Sunday 11th August
10.30am
Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate
EH8 8BN
FESTIVAL OPENING
SERVICE: Sunday Worship
Minister: Rev Neil Gardner, MA BD
Preacher: James Holloway CBE, formerly Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. With the Choir of the Robin Chapel: Director Paul Gudgin.
Introit: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Pit) Anthem: Komm, Jesu, Komm (J S Bach)
Completed in 1690 in the Dutch architectural style, as the historic Kirk of Holyroodhouse Canongate Kirk is the parish church of the Royal family in Scotland. Its striking interior, with an east window on to Calton Hill, includes a Royal Pew reserved for the monarch and surmounted by a carving of the Honours of Scotland. The models in the carving are exact representations of the crown, sceptre and sword displayed in the Crown Room in Edinburgh Castle. The guest choir for this occasion is the Choir of the Robin Chapel. Eight professional Lay Clerks, augmented by a group of regular choristers, under the direction of Paul Gudgin, provide a cathedral-style repertoire at a sung service in Edinburgh's Robin Chapel every Sunday at 4pm. The choir makes regular visits to other churches and cathedrals.
ALL WELCOME! ADMISSION FREE
10.30am
Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate
EH8 8BN
FESTIVAL OPENING
SERVICE: Sunday Worship
Minister: Rev Neil Gardner, MA BD
Preacher: James Holloway CBE, formerly Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. With the Choir of the Robin Chapel: Director Paul Gudgin.
Introit: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Pit) Anthem: Komm, Jesu, Komm (J S Bach)
Completed in 1690 in the Dutch architectural style, as the historic Kirk of Holyroodhouse Canongate Kirk is the parish church of the Royal family in Scotland. Its striking interior, with an east window on to Calton Hill, includes a Royal Pew reserved for the monarch and surmounted by a carving of the Honours of Scotland. The models in the carving are exact representations of the crown, sceptre and sword displayed in the Crown Room in Edinburgh Castle. The guest choir for this occasion is the Choir of the Robin Chapel. Eight professional Lay Clerks, augmented by a group of regular choristers, under the direction of Paul Gudgin, provide a cathedral-style repertoire at a sung service in Edinburgh's Robin Chapel every Sunday at 4pm. The choir makes regular visits to other churches and cathedrals.
ALL WELCOME! ADMISSION FREE
Music
Monday 12th August
7.30pm St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, 61 York Place EH1 3JD SWING WITH THE SPIRIT Sacred Jazz with the Schola Cantorum featuring Richard Michael and Ben Shankland Bob Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass Richard Michael: Jubilate Deo and Te Deum In this innovative performance, Schola Cantorum, the Catholic Cathedral's celebrated choir directed by Michael Ferguson, is joined by the exceptional talents of Scottish jazz musician Richard Michael, Honorary Professor of Jazz at St Andrews University, and pianist Ben Shankland, winner of BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2023. TICKETS £16 (under 18 concession £12) on sale from April 4th Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door |
Wednesday 14th August
7.30pm
Church of the Sacred Heart, 26 Lauriston Street
EH3 9DJ
GABRIEL FAURÉ:
REQUIEM and CANTIQUE de JEAN RACINE
LEONARD BERNSTEIN:
CHICHESTER PSALMS
Director: Les Shankland with The Howe Street Singers
Fauré's Requiem, composed between 1887 and 1890, is one of the best loved pieces of sacred music and the best-known of Fauré's large works. "Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest." In this recital, Fauré's equally beautiful Cantique de Jean Racine will be sung alongside the Requiem. Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms is a dynamic and rhythmically exciting setting of texts arranged by the composer from the Book of Psalms in the original Hebrew. It was commissioned for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals Festival at Chichester Cathedral.
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7.30pm
Church of the Sacred Heart, 26 Lauriston Street
EH3 9DJ
GABRIEL FAURÉ:
REQUIEM and CANTIQUE de JEAN RACINE
LEONARD BERNSTEIN:
CHICHESTER PSALMS
Director: Les Shankland with The Howe Street Singers
Fauré's Requiem, composed between 1887 and 1890, is one of the best loved pieces of sacred music and the best-known of Fauré's large works. "Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest." In this recital, Fauré's equally beautiful Cantique de Jean Racine will be sung alongside the Requiem. Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms is a dynamic and rhythmically exciting setting of texts arranged by the composer from the Book of Psalms in the original Hebrew. It was commissioned for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals Festival at Chichester Cathedral.
TICKETS £16 (under 18 concession £12) on sale from April 4th
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Thursday 15th August
1.15 - 2.15pm
Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate
EH8 8BN
COMPOSING SACRED MUSIC:
THE NEXT GENERATION
with Dame Judith Weir, Master of the King’s Music
and the Sacred Arts Festival Singers, directed by Calum Robertson
The Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation Sacred Music Composition Competition recital. Scottish based composers under the age of 21 were invited to set religious texts to music. At this event, the winning submissions will be given their first performance by a professional choir under the direction of Calum Robertson, Director of Edinburgh University Singers. The Master of the King's Music, Dame Judith Weir, has been principal adjudicator, and will present the prizes.
This event has received generous sponsorship from The Christian Arts Trust, the Edinburgh Society of Organists, and the Royal College of Organists.
TICKETS £16 (under 18 concession £12) on sale from April 4th
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1.15 - 2.15pm
Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate
EH8 8BN
COMPOSING SACRED MUSIC:
THE NEXT GENERATION
with Dame Judith Weir, Master of the King’s Music
and the Sacred Arts Festival Singers, directed by Calum Robertson
The Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation Sacred Music Composition Competition recital. Scottish based composers under the age of 21 were invited to set religious texts to music. At this event, the winning submissions will be given their first performance by a professional choir under the direction of Calum Robertson, Director of Edinburgh University Singers. The Master of the King's Music, Dame Judith Weir, has been principal adjudicator, and will present the prizes.
This event has received generous sponsorship from The Christian Arts Trust, the Edinburgh Society of Organists, and the Royal College of Organists.
TICKETS £16 (under 18 concession £12) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
Thursday 15th August
7.30pm
St Vincent's Chapel, St Vincent Street
EH3 6SW
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD -
SACRED SONG OF THE
ENGLISH MUSICAL
RENAISSANCE
Britten, Vaughan Williams, Quilter and Howells
Sam Madden, tenor
Will Sims, piano
This recital of sacred music by Britain's most distinguished 20th century composers centres on Benjamin Britten’s stunning Abraham and Isaac, drawing text from the Chester Mystery Play, alongside his lesser-known but no less beautiful first Canticle based on the Song of Songs. Three rarely-performed Vaughan Williams songs and short works by Quilter and Howells complete the programme. Sam Madden is an international tenor from Dunedin, New Zealand, currently singing as a Lay Clerk at Ely Cathedral alongside performing as a freelance soloist and ensemble tenor. Since moving to the United Kingdom, Sam has performed with, and is a member of distinguished ensembles including St Martin’s Voices, the Hanover Band, and St Paul’s Cathedral Choir. He can be heard on several broadcasts on the BBC and in various recording projects. Alongside his ensemble work, Sam has an extensive history of solo recital, oratorio, and operatic work. Will Sims is the Director of Chapel Music at Robinson College, University of Cambridge, where he conducts the Choir for their services and busy concert, recording, and touring schedule, and supervises undergraduate students across the Faculty of Music. Since joining Robinson in 2022 he has conducted the College’s first commercial recording, To the End of the Age (Prima Facie), toured to Europe, and premiered ten new compositions. He is also an accomplished collaborative pianist, singer, and composer. They are joined by Felix Schneideman, countertenor at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, for Abraham and Isaac.
