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St Magnus Festival

Orkney, 21-28 June
stmagnusfestival.com

As the white nights of an Orcadian summer blend almost imperceptibly into day, the
festival, in part instigated by composer Peter Maxwell Davies and Orkney poet George

Mackay Brown, reaffirms its twin allegiance to the international and local.

Swedish folk music and Bach from artists-in-residence Musica Vitae bounce off each other;
O Duo and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn undertake the UK premiere of George Crumb’s

percussion-rich American Songbook II; and in the ancient Kirkwall cathedral after whose
saint the festival is named, Orff’s atavistic Carmina Burana unites the Festival Chorus in

song.

Proms at St Jude’s

Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, 22-30 June

promsatstjudes.org.uk
From Tango to Tabakov, Motown to Mozart, NW11 is out to prove that South Kensington
doesn’t have the Proms all to itself. And as the festival enters its fourth decade, lunchtime

and evening concerts collide with heritage walks and an al fresco family day welcoming
the recycled instruments of the Junk Orchestra. Inside lofty St Jude’s, the Fantasia

Orchestra sizes up Uncle Sam; an expanded Kanneh-Mason Trio tickles Schubert’s Trout
Quintet; and the Echo Ensemble slips Noah Max’s Axiom into an otherwise all-Mozart

programme.

East Neuk Festival

Fife, 26-30 June
www.eastneukfestival.com

Zulu fishing boats, Celtic harping, a trio of leading string quartets, and pianist Boris
Giltburg gild Fife’s musical finery as East Neuk embarks on a two-year celebration of two

decades crafting ear-opening, exquisitely-fashioned festivals. The Pavel Haas Quartet and
Belfiato Wind Quintet salute Janáček, Suk, Smetana, and Haas as part of the ‘Year of Czech
Music’; the Julian Bliss Septet delves into the Gershwin Songbook; and in the Bowhouse, St

Monans’ foodie heaven, Mozart and Beethoven go head-to-head as pianist-director Maxim
Emelyanychev heads up the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival

Peasmarsh, East Sussex, 27-30 June
peasmarshfestival.co.uk

The much-missed Florestan Piano Trio may no longer be with us but, presided over by the