EIF programme brochure 2009

2009

We gratefully acknowledge support from the following: GRANTS

PROJECT GRANTS

Supported through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund SPONSORS

PRINCIPAL SUPPORTERS

Dunard Fund

Edinburgh International Festival Endowment Fund

PROSCENIUM CLUB MEMBERS Arup Baillie Gifford, Investment Managers BP Caledonian Hilton Carillion IT Services City Inn CMS The EDI Group Ltd Macdonald Holyrood Hotel Maclay Murray & Spens LLP The Miller Group Limited Prudential plc The Royal Terrace Hotel, Edinburgh Scottish & Newcastle UK Sopra Group Standard Life

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Arts Victoria Australia Council The Australian Government Australian High Commission, London Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Edinburgh Consulate General of Switzerland, Edinburgh Embassy of Finland, London The Embassy of the United States of America, London The Government of Romania Government of Victoria, Australia The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh The Ministry of Culture, Cults and National Heritage of Romania National Arts Council (Singapore) Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council The Romanian Cultural Institute Singapore Arts Festival The United States Consulate General, Edinburgh

PRINCIPAL DONORS American Friends of the Edinburgh International Festival Edinburgh International Festival Capital Fund Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors, Patrons and Friends Edinburgh Military Tattoo DONORS Adam & Company Director’s Circle Edinburgh International Festival Science Consortium Johnston Press plc The Miller Group Limited

TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS The Binks Trust Cruden Foundation Limited The Peter Diamand Trust The Evelyn Drysdale Charitable Trust Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hamada Edinburgh Festival Foundation The Inches Carr Trust The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh Eda, Lady Jardine Charitable Trust The Leverhulme Trust The Morton Charitable Trust The Negaunee Foundation Risk Charitable Fund The Stevenston Charitable Trust Swiss Cultural Fund in Britain The Sym Charitable Trust Thirkleby Trust Wellcome Trust

IN KIND SUPPORTERS Alba Water ALCO Business Consulting – ICT Strategic Partner Capital Solutions Dimensions (Scotland) Ltd The Glasshouse Malmaison, Edinburgh Omni Centre, Edinburgh Prestige Scotland Springbank Distillers Ltd STRATHMORE SPRING WATER TM Robertson Wine Cellars (part of the Berkmann Group)

Edinburgh International Festival Society is registered as a company in Scotland (No SC0247660) and as a Scottish Charity (No SC004694) Registered Address: The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE

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WELCOME

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FESTIVAL

A visit to Edinburgh in the 18th century brought one to the source of the ideas and inventions that lay the foundations for so much of the modern world.

The Enlightenment was a period of extraordinary creativity, famous for its technological developments, philosophical provocations and scientific discoveries.

It can trace its origins to Scotland and particularly to Edinburgh.

Not that the impact of Scotland is confined to the 18th century. Throughout history, Scottish thinkers and inventors have been shaping our understanding of the world.

The medieval poetry of Robert Henryson and the poetic fantasy of J M Barrie are eloquent testaments to the diversity of Scottish culture and its universal appeal.

Radical ideas rarely go unchallenged.

In 1727 Janet Horne became the last person to be burnt as a witch in Scotland. The tragedy of her life, at a time of ‘endarkenment’ just before the Enlightenment, is the subject of a new play by Rona Munro.

Flowing from periods of social upheaval, Scottish migration was often tinged with tragedy; nevertheless our diaspora continues to resonate as far away as Singapore and Australia. Exploring notions of identity, of home and homecoming is an important theme running through the programme.

Festival 09 suggests that there are many ways of appreciating Scottish culture.

Our country has contributed much that is important to human advancement through ideas and innovations that continue to inspire.

09 14 August to 6 September

Let’s celebrate those achievements.

Jonathan Mills, Director

Diaspora

The Return of Ulysses

Actus tragicus

Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria

Contents The Opening Concert

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Opera

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Dance

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Theatre

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Music

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Visual Arts

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The Queen’s Hall Series

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Talks and Discussions

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Conversations, Behind the Scenes, Sharing the Festival, Connecting to Culture

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Visiting Edinburgh

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Map with Venues

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How to Book

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Discounts and Ticket Prices 61 Daily Diary

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Thank you for playing a leading role!

A big thank you to all those whose contributions have helped us to present the 2009 Festival programme. It is only through your generosity that we are able to bring the very best of opera, music, theatre, dance and visual art to the widest possible audience.

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Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors and Patrons Benefactor Ewan and Christine Brown Frank Hitchman Donald and Louise MacDonald David McLellan Jim and Isobel Stretton Platinum Reserve Richard Burns Joscelyn Fox Gavin and Kate Gemmell Aileen and Stephen Nesbitt Platinum Supporter Mr and Mrs James Anderson Geoff and Mary Ball Mrs Angela E Ballard Katie Bradford The Rt. Hon. Lord Clarke Lord and Lady Coulsfield Sue and Andy Doig

Sir Gerald and Lady Elliot Jo and Alison Elliot Claire Enders Mr and Mrs Ted W Frison Raymond and Anita Green David and Judith Halkerston Shields and Carol Henderson André and Rosalie Hoffmann J Douglas Home Peter Horvath Mrs Ann Johnston Mr Fred Johnston Norman and Christine Lessels Duncan and Una McGhie Jean and Roger Miller Mr & Mrs R H Mitchell Mr Derek H Moss Allan Myers AO QC and Maria Myers AO Nick and Julie Parker Garth and Lucy Pollard

Lady Potter Donald and Brenda Rennie Principal C Duncan Rice and Mrs Susan Rice Mr Andrew and Mrs Carolyn Richmond Ross Roberts Barnett Serchuk Richard Simon Andrea and Keith Skeoch Charles Smith Robin and Sheila Wight Ruth Woodburn Neil and Philippa Woodcock Mr Hedley G Wright And others who prefer to remain anonymous Legacies The Estate of Miss Eleanor Hamilton The Estate of Gilbert Innes Léan Scully EIF Fund

THE OPENING CONCERT

HANDEL JUDAS MACCABAEUS

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WILLIAM CHRISTIE CONDUCTOR Edinburgh Festival Chorus Christopher Bell Chorus Master Rosemary Joshua Soprano Sarah Connolly Mezzo soprano Reno Troilus Countertenor William Burden Tenor Neal Davies Bass

Judas Maccabaeus premiered at Covent Garden in 1747. At the same time as being one of Handel’s most enduring oratorios it is a direct and highly political statement about the, then, recent Jacobite uprising and as such remains provocative to this day. Composed by Handel in his role as chief propagandist of the House of Hanover, it has words written by Thomas Morrell to celebrate the Duke of Cumberland’s victory over the Scottish rebels at Culloden, its most famous chorus being See, the conqu’ring hero comes.

The work has been popular since its first performances in the Scottish Enlightenment period, moving audiences with familiar melodies, high drama and powerful choruses. With a star line up of soloists and William Christie conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, this promises to open the Festival in style.

Friday 14 August 7.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £45 £40 £38 £32 £30 £20 £17.50 £15 £12.50 £10 3 hours 15 minutes approximately Maccabees by Antonio Ciseri (Lebrecht)

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THE OPENING CONCERT

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OPERA

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Rinaldo

by George Frideric Handel Concert performance sung in Italian Rinaldo Clint van der Linde Almirena Maki Mori Armidad Rachel Nicholls Argante Roderick Williams Goffredo Robin Blaze Eustazio Damien Guillon Mago Cristiano Sumihito Uesugi Araldo Makoto Sakurada Image: Lebrecht

Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki Conductor

Macbeth

by Giuseppe Verdi Concert performance sung in Italian Macbeth Lado Ataneli Lady Macbeth Susan Neves Banquo John Relyea Macduff Massimo Giordano Lady in Waiting Katherine Broderick Malcolm Nicholas Phan Doctor/Servant Vuyani Mlinde Murderer/Herald/Apparition Wade Kernot Edinburgh Festival Chorus Christopher Bell Chorus Master BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra David Robertson Conductor

The story of thwarted love in a time of war, religious strife and witchcraft contributed to Rinaldo’s instant success.

It was the first opera Handel produced for London and the first Italian opera composed specifically for the London stage. But it was the arias, written to showcase the virtuosity of a necessarily starry cast, that have ensured its continuing success. Rinaldo includes some of Handel’s most popular and famous operatic arias, Lascia ch’io pianga and Cara sposa.

Bach Collegium Japan: ‘Baroque musicianship at its best.’

THE GUARDIAN

'Musicianship is, to be sure, Mr. Suzuki’s greatest strength… a subtle ear for color, a keen sense of harmonic direction, and an ability to make phrases breathe and rhythms live' THE NEW YORK TIMES

Shakespeare’s Scottish play has been an inspiration for many artists and Verdi regarded it as ‘one of the greatest creations of man’. His response was to create a highly dramatic work, with the music conjuring up bleak heaths, raging storms and cackling witches and defining the two tortured souls of Macbeth and his fatally ambitious wife.

Friday 21 August 7.30pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours 45 minutes approximately

Monday 24 August 7.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 4 hours approximately

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OPERA

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Acis & Galatea

by George Frideric Handel Version by Felix Mendelssohn Concert performance sung in English Acis Christoph Prégardien Galatea Dominique Labelle Damon Michael Slattery Polyphemus Wolf Matthias Friedrich Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus FestspielOrchester Göttingen Nicholas McGegan Conductor The divine power of love to defeat mortality inspired Handel to write this pastoral work of great lyricism, telling the story of Galatea, a semi-divine nymph, and her love for the shepherd Acis.

Acis and Galatea was Handel’s most widely performed dramatic work during his lifetime and remains one of his most popular and enduring, with passion filled arias such as I rage, I melt, I burn.

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Der Fliegende Holländer The Flying Dutchman

by Richard Wagner Concert performance sung in German

‘best of all, at the heart of the performance, was McGegan himself… with the kind of energy that dazzles and delights.’

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Holländer Franz Grundheber Senta Eva Johansson Erik Nikolai Schukoff Daland Diogenes Randes Steuermann Jun-Sang Han Mary Deborah Humble Hamburg State Opera Simone Young Conductor A man is condemned to sail the seas until the day of judgement unless he finds the redeeming power of love.

The sea itself is so integral to the music that it almost becomes a character in the story, which is based on Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Wagner developed many of his ideas, both musical and dramatic, in writing this opera.

Please note there is no interval in this concert

Sunday 30 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Tuesday 1 September 7.30pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £15 £12 £10 2 hours 20 minutes approximately

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The Stevenston Charitable Trust

OPERA

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THE FAIRY QUEEN

ST KILDA Island of the Birdmen

by Henry Purcell Concert performance sung in English

Staged production performed in Gaelic, French and English

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Conductor

Catriona Alyth McCormack John Alain Eloy

Gillian Keith Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas Soprano Grace Davidson Soprano Iestyn Davies Alto James Gilchrist Tenor Jonathan Best Bass Ben Davies Bass Jeremy Budd Tenor Mark Dobell Tenor

Chœur et acrobates des Hainauts Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles

Purcell’s version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream offers an extraordinary variety of music fashioning the magic, mystery, broad comedy and romance of the story of lovers thwarted, bewitched and reunited. The combined specialist early music forces of the choir and period instrument ensemble which are The Sixteen with their conductor Harry Christophers ensure this evening offers a truly authentic experience.

Jean-Paul Dessy Musical director Thierry Poquet Director Lew Bogdan Concept Iain F Macleod Texts David P Graham, Jean-Paul Dessy Composers Iain F Macleod, Thierry Poquet Drama Film Cie Retouramont, Keith Partridge Dance Film Norman Chalmers, Malcolm Maclean Creative Advisers

The Sixteen: ‘a tiny soundbite of Heaven.’ THE TIMES Harry Christophers: ‘wants to do more than just ravish our ears.

He wants to set us feeling and thinking... all that glorious vocal euphony just takes your breath away’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Friday 4 September 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours 30 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/fairyqueen Photo: Christian Mathieu

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Scaling the sheer cliffs of their rocky home ‘the Birdmen’ of St Kilda harvested a living from seabirds and their eggs for more than 3,000 years. The decline and depopulation of their society was a slow process, accelerated by contagions from the mainland. By the time the British government evacuated the island in 1930 there were hardly thirty people left – clinging to their unique way of life and furious landscape and roped to their customs and language.

St Kilda is the most westerly of Scottish islands and the last landfall before America. It is the UK’s only dual World Heritage Site – for both natural and cultural heritage – and the cliffs rise taller than the Empire State Building. Traditional Gaelic song and contemporary music are performed against a backdrop of vintage and modern film as a cast of actors, singers and acrobats tell the story of the ‘Birdmen’ of St Kilda.

Two large screens frame the stage and show archive film from 1908 to 1930. Interwoven with these highly emotional images is spectacular contemporary film of the place, its story and dramatic aerial cliff-dancers.

A co-production between Manège.Mons/Centre Dramatique/CECN/Musiques Nouvelles in partnership with Proiseact Nan Ealan – The Gaelic Arts Agency, Eolie Songe and le Phénix, with the participation of the Académie Fratellini and the support of INTERREG IV France – Wallonie – Vlaanderen, and the Conseil Régional Nord-Pas de Calais.

Saturday 15, Sunday 16 & Monday 17 August 8.00pm Edinburgh Festival Theatre Tickets £30 £26 £20 £15 £10 1 hour 25 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/stkilda

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Handspring Puppet Company Ricercar Consort Ulisse/L’Humana Fragilità Julian Podger Penelope Romina Basso Telemaco/Pisandro Lluís Vilamajó Nettuno/Antinoo/Tempo Stephan MacLeod Fortuna/Melanto/Anfinomo Anna Zander Eumete/Eurimaco/Giove Valerio Contaldo Amore/Minerva Adriana Fernandez Puppeteers Busi Zokufa, Adrian Kohler, Basil Jones, Jason Potgieter, Luc de Wit William Kentridge Director, animator and set designer Philippe Pierlot Musical Director Adrian Kohler Puppets, costume and set designer Luc de Wit Assistant Director Wesley France Lighting designer

Opera singers, musicians, half life-sized puppets and animated film come together to retell the Greek myth of Ulysses.

South African puppet company Handspring recently enjoyed great success in London with the National Theatre’s Warhorse. For this innovative production it has joined forces with Philippe Pierlot and his Belgium based ensemble the Ricercar Consort and visual artist and director William Kentridge, renowned for his video animations of charcoal drawings.

In Kentridge’s version of Monteverdi’s opera, Ulysses is no longer in Ithaca. Instead, he lies reminiscing in a Johannesburg hospital bed.

His romantic return to Penelope has become an epic dream that evokes not only classical Greece but also Monteverdi’s Venice and contemporary South Africa.

‘Ulysses is sick. He lies in bed, in twisted sheets, breathing shallowly. But Ulysses is made of wood…and the steady rise and fall of his breath as he lies racked by feverish dreams of reuniting with his wife is quiet testimony to the skill and detail of the production.’ THE NEW YORK TIMES Ricercar Consort: ‘simply a marvel of instrumental finesse, beauty of sound and perfection.’ BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK Original production by the KunstenFestival des Arts and La Monnaie De Munt, Brussels.

Staged production sung in Italian with English supertitles

Il ritorno The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

By Claudio Monteverdi

Sunday 23, Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26 August 8.00pm King’s Theatre Tickets £30 £26 £20 £15 £10 1 hour 40 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/handspring

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Photo: Johan Jacobs

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d’Ulisse

in patria

OPERA

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We are alive and dead at the same time.

Admeto's classical Greek world is re-imagined as the world of the Japanese samurai, very formal, with a strict hierarchy and many rules.

If you go to hell you probably don't come back the same person. As Alceste returns from Hades to the world of the living, by her side is her spirit-ghost, played by the famous Butoh dancer Tadashi Endo. He interprets her conflicting emotions of love, jealousy and rage until the very end when Alceste is reunited with Admeto and they leave to live happily ever after. The spirit-ghost reminds us in a last dance that we are always accompanied by our shadow from Hades.

Butoh is the Japanese dance of shadows, the dance of the dead dreaming of the living.

Admeto Tim Mead Alceste Kirsten Blaise Antigona Marie Arnet Orindo David Bates Trasimede Andrew Radley Ercole William Berger Meraspe Wolf Matthias Friedrich Solo dancer Tadashi Endo Dancers MAMU DANCE THEATRE FestspielOrchester Göttingen Nicholas McGegan Conductor Doris Dörrie Director Bernd Lepel Set and costume designer Tadashi Endo Choreographer Linus Fellbom Lighting designer

Award winning film maker, producer and author Doris Dörrie creates a new production for the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany. The production comes direct to the Edinburgh International Festival for its first performances after the June premiere.

Conductor Nicholas McGegan is Artistic Director of the Göttingen International Handel Festival which is dedicated to rediscovering and reviving works by Handel.

ADMETO, AD M ETO , KIN G O F T HE S S A LY

BY GEOR GE FR IDER IC HAN DEL Staged production sung in Italian with English supertitles

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Friday 28, Saturday 29, Monday 31 August 7.15pm Edinburgh Festival Theatre Tickets £64 £56 £50 £42 £40 £36 £27 £25 £14 3 hours 30 minutes approximately www.eif.co.uk/admeto

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OPERA

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DI TESSAGLIA

OPERA

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STAAT SOPER STUTTGAR T

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Within the cross-section of a four-storey building, the minutiae and repetition of human behaviour is brought to life.

No way out but death seems to be the message for the community of lonely people locked in their everyday routine – a danse macabre. Bach’s music, with its eloquence and connection to the human spirit, offers a promise of redemption from the necessity of repeating, forever and ever, a mundane existence.

Each of the fifty members of the choir of the Staatsoper Stuttgart plays an individual character, building an intricate and detailed picture of day to day life. The choir is amongst the most successful in Europe and won the title of ‘Opernwelt’s Opera Choir of the Year’ in seven different years.

Herbert Wernicke’s opera directing career included productions for Salzburg Festival, Bavarian State Opera and the Met in New York before he died tragically young in 2002.

He created the visually striking production Actus tragicus by combining six sacred cantatas to form one theatrical whole.

Where God the Lord stands with us not BWV 178, Who knows how near to me my end is? BWV 27, There is no nought of soundness within my body BWV 25, Ah, how fleeting, ah, how empty BWV 26, Watch with care lest all thy piety be hypocrisy BWV 179 and God’s own time is the best of times BWV 106 also known as Actus tragicus.

Friday 4 & Saturday 5 September 7.15pm Edinburgh Festival Theatre Tickets £64 £56 £50 £42 £40 £36 £27 £25 £14 1 hour 45 minutes approximately www.eif.co.uk/actustragicus

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Staatsoper Stuttgart Soprano I Simone Schneider Soprano II Heike Beckmann Soprano III Johannes Grimm Alto I Kai Wessel Alto II Cristina Otey Tenor I Martin Petzold Tenor II Michael Nowak Bass I Shigeo Ishino Bass II Daniel Henriks Michael Hofstetter Conductor Herbert Wernicke Director, set and costume designer Eva-Mareike Uhlig Co-designer for costumes Albrecht Puhlmann Dramaturg Michael Alber Choir master Hermann Münzer Light designer Staged production sung in German with English supertitles

OPERA

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Photo: Thilo Nass

DANCE

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The Return of

Ulysses Royal Ballet of Flanders

Photography: Johan Persson

How do you think you would feel if your partner went away for 20 years? Do you think you would be faithful? Or would the temptation to start a new life be too much?

It’s been two decades since Penelope’s husband, Ulysses, left to fight in the Trojan Wars and the intervening years have seen a string of lusty, power-hungry suitors knocking on her door.

Will the love she has for her husband stand the test of time?

Christian Spuck’s exhilarating production fills Penelope’s loneliest years with humour, wit and the down right weird – Poseidon wears flippers, goggles and a giant tutu while the goddess Athena becomes a tour guide equipped with a megaphone. And as the music of Purcell blends effortlessly into Doris Day, tightly choreographed corps-de-ballet becomes revue-style dancing.

‘Spuck’s fascinating combinations are dazzlingly fast, combining classical fireworks and some of the most original choreography’ FINANCIAL TIMES

Christian Spuck Choreographer Henry Purcell Music Various Songs from the 1940s and '50s Scottish Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Pope Conductor Elin Manahan Thomas Soprano Jens Schroth Dramatist Emma Ryott Scenery and costume designer Peter van Praet Lighting designer

Friday 21- Sunday 23 August 8.00pm Monday 24 August 2.30pm The Edinburgh Playhouse Tickets £42 £36 £32 £28 £24 £18 £12 £10 1 hour 15 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/ulysses

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Cesc Gelabert Choreographer and director Llorenç Corbella Set designer Lydia Azzopardi Costume designer Miguel Muñoz Lighting designer

Sense Fi

Conquassabit

Pascal Comelade Music

George Frideric Handel Music

Gelabert’s paradoxical dance work recognises the uncertainty of the world we live in and identifies the circles of destiny that lie within us all. Pascal Comelade’s energetic score blends effortlessly with Gelabert’s passionate choreographic style and in doing so, creates a joyful premiere for Festival 09.

Hold on to your hats! Conquassabit represents the intense power and calm of a hurricane and Gelabert’s dancers take you on a trip right to the eye of the storm.

Vocal and instrumental fragments of Handel’s music provide the soundtrack to movement that accelerates from moments of beauty and tranquility to those of shattering intensity.

Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa

Friday 21-Sunday 23 August 8.00pm Edinburgh Festival Theatre Tickets £28 £25 £23 £18 £12 £10 1 hour 30 minutes approximately

Co-production between Teatre Lliure de Barcelona and Gelabert Azzopardi

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Scots born Michael Clark returns to the Edinburgh International Festival for the first time in 20 years bringing a new work to Festival 09. In 1988 the memorable I am curious, Orange featuring live music by indie legends The Fall wowed audiences.

His creative starting point this time is that period in the late 1970s when rock’s holy trinity – David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed – worked in close proximity producing some of the classic music of the time.

Inspirational, iconic and rebellious, Clark’s dance worlds are radical and revolutionary, blending classicism with contemporary ideas.

His company, formed 25 years ago, has changed the face of British dance, collaborating with bands, fashion designers and visual artists.

With Clark's choreography and his wonderful company of dancers expect an evening of exhilarating modern dance.

‘One of Britain’s most important living creators of dance.’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

MICHAEL

‘British dance’s true iconoclast’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

CLARK NEW WORK

Commissioned by barbicanbite09 and Dance Umbrella (London), La Biennale di Venezia and Dansens Hus (Stockholm) as part of European Network of Performing Arts (ENPARTS).

MICHAEL CLARK COMPANY Michael Clark Choreographer

Photo: Richard Haughton

Charles Atlas Lighting designer

Co-production between Edinburgh International Festival, barbicanbite09, Dance Umbrella, Michael Clark Company, Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg and Maison des Arts de Créteil.

Friday 28- Monday 31 August 8.00pm The Edinburgh Playhouse Tickets £28 £23 £20 £18 £15 £12 £9 £8 Running time to be advised eif.co.uk/michaelclark

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SCENES DE BALLET Frederick Ashton Choreographer Igor Stravinsky Music Frederick Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet is a direct response to the elegant sophistication of Stravinsky’s score. It was Ashton’s favourite of his own works, and together with his Cinderella and Symphonic Variations formed the bedrock of what was to become the 'English style'.

Steeped in the language of classical ballet, the work's striking designs feature crisp tutus, black velvet berets and pearl chokers which echo the Broadway chic of the late 1940s.

WORKWITHINWORK William Forsythe Choreographer Luciano Berio Music Created by William Forsythe, former director of Frankfurt Ballet, Workwithinwork unites the dancers’ classical discipline and experimental playfulness using Berio’s haunting Duetti for two violins. The resulting displays of dance virtuosity shimmer in and out of the shadows on the beautifully lit Playhouse stage.

SCOTTISH PETRUSHKA

WORLD PREMIERE

Ian Spink Choreographer Yannis Thavoris Designer Igor Stravinsky Music Scottish Chamber Orchestra Nicolas Kok Conductor The tragic story of a Russian puppet brought to life by a wizard’s enchanted flute is given a twenty-first century twist by Australian-British choreographer and director, Ian Spink and Greek born designer Yannis Thavoris.

Spink has a real knack of breathing new life into classic stories, putting his own fresh slant onto some of the most well-established works.

He most recently directed Private Lives for The Citizens Theatre, L’enfant et les Sortileges and L’heure Epagnole for Opera Zuid, Maastricht and choreographed A Tragedy of Fashion for Rambert Dance Company. Festival audiences now have the chance to enjoy his creative take on the tale of Petrushka, choreographed for Scottish Ballet.

Friday 4 September 7.30pm & Saturday 5 September 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Edinburgh Playhouse Tickets £42 £36 £32 £28 £24 £18 £12 £10 2 hours 10 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/scottishballet

Supported through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund

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BALLET Ashton/Forsythe/Spink

Photo: Merlin Hendy

THEATRE

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EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Photo: Garth Oriander

OPTIMISM After Voltaire

Cast: Caroline Craig, Francis Greenslade, Amber McMahon, Hamish Michael, Barry Otto, Alison Whyte, Frank Woodley, David Woods

MALTHOUSE MELBOURNE

Music performed live by Iain Grandage

By Tom Wright

‘God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh’ VOLTAIRE (1694 -1778) Turning a quizzical eye to the woes of the heart and reeking with scandal and scurrilous vice, Optimism transforms Voltaire’s classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, into a cutting commentary on the no-worries bravura of the Australian swagger.

Australian comedian Frank Woodley leads a wonderful bunch of clowns in this remarkable road trip. Religion, sex, disease and philosophy all cross our hero’s path as he travels across five continents through a multitude of moods.

Join the criminally cheerful Candide for an optimistic journey to Utopia and back.

Michael Kantor Director Anna Tregloan Set and costume designer Iain Grandage Composer Paul Jackson Lighting designer An Edinburgh International Festival, Malthouse Melbourne Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Festival commission. ‘a ravishing piece of theatre’ SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY ON MALTHOUSE MELBOURNE'S THE TELL TALE HEART

Saturday 15 - Monday 17 August 8.00pm Sunday 16 August 2.30pm Royal Lyceum Theatre Tickets £25 £21 £18 £15 £10 Running time to be advised eif.co.uk/optimism

Supported by the Government of Victoria, Australia through Arts Victoria

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EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Photo: TheatreWorks (Singapore)

DIASPORA

BY ONG KENG SEN THEATREWORKS SINGAPORE CHINESE ORCHESTRA Ong Keng Sen Director and writer Tsung Yeh Conductor Choy Ka Fai Video installation Toru Yamanaka Electronic composer Scott Zielinski Lighting designer Video artists: Rabiya Chaudry, Ariani Darmawan, Zai Kuning, Dinh Q. Le, Navin Rawanchaikul, Tintin Wulia Actors: Koh Boon Pin, Janice Koh, Lim Kay Tong, Nora Samosir

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 August 8.00pm The Edinburgh Playhouse Tickets £30 £25 £18 £15 £10 £8 1 hour 30 minutes approximately

Diaspora is a sweeping, panoramic performance exploring memory, migration, assimilation and the triumph of the human spirit. Ong Keng Sen’s visionary production is an intricate layering of music, video and live story-telling.

Keng Sen and a group of video artists have searched for real-life stories of diaspora and displacement.

Through the personal stories of Vietnamese Americans, Indonesian Chinese, Indians in South East Asia, Orang Laut (or sea nomads) and Scottish Muslims, Keng Sen explores notions of home, identity and the dispersion of peoples through war, through birth and through choice.

This epic panorama of image and sound is underscored by a timeline of Chinese music spanning 2000 years, ranging from mountain songs to contemporary compositions, performed live by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra.

‘Ong Keng Sen is one of Singapore’s cultural jewels.’

THE GUARDIAN

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Ong Keng Sen is Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.

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WORLD PREMIERE

The

Last

By Rona Munro Dominic Hill Director Naomi Wilkinson Designer Chris Davey Lighting designer

TRAVERSE THEATRE COMPANY Dornoch, northern Scotland, 1727. In the claustrophobic heat of summer, a woman’s apparent ability to manipulate the power of land and sea stirs suspicion. Janet Horne can cure beasts, call the wind and charm fish out of the sea. Or can she? As her refusal to refute their claims of sorcery incenses the local community, her magnetic allure continues to captivate and destroy.

The Last Witch is based on the historical account of Janet Horne, the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland. She was sentenced to death by burning in her home town, accused by friends and neighbours who believed she had made a pact with the devil.

Rona Munro is one of Scotland’s leading playwrights and The Last Witch has been specially commissioned by the Festival. Munro explores the psychological rifts that can divide close communities and drive families apart, and vividly illustrates the destructive potential of fear in a small village.

Rona Munro is Edinburgh International Festival Creative Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.

A co-production between the Edinburgh International Festival and the Traverse Theatre.

Sunday 23 & Monday 24 August 7.30pm, Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 August 7.30pm, Thursday 27 & Saturday 29 August 2.30pm Royal Lyceum Theatre Tickets £25 £21 £18 £15 £10 Running time to be advised eif.co.uk/thelastwitch

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International Festival Science Consortium

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Brian Friel is Ireland’s most popular living playwright.

As much a composer of words as a dramatist, he uses a poetic and often surreal style that is both wise and earthy.

Dublin’s Gate Theatre has established a unique relationship with Friel and this Festival residency offers the opportunity to see three of his masterworks.

‘The Gate Theatre has been an integral part of the success of modern Irish drama… it offers a peerless tribute to the work of Brian Friel’ THE AGE Robin Lefèvre Director (Faith Healer, Afterplay) Patrick Mason Director (The Yalta Game) Liz Ascroft Set and costume designer Jim McConnell Lighting designer Denis Clohessy Music and sound designer

GATE FRIEL Photo: Bobby Hanvey

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Photography: Trent O'Donnell

Faith Healer

The Yalta Game

Afterplay

Arguably Friel’s greatest play, Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre. Frank Hardy is a faith healer who has spent a lifetime touring the decayed villages of Scotland and Wales with his manager Teddy and his wife/mistress Grace.

An accountant holidays alone, leaving his wife and family behind in Moscow.

While away he meets a young woman and they indulge in a brief affair. Back home they both find themselves obsessed by their encounter and meet again to embark on a self destructive path of duplicity, ecstasy and love.

An extraordinary encounter between two of Chekhov’s lost souls. You may have met Sonya before in Uncle Vanya and Andrey in The Three Sisters. Both characters are now middle-aged, but cannot escape the baggage of their earlier lives; Andrey is still confused and living in a remote rural town; Sonya continues to pine over the local doctor.

The Yalta Game is based on a theme in Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Lapdog.

Friel’s expressive interpretation turns one of the best short stories ever written into a provocative piece of modern theatre.

The two characters meet by chance in a café and as we follow their sometimes stilted conversation, we slowly discover the fate of both their families.

The story of their touring and of their fateful return is told in separate, often contradictory accounts by Grace, Teddy and Frank himself.

Taken together these narratives create a mosaic that is both seductive and terrifying.

Cast: Ingrid Craigie, Kim Durham, Owen Roe ‘Mesmerising... a major work of art’ THE NEW YORK TIMES

‘a beautiful and poetic examination of truth and reality’ THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE

‘Remarkable... takes us close to the heart of Chekhov.’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Beautifully performed… superb’ THE AUSTRALIAN

Saturday 15-Tuesday 18 August 7.30pm, Sunday 16 August 2.00pm, Wednesday 2, Friday 4 & Saturday 5 September 7.30pm King's Theatre Tickets £25 £23 £20 £17 £15 £10 2 hours 40 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/faithhealer

Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 August 9.00pm, Tuesday 1 September 9.00pm, Friday 4 September 5.00pm, Saturday 5 September 2.00pm King's Theatre Tickets £25 £23 £20 £17 £15 £10 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/theyaltagame

Monday 31 August 9.00pm, Tuesday 1 September 6.00pm, Thursday 3 September 7.30pm, Friday 4 September 2.00pm & Saturday 5 September 5.00pm King's Theatre Tickets £25 £23 £20 £17 £15 £10 1 hours 5 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/afterplay

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NATIONAL THEATRE ’RADU STANCA’ SIBIU MUSIC PERFORMED BY IMPERIUM BAND Performed in Romanian with English supertitles

faust

By Silviu Purcarete Freely adapted after Goethe

What would you do to achieve absolute enlightenment? Meet the man who makes the ultimate sacrifice in his search for infinite knowledge.

Meet Faust.

Obsessed by a fear of growing old and driven by a vampire-like lust for life our protagonist makes a pact with the mannequin-like Mephistopheles, a bizarre androgenous creature. In fact, the devil.

Silviu Purcarete’s wild adaptation of this iconic tale is a large scale work with industrial music, pantomime, remarkable staging and a huge cast. Prepare to be assaulted by a vision of base instincts as you’re drawn (literally) into Faust’s apocalyptic nightmare of life and death. Agony and ecstasy in a land of orgies, torture and murder.

The cast includes Ilie Gheorghe as Faust, Ofelia Popii as Mephistopheles and over 100 actors and musicians. A section of this production is promenade.

Macabre theatre on a grand scale.

Silviu Purcarete Director Helmut Stürmer Set designer Daniel Raduta Assistant set designer Vasile Sirli Composer Lia Mantoc Costumes designer Andu Dumitrescu Video designer Please note this performance contains adult content and nudity.

Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 August 7.30pm Lowland Hall, Ingliston Tickets £20 2 hours approximately eif.co.uk/faust Photo: Mihaela Marin

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English translation

by Elizabeth Elliot Adapted for the stage

by David Levin

‘Alas this day! Alas this woeful tide When I began to quarrel with my gods!’

CRESSEID

In a bleak midwinter, a wise man stops to recount the haunting story of a woman’s battle with her own destiny. A lyrical lament on what might have been and a cautionary tale on longing, love and loss and the dangers of reasoning with the divine.

Robert Henryson was a distinctive Scottish voice in northern renaissance literature at a time when society was on the cusp between medieval and renaissance sensibilities.

His 1590 Testament of Cresseid sets out to complete the story of Cresseid left unfinished in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde.

Scottish film and theatre star Jimmy Yuill takes to the stage in the world premiere of the first staged production of this epic work commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival.

A poignant and starkly beautiful experience.

David Levin Director and designer Jimmy Yuill Actor

The Testament of Cresseid Saturday 29-Monday 31 August 8.00pm, Wednesday 2-Saturday 5 September 8.00pm The Hub Tickets £17 1 hour approximately Photo: Saskia Dimitrijevic

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Peter Pan is reimagined by Mabou Mines in this exuberant and haunting adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale.

Performer Karen Kandel joins seven skilled puppeteers to bring a child’s fantastic dream to life – laundry pirouettes across the sky, a cruel puppet crocodile dances a tango with Captain Hook and Tinkerbell is conjured up in the shimmering space between two finger-cymbals. A bittersweet imaging of childhood.

Johnny Cunningham’s original musical score, played live on stage in traditional Scottish style by a seven piece band, makes an emotional connection between the performance and Barrie’s Scottish homeland.

Photo: Scott Suchman

New York’s Mabou Mines is renowned for producing multi-disciplinary creations integrating the work of visual artists, puppeteers and musicians and offering fresh perspectives on classic works.

Peter and Wendy ‘a profoundly magical piece…’ THE WASHINGTON TIMES

‘…indisputably among the most influential experimental ensembles of our time.’ THE NEW YORK TIMES

After J. M. Barrie MABOU MINES

Liza Lorwin Producer and adapter Julie Archer Designer Lee Breuer Director Johnny Cunningham Composer

Photo: Beatriz Schiller

Wednesday 2 -Saturday 5 September 7.30pm, Saturday 5 September 2.30pm Royal Lyceum Theatre Tickets £25 £21 £18 £15 £10 2 hours 20 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/peterandwendy

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Tondal’s Vision DIALOGOS Sung in Church Slavonic and in Latin with English supertitles ‘For how long a time was I dead?’

Tondal’s Vision was one of the most popular visionary stories of the 12th century.

In this mysterious text, a medieval knight named Tondal falls asleep at a banquet. He has a dream where his spirit visits hell, and through the darkness, is guided back to his body by the voice of an unknown angel. This journey to the other side of death, which seems endless to Tondal, lasts for only the blink of an eye.

In this version vocal ensemble Dialogos presents the vision in a new context with medieval polyphony producing a pure and expressive rendition of this ancient story.

‘It is passionate and divinely beautiful from beginning to end.’

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‘The singing is luminous. Truly. This is music which makes your soul and your body vibrate’ CLASSICA Katarina Livljanic Director, musical conception and text adaptation Sandra Herzic Staging Voices: Marie Barenton, Laura Gordiani, Katarina Livljanic, Lucia Nigohossian, Sandrah Silvio, Sylvie ŠpeharVucic

Experimentum Mundi Giorgio Battistelli Director Nicola Raffone Percussion Members of the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union For voices, percussion, narrator and artisans Composer Giorgio Battistelli takes sixteen artisans dressed in overalls and aprons and sets them to work in the Traverse Theatre producing a compelling and evocative symphony from your wildest imagination. Demolishing the barriers between life and art, everyday tools become musical instruments and the workmen transform into musicians in this fantastical and memorable performance piece.

Standing to one side, an actor reads extracts

by Enlightenment writers describing in turn the tools and the work being done on stage. Sparks fly, eggs crack and hammers pound in this unforgettable blend human creativity and basic hard work.

Sharing the Festival: Experimentum Mundi is also performed at The Space, Dundee on Tuesday 8 September at 2.30pm & 7.30pm. See page 57 for details.

Photo: Corinne Silva

Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 August 9.30pm Canongate Kirk Tickets £17 1 hour 10 minutes approximately

Wednesday 2-Saturday 5 September 8.00pm Traverse Theatre Tickets £17 1 hour approximately

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Bach at Greyfriars JS Bach’s cantatas lie at the heart of his musical output; a huge body of vocal and instrumental music composed to enhance and enrich religious ceremonies and social occasions. Festival 09 offers the chance to hear a selection of these ever beautiful, varied and compelling works alongside music by Michael Praetorius, Dietrich Buxtehude and George Frideric Handel.

Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki Conductor Rachel Nicholls Soprano Robin Blaze Countertenor Makoto Sakurada Tenor Bach Ich armer Mensch BWV 55 Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust BWV 170 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51 Famed for its performance of Bach’s works Masaaki Suzuki’s Bach Collegium Japan is joined here by three outstanding singers in a concert of solo cantatas.

Bach Collegium Japan: ‘beautiful, riveting and ferociously intense.’

Huelgas Ensemble

THE WASHINGTON POST

Paul Van Nevel Conductor

Tuesday 25 August 5.45pm

The cantata series begins with a concert of chorales by Bach and his inspirational predecessor Michael Praetorius. In a feast of harmony, Huelgas Ensemble performs chorales including Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh’ darein and Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht.

‘Their sound has a timeless beauty’ THE SCOTSMAN Thursday 20 August 5.45pm

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Dunedin Consort John Butt Director Susan Hamilton Soprano Matthew Brook Bass Bach Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen BWV 32 Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 731 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 676 Selig ist der Mann BWV 57

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European Union Baroque Orchestra Lars Ulrik Mortensen Director/Harpsichord Maria Keohane Soprano Handel Silete Venti Bach Concerto for harpsichord in D BWV 1054 Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten BWV 202 Alongside some of Europe’s finest young musicians Swedish soprano Maria Keohane performs Handel’s solo cantata Silete Venti and Bach’s life-affirming wedding cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten while Lars Ulrik Mortensen, one of the finest harpsichord players of his generation, performs Bach’s virtuosic concerto in D major.

Wednesday 26 August 5.45pm

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Ricercar Consort

Winner of a 2008 MIDEM Baroque Award and the 2007 Classic FM Gramophone Award for Best Baroque Vocal Album, the Dunedin Consort performs Bach’s Dialogue Cantatas which symbolise the conversation between the human soul and Jesus Christ along with two of Bach's chorale preludes for organ.

Philippe Pierlot Director Katharine Fuge Soprano Carlos Mena Countertenor Julian Podger Tenor Stephan MacLeod Bass

Dunedin Consort: ‘heartfelt and beautiful singing… admirable clarity and direction.’ THE HERALD

Over two concerts the Ricercar Consort explores some of Bach’s earliest cantatas with an outstanding line-up of singers. Directed from the viol by Philippe Pierlot, the concerts feature Bach’s funeral cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit also known as Actus tragicus and Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut with soprano soloist Katharine Fuge.

Friday 21 August 5.45pm

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Bach Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut BWV 199 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich BWV 150 Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir BWV 131 Thursday 27 August 5.45pm

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Bach Komm, du süsse Todesstunde BWV 161 Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106 ‘Pierlot is one of today’s more thoughtful Bach interpreters and his Ricercar Consort respond with ever more intensity.’ GRAMOPHONE Supported by

Dunard Fund

Friday 28 August 5.45pm

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Cantus Cölln Konrad Junghänel Director Bach Der Herr denket an uns BWV 196 Buxtehude Gott hilf mir Bach Gleich wie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt BWV 18 Buxtehude Herzlich lieb hab ich Dich, oh Herr In 1705 Bach went to Lübeck to study with the great composer and organist Dietrich Buxtehude. Juxtaposing two cantatas by Buxtehude with early works Bach completed soon after this Lübeck visit, this concert promises to illuminate the inspiring influence Buxtehude had on the young master.

‘Konrad Junghänel gleaned pristine textures from his singers’ THE GUARDIAN

Tuesday 1 September 5.45pm

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Retrospect Ensemble Matthew Halls Director Carolyn Sampson Soprano Bach O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit BWV 210 Non sa che sia dolore BWV 209 Matthew Halls directs from the keyboard in a concert featuring Carolyn Sampson, described by Gramophone Magazine as ‘now the best British early music soprano by quite some distance’.

‘Matthew Halls conducts… gloriously shapely and sensuous melodies with headstrong enthusiasm’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Wednesday 2 September 5.45pm

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The Sixteen Harry Christophers Conductor Bach Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen BWV 146 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her BWV 9 Conductor and founder Harry Christophers leads his renowned choir and period ensemble, bringing vigour and passion to cantatas written by Bach during his Leipzig years. ‘exultant and agile singing’ THE TIMES Thursday 3 September 5.45pm

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Lewis Psalm Singers The Lewis Psalm Singers represent a unique and extraordinary congregational vocal music from the Gaelic Presbyterian Church.

First a line of Psalm is intoned by a single precentor before congregational singers respond, each freely ornamenting the same melodic line to create an emotive swell of sound.

The singers present a selection from the repertoire of 150 Gaelic psalms commonly sung in the Western Isles. At times joyful, at times plaintive, this performance promises to be an intensely moving experience.

Saturday 15 August 5.45pm Greyfriars Kirk Tickets £17 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/lewis

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Sir Willard White Eugene Asti Piano An evening with one of the world’s best loved singers Sir Willard White. The concert includes songs

by Charles Ives, Benjamin Britten and Roger Quilter, well known spirituals and a selection of Copland’s Old American Songs.

