St Magnus Festival |
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Arts, Festival |
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Description: |
Orkney's midsummer celebration of all the arts, with special focus on music: international artists; local participants of all ages; new commissions and recent work; community productions; concerts, poetry readings, talks, film-showings and exhibitions. Founded in 1977 by composer Peter Maxwell Davies. |
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Established: |
1977 |
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Address: |
60 Victoria Street, |
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Contact: |
Angela Henderson |
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Phone: |
+44 (0)1856 871445 |
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Main Email: |
info@stmagnusfestival.com |
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Web: |
http://www.stmagnusfestival.com |
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Related Links: |
THE ADVENTURES OF JACK RENTON, A VICTORIAN SAILOR’S SOUTH SEAS ODYSSEY / CERAMICS BY ERIC MARWICK (Stromness Museum, Stromness, Orkney, until September 2009)
MORAG MACINNES finds a gem in the upstairs room at Stromness Museum.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL (Kirkwall and Stromness, Orkney, 20-22 June 2009)
ROBERT LIVINGSTON renews acquaintance with the St Magnus Festival.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL: ANDREW MOTION – ON POETS PAINTERS AND PLACES (Stromness Parish Church , Stromness, Orkney, 21 June 2009)
MORAG MACINNES hears the ex-Laureate celebrate the importance of the ordinary.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL: TRIO MEDIEVAL (St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, 22 June 2009)
MORAG MACINNES is charmed and then rocked by the Norwegian vocal trio.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL 2008 (Orkney, 20-25 June 2008)
PAMELA BEASANT encounters community drama, opera, classical music, poetry, rock and circus performers in her personal trawl through the ever-diverse St Magnus programme.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL (Orkney, 22-27 June 2007)
CLARE FROY returns to Orkney and immerses herself in the varied fare on offer at the 30th festival.A HAMNAVOE MAN (St Magnus Festival, Stromness and Kirkwall, Orkney, 16-21 June 2006)
SUE TORDOFF rounds up the events commemorating the 10th anniversary of the death of George Mackay Brown.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL 1 (Orkney, 16-21 June 2006)
ALISTAIR PEEBLES files his initial report from the opening days of the St Magnus FestivalST MAGNUS FESTIVAL 2 (Orkney, 16-21 June 2006)
ALISTAIR PEEBLES reflects on another successful St Magnus FestivalSIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES (St Magnus Festival, Orkney, 26 June 2005)
ALISTAIR PEEBLES found Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in fascinating form in a Meet the Composer session at the St Magnus Festival.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL 2005 (Orkney, June 2005)
ALISTAIR PEEBLES launches on a final extended foray through the St Magnus Festival, and enlists some friendly helpers in covering a packed programme.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL 1 (Orkney, 17 - 22 June 2005)
In the first of two extended reports, ALISTAIR PEEBLES looks back on another successful St Magnus Festival and addresses the mystery of how do they do that in Orkney?ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL 2 (Orkney, 17 - 22 June 2005)
ALISTAIR PEEBLES continues his appraisal of this year’s St Magnus Festival, focusing on the Bosnian strand of the programme.April 2005 Feature: St Magnus Preview
The St Magnus Festival in Orkney is firmly established as a world class arts event. The Arts Journal looks ahead to this year’s festival in JuneJuly 2004 Feature: St Magnus Festival 2005
ALISTAIR PEEBLES looks ahead to a year of temporary change at the St Magnus Festival in 2005.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL 2004 (Various venues in Orkney, 18-23 June 2004)
ALISTAIR PEEBLES rounds up more diverse delights from the St Magnus Festival.ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL COMMUNITY EVENTS (Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall and elsewhere, June 2004)
ALISTAIR PEEBLES focuses his second report from the St Magnus Festival on the large-scale community events in this year’s programme.June 2004 Preview: St Magnus Festival 2004
ALISTAIR PEEBLES looks ahead to a busