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Leader - Richard Gratwick Conductor - Neil Mantle, MBE

Next Concert:

Sunday 3rd May 2026 at 7:30pm
  Berlioz, Debussy, Faure and Saint-Saëns
Berlioz: Overture: Le Carnaval Romain
Fauré: Incidental Music: ‘Caligula’
with Linlithgow Ladies Choir, director Kirsty Ball
Debussy: Dances - Danse sacrée et Danse profane
soloist: Helen Thompson (harp)
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ Symphony’

We conclude this, our 55th season, with a French evening. The concert opens with Berlioz’s most brightly coloured overture: The Roman Carnival. The pace then relaxes to provide you with an opportunity to hear little-known works by Fauré and Debussy. For the latter, we feature our principal harpist, Helen Thompson, in this hypnotic and typically sensual work. The crowning glory concluding this performance, and bringing our season to a roof-raising conclusion, is Saint-Saëns' thrilling Organ Symphony. St. Cuthbert’s boasts a magnificent four-manual JW Walker organ which has the necessary power and range to counterbalance and even compete with the large orchestral forces in this epic work. We look forward greatly to welcoming you—either as a long standing loyal patron or as a new audience member—to join us in our exciting series of live performances!


Tickets and Prices
Tickets, price £17.00 (concessions: £15.00; Student: £8.00; accompanied schoolchildren: free), are available for online booking from CultureEdinburgh.com, or by telephone (0131 228 1155) and in person from the Usher Hall Box Office; also from Members of the Orchestra, and at the door (cash or card).



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