‘Never any need to wait for the spirituals to find the spirit in a Willard White recital… even the most sophisticated art song is turned by the Jamaican bass-baritone into a full-blown heart song.’ THE TIMES ‘a warm, enveloping voice, excellent musicianship, great dignity and touching vulnerability’ THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Made in Scotland Royal Scottish National Orchestra Paul Daniel Conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony No 5 An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise James MacMillan Britannia The Confession of Isobel Gowdie Master of the Queen’s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is a composer long resident in Scotland, with a huge affection for his adopted country. His rousing depiction of a wedding on the Orkney islands is his most famous work. His 5th Symphony was influenced by plainchant and written at a time when he had been studying the music of Sibelius.

Written to celebrate the British Orchestra, James MacMillian's Britannia is an affectionate orchestral fantasy with a Celtic feel which incorporates martial marches and imperial themes, an Irish reel and a Cockney drinking song.

The elegiac passages in The Confession of Isobel Gowdie are interrupted by extreme and violent music reflecting Isobel’s suffering and representing the murdered innocents of witch hunts. ‘the work craves absolution and offers Isobel Gowdie {tried for witchcraft in 1662} the mercy and humanity that was denied her in the last days of her life…

I have tried to capture the soul of Scotland in music’ JAMES MACMILLAN

Saturday 15 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £30 £24 £19 £17 £14 £12 £10 £8 2 hours approximately

Sunday 16 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours approximately

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Orchestre des Champs-Élysées

Elias (Elijah)

Philippe Herreweghe Conductor

Felix Mendelssohn

Alexander Lonquich Piano

Orchestre des Champs-Élysées Collegium Vocale Gent Coro dell’Accademia Chigiana Philippe Herreweghe Conductor

Mendelssohn Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’ Romantic German composer Felix Mendelssohn found inspiration in Scotland and its landscapes. He visited Scotland in 1829 when he met Sir Walter Scott, sailed around the Inner Hebrides and visited Holyrood Palace where the Abbey proved the inspiration for his Scottish Symphony. Mendelssohn’s rich, colourful and dramatic music paints a vivid picture of his Scottish experiences.

Philippe Herreweghe founded the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées to recreate the brilliance of Romantic music on original instruments. Their lively and authentic style has won them acclaim around the world.

Simona Saturova Soprano Christianne Stotijn Mezzo soprano Maximilian Schmitt Tenor Florian Boesch Bass Mendelssohn’s final oratorio is an extremely dramatic and vivid portrait of the Biblical prophet Elijah. The energy in the music, the inspired orchestration and sheer beauty of many of the arias make it one of classical music’s most popular works. Although often performed in English it was originally written in German, as performed here.

Artistic Director of the orchestra and choruses, Philippe Herreweghe, leads them together with a line-up of stellar soloists in an evening of stirring music-making.

Orchestre des Champs-Élysées: ‘a strong and highly skilled band… punchy, bright brass, the lean and sweet violins, the horns with their bite and lyricism, are a pleasure in their own right.’ THE INDEPENDENT

‘Never was there a more complete triumph; never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art.’

Monday 17 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours approximately

Tuesday 18 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours 45 minutes approximately

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THE TIMES ON THE 1846 PREMIERE OF ELIJAH

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Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Yefim Bronfman Piano Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin: Suite Salonen Piano Concerto Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune Janácek Sinfonietta Béla Bartók was fascinated by Menyhért Lengyel’s violent and erotic fable The Miraculous Mandarin, the story of a young girl forced to seduce men so her captors could steal from them. Bartók created one of his most scintillating scores, dripping with drama and yearning for the redemptive power of human love.

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Piano Concerto, with its demanding and percussive solo piano part is dedicated to the pianist Yefim Bronfman, the soloist in this performance.

Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall Conductor Handel Water Music Suites 1 & 2 Music for the Royal Fireworks Marin Marais Alcione (excerpts)

The shimmering music of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune evokes the mysterious eroticism of Mallarmé’s famous poem. Janácek’s Sinfonietta was intended to express ‘contemporary free man, his spiritual beauty and joy, his strength, courage and determination to fight for victory’.

Performed on a barge on the River Thames by an orchestra of 50, George I liked the Water Music so much he was said to have demanded it be played three times that night.

Much of the music is now used regularly on TV and radio and will be very familiar to those who don’t even realise they know it.

‘The giddy pleasure of hearing Mr Salonen evoking, appropriating and downright stealing the music he loves… to produce something excitingly original.’

Handel went on to compose for George II and, to celebrate victory in the war for Austrian succession, wrote Music for the Royal Fireworks. The music was a popular hit even from the dress rehearsal, causing a three hour carriage jam as 12,000 people flocked to hear it.

THE NEW YORK TIMES ON HIS PIANO CONCERTO

Yefim Bronfman: ‘brawny, powerhouse virtuoso who appears unruffled by the most demanding works in the repertoire.’ THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Mixing the familiar with the unfamiliar, discover Marais’s orchestral music from his opera ballet Alcione. Full of magic and fantastic journeys, Jordi Savall and his orchestra Le Concert des Nations are experts in performing this music.

‘Harpsichord and thrumming theorbos provided the rhythmic and percussive driving force behind this delightful, giddy whirl performed, once again, to a completely full house.’ THE SCOTSMAN FESTIVAL 07

Wednesday 19 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours approximately

Thursday 20 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours approximately

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Roger Norrington Conductor David Blackadder Trumpet Joyce DiDonato Soprano Haydn Symphony 49 ‘La passione’ Trumpet Concerto Scena di Berenice Symphony 48 ‘Maria Theresia’ The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is famous for its fresh sound, with musicians playing on period instruments and pouring their passion into the music.

The concert is led by Sir Roger Norrington, a leading authority in the performance of Haydn.

Although written a year apart these symphonies could not be more contrasting. La passione is infused with dark textures and a relentless energetic drive in the opening and final movements, while Maria Theresia has Haydn’s characteristic verve and humour.

Scena di Berenice was composed to celebrate the virtuosity of the dramatic soprano Brigida Banti and offers a wonderful showcase for its soloist.

Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto was truly a ground breaking masterpiece at its premiere, written for a friend who had developed the first valved trumpet. It is a dazzling illustration of just how virtuosic this brightest of brass instruments can be.

Bryn Terfel Malcolm Martineau Piano Baritone Bryn Terfel and accompanist Malcolm Martineau perform a heart-warming selection of favourite songs including Sea Fever by John Ireland, Songs of Travel

by Vaughan Williams, Now sleeps the crimson petal

by Quilter and rousing traditional songs from the British Isles including Loch Lomond, Danny Boy and Molly Malone. ‘a voice in a billion’ THE TIMES ‘Terfel himself has the gift to be simple and, in something almost amounting to genius, the gift of communication.

With him, the words live and become vivid’ GRAMOPHONE

Joyce DiDonato: ‘a mezzo cast in milk chocolate, so smooth and agile that it can reach up to a diamond-bright soprano as well as sink to a rich, chesty alto… and always intelligently shaping the verse and text.’ THE TIMES OAE: ‘They are spreading the sweetness and light of period performance… Their brilliance and dedication attract the most distinguished conductors and soloists of the day.’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

Saturday 22 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 1 hour 50 minutes approximately

Sunday 23 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £30 £24 £19 £17 £14 £12 £10 £8 1 hour 50 minutes approximately

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Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor Garry Walker Conductor* Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus

European Union Baroque Orchestra Chiara Banchini Director/Violin Corelli Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 4 in D Muffat Sonata No 2 in G minor, ‘Armonico Tributo’ Geminiani La Follia (after Corelli Op 5 No 12) in D minor Handel Sonata a 5 Muffat Sonata No 1 in D, ‘Armonico Tributo’ Corelli Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 8 in G minor This extraordinary youth orchestra performs with period instruments and for this concert has tripled its usual size, boasting 60 players. They are directed from the violin

by Chiara Banchini, one of baroque music’s most admired interpreters.

Here they perform a programme of music by contemporaries Corelli, Muffat, Geminiani and Handel who met in Rome in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Muffat’s music is immediate and powerful, Corelli’s coolly elegant, while Geminiani’s La Follia, a reworking of Corelli’s set of virtuoso variations, highlights his talent as one of the greatest violinists of his time.

This concert also features Handel’s musical tribute to Corelli, the Italianate Sonata a 5.

Chiara Banchini: ‘a performance of considerable flair and brilliance.’ THE HERALD FESTIVAL 07

Rebecca Evans Soprano Christine Rice Mezzo soprano Robert Murray Tenor Henry Waddington Bass Haydn Symphony No 70* Giorgio Battistelli Fair is foul, foul is fair (World premiere EIF commission)* Haydn Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze Haydn is known for sunny and humorous musical works and his Symphony No 70 is perhaps one of his most flamboyant pieces. In contrast, his Seven last words of our saviour on the cross is unique among his works, being commissioned for a church with the requirement that all seven movements were slow and dark. And they are; although his skill as a composor ensured plenty of contrasts.

The world premiere of a new work by Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli has been commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and been made possible by Donald MacDonald.

It is conducted by Scottish conductor Garry Walker.

Battistelli’s compositions often have a great sense of drama whether for stage or concert hall. His most established work, Experimentum Mundi, can be seen in Festival 09 at the Traverse Theatre see page 29.

Sir Charles Mackerras: ‘with simply a flick of the finger or symbolically carved gesture, could mould this performance with tightly knit spontaneity and an element of danger that always felt totally under control.’ THE SCOTSMAN

‘Scintillating is the only word for them – so alert, responsive and imaginative is their playing… I’d hazard a bet that EUBO boasts some future superstars’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Tuesday 25 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 1 hour 50 minutes approximately

Wednesday 26 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours 15 minutes approximately

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Supported by Léan

Scully EIF Fund

With support from

Donald and Louise MacDonald

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Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich David Zinman Conductor Dawn Upshaw Soprano Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn Berio Folksongs Mahler Symphony No 4 Brahms gained confidence and acclaim as an orchestral composer through his pioneering Variations on a theme

by Haydn, a bold and diverse work with a phenomenal triumphant finale.

Berio’s Folksongs are sparkling gems, inspired by traditions from as far apart as the Appalachian mountains of the United States and Azerbaijan. Berio’s love of folk music is clear, creating respectful arrangements that are beautifully orchestrated.

Mahler’s Fourth Symphony takes the listener through sleigh bells, folk songs and dances to one of his finest slow movements, thought by some to be amongst the most beautiful music ever written, and on to the glorious final section Heavenly Life.

Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich: ‘Hard, crisp accents, flexible dynamics and a superb orchestral balance flow from the alert collective mind of the musicians, a single body full of musicality, intelligence and motivation.’ DIE WELT Dawn Upshaw: ‘Leaping effortlessly across language barriers and chasms of mood, the astounding Upshaw spanned the full breadth of her vocal and emotional range... the kind of power, clarity and pure beauty that can transfix a listener.’

ST PAUL PIONEER PRESS ON BERIO’S FOLKSONGS

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Roméo et Juliette Hector Berlioz Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève Conductor Edinburgh Festival Chorus Christopher Bell Chorus Master Patricia Bardon Mezzo soprano Loïc Félix Tenor Franz Hawlata Bass Roméo et Juliette is one of Berlioz’s greatest and most original works. Often reduced to orchestral excerpts this concert offers a rarer opportunity to hear the full dramatic work. Berlioz composed this work in homage to Shakespeare and Beethoven who both inspired him greatly.

The exceptionally virtuosic writing for the orchestra is appropriate given its dedication to Paganini who helped fund its composition.

From the fiery opening, introducing the rivalry of the Montague and Capulet houses, to the finale with massive choral forces playing out the quarrels between these families and the tragic consequences, it is a theatrical and musical tour de force.

RSNO: ‘were off the leash, with stunning playing that absolutely gripped.’ THE HERALD

Thursday 27 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours 30 minutes approximately

Friday 28 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours 15 minutes approximately

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles Conductor Baiba Skride Violin Jan Vogler Cello

Ivo Pogorelich

Webern Im Sommerwind Brahms Double Concerto Strauss Don Quixote

Chopin Nocturne Op 55 No 2 in E flat Chopin Sonata Op 58 in B minor Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1 Sibelius Valse Triste Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit

The highly acclaimed partnership of Donald Runnicles and the BBC SSO appears at the Festival for the first time since his appointment as Chief Conductor.

Ivo Pogorelich excites debate and discussion every bit as much today as he did when he burst on to the scene at the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1980. Described as a genius, he brings his own very distinct interpretations to well-known piano works such as Chopin’s Nocturne and Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz and a huge wealth of colour from the piano in works like Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit.

This is Ivo Pogorelich’s Festival debut.

‘Sensitive to the music’s shifting moods, Mr Pogorelich is muscular and virile one moment, delicate and pristine the next’ THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘technically astounding, deeply personal and unabashedly eccentric playing.’ THE NEW YORK TIMES

Strauss catches the humour and humanity of Cervantes’s famous tale Don Quixote. The music so effectively conveys the adventures of the tragic knight that it is almost visual.

A mix of lush expansiveness and Webern’s more famous miniature detail, make Im Sommerwind an unusual and exciting piece. Brahms described his Double Concerto for violin and cello as a ‘strange flight of fancy’, inspired by his preoccupation with Baroque music.

‘Skride’s playing is unfailingly intelligent, her virtuosity is allied to a sure sense of the work’s emotional range.

Her tone is full but beautifully controlled, and her phrasing throughout has a natural flair that is compelling’ THE INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

‘shows Vogler to be a heroic interpreter whose way with the cello is just as astounding as Rostropovich’s.’

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

‘Runnicles has come home – and already America’s loss looks like Europe’s gain.’ FINANCIAL TIMES

Saturday 29 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £30 £24 £19 £17 £14 £12 £10 £8 1 hour 50 minutes approximately

Monday 31 August 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 1 hour 50 minutes approximately

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The Monteverdi Choir The English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner Conductor

Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin Ingo Metzmacher Conductor Christian Tetzlaff Violin Webern Passacaglia Berg Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No 4 The music of JS Bach is central to these diverse pieces of music. Webern wrote this Passacaglia inspired by Bach, creating an eerie and powerful work. Berg’s Violin Concerto draws on one of Bach’s, most famous chorales Es ist genug. And in the lush and lyrical Symphony No 4 Brahms takes the chaconne from Bach’s Cantata No 150 and makes it his own, writing what some consider his magnum opus.

JC Bach Es erhub sich ein Streit Handel Exodus (Part 1 of Israel in Egypt) JS Bach Herr Gott, dich loben wir BWV 130 Es erhub sich ein Streit BWV 19 Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft BWV 50 Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Choir and orchestra offer a fresh and inspiring interpretation of Bach’s cantatas which has won them acclaim around the world. They reach right to the heart of this music and guide audiences through what are some of JS Bach’s most dramatic sacred works.