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7.30pm
St Vincent's Chapel, St Vincent Street
EH3 6SW
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD -
SACRED SONG OF THE
ENGLISH MUSICAL
RENAISSANCE
Britten, Vaughan Williams, Quilter and Howells
Sam Madden, tenor
Will Sims, piano
This recital of sacred music by Britain's most distinguished 20th century composers centres on Benjamin Britten’s stunning Abraham and Isaac, drawing text from the Chester Mystery Play, alongside his lesser-known but no less beautiful first Canticle based on the Song of Songs. Three rarely-performed Vaughan Williams songs and short works by Quilter and Howells complete the programme. Sam Madden is an international tenor from Dunedin, New Zealand, currently singing as a Lay Clerk at Ely Cathedral alongside performing as a freelance soloist and ensemble tenor. Since moving to the United Kingdom, Sam has performed with, and is a member of distinguished ensembles including St Martin’s Voices, the Hanover Band, and St Paul’s Cathedral Choir. He can be heard on several broadcasts on the BBC and in various recording projects. Alongside his ensemble work, Sam has an extensive history of solo recital, oratorio, and operatic work. Will Sims is the Director of Chapel Music at Robinson College, University of Cambridge, where he conducts the Choir for their services and busy concert, recording, and touring schedule, and supervises undergraduate students across the Faculty of Music. Since joining Robinson in 2022 he has conducted the College’s first commercial recording, To the End of the Age (Prima Facie), toured to Europe, and premiered ten new compositions. He is also an accomplished collaborative pianist, singer, and composer. They are joined by Felix Schneideman, countertenor at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, for Abraham and Isaac.
TICKETS £16 (under 18 concession £12) on sale from April 4th
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Friday 16th August
8pm
Old St Paul's Church, 63 Jeffrey Street
EH1 1DH
AVE MARIA:
CENTURIES OF PRAYER AND PRAISE
Music and poetry for Mary, the Mother of Jesus
Choir of Old Saint Paul’s
Director: Dr John Kitchen MBE
For almost two millenia, the figure of Mary the Mother of Jesus has repeatedly inspired a host of painters, poets and composers. This recital draws on many different periods and styles from across the centuries. Some of the most celebrated Marian compositions will be interspersed with a no less varied selection of poems also inspired by Mary. The highly acclaimed Choir of Old Saint Paul’s, under its director Dr John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist, has a long established reputation for outstanding choral singing, both in liturgical worship and in concert performance. The poems will be read by accomplished readers drawn from the congregation of Old Saint Paul's.
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8pm
Old St Paul's Church, 63 Jeffrey Street
EH1 1DH
AVE MARIA:
CENTURIES OF PRAYER AND PRAISE
Music and poetry for Mary, the Mother of Jesus
Choir of Old Saint Paul’s
Director: Dr John Kitchen MBE
For almost two millenia, the figure of Mary the Mother of Jesus has repeatedly inspired a host of painters, poets and composers. This recital draws on many different periods and styles from across the centuries. Some of the most celebrated Marian compositions will be interspersed with a no less varied selection of poems also inspired by Mary. The highly acclaimed Choir of Old Saint Paul’s, under its director Dr John Kitchen MBE, Edinburgh City Organist, has a long established reputation for outstanding choral singing, both in liturgical worship and in concert performance. The poems will be read by accomplished readers drawn from the congregation of Old Saint Paul's.
TICKETS £16 (under 18 concession £12) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
Visual Art
Saturday 17th August
12.30pm- 1.45
St Vincent's Chapel, St Vincent Street
EH3 6SW
NIL PENNA SED USUS
Esther Inglis Quatercentenary Event
Esther Inglis was a French-Scottish calligrapher, artist, embroiderer and writer, who spent most of her life in Edinburgh, and the calligraphers' motto Nil Penna Sed Usus -- “not the pen itself, but the skill in using it” –appears on several of her works.. She died in Leith in 1624, and this lunchtime event -- in two parts -- celebrates her gifts and artistry 400 years after her death.
Part I (12.30-1.15pm) Recital in St Vincent's Chapel
The Sacred Arts Festival Singers, directed by Calum Robertson, perform selections of Inglis' verse translations of devotional works by Antoine de Chandieu and Guy du Faur, set to music by Paschal de L'Estocart (1538/9 – 1584) and Claude Le Jeune (1530-1600), set in the context of metrical psalms and canticles from France and Scotland, with some spiritual songs of her contemporary Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross.
