FESTIVAL 2018

FESTIVAL 2023 SUN 13TH - SAT 19TH AUGUST
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 Sunday August 12th  
10.30am  SUNG EUCHARIST according to the Scottish Liturgy (1929).
      Music: William Byrd's Mass for 4 Voices
​Guest Preacher: Revd Professor David Fergusson OBE, D.Phil, FBA, FRSE, Principal of New College. A recording of Prof Fergusson's sermon can be found here


7.30pm           THE EDINBURGH QUARTET -- Hadyn's Seven Last Words from the Cross 
with new poems by Jennifer Rawson
A review of this concert can be found here

MONDAY August 13th 11am
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 1st EDINBURGH FESTIVAL OF SACRED ARTS
                           
See pictures here                                       
Monday August 13th  -- Saturday August 18th 
                          THE ART OF THE ICON
Exhibition by the Edinburgh School of Icon Painting -- 10am-4pm All Week 
Some pictures from the exhibition can be found here                      
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Wednesday
 August 15th 
10am-4pm       FLORAL ART FOR THE FEAST DAY OF ST MARY A collaborative exhibition of flowers, poems and recorded music. Some pictures of the floral displays can be found here                        
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​Thursday
 August 16th 
11am                Holy Eucharist (said)                       
7.30pm            SCHÜTZ'S RESURRECTION STORY
                   with music by Bach and Byrd
                          Coro Vincenzo & Squair Mile Consort of Viols
                          Les Shankland, Director of Music, St Vincent’s Chapel 
                          A review of this concert can be found here                       

​Friday August 17th 
3pm                  THE ANGLICAN TRADITION OF POETRY -- from John Donne to T S Eliot
                          in conjunction with the Cornerstone Bookshop                      

​Saturday August 18th 
3.30pm            CHORAL EVENSONG
                          Chapterhouse Singers, Director Les Shankland
                   
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