In these Cantatas, written for the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, the music ranges from burly to sublime. ‘an evening of immaculate sound from the Monteverdi Choir’ SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY FESTIVAL 08

‘choral singing of impeccable beauty’ THE SCOTSMAN FESTIVAL 08

Christian Tetzlaff: ‘seemed somewhat dazed by the rock star ovation that erupted after his stunning performance’ NEW YORK TIMES

DSO: ‘Under Metzmacher’s calm, fluid beat the playing was near-faultless’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Wednesday 2 September 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 1 hour 50 minutes approximately

Thursday 3 September 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 1 hour 50 minutes approximately

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Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert Scottish Chamber Orchestra Matthew Halls Conductor Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus Handel Zadok the Priest Music for the Royal Fireworks (excerpts) Hallelujah Chorus, Messiah Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon

The Dream of Gerontius Edward Elgar Hallé Sir Mark Elder Conductor National Youth Choir of Scotland Edinburgh Festival Chorus Christopher Bell Chorus Master

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus joins the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for a rousing night of some of Handel’s most famous works.

The technical and artistic wizards of Pyrovision once again choreograph a stunning display to match Handel’s triumphant, exuberant music composed for royal occasions or in praise of God. For lots more information, tips and audio clips visit www.eif.co.uk/bankofscotlandfireworksconcert Due to the popularity of this event, please note the special ticket sales arrangements.

Alice Coote Mezzo soprano Paul Groves Tenor Iain Paterson Bass

Ross Theatre tickets (£25) go on sale with all other Festival tickets. Princes Street Gardens tickets (£10) are allocated in three ways:

Huge forces gather to perform Elgar’s masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius. This intense work, a story of spiritual discovery told by Elgar with moving personal faith and conviction is also quintessentially British from the spine tingling opening to the passionate, symphonic climax.

By postal ballot, limited to six per customer. Please send an application and payment made to Hub Tickets, separate from any other Festival tickets, and remember to include a stamped addressed envelope. Closing date for the ballot is Monday 25 May.

Hallé: ‘a classy performance all round… demonstrated the hushed tone and perfect ensemble that indicate a world class orchestra.’ THE TIMES

Online – an allocation will be released for sale at 11.00am on Monday 27 July at www.eif.co.uk These are limited to four per customer.

The final allocation will go on sale on Sunday 30 August at 10.00am only from the counter at The Hub. These are limited to four per customer.

Saturday 5 September 8.00pm Usher Hall Tickets £39 £34 £27 £24 £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 2 hours 15 minutes approximately

Sunday 6 September 9.00pm Princes Street Gardens Tickets £25 (Ross Theatre, seated), £10 (Gardens) 45 minutes approximately

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The Caledonia Sessions Concerto Caledonia and guests explore the musical scene in Scotland in the 18th century and before, as part of the cultural backdrop to the Scottish Enlightenment and the entertainment enjoyed by its major figures. These informal concerts reconnect with some of Scotland’s rarely-performed or lost musical traditions, reminding us of the wealth and diversity of the nation’s music, songs and instruments.

Triplepipes, Lust and Spilt Blood with guests Alasdair Roberts and Patsy Seddon

Robert Burns's Worldly Friends with guests Michael Marra and James Gilchrist

Ballads, psalms and songs from the days of Columba to the present, rub shoulders with medieval and renaissance dance tunes and an 18th century bagpipe in this first concert. Tracing the beginnings of some of Scotland’s great musical traditions are the triplepipe, seen carved on many a Pictish stone in Scotland but now surviving only in Sardinia, and music for the original wire-strung clàrsach, heard along with the gut-strung instrument familiar today from the Victorian revival.

Thursday 20 August 9.30pm

The very first Edinburgh Festival in 1815 was harshly criticised for not including Burns’s song Scots Wha Hae. Here it appears in Pietro Urbani’s musical depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn, as part of a feast of curiosities from Enlightenment Edinburgh. There’s chamber music from Burns’s friend the Scots-German cellist Christoff Schetky, and Allan Ramsay’s songbook provides proof that Monty Python wasn’t the first to suspect that the classical philosophers liked a drop.

Wednesday 26 August 9.30pm

Dance Band Night Before the fiddle and the strathspey and reel took hold in the late 18th century, the dances and the tunes that a Scottish dance band would play were quite different. A meeting point for a huge variety of music, both native and from further afield, Concerto Caledonia’s dance band steps back in time for a colourful evening of dance music.

Saturday 22 August 9.30pm

Scotsmen on the Make with guest Katharine Fuge In the 18th century many musicians left Scotland to further their musical ambitions. They took European art styles and adapted them, weaving together elements of Scots song with the new-fangled baroque style coming out of Italy. John Clerk of Penicuik made the most of Scotland’s musical connections in Rome, James Oswald capitalised on London’s passion for Scots tunes, and, on campaign in North America, General John Reid played his flute.

Monday 24 August 9.30pm

Concerto Caledonia David McGuinness Director, harpsichord, fortepiano David Greenberg Violin Chris Norman Flute, smallpipes Alison McGillivray Cello, viol with Bill Taylor Harps Barnaby Brown Pipes, triplepipe Steve Player Guitar, dancing Elizabeth Kenny Lute Sarah Bevan-Baker Violin Alfonso Leal del Ojo Viola Alan Emslie Percussion

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THE ENLIGHTENMENTS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEAN GALLERY, NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND

Juliana Engberg Curator

Anna MacDonald, Charlotte Day Project Coordinators

Edinburgh epitomizes the ideals of the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment with its neo-classical beauty and places of learning, law and finance.

Against this backdrop of the city and its philosophical history the artworks that make up The Enlightenments offer contemporary observations on subjects including religion, philosophy, superstition, architecture, literature, natural history, the cosmos, scepticism, stoicism and social manners.

Edinburgh also exists as a series of warrens and darker places.

The city’s enlightenment edifice is built upon a maze of intriguing geological fissures, labyrinthine architecture and iniquitous underworlds.

Tacita Dean Presentation Sisters Acclaimed British artist Tacita Dean films the daily routines and rituals of the last remaining members of this small ecclesiastical community. With a patient and gentle regard for the rhythm of the day, plotted through the ethereal light that travels through the lives and rooms of this order, Dean emphasizes the aspects of quiet devotion, internal contemplation and external dedication that define the Sisters’ spiritual and earthly existence. Running time 60 minutes.

Greg Creek Edinburgh Drawing: Chatter Shapes NEW COMMISSION

Edinburgh, city of the Enlightenment, is combined with its darker underbelly in Greg Creek’s epic drawings and water colours, a form of city panorama. Detailed drawings of Edinburgh’s architecture and notable landmarks are interspersed with more scatological notations, doodles, scenes, dreams and invented prose that build a delicate filigree of place. Creek’s drawing encourages a visual journey that maps both place and time, with references to historical, contemporary and fictional events, people and subjects.

Joshua Mosley dread Joshua Mosley’s digital film of animated clay figures presents a fictional encounter between two of history’s most important philosophical and theological thinkers, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Blaise Pascal. Rousseau and Pascal meet whilst on a journey through woodland as they contemplate creation, question the nature of truth and pose central philosophical questions. Is God divined or secularly evolved? Is man inherently good, contradicting the accepted doctrine of original sin?

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Lee Mingwei Elevation NEW COMMISSION

Sitting high up and looking down on others can offer different perspectives, the sensation of being above a place, a situation or an idea gives an “overview” which can create a larger mental space within which to consider what one sees.

For the Festival Lee Mingwei creates an installation, filling one side of the gallery and elevating viewers much like Edinburgh’s physical situation, perched above and observing the surrounding terrain or indeed the gargoyles on Edinburgh’s buildings. Gallery visitors at floor level will likewise see people above them without knowing what they are thinking or how they see those below.

Gabrielle de Vietri Hark!

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The I Don’t Know Show: Philosophy for Kids Gabrielle de Vietri engages the public in acts of communication.

Hark!, greets you as you arrive at the portico of the Dean Gallery.

Singers relate the news, horoscopes, stock exchange information and other current affairs of the day, recalling the way information was delivered to people prior to the Enlightenment and mass literacy.

For The I Don’t Know Show: Philosophy for Kids, children have been asked to answer some of the fundamental philosophical questions concerning art and aesthetics. These interrogations offer humorous and engagingly honest responses in a video record.

Nathan Coley NEW COMMISSION

Nathan Coley questions belief systems and investigates the architectural structures that are inhabited by, and invested with faith. Homes, churches, sanctuaries and various prop edifices, such as illuminated signs, façade architecture and models, form Coley’s three-dimensional practice. Coley creates a new project for The Enlightenments in the Dean Gallery.

Images: Tacita Dean Presentation Sisters; Greg Creek Edinburgh Drawing: Chatter Shapes; Joshua Mosley dread; Lee Mingwei Elevation; Nathan Coley Palace; Gabrielle de Vietri Songs to People Saying Things I Couldn't Otherwise Say

Free Friday 7 August - Sunday 27 September Open daily 10.00am - 5.00pm Dean Gallery, Belford Road eif.co.uk/theenlightenments

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THE ENLIGHTENMENTS Joseph Kosuth The Reference Room (

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In this 150th anniversary year celebrating the work of Charles Darwin, conceptualist Joseph Kosuth creates a new commission in the library where Darwin was inspired to pursue his revolutionary, evolutionary theory.

Kosuth has consistently explored the production and role of language and meaning within art. The Reference Room ( ) is a poetic installation evoking the presence and absence of the material and conceptual in this most historic of Edinburgh rooms.

Free Friday 7 August-Saturday 26 September Opening hours August Monday - Saturday 10.00am-5.00pm, Sunday 2.00pm-5.00pm September Tuesday-Saturday 10.00am- 5.00pm Georgian Gallery, Talbot Rice Gallery The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge

Susan Norrie Enola SHOT NEW COMMISSION PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLECTIVE GALLERY

Susan Norrie’s practice is concerned with the future of our planet. Her key interest, examined through fictional film and video combined with real events, is the environment and various catastrophes that are a consequence of humankind’s push for military supremacy and industrial power. Norrie’s acclaimed video project Enola pictures a world that has become mummified as a result of nuclear trauma.

Norrie’s new project SHOT explores aspects of outer space and our quest for enlightenment beyond our fragile, precarious world – a quest necessary not just for the sake of knowledge, but possibly for survival.

Free Friday 7 August - Saturday 26 September Opening hours August Tuesday - Sunday 11.00am- 6.00pm; September Tuesday-Saturday 12 noon - 5.00pm Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street

Juan Cruz Mensch Bluetooth-delivered stories NEW COMMISSION

Juan Cruz is known for his projects involving story telling, translation and fictional navigations of urban space. In Mensch he evolves a number of interconnected narratives that circulate around the old city of Edinburgh. Using the definition of Mensch as ‘someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character, with rectitude, dignity and a sense of what is right’, Cruz examines the shifting status of professional men such as the shepherd, priest and artist in stories that amble through social change.

Images: Joseph Kosuth Terra Ultra Incognita; Susan Norrie Enola; Juan Cruz Mensch

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Collegium Vocale Gent Kristian Bezuidenhout Piano The Haydn Songbook A concert of rarely performed part and solo songs

by Haydn performed by the exquisite voices of Collegium Vocale Gent accompanied by rising young star Kristian Bezuidenhout. These songs are among Haydn’s most tender and harmonious works.

‘The singing of the Collegium Vocale Gent is clean, beautifully blended and rich.’ THE SUNDAY TIMES Kristian Bezuidenhout: ‘A vigorously intelligent musician, well equipped with the technique to back up some extraordinary new ideas about old music.’

THE BOSTON GLOBE

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Lisa Milne Soprano

Malcolm Martineau Piano In this recital Scotland’s own internationally acclaimed soprano Lisa Milne, with renowned accompanist Malcolm Martineau, sings of subjects as diverse as love, Mary Queen of Scots and monkeys. These are songs inspired by Scotland with Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Francis George Scott setting texts by famous literary figures Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns among others.

‘She is a superlative musician, gloriously mature in her voice, and comprehensively insightful in her interpretations.’

THE HERALD

‘Ms. Milne’s line is faultless, pure in sound and beautifully phrased’ THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘vocally beautiful and technically staggering’ THE GUARDIAN

Saturday 15 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Monday 17 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Alexei Ogrintchouk Bejun Mehta Oboe

Countertenor

Boris Brovtsyn

Julius Drake

Violin

Piano

Maxim Rysanov

Sensational countertenor Bejun Mehta returns to the Festival with long term collaborator Julius Drake for this concert of works by Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven’s only song cycle An die ferne Geliebte and a host of romantic English songs by Vaughan Williams, Berkeley, Warlock, Howells and Gurney.

Viola

Boris Andrianov Cello Britten Phantasy Quartet Mozart Duo No 2 in B flat for violin and viola K424 Haydn Quartet in B flat Hob II B:4 Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Mozart Oboe Quartet

‘A ballsy, risk-taking singer, he flings coloratura about like weaponry and pushes himself to his limits in his quest for musical and dramatic expression. You are conscious of being in the presence of greatness.’ THE GUARDIAN ‘what of the voice? …with a rich, bright, voluptuous tone, and a brilliant breath control; it’s big too, capable of thrilling power’ OPERA

An elegant programme featuring works for oboe alongside duos for strings by Ravel and Mozart. Alexei Ogrintchouk, a young oboist blazing a trail around the world with performances that have people reaching for superlatives, makes his Festival debut. He plays regularly with this group of string soloists who set time aside from their individual careers to enjoy playing together.

Alexei Ogrintchouk: ‘exactly the quality which an oboe deserves but seldom has: colourful, agile... for the expression of the greatest variety of emotions.’ DE TELEGRAAF Tuesday 18 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Wednesday 19 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Hebrides Ensemble Hespèrion XXI Christopher Maltman Jordi Savall Baritone

Viola da Gamba/Director

Debussy Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune (arr Sachs under the supervision of Schoenberg) Berg Adagio from the Chamber Concerto (arr Berg) Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arr Schoenberg) Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No1 (arr Webern) Johann Strauss II Rosen aus dem Süden (arr Schoenberg)

Taking the soulful aires and elegant dances of Dowland and Gibbons as a starting point, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI take their audience on a fascinating journey across Europe from Venice to England and Spain in an exploration of the glories of a Golden Age of music written for consort of viols. Works by Brade, del Milà, Cabezon, Guerrero and Samuel Scheidt contribute to a rich and varied programme of early chamber music.

For his song cycle Songs of a Wayfarer, said to have been inspired by the end of an unhappy love affair, Mahler was both composer and poet. Lyrical and beautiful with moments of intense light and shade, these gems are among the most inspiring of the vocal repertoire.