Part II (1.15-1.45 pm) Illustrated talk in St Vincent's Undercroft
Jamie Reid Baxter presents a selection of on-screen images from the exquisite work of Esther Inglis in calligraphy, art and embroidery.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
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12.30pm- 1.45
St Vincent's Chapel, St Vincent Street
EH3 6SW
NIL PENNA SED USUS
Esther Inglis Quatercentenary Event
Esther Inglis was a French-Scottish calligrapher, artist, embroiderer and writer, who spent most of her life in Edinburgh, and the calligraphers' motto Nil Penna Sed Usus -- “not the pen itself, but the skill in using it” –appears on several of her works.. She died in Leith in 1624, and this lunchtime event -- in two parts -- celebrates her gifts and artistry 400 years after her death.
Part I (12.30-1.15pm) Recital in St Vincent's Chapel
The Sacred Arts Festival Singers, directed by Calum Robertson, perform selections of Inglis' verse translations of devotional works by Antoine de Chandieu and Guy du Faur, set to music by Paschal de L'Estocart (1538/9 – 1584) and Claude Le Jeune (1530-1600), set in the context of metrical psalms and canticles from France and Scotland, with some spiritual songs of her contemporary Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross.
Part II (1.15-1.45 pm) Illustrated talk in St Vincent's Undercroft
Jamie Reid Baxter presents a selection of on-screen images from the exquisite work of Esther Inglis in calligraphy, art and embroidery.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Exhibitions
Tuesday 13th -Friday 16th August
10am-4pm
St Vincent's Chapel, St Vincent Street
EH3 6SW
TRIPTYCH OF
THE BOOK OF REVELATION
About Time
Hove based painter Annelies Clarke was born in Holland, studied in Rotterdam and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, where she was introduced to the tools of the trade in making her own paints, mediums and varnishes. She still does this today and has worked in the UK since 1980. The Book of Revelation has been her inspiration for both an illuminated manuscript and a triptych. This three panel painting depicting 122 texts from the last book in the Bible, will be on display in the Refectory of St Vincent's Chapel Stockbridge.
A special opening has been arranged for 11am on Tuesday 13th August. Professor Paul Foster, Professor of New Testament Studies at Edinburgh University will give a short talk on "Why the Book of Revelation Still Matters", Sandy Chenery, Director of Music at Erskine Stewart's Melville will direct a performance of Bainton's anthem "And I saw a new Earth", and Annelies Clarke will reflect on her inspiration for this painting.
During the exhibition, three accompanying 20 minute video talks -- The Dragon and the Lamb; Good Heavens! and The Churches in the Picture -- will be shown in St Vincent's Undercroft at the following times:
Tuesday 12.30-1.30; 2-3pm; 3-4pm
Wednesday 10.30-11.30am; 12-1pm; 2-3pm; 3-4pm
Thursday 12-1pm; 2-3pm; 3-4pm
Friday 10.30-11.30am and 3-4pm
ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION AND VIDEOS IS FREE. Donations are invited to defray expenses.
10am-4pm
St Vincent's Chapel, St Vincent Street
EH3 6SW
TRIPTYCH OF
THE BOOK OF REVELATION
About Time
Hove based painter Annelies Clarke was born in Holland, studied in Rotterdam and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, where she was introduced to the tools of the trade in making her own paints, mediums and varnishes. She still does this today and has worked in the UK since 1980. The Book of Revelation has been her inspiration for both an illuminated manuscript and a triptych. This three panel painting depicting 122 texts from the last book in the Bible, will be on display in the Refectory of St Vincent's Chapel Stockbridge.
A special opening has been arranged for 11am on Tuesday 13th August. Professor Paul Foster, Professor of New Testament Studies at Edinburgh University will give a short talk on "Why the Book of Revelation Still Matters", Sandy Chenery, Director of Music at Erskine Stewart's Melville will direct a performance of Bainton's anthem "And I saw a new Earth", and Annelies Clarke will reflect on her inspiration for this painting.
