CONCERTS DETAILS

American Icons at the Edinburgh Festival

Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2QQ

Date: 25 August 2008

Time: 7.30pm

Ticket price: £12, £8(Conc), £5(Child)

Details:
The Auricle Ensemble perform a concert of American icons, with the original orchestrations of Gershwin’s ’Rhapsody in Blue’, Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Bernstein’s West Side Story. Conducted by Christopher Swaffer, Ives’ Unanswered Question is also featured alongside some thoroughly modern icons in Michael Daugherty’s What’s That Spell?, featuring two sopranos performing as Barbie. "Exciting, eclectic - classical music is alive and it’s kicking" - Herald. www.auricleensemble.org.uk

Contact:
Email: auricle@hotmail.co.uk
Phone: 0131 226 0000