Christopher Maltman is renowned for the intensity, character and emotion of his singing.

‘an enchanting evening of passionate and lucid musical time travel’ THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ‘high-gloss precision and ultramodern clarity... ravishing’ NEW YORK MAGAZINE

The Hebrides Ensemble is fast becoming a Festival favourite.

This concert brings together arrangements by Schoenberg himself and by his students including Berg’s arrangement of his own Chamber Concerto which is dedicated to his teacher and mentor.

Christopher Maltman: ‘may have the world’s most perfect baritone voice’ THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ‘The Hebrides Ensemble confirmed its reputation as Scotland’s finest contemporary music group... Fluency, technical brilliance and a sense of the personal and the epic characterised the performance.’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Thursday 20 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Friday 21 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Elisabeth Leonskaja Quatuor Mosaïques Piano Chopin Two Nocturnes Op 55 Sonata No 2 Ballades Nos 2 and 3 Two Nocturnes Op 48 Polonaise-Fantasie

Haydn String Quartet Op 33 No 6 in D The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross Haydn is often credited with inventing the string quartet.

His works in this form demonstrate an extraordinary technical and emotional range as well as great humour and wit.

Chopin played one of his last ever concerts in a house on Queen Street in Edinburgh in 1848. Here virtuoso pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja recreates that special occasion, performing music from Chopin’s Edinburgh programme.

Originally written for orchestra, his Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross for string quartet is an empassioned, poignant contrast to the usual verve and energy of his string quartets.

‘never a dull moment. If the word mercurial did not exist, it would have to be invented for this remarkable musician.’

Performing on period instruments, Quatuor Mosaïques are respected throughout the world for their thoughtful and authentic interpretations of Haydn’s chamber music.

THE HERALD

‘A powerful heroine of the pianoforte’ TAGES AUZEIGER

‘chamber-music playing of the highest quality.’

‘one of the most ingenious players among the international pianists of our age’ BERN SAMSTAG

THE GUARDIAN

Saturday 22 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Monday 24 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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‘always set the spine tingling.’ THE TIMES

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Christoph Prégardien Scottish Ensemble Tenor Tenebrae Andreas Staier Ravel Petite Symphonie à Cordes (from the Quartet in F arr Barshai)

Fortepiano Among the world’s foremost lyric tenors, Christoph Prégardien joins fortepianist Andreas Staier to perform a concert of songs by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann and a selection of rarely performed gems by Norbert Burgmüller. ‘stops you in your tracks right away, and won’t let you get back to your life until well after silence returns… captures every nuance both in text and music.’

THE TORONTO STAR

‘extraordinarily flawless singing… such a complete experience that the temptation was to take away and treasure, untainted, its spellbinding effect.’

THE SCOTSMAN

James MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross The Scottish Ensemble performs two acclaimed works written specially for the group. James MacMillan’s cantata for choir and strings has become one of the composer’s most loved works, for which the Ensemble is joined by chamber choir Tenebrae. The Petite Symphonie à Cordes is a realisation for string ensemble of Ravel’s popular and colourful quartet re-worked by master-orchestrator Rudolf Barshai. ‘probably MacMillan’s masterpiece... astounding… an inexorable sense of the drama’ THE GUARDIAN Tenebrae: ‘impeccable intonation and stylistic authority… one of the country’s most outstanding vocal ensembles.’ EVENING STANDARD Scottish Ensemble: ‘vital, questing string outfit.’

THE INDEPENDENT

Tuesday 25 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Wednesday 26 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Andreas Staier

Hopkinson Smith

Fortepiano

Lute and Baroque Guitar

Exceptional fortepianist Andreas Staier performs a selection of pieces by Clementi, Schubert, Schumann and the Irish composer and pianist John Field including his arrangement of Twas Within a Mile o’ Edinburgh Town and a selection of Nocturnes, a form which Field is credited with inventing.

Celestial Musings and Diabolical Delights

‘relish the beautiful sound of the fortepiano he uses, his exquisite phrasing and nifty finger work and overall sensitivity to the works. These are outstanding performances.’ BBC RADIO 3 ‘one of the most important pianists of our times… with an agility and wit that make hearing him a constant delight.’ THE INDEPENDENT

This concert features extrovert and poetic music from contrasting musical climates: the clearly structured lyricism and virtuosity of the high baroque in Central Europe, the improvisatory flair of French lute music, and the evocative tunes and driving rhythms of 17th century Spain.

Composers include Gaultier, JS Bach, Weiss, Sanz, Guerau and Santa Cruz. ‘without doubt the finest lute player in the world today’ SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

‘the supreme ‘poet’ of the lute.’ GRAMOPHONE

Thursday 27 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Friday 28 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Arditti Quartet Beethoven String Quartet Op 95 in F minor Berg String Quartet Op 3 Nigel Osborne Tiree (World premiere EIF commission) Ligeti String Quartet No 2

Michael Volle Baritone

Franz Hawlata Bass

Helmut Deutsch Piano A great opportunity to experience two wonderful singers performing songs separately and together in the intimate setting of The Queen’s Hall, with renowned pianist Helmut Deutsch.

This concert features songs by Schumann, Loewe, Reger, Wolf and duets based on texts of Walter de la Mare by Benjamin Britten alongside songs from Mendelssohn’s opus 63.

'The appearance of Michael Volle and Franz Hawlata with their accompanist Helmut Deutsh was fascinating... it seemed the applause would never end.'

STUTTGARTER NACHRICHTEN

The Arditti Quartet has been at the forefront of the development of string quartets in contemporary music for over thirty years. In two programmes the Quartet embarks on a musical journey from Beethoven through seminal works by Webern and Schoenberg to contemporary masterpieces by Ligeti and Dutilleux.

Inspired by the Ringing Stone of Tiree, a new work from Scottish-based composer Nigel Osborne has been commissioned for the Quartet by the Edinburgh International Festival.

Monday 31 August 11.00am

Arditti Quartet Barbara Hannigan Soprano Beethoven String Quartet Op 133 in B flat ‘Grosse Fuge’ Dutilleux String Quartet ‘Ainsi la nuit’ Webern Six Bagatelles for String Quartet Op 9 Schoenberg String Quartet No 2 Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge is one of the towering achievements of European culture. The concert also includes Webern’s delightful Bagatelles opus 9 and Schoenberg’s expressionistic String Quartet No 2 for which they are joined by soprano Barbara Hannigan.

Barbara Hannigan: ‘the 8 minute theatrical tour-de-force left her spent and the audience roaring. Who said the avant-garde can’t be fun?’ NEW YORK NEWSDAY ‘Irvine Arditti, a god in contemporary virtuoso performance.’ THE HERALD ‘The world’s pre-eminent contemporary music quartet.’

THE GUARDIAN

Tuesday 1 September 11.00am Saturday 29 August 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/volle

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Bernarda Fink

Christian Zacharias

Mezzo soprano

Piano

Anthony Spiri

Haydn Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI/24 Piano Sonata in F Hob XVI/29 Piano Sonata in B minor Hob XVI/32

Piano Mezzo soprano Bernarda Fink and pianist Anthony Spiri perform Dvorák’s Biblical Songs and Gypsy Songs alongside a selection of songs by Schubert.

‘Sometimes it takes a great performer to make you hear music you thought you knew with fresh ears… selection of Schubert songs included some of his greatest hits, but she revealed anew the richness of his settings’ THE GUARDIAN

Brahms Four Ballades Op 10 Scarlatti Eight Sonatas Perenial Festival favourite Christian Zacharias is completely at home showing the full range of his virtuosity and expressivity in this programme. The rarely played Brahms opus 10 Ballades are some of his most lyrical piano works.

The spine-tingling first is famously inspired by the Scottish ballad Edward, a gruesome tale of patricide. ‘his intellect and musicianship shone through’ THE GUARDIAN

‘Fink’s tender tone and perfect diction reflect every nuance of emotion’ THE INDEPENDENT

Wednesday 2 September 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Thursday 3 September 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

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Alexis Kossenko Baroque Flute

John Holloway Photo: Mitch Jenkins

Violin

Jaap ter Linden Emerson String Quartet Mendelssohn String Quartet Op 12 in E flat Beethoven String Quartet Op 74 in E flat ‘The Harp’ Mendelssohn String Quartet Op 80 in F minor The multi-Grammy award-winning Emerson Quartet is particularly acclaimed for interpretations of Mendelssohn’s string quartets. This concert features the transparent beauty of Beethoven’s Harp quartet with Mendelssohn’s earliest and last works in this genre. ‘superb ensemble: technically resourceful, musically insightful, cohesive, full of character and always interesting.’

Cello

Lars Ulrik Mortensen Harpsichord JS Bach Trio for Flute, Violin, and Continuo in G BWV 1038 CPE Bach Trio Sonata in C H573 JS Bach The Musical Offering Four great musicians come together to bring Festival audiences music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. Bach’s Musical Offering was the result of a challenge to improvise on a chromatic melody conceived by Frederick II of Prussia an Enlightenment monarch, his son’s employer.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

‘high-powered performances with at times terrifying attack and explosive accenting... mightily impressive.’

‘phenomenal flautist Alexis Kossenko… bewitched us by his warm, dark and delicate way of playing… clear, light as well as beautiful and gentle.’ GAZETA WYBORCZA

GRAMOPHONE

‘Three of the finest early music specialists on the scene’ THE WASHINGTON POST ON JOHN HOLLOWAY, JAAP TER LINDEN, LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN

Friday 4 September 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

Saturday 5 September 11.00am The Queen’s Hall Tickets £26.50 £24 £19.50 £16 £10 £7 1 hour 45 minutes approximately

eif.co.uk/emerson

eif.co.uk/kossenko

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

Diaspora TheatreWorks (Singapore)

T HE ENLIG An 18th Century revolution of thought

Scotland Exports the Enlightenment Tom Devine, Professor of Scottish History, University of Edinburgh

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, NATURE AND THE WELLCOME TRUST

There were two great visions of the 18th century Enlightenment: the intellectual virtue of thinking for oneself rather than simply accepting the authority of others, and the moral virtue of tolerance as demonstrated in the willingness of those in power to permit people to express their ideas without fear of repression. Such freedom led to an extraordinary burst of creativity across the whole gamut of the arts, humanities and sciences.

Nowhere was the Enlightenment more spectacular than in Scotland with figures such as David Hume, Adam Smith, Joseph Black, James Hutton, Henry Raeburn and Robert Burns working in Edinburgh.

Learned Academies became popular ways to encourage Enlightenment principles and practices, and Scotland’s first National Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh founded in 1783, continues to maintain the spirit and the values of the Scottish Enlightenment today.

Arthur L Herman, author of How the Scots Invented the Modern World Ong Keng Sen, Artistic Director, TheatreWorks, Singapore Sunday 16 August 2.30pm

Islam and the Enlightenment Ibrahim Kalin, Georgetown University, Washington DC and SETA Foundation, Ankara, Turkey Sunday 16 August 5.00pm

The Ages of Optimism and Pessimism: Utopian and Dystopian Ideas Maggie Gee, novelist Knud Haakonssen, Professor of Intellectual History, University of Sussex Michael Kantor, Artistic Director, Malthouse Melbourne

Visual Art and the Enlightenment

Tom Wright, playwright of the Malthouse Melbourne production Optimism

Alexander Broadie, Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, University of Glasgow

Monday 17 August 2.30pm

Sir Timothy Clifford, former Director-General, National Galleries of Scotland

Science and Tolerance

Juliana Engberg, curator of The Enlightenments exhibition Duncan Macmillan, art critic for The Scotsman

John V Pickstone, Wellcome Research Professor of History of Medicine, University of Manchester

Saturday 15 August 2.30pm

Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal

Onora O’Neill, philosopher and President of the British Academy

Friday 21 August 2.30pm

Sponsored by

The International Weekly Journal of Science

Supported by

Dolly Photo: Gustoimages/Science Photo Library

David Hume Photo: Chris Robson/Scottish Viewpoint

HTENMENT Music and the Enlightenment: Classical and Vernacular Traditions

The Face of the Enlightenment

Sir Roger Norrington, conductor and academic

Lee Breuer, Co-Artistic Director of Mabou Mines

John Purser, Research Fellow, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye

Roger L Emerson, Em Prof, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Marjorie Rycroft, Professor of Music, University of Glasgow

Paul Goring, Senior Lecturer, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Sunday 23 August 2.30pm

Anne Bogart, Artistic Director SITI Company

Sunday 30 August 2.30pm

On the Dark Side: Witchcraft and the Theatre Ruth Little, dramaturg and Literary Manager of Royal Court Theatre

Moral Universals and Moral Progress: the New Science of Good and Evil

Rona Munro, playwright of The Last Witch

Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology, Yale University

Julian Goodare, Reader Scottish History, University of Edinburgh

Adrienne Scullion, Professor of Drama, University of Glasgow

Monday 31 August 5.00pm

Tuesday 25 August 2.30pm

The Enlightenment and the Academies

Science and the Enlightenment

Stewart Sutherland, former Principal, University of Edinburgh

Geoffrey Boulton, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Edinburgh

Paul Wood, Professor of History, University of Victoria, Canada

Charles Withers, Professor of Historical Geography, University of Edinburgh

Political Economy: Adam Smith and Others

Wednesday 26 August 2.30pm

James Buchan, author of Adam Smith and the Pursuit of Perfect Liberty

Tuesday 1 September 2.30pm

Andrew S Skinner, Professor of Economics, University of Glasgow Thursday 3 September 2.30pm The Hub £6 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/discussions

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Behind the Scenes A series of practical workshops and demonstrations revealing the creative processes behind the 2009 programme.

Malthouse Melbourne The creative team of Optimism discuss the process undertaken to create a 21st century take on Voltaire's Candide.

Monday 17 August 12 noon 45 minutes

Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize 2008 Winners Belt Up Léasspell Theatre company Belt Up presents an intimate workshop placing the audience at the centre of the performance.

Léasspell, based on an ancient word for a false story, draws on archetypal fable centuries old to create an unique style of immersive theatre.

Tuesday 18 August Performance workshop 2.30pm & 5.30pm 30 minutes Performance workshop and audience feedback 3.30pm & 6.30pm 1 hour Wednesday 19 August Performance workshop 5.30pm 30 minutes Performance workshop and audience feedback 6.30pm 1 hour

The Discovery of Breath Basil Jones, Adrian Kohler and performers from Handspring Puppet Company’s production of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria reveal some of the secrets of bringing life to the art of puppetry.

Monday 24 August 2.30pm 1 hour

Dance with Charles Learn some rhythm from the master of movement.

