Big Saturday!

***2 concerts, 350 performers, 21 world premieres***
Saturday 7th October 2023
Concerts 2.30pm & 4.30pm
Barony Hall

Under the direction of Sir James MacMillan the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra will perform two concerts with around 350 local people, showcasing the new music our community groups have written themselves under the guidance of our expert workshop leaders. The Cumnock Tryst has also commissioned four Ayrshire composers, Jay Capperauld, Michael Murray, Electra Perivolaris and Gillian Walker to write linking episodes between each new community song. Rounding off each concert will be a piece called Eleven specially composed by James MacMillan for this project. There have been various pieces of music inspired by sport over the decades, and by football in particular. Eleven is another one, inspired specifically by the local teams in East Ayrshire and dedicated to the supporters of Auchinleck Talbot, Cumnock Juniors, Glenafton Athletic, Lugar Boswell Thistle and Muirkirk Juniors.

A collaboration with the Coalfields Community Landscape Partnership

Workshop leaders

Ailie Robertson; Findlay Napier; Jenny Laahs; Patricia Panther; Stephen Deazley; Gareth Williams; Martin O’Connor; Karine Polwart and Andrew Duncan

Performers

Strings N Things; Things Tae Dae; Doon Academy, Dalmellington; Robert Burns Academy, Cumnock; Logan Primary School, Logan; Netherthird Primary School, Netherthird; The Cumnock Tryst Festival Chorus ; Cumnock Youth Musical Theatre; Cumnock Area Musical Production Society; Dalmellington Brass Academy. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Sir James MacMillan

In The Stars

Saturday 7th October 2023 2.30pm
**Dalmellington Brass Academy**
**Andrew Duncan** Linking Music
**Doon Academy**
**Electra Perivolaris** Linking Music
**Netherthird Primary School**
**Michael Murray** Linking Music
**Logan Primary School**
**Gillian Walker** Linking Music
**Robert Burns Academy**
**Jay Capperauld** Linking Music
**James MacMillan** Eleven
*`Image by project participant Anthony Márquez, taken at the beginning of A Musical Celebration of the Coalfields.*

BOOK NOW for IN THE STARS

Darkness into
Darkness

Saturday 7th October 2023 4.30pm
**Andrew Duncan** Overture
**Cumnock Youth Musical Theatre**
**Jay Capperauld** Linking Music
**Cumnock Area Musical Production Society**
**Gillian Walker** Linking Music
**Strings N Things**
**Michael Murray** Linking Music
**Things Tae Dae**
**Electra Perivolaris** Linking Music
**The Cumnock Tryst Festival Chorus**
**Jay Capperauld** Linking Music
**James MacMillan** Eleven
*Image by project participant Ian Fraser, taken at the beginning of A Musical Celebration of the Coalfields.*

BOOK NOW FOR DARKNESS INTO DARKNESS

Event Information

Approx running time for each concert 1 hour, no interval

Tickets:
Full price: £7
Local Residents, Students and Under 26s: £5
Unwaged and Under 18s: FREE

Barony Hall
Barony Campus, Auchinleck Road, KA18 1RS
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Both concerts will be British Sign Language interpreted by long time Tryst Festival concert goer Paul Whittaker OBE. Please let the box office know when booking so that a suitable place for you to sit will be held for you.

BIG Saturday!

Event Information