During the exhibition, three accompanying 20 minute video talks -- The Dragon and the Lamb; Good Heavens! and The Churches in the Picture -- will be shown in St Vincent's Undercroft at the following times:
Tuesday 12.30-1.30; 2-3pm; 3-4pm
Wednesday 10.30-11.30am; 12-1pm; 2-3pm; 3-4pm
Thursday 12-1pm; 2-3pm; 3-4pm
Friday 10.30-11.30am and 3-4pm
ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION AND VIDEOS IS FREE. Donations are invited to defray expenses.
Monday 12th - Friday 16th August
2.30-5pm
St Columba's by the Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace
EH1 2PW
RE-IMAGINING
THE RUTHWELL CROSS
The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross dating from the time when the Dumfriesshire village of Ruthwell was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. It is the most famous and elaborate surviving Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture on which some lines from the poem the Dream of the Rood have been inscribed. Smashed by Presbyterian iconoclasts in 1642, the pieces were restored in 1823 In 1887 it was moved inside Ruthwell church, where an apse was specially built to hold it. The Cross's carved images illustrate scriptural stories. Some are now badly damaged or missing, but many can still be identified by Latin text carved in the frame of each image. In 2022, as a means of spiritual journey, Timothy Ray, writer-in-residence at St Columba’s, commissioned the Edinburgh artist and printmaker Cat Outram to re-imagine these images while also trying to remain true to Anglo-Saxon iconography. Her re-imaginings are on display in this exhibition for contemplation and reflection.
A special opening has been arranged for 3pm on Monday 12th August.
ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION IS FREE
Donations are invited to defray expenses
2.30-5pm
St Columba's by the Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace
EH1 2PW
RE-IMAGINING
THE RUTHWELL CROSS
The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross dating from the time when the Dumfriesshire village of Ruthwell was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. It is the most famous and elaborate surviving Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture on which some lines from the poem the Dream of the Rood have been inscribed. Smashed by Presbyterian iconoclasts in 1642, the pieces were restored in 1823 In 1887 it was moved inside Ruthwell church, where an apse was specially built to hold it. The Cross's carved images illustrate scriptural stories. Some are now badly damaged or missing, but many can still be identified by Latin text carved in the frame of each image. In 2022, as a means of spiritual journey, Timothy Ray, writer-in-residence at St Columba’s, commissioned the Edinburgh artist and printmaker Cat Outram to re-imagine these images while also trying to remain true to Anglo-Saxon iconography. Her re-imaginings are on display in this exhibition for contemplation and reflection.
A special opening has been arranged for 3pm on Monday 12th August.
ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION IS FREE
Donations are invited to defray expenses
Poetry
Sunday 11th August
3 - 4pm
Church of the Sacred Heart,
26 Lauriston Street EH3 9DJ
SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS POETRY
This event marks the publication of a new edition of Scottish Religious Poetry, first published in 2000. The new volume ranges widely from the masterpieces of the early and later Middle Ages through the ballads and hymns of the Reformation to the despair and elation, satire and meditation of the poetry of the twenty-first century. This live perfomance of selections from the volume is curated by the editors -- Linden Bicket, Emma Dymock and Alison Jack from the University of Edinburgh. The event is co-sponsored by the Scottish Network for Religion and Literature at the University's School of Divinity.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
3 - 4pm
Church of the Sacred Heart,
26 Lauriston Street EH3 9DJ
SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS POETRY
This event marks the publication of a new edition of Scottish Religious Poetry, first published in 2000. The new volume ranges widely from the masterpieces of the early and later Middle Ages through the ballads and hymns of the Reformation to the despair and elation, satire and meditation of the poetry of the twenty-first century. This live perfomance of selections from the volume is curated by the editors -- Linden Bicket, Emma Dymock and Alison Jack from the University of Edinburgh. The event is co-sponsored by the Scottish Network for Religion and Literature at the University's School of Divinity.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
Wednesday 14th August
1.15 - 2.15pm
Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate
EH8 8BN
REFUGE AND
THE ROAD HOME
The poets Christine De Luca and Elspeth Murray, in combination with Katharine Wake (flute), make a welcome return to the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts. On this occasion their selection of poems, punctuated by music, offers a reflection on home and homelessness, from both a material and a spiritual perspective. Christine De Luca is a poet and writer from Shetland, who writes in both English and Shaetlan (Shetlandic). She held the post of Edinburgh's Makar, or poet laureate, from 2014 to 2017. Elspeth Murray and Katharine Wake are both experienced performers who effortlessly bring words and music to life.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