Dance specialist Charles McNeal presents a physical movement workshop suitable for everyone.

Good fun with some serious steps!

Monday 31 August 2.30pm 1 hour 30 minutes

Mabou Mines Liza Lorwin, producer and adaptor of Peter and Wendy, presents a demonstration workshop with puppeteers and performers.

Friday 4 September 2.30pm 1 hour

Experimentum Mundi

Accompanist Malcolm Martineau holds a public masterclass with four young singers and their accompanists.

Composer Giorgio Battistelli discusses the integration and transformation of sounds associated with traditional working environments into music in his extraordinary Experimentum Mundi.

Wednesday 19 August 2.30pm 2 hours

Saturday 5 September 2.30pm 45 minutes

Royal Ballet of Flanders

The Hub £6

Malcolm Martineau Masterclass

Choreographer Christian Spuck and conductor Benjamin Pope, with dancers from Royal Ballet of Flanders, discuss and demonstrate the processes through which they created The Return of Ulysses.

Saturday 22 August 2.30pm 1 hour

eif.co.uk/behindthescenes

Andreas Staier Virtuoso fortepianist Andreas Staier gives a lecture/ demonstration on the music of Muzio Clementi.

Thursday 27 August 5.00pm 1 hour St Cecilia’s Music Hall £6 eif.co.uk/behindthescenes

Conversations with Artists The Enlightenments Edinburgh International Festival 2009 Exhibition

Mabou Mines Lee Breuer, director and Liza Lorwin, adapter, talk about their production Peter and Wendy.

Thursday 3 September 5.00pm The Hub £6 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/conversations

Curator Juliana Engberg in conversation with artists Gabrielle de Vietri, Nathan Coley and Greg Creek.

Supported by Gordon

Saturday 15 August 5.00pm

Sharing the Festival

TheatreWorks, Singapore Ong Keng Sen, director, discusses his production Diaspora.

Monday 17 August 5.00pm

National Theatre ‘Radu Stanca’ Sibiu

Fraser Charitable Trust

After its performances at the Traverse Theatre, Giorgio Battistelli’s engaging performance piece, Experimentum Mundi, travels across the Forth and the Tay to Dundee, the City of Discovery.

See page 29 for further information on the show.

Silviu Purcarete, director, discusses his production of Faust.

Friday 21 August 5.00pm

Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa Cesc Gelabert and Lydia Azzopardi talk about their work as creators of dance theatre.

Saturday 22 August 5.00pm

William Kentridge William Kentridge, artist, discusses his work including his collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company.

Monday 24 August 5.00pm

The Last Witch Rona Munro, playwright, and Dominic Hill, director, discuss the creation of a world premiere.

Tuesday 25 August 5.00pm

Handel Festspiele Gottingen Doris Dörrie, author, filmmaker and director of the opera Admeto in conversation.

Sunday 30 August 5.00pm

The Testament of Cresseid David Levin, director and Elizabeth Elliot, translator, discuss The Testament of Cresseid.

Tuesday 1 September 5.00pm

Scottish Ballet Ashley Page, Artistic Director, and Ian Spink, choreographer, in conversation.

Wednesday 2 September 5.00pm

Tuesday 8 September 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Space, Dundee £10 Concessions £6 To book call 01382 834 934

Bank of Scotland Connecting to Culture Bank of Scotland Connecting to Culture explores themes of the 2009 Festival in a year-round multidisciplinary programme of projects working with 40 Scottish primary and secondary schools.

Inspired by the TheatreWorks production Diaspora artists are working in two primary schools creating a multicultural garden of reflection and a permanent mural. These artists are supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council.

In August a project exploring ideas from The Enlightenments exhibition, culminates in an exhibition of students’ work at The Hub. In the Glasshouses of the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh an interactive installation offers adults and young people alike the chance to experience the transformational effects of letter writing.

Dance workshops in schools with Scottish Ballet form part of a wider arts education programme with leading teaching artists Charles McNeal, Anne Bogart and Heiner Goebbels working in Edinburgh. In the autumn music workshops at The Hub are designed to encourage engagement with classical music by developing listening skills, concluding with live performance. eif.co.uk/bankofscotlandc2c

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Summer Festivals EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 17- 28 June Tel: +44 (0)131 228 4051 edfilmfest.org.uk EDINBURGH JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL 31 July- 9 August Tel: +44 (0)131 467 5200 edinburghjazzfestival.co.uk EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL 5 August - 5 September Tel: +44 (0)782 533 6782 edinburghartfestival.org

EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO 7- 29 August Tel: +44 (0)131 225 1188 edintattoo.co.uk EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 7- 31 August Box Office: +44 (0)131 226 0000 Admin: +44 (0)131 226 0026 edfringe.com EDINBURGH MELA 7- 9 August Tel: +44 (0)131 347 2600 edinburgh-mela.co.uk

FESTIVAL OF SPIRITUALITY AND PEACE 9 - 31 August Tel: +44 (0)131 221 2273 festivalofspirituality.co.uk EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 15 - 31 August Tel: +44 (0)131 718 5666 Tel: +44 (0)845 373 5888 admin@edbookfest.co.uk edbookfest.co.uk

FESTIVAL OF POLITICS 18 - 22 August Tel: +44 (0)131 348 5000 festivalofpolitics.co.uk NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND Tel: +44 (0)131 624 6200 nationalgalleries.org HOMECOMING SCOTLAND Programme of events taking place throughout Scotland in 2009 celebrating Scotland’s great contributions to the world. homecomingscotland2009.com

Once you’re here... edinburghfestivals.co.uk Competitions, news, video and listings across all Edinburgh’s Festivals. Sign up for emails and keep your finger on the Festival City’s pulse.

EDINBURGH FESTIVALS DAILY GUIDE All the events, every day, in one handy guide. You’ll find the official Festivals listings guide at all Edinburgh International Festival venues.

OFFICIAL EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAP Need some help finding your way round Edinburgh in August?

Pick up a copy of the official Festivals map, available at most venues around town.

Partners

We work in partnership with BBC Radio 3 to open up new worlds of music and the arts to the widest possible audience. Radio 3 presents extensive live coverage of the Festival and many concerts are recorded for broadcast at a later date, so you can hear the ones you missed, or re-live the ones you loved. bbc.co.uk/radio3

The Herald and Sunday Herald are media partners for 2009.

Founded in 1783, The Herald continues to influence modern-day Scotland and along with its 10-year-old sister paper, the Sunday Herald, represent key contemporary voices. Together we explore Scotland’s rich past and the continuing impact of Enlightenment thinking. theherald.co.uk sundayherald.com

Supports eif.co.uk

We have commissioned Scottish design company Timorous Beasties to create an Edinburgh toile in celebration of our exploration of the Scottish Enlightenment. Known for creating provocative textiles and wallpapers Timorous Beasties has added an affectionate, frank and bold vision of modern Edinburgh to their portfolio for the 2009 Festival. timorousbeasties.com

Visit us online at eif.co.uk for booking, our interactive brochure and calendar. This year sees Passionato, the world’s most comprehensive online classical resource, bringing you extracts of most of the music in our concerts.

Sign up for our regular e-bulletins with competitions, special offers and updates on all Festival goings-on and register for our RSS feeds to be the first to find out about latest Festival news. blonde.net

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LOWLAND HALL, INGLISTON Adjacent to Edinburgh International Airport. Access from A8 dual carriageway, and sign-posted Royal Highland Centre.

• Free parking available to Faust ticket holders.

• First Bus: No.10/10A/X10; No.12/X12; No.16/216/X16 (Drop off outside the Royal Highland Centre).

• Lothian Buses: No. 35; Airport Express No.100; Ingliston Park & Ride Service – No. 48/X48 (Drop off just off at A8/Airport junction, beside Eastfield Road)

VISITSCOTLAND For all your accommodation needs.

Tel: +44 (0)845 2255 121 Tel: +44 (0)1506 832 121 (overseas) info@visitscotland.com visitscotland.com

THE QUEEN’S HALL Clerk Street

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THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE Greenside Place

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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street

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USHER HALL Lothian Road

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ROSS THEATRE Princes Street Gardens

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KING’S THEATRE Leven Street GREYFRIARS KIRK Greyfriars Place

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TALBOT RICE GALLERY Old College, South Bridge

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• Lothian Buses: No.13 (Drop off outside Dean Gallery)

FESTIVAL BEDS Accommodation in private homes in the city and surrounding area.

Tel: +44 (0)131 225 1101 admin@festivalbeds.co.uk festivalbeds.co.uk

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EDINBURGH AIRPORT Tel: +44 (0)870 040 0007 edinburghairport.com

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NATIONAL EXPRESS Tel: +44 (0)8717 818181 nationalexpress.com

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How to book

Tickets for Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert

ONLINE

www.eif.co.uk

TELEPHONE

0131 473 2000

OVERSEAS

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Hub Tickets, The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE Wednesday 25 March Priority booking opens for Festival Patrons and Friends by fax, post and online.

Saturday 4 April Public booking opens by telephone, post, in person and online.

Hub Tickets opening hours Saturday 4 April- Thursday 30 July Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 5.00pm Friday 31 July-Saturday 5 September Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 7.30pm Sunday 10.00am to 7.30pm

For special arrangements see page 40.

Access information and discounts The Edinburgh International Festival welcomes disabled visitors.

An Access Guide with full details of all facilities for disabled visitors is available on request and both the Access Guide and the Festival brochure are available in Braille, audio and large print formats.

Wheelchair users, people with severe mobility difficulties or with visual or hearing impairment will be sold seats/spaces at £10 in the area of the venue most appropriate to their needs (dress circle normally excluded). This discount also applies to a companion.

To claim an access discount, to request information or for advice on any aspect of your Festival experience, please call the access line +44 (0)131 473 2089 or email access@eif.co.uk

British sign language interpreted performances The Last Witch Thursday 27 August 2.30pm Peter and Wendy Friday 4 September 7.30pm

Sunday 6 September 1.00pm to 6.00pm

Audio described performances with touch tours Ticket sales at venues You can buy tickets for any Festival events from The Edinburgh Playhouse and The Queen’s Hall from 6 April and from the Edinburgh Festival Theatre from 1 May. During the Festival, tickets are available during the day to personal callers at Festival venues except King’s Theatre, Greyfriars Kirk, Canongate Kirk, Traverse Theatre, St Cecilia’s Music Hall and Lowland Hall, Ingliston. Any unsold tickets go on sale at those venues an hour before the performance.

Ticket collection If you do not ask for your tickets to be posted to you, or if you book close to the performance date, you can collect them from the venue from one hour before the performance starts. Prior to that, tickets are held at Hub Tickets until lunchtime on the performance day, or the evening before for morning or afternoon events.

Photo: William Reynolds

The Last Witch Friday 28 August 7.30pm Peter and Wendy Friday 4 September 7.30pm Touch Tours begin at 6.15pm. Please call the access line to book your free place.

Performances with English supertitles Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (page 8), Admeto, re di Tessaglia (page 10), Actus tragicus (page 12), Faust (page 26), Tondal’s Vision (page 29).

Ticket discounts Young People – Half Price from Saturday 4 April 50% discount on selected performances from 4 April for all young people under the age of 18 and students in full time education.

Standby – Half Price from Wednesday 5 August 50% discount for senior citizens, unemployed people, Young Scot, Equity and MU card holders in addition to all young people as above from 5 August.

Gelabert-Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa Dress circle £28 £25 £18† £10† Centre stalls £28 £23 Front/side stalls £18 £12 Rear stalls £18 £12 Admeto, Actus tragicus Dress circle £64 £56 £42† £36† £14† Centre stalls £56 £50† Front/side stalls £40, £25† Rear stalls £36* £25* Upper circle £40 £36 £27 £14 THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE

The Return of Ulysses, Scottish Ballet Circle £42 £36 £28 £24 Stalls £36 £32 £24 £18 £12 £10 Michael Clark Company Circle £28 £23 £18 £12 Stalls £23 £20 £15 £12 £9 £8

Youth Tickets £6 Youth Tickets for selected performances on the day of performance only. Available to all people aged 26 and under.

Proof of age required.

Diaspora Circle £30 £25 £15 £10 Stalls £30 £25 £18 £15 £10 £8 KING’S THEATRE

Group Bookings We are delighted to offer the following benefits on group bookings for the Edinburgh International Festival.

• 10% discount on Festival tickets for groups of 10 or more on selected performances

Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria Grand circle £30 £26 £10† Stalls £30 £26 £20 £15 Faith Healer, The Yalta Game, Afterplay Grand circle £25 £23 £17† Stalls £25 £20 £15 £10 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE

• The opportunity to make flexible ticket reservations • Dedicated Group Sales Staff to assist you with your ticket order Please call +44 (0)131 473 2089 or email groupbookings@eif.co.uk

Optimism, The Last Witch, Peter and Wendy Grand circle £25 £21† £15† £10† Stalls £25 £21 £15† Upper circle £18 £15† £10† LOWLAND HALL, INGLISTON

Faust All tickets £20

Series discounts

CANONGATE KIRK

BACH AT GREYFRIARS

Tondal’s Vision All tickets £17

Book all 10 concerts for £140 – a saving of £3 per concert.

See page 31.

ST. CECILIA’S MUSIC HALL

Behind the Scenes All tickets £6

GATE I FRIEL

Save 20% when you book all 3 plays (Faith Healer, The Yalta Game and Afterplay) see page 25.

