Here are our plans for the whole session

Music for 2011 - 12

Royal and Regal

Alba Brass and Pentland Singers Saturday 8th October, Balerno Parish Church 1-2pm
Part of the Balerno Music Festival

Composers have known for centuries that the combination of the human voice and brass is a powerful and utterly majestic force. Join us in this concert that will feature music from Venetian Renaissance right through to the present day. Highlights will include Handel's mighty coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest Bach's Jesu, Joy and music by the American composer Michael Kamen.

Gabrielli - Canzone
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Kamen – Brass Quintet
Boehme – Brass Sextet
Jenkins – Selections from the Armed Man

Pentland Singers Christmas Concert

With Alba Brass, 7 and 8 December 2011, Balerno High School

The festive season is not complete without a traditional carol concert. Bring your singing voices!

Cecilia McDowall – Christus Natus Est
David Hamilton - Christmas Come In!
Plus well known carols to join with us in singing.

A Night at the Opera!

Thursday 29 March 2012, Balerno High School

After last years epic Melodies and Musicals sell out, we bring to you an evening of Choruses from the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership and well known classical composers such as Verdi, Bizet, Boradin and Wagner.

For ticket details, see here.

Reflections and Aspirations

With the Alba Sinfonia, Saturday 9 June 2012, Currie High School

To mark the end of our singing year we are delighted to give the world premiere of a new choral work by Scottish composer Alasdair Spratt, written especially for the Pentland Singers. We will also feature music by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn, British composer Cecilia McDowall, and a bit of Beethoven to top it all off!

Lilburn - Diversions for String Orchestra
Pärt - Da Pacem Domine
McDowall - Ave Mare Stella
Beethoven – Elegiac Song
Spratt – New work