1.15 - 2.15pm
Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate
EH8 8BN
REFUGE AND
THE ROAD HOME
The poets Christine De Luca and Elspeth Murray, in combination with Katharine Wake (flute), make a welcome return to the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts. On this occasion their selection of poems, punctuated by music, offers a reflection on home and homelessness, from both a material and a spiritual perspective. Christine De Luca is a poet and writer from Shetland, who writes in both English and Shaetlan (Shetlandic). She held the post of Edinburgh's Makar, or poet laureate, from 2014 to 2017. Elspeth Murray and Katharine Wake are both experienced performers who effortlessly bring words and music to life.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
Dance
Tuesday 13th August
1.15 - 2pm
Old Saint Paul’s Church, Jeffrey Street
EH1 1DH
DANCING ASH WEDNESDAY
Paul Burrows, dancer/priest,
with Anne Young, narrator
T. S. Eliot’s poem “Ash Wednesday", written in 1930, is perhaps the 20th century's most significant religious poem in English, and has long been regarded as a work of great spiritual depth. The images in the poem are full of movement and this fact makes it highly suggestive for choreography and the art of dance. In this spirit, dancer/priest Paul Burrows has created a dance piece that interacts with the speaker in the poem. The Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts 2024 is delighted to include this highly unusual opportunity to experience the spiritual exchange between the arts of language and movement. Paul Burrows in an Episcopal priest. Ordained in 1980, he started to study Ballet in San Francisco with Richard Gibson and has since studied with Zory Karah, Christopher Hird, and Dorit Koppel . Since moving to Edinburgh in 2019 Paul has been a member of PRIME, Scotland’s semi-professional dance company for the over-60’s. PRIME has performed in both the Edinburgh International Festival and The Edinburgh Fringe. Anne Young, now retired from a career in acting, is also a member of PRIME.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
1.15 - 2pm
Old Saint Paul’s Church, Jeffrey Street
EH1 1DH
DANCING ASH WEDNESDAY
Paul Burrows, dancer/priest,
with Anne Young, narrator
T. S. Eliot’s poem “Ash Wednesday", written in 1930, is perhaps the 20th century's most significant religious poem in English, and has long been regarded as a work of great spiritual depth. The images in the poem are full of movement and this fact makes it highly suggestive for choreography and the art of dance. In this spirit, dancer/priest Paul Burrows has created a dance piece that interacts with the speaker in the poem. The Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts 2024 is delighted to include this highly unusual opportunity to experience the spiritual exchange between the arts of language and movement. Paul Burrows in an Episcopal priest. Ordained in 1980, he started to study Ballet in San Francisco with Richard Gibson and has since studied with Zory Karah, Christopher Hird, and Dorit Koppel . Since moving to Edinburgh in 2019 Paul has been a member of PRIME, Scotland’s semi-professional dance company for the over-60’s. PRIME has performed in both the Edinburgh International Festival and The Edinburgh Fringe. Anne Young, now retired from a career in acting, is also a member of PRIME.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
Architecture
Monday 12th August
10.30am - 12.30pm
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, 5 Lothian Road
EH1 2EP
St John, 1A Lothian Road
EH1 2AB
GUIDED TOURS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
SCOTLAND'S CHURCHES TRUST
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, with Mrs Annette Brydon
St John the Evangelist, with Prof Adam Cumming
10.30am - 12.30pm
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, 5 Lothian Road
EH1 2EP
St John, 1A Lothian Road
EH1 2AB
GUIDED TOURS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
SCOTLAND'S CHURCHES TRUST
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, with Mrs Annette Brydon
St John the Evangelist, with Prof Adam Cumming
Edinburgh is replete with architecturally outstanding churches. Two of the finest stand side by side at the junction of Princes Street and Lothian Road. St Cuthbert's Parish Church (Church of Scotland) stands on a site that has had a Christian church for over 1000 years. The present building -- by Edinburgh architech Hippolyte Blanc -- was completed in 1892, but retains the 18th century spire. St John the Evangelist (Scottish Episcopal) was built in 1818 and is one of the finest examples of the work of the highly successful architect William Burn (1798-1870). The 2024 Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts, in collaboration with Scotland's Churches Trust, offers a special opportunity to visit these churches with the help of expert guides. Each tour will take place twice 10.30-11.15 and 11.30 - 12. 15. Tickets cover admission to one or both.
