JUST weeks after an exceptional 10th anniversary celebration event, The Cumnock Tryst is set for the road once again this week.
Two of Scotland’s award-winning ensembles join forces to present James MacMillan’s extraordinary setting of the Resurrection story.
Hebrides Ensemble and Dunedin Consort bring together some of Scotland’s very finest musicians with the towering bass-baritone voice of Matthew Brook, to perform this modern masterpiece by MacMillan.
The opening show will take place in London on Friday, October 25, with Cumnock being the venue the following night, before Glasgow closes the performances this Sunday, October 27.
It comes following on from another spectacular Cumnock Tryst festival this year, with an extended programme to celebrate 10 years of the event.
The music for the Resurrection Story calls on the players to create many varied sound worlds and support the religious storytelling with great skill and communication.
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Speaking about his delight of the show and being able to bring it to Cumnock, Tryst founder, Sir James MacMillan, who grew up in Cumnock, said: “On completing my St John Passion in 2007 I was immediately intrigued with the possibility of writing another work based on the text which comes immediately after the death of Christ in St John’s Gospel.
"The title of this new work is the first sentence after Jesus gives up his spirit.
"The work sets the final section of St John’s gospel, through the Resurrection to the final conclusive remarks.
"It is scored for a small choral group, a baritone (who sings the words of Christ) and an ensemble of clarinet, horn, cello, harp and theorbo.
“It is a great delight that this piece is coming to Cumnock on Saturday, and specifically and appropriately to St John’s Church where my parents were married, where I was baptised, made my First Holy Communion and served as an altar boy and teenage organist.
"It will feel as if the music has come home.”
More information for the show can be found on The Cumnock Tryst website.
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