TRAVERSE THEATRE

Experimentum Mundi All tickets £17 THE USHER HALL

Ticket prices

The Opening Concert Circle £45 £40† Stalls £45 £38 £32 Upper circle £20 £17.50 £15 £12.50 £10 Organ Gallery n/a

THE QUEEN’S HALL

Centre stalls £26.50 Rear stalls £24 Side stalls £19.50 £16 Centre gallery £24 Side gallery £19.50 Limited view £10† No view seats £7†

Orchestral concerts, opera in concert Circle £39 £34† Stalls £39 £34 £27 £24 £17† Upper circle £20 £17 £14 £12 £10 Organ gallery £10 (NB not available on 18, 21, 26, 28, 30 August & 1, 3, 5 September)

THE HUB

Caledonia Sessions, The Testament of Cresseid All tickets £17 Discussions and Talks, Conversations with Artists, Behind the Scenes All tickets £6 GREYFRIARS KIRK

Recitals Circle £30 £24† Stalls £30 £24 £19 £17 Upper circle £17 £14 £12 £10 £8 BANK OF SCOTLAND FIREWORKS CONCERT

Ross Theatre seated £25 Princes Street Gardens Standing £10

All seats £17 * Supertitles not visible from these seats

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St Kilda, The Island of Birdmen Dress circle £30 £26 £15 £10 Centre stalls £30 £26 Front/side stalls £20 £10 Rear stalls £20 £15 £10†

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11.00am Collegium Vocale Gent, Kristian Bezuidenhout (p45)

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2.30pm Discussion: Visual Art and the Enlightenment (p54)

THE HUB Castlehill R LF WS T H WC C

2.30pm Discussion: Scotland Exports the Enlightenment (p54)

5.00pm Conversations with Artists: 5.00pm The Enlightenments (p57) Talk: Islam and the Enlightenment (p54)

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11.00am Lisa Milne, Malcolm Martineau (p45)

11.00am Alexei Ogrintchouk, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov, Boris Andrianov (p46)

11.00am Bejun Mehta, Julius Drake (p46)

12 noon Behind theScenes: Malthouse Melbourne (p56)

2.30pm, 3.30pm, 5.30pm, 6.30pm Behind the Scenes: Léasspell (p56) Belt Up

2.30pm Behind the Scenes: Malcolm Martineau Masterclass (p56)

2.30pm Discussion: The Ages of Optimism and Pessimism (p54)

5.30pm & 6.30pm Behind the Scenes: Léasspell (p56) Belt Up

5.00pm Conversations with Artists: TheatreWorks, Singapore (p57)

5.45pm Lewis Psalm Singers (p30)

GREYFRIARS KIRK Greyfriars Place P L WS WC

7.30pm Faith Healer (p25) Gate Theatre

KING’S THEATRE Leven Street R WS H WC

2.00pm & 7.30pm Faith Healer (p25) Gate Theatre

7.30pm Faith Healer (p25) Gate Theatre

7.30pm Faith Healer (p25) Gate Theatre

OTHER VENUES (see entry for access details)

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE

8.00pm St Kilda, Island of the Birdmen (p6)

8.00pm St Kilda, Island of the Birdmen (p6)

8.00pm Diaspora (p21) TheatreWorks, Singapore Chinese Orchestra

8.00pm Diaspora (p21) TheatreWorks, Singapore Chinese Orchestra

8.00pm Optimism (p20) Malthouse Melbourne

2.30pm & 8.00pm Optimism (p20) Malthouse Melbourne

8.00pm Optimism (p20) Malthouse Melbourne

8.00pm Sir Willard White, Eugene Asti (p32)

8.00pm Made in Scotland (p32) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Paul Daniel Conductor

8.00pm Orchestre des Champs-Élysées (p33) Philippe Herreweghe Conductor Alexander Lonquich Piano

7.30pm Faust (p26) National Theatre 'Radu Stanca' Sibiu Lowland Hall, Ingliston

7.30pm Faust (p26) National Theatre 'Radu Stanca' Sibiu Lowland Hall, Ingliston

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8.00pm Elias (p33) Orchestre des Champs-Élysées Philippe Herreweghe Conductor

8.00pm Philharmonia Orchestra (p34) Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Yefim Bronfman Piano

8.00pm St Kilda, Island of the Birdmen (p6)

Nicolson Street L R LF WS H T WC C

THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE Greenside Place R WS H WC C

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street L LF WS T H WC C

THE USHER HALL Lothian Road L WS WC

7.00pm Judas Maccabaeus (p3) Scottish Chamber Orchestra William Christie Conductor

ACCESS FACILITIES KEY:

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THE QUEEN’S HALL SERIES

11.00am Hebrides Ensemble, Christopher Maltman (p47)

11.00am Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall (p47)

11.00am Elisabeth Leonskaja (p48)

9.30pm The Caledonia Sessions: Triplepipes, Lust and Spilt Blood (p41)

2.30pm Discussion: Science and Tolerance (p54)

2.30pm Behind the Scenes: Royal Ballet of Flanders (p56)

5.00pm Conversations with Artists: National Theatre ‘Radu Stanca’ Sibiu (p57)

5.00pm Conversations with Artists: Gelabert-Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa (p57)

Clerk Street R WS T H WC C

THE HUB Castlehill R LF WS T H WC C

GREYFRIARS KIRK

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5.45pm Huelgas Ensemble (p30)

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Saturday August

Sunday August

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Monday August

11.00am Quatuor Mosaïques (p48)

2.30pm Discussion: Music and the Enlightenment (p55)

11.00am Christoph Prégardien, Andreas Staier (p49)

Conversations with Artists: 5.00pm William Kentridge (p57) Conversations with Artists: The Last Witch (p57) 9.30pm The Caledonia

9.30pm The Caledonia Sessions: Dance Band Night (p41)

Sessions: Scotsmen on the Make (p41)

5.45pm Dunedin Consort (p30)

5.45pm Bach Collegium Japan (p30)

8.00pm Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (p8) Handspring Puppet Company, Ricercar Consort

KING’S THEATRE Leven Street R WS H WC

(see entry for access details)

Tuesday August

2.30pm Behind the Scenes: 2.30pm The Discovery of Breath (p56) Discussion: On the Dark Handspring Puppet Company Side, Witchcraft and the Theatre (p55) 5.00pm

Greyfriars Place P L WS WC

OTHER VENUES

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7.30pm Faust (p26) National Theatre 'Radu Stanca' Sibiu Lowland Hall, Ingliston

7.30pm Faust (p26) National Theatre 'Radu Stanca' Sibiu Lowland Hall, Ingliston

7.30pm Faust (p26) National Theatre 'Radu Stanca' Sibiu Lowland Hall, Ingliston

P L WS WC C

P L WS WC C

P L WS WC C

8.00pm Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (p8) Handspring Puppet Company, Ricercar Consort

9.30pm Tondal’s Vision (p29) Dialogos Canongate Kirk

9.30pm Tondal’s Vision (p29) Dialogos Canongate Kirk

L WS WC T

L WS WC T

8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm Gelabert-Azzopardi Gelabert-Azzopardi Gelabert-Azzopardi Companiya de Dansa (p16) Companiya de Dansa (p16) Companiya de Dansa (p16)

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE Nicolson Street L R LF WS H T WC C

8.00pm The Return of Ulysses (p14) Royal Ballet of Flanders Scottish Chamber Orchestra

THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE Greenside Place R WS H WC C

8.00pm The Return of Ulysses (p14) Royal Ballet of Flanders Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Grindlay Street L LF WS T H WC C

THE USHER HALL

T Induction Loop

2.30pm The Return of Ulysses (p14) Royal Ballet of Flanders Scottish Chamber Orchestra

7.30pm 7.30pm The Last Witch (p22) The Last Witch (p22) Traverse Theatre Company Traverse Theatre Company

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE

Lothian Road L WS WC

8.00pm The Return of Ulysses (p14) Royal Ballet of Flanders Scottish Chamber Orchestra

8.00pm Le Concert des Nations (p34) Jordi Savall Conductor

H Infra Red System

7.30pm Macbeth (p4) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra David Robertson Conductor

8.00pm Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (p35) Sir Roger Norrington Conductor David Blackadder Trumpet Joyce DiDonato Soprano

WC Accessible Toilets

8.00pm Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau (p35)

C Accessible Catering/Bar

7.00pm Rinaldo (p4) Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki Conductor

8.00pm European Union Baroque Orchestra (p36) Chiara Banchini Director/Violin

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DIARY FESTIVAL 09 DATES VENUES

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THE QUEEN’S HALL SERIES

11.00am Scottish Ensemble, Tenebrae (p49)

Clerk Street R WS T H WC C

THE HUB Castlehill R LF WS T H WC C

Wednesday August

27

Thursday August

11.00am Andreas Staier (p50)

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29

Friday August

11.00am Hopkinson Smith (p50)

2.30pm Discussion: Science and the Enlightenment (p55)

30

Saturday August

Sunday August

11.00am Michael Volle, Franz Hawlata, Helmut Deutsch (p51)

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Monday August

11.00am Arditti Quartet (p51)

8.00pm The Testament of Cresseid (p27)

9.30pm The Caledonia Sessions: Robert Burns’s Worldly Friends (p41)

2.30pm Discussion: The Face of the Enlightenment (p55)

2.30pm Behind the Scenes: Dance with Charles (p56)

5.00pm Conversations with 5.00pm Artists: Handel Festspiele Talk: Moral Universals and Göttingen (p57) Moral Progress (p55) 8.00pm The Testament of Cresseid (p27)

8.00pm The Testament of Cresseid (p27)

9.00pm The Yalta Game (p25) Gate Theatre

9.00pm Afterplay (p25) Gate Theatre

5.00pm Behind the Scenes: Andreas Staier (p56) St Cecilia’s Music Hall

OTHER VENUES (see entry for access details)

R LF WS WC

GREYFRIARS KIRK Greyfriars Place P L WS WC

KING’S THEATRE Leven Street R WS H WC

5.45pm European Union Baroque Orchestra (p30)

5.45pm Ricercar Consort I (p31)

5.45pm Ricercar Consort II (p31)

8.00pm Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (p8) Handspring Puppet Company, Ricercar Consort

9.00pm The Yalta Game (p25) Gate Theatre

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE

7.15pm Admeto, re di Tessaglia (p10) Handel Festspiele Göttingen

7.15pm Admeto, re di Tessaglia (p10) Handel Festspiele Göttingen

8.00pm New Work (p17) Michael Clark Company

8.00pm New Work (p17) Michael Clark Company

7.15pm Admeto, re di Tessaglia (p10) Handel Festspiele Göttingen

Nicolson Street L R LF WS H T WC C

THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE Greenside Place R WS H WC C

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street L LF WS T H WC C

THE USHER HALL Lothian Road L WS WC

8.00pm New Work (p17) Michael Clark Company

8.00pm New Work (p17) Michael Clark Company

8.00pm Acis and Galatea (p5) FestspielOrchester Göttingen Nicholas McGegan Conductor

8.00pm BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (p38) Donald Runnicles Conductor Baiba Skride Violin Jan Vogler Cello

7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Last Witch (p22) The Last Witch (p22) The Last Witch (p22) The Last Witch (p22) Traverse Theatre Company Traverse Theatre Company Traverse Theatre Company Traverse Theatre Company

8.00pm Scottish Chamber Orchestra (p36) Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor Garry Walker Conductor

ACCESS FACILITIES KEY:

8.00pm Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich (p37) David Zinman Conductor Dawn Upshaw Soprano

P Designated Parking

8.00pm Roméo et Juliette (p37) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève Conductor

L Level Access

8.00pm Ivo Pogorelich (p38)

R Ramped Access

LF Lift

WS Wheelchair Spaces in Auditorium

DIARY FESTIVAL 09 DATES VENUES

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THE QUEEN’S HALL SERIES

11.00am Arditti Quartet, Barbara Hannigan (p51)

11.00am Bernarda Fink, Anthony Spiri (p52)

2.30pm Discussion: The Enlightenment and the Academies (p55)

5.00pm 2.30pm Conversations with Artists: Discussion: Political Scottish Ballet (p56) Economy (p55)

Clerk Street R WS T H WC C

THE HUB Castlehill R LF WS T H WC C

Tuesday September

(see entry for access details)

5.45pm Cantus Cölln (p31)

Greyfriars Place P L WS WC

KING’S THEATRE Leven Street R WS H WC

Wednesday September

8.00pm 5.00pm The Testament of Cresseid Conversations with Artists: (p27) The Testament of Cresseid (p57)

OTHER VENUES

GREYFRIARS KIRK

2

6.00pm Afterplay (p25) Gate Theatre

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4

Thursday September

11.00am Christian Zacharias (p52)

Friday September

5

Saturday September

11.00am Emerson String Quartet (p53)

11.00am Alexis Kossenko, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (p53)

2.30pm Behind the Scenes: Mabou Mines (p56)

2.30pm Behind the Scenes: Experimentum Mundi (p56) Tuesday 8 September 2.30pm & 7.30pm 8.00pm The Testament of Cresseid Sharing The Festival [p57] Experimentum Mundi (p27) The Space, Dundee

5.00pm 8.00pm Conversations with Artists: The Testament of Cresseid Mabou Mines (p57) (p27)

8.00pm The Testament of Cresseid (p27) 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm The Enlightenments Experimentum Mundi (p29) Experimentum Mundi (p29) Experimentum Mundi (p29) Experimentum Mundi (p29) (p42-44) Traverse Theatre Traverse Theatre Traverse Theatre Traverse Theatre Friday 7 August – L LF H WC C L LF H WC C L LF H WC C L LF H WC C Saturday 26 September Georgian Gallery, Talbot Rice Gallery The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge 5.45pm 5.45pm Retrospect Ensemble (p31) The Sixteen The Enlightenments (p31) Friday 7 August – Saturday 26 September Collective Gallery, 22 - 28 Cockburn Street

7.30pm Faith Healer (p25) Gate Theatre

7.30pm Afterplay (p25) Gate Theatre

9.00pm The Yalta Game (p25) Gate Theatre

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE

2.00pm Afterplay (p25) Gate Theatre

2.00pm The Yalta Game (p25) Gate Theatre

5.00pm The Yalta Game (p25) Gate Theatre

5.00pm Afterplay (p25) Gate Theatre

7.30pm Faith Healer (p25) Gate Theatre 7.15pm Actus tragicus (p12) Staatsoper Stuttgart

7.30pm Faith Healer (p25) Gate Theatre 7.15pm Actus tragicus (p12) Staatsoper Stuttgart

7.30pm Scottish Ballet (p18)

2.30pm & 7.30pm Scottish Ballet (p18)

Nicolson Street L R LF WS H T WC C

THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE Greenside Place R WS H WC C

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street L LF WS T H WC C

THE USHER HALL Lothian Road L WS WC

T Induction Loop

7.30pm Der Fliegende Holländer (p5) Hamburg State Opera Simone Young Conductor

H Infra Red System

Sunday 6 September 9.00pm Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert (p40) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Matthew Halls Conductor Princes Street Gardens L WS WC

7.30pm Peter and Wendy (p28) Mabou Mines

7.30pm Peter and Wendy (p28) Mabou Mines

7.30pm Peter and Wendy (p28) Mabou Mines

2.30pm & 7.30pm Peter and Wendy (p28) Mabou Mines

8.00pm Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p39) Ingo Metzmacher Conductor Christian Tetzlaff Violin

8.00pm The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists (p39) Sir John Eliot Gardiner Conductor

8.00pm The Fairy Queen (p6) The Sixteen Harry Christophers Conductor

8.00pm The Dream of Gerontius (p40) Hallé Sir Mark Elder Conductor

WC Accessible Toilets

C Accessible Catering/Bar

The Enlightenments Friday 7 August – Sunday 27 September Dean Gallery, Belford Road

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