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Tuesday 13th 7pm & Wednesday 14th August 10.30am
Church of the Sacred Heart, 26 Lauriston Street
EH3 9DJ
LIVING STONES
Down through the centuries, Christians have built their churches to speak of faith in God and celebration of what it is to be human in art and architecture. This one-hour session explores the living stones of the Neo-Classical Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart, a Grade A listed building unknown to many.
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Church of the Sacred Heart, 26 Lauriston Street
EH3 9DJ
LIVING STONES
Down through the centuries, Christians have built their churches to speak of faith in God and celebration of what it is to be human in art and architecture. This one-hour session explores the living stones of the Neo-Classical Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart, a Grade A listed building unknown to many.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
Film
Friday 16th August
12 noon
St Vincent’s Undercroft, St Vincent Street
EH3 6SW
LA VIE et la PASSION de
JESUS CHRIST
with an introduction by Richard Kendall
From the very early days of film, the life of Christ provided directors with a subject. La Vie et la passion de Jesus Christ directed by Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca is a sequence of five episodes from the life of Christ made in 1903. At 40 minutes duration it is unusually long for a film from this period. It is also believed to be the first feature film to have colorized sequences, the each black and white frame being coloured by hand. The screening of this historic masterpiece will be introduced by Richard Kendall, a specialist in the history of silent film. Richard has also constructed a musical sound track to accompany La Vie et la passion de Jesus Christ.
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Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
12 noon
St Vincent’s Undercroft, St Vincent Street
EH3 6SW
LA VIE et la PASSION de
JESUS CHRIST
with an introduction by Richard Kendall
From the very early days of film, the life of Christ provided directors with a subject. La Vie et la passion de Jesus Christ directed by Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca is a sequence of five episodes from the life of Christ made in 1903. At 40 minutes duration it is unusually long for a film from this period. It is also believed to be the first feature film to have colorized sequences, the each black and white frame being coloured by hand. The screening of this historic masterpiece will be introduced by Richard Kendall, a specialist in the history of silent film. Richard has also constructed a musical sound track to accompany La Vie et la passion de Jesus Christ.
TICKETS £10 (under 18 concession £8) on sale from April 4th
Fringe Box Office Eventbrite and at the door
Saturday 17th August
4pm
Church of the Sacred Heart, 26 Lauriston Street
EH3 9DJ
FESTIVAL CLOSING SERVICE :
VESPERS
Homilist:
Revd Neil Gardner MA BD
Minister of Canongate Kirk
Vespers is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic daily worship, which focuses on the psalms and other biblical canticles.
ALL WELCOME! ADMISSION FREE
4pm
Church of the Sacred Heart, 26 Lauriston Street
EH3 9DJ
FESTIVAL CLOSING SERVICE :
VESPERS
Homilist:
Revd Neil Gardner MA BD
Minister of Canongate Kirk
Vespers is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic daily worship, which focuses on the psalms and other biblical canticles.
ALL WELCOME! ADMISSION FREE