society 90th Anniversary Concert

Name: Saltire Society 90th Anniversary Concert
Start: 2026-11-14T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-14T16:00:00+00:00
Location: St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh

Schedule

Sat Nov 14 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, SC

The Saltire Society's 90th anniversary concert with a world premiere of an Orkney composition, plus clarsach, fiddle, and songs by Burns.
About this Event

This special anniversary concert will feature the world premiere of Gemma McGregor's composition inspired by the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney.

This piece is one of the Saltire Society’sTo See Oursels commissions.

Gemma’s composition will employ replicas of ancient musical instruments and draw on research into Orcadian and Neolithic music. It will be performed by Gemma and a Glasgow-based string quartet.

The concert will also include a selection of traditional and contemporary music for the Clarsach by Elinor Evans and Stephanie Humphreys from the Clarsach Society, as well as a set of Scottish trad tunes performed by fiddler Ally Douglas. Mezzo Soprano Joyce Byrne will also perform a number of traditional Scottish songs, including some popular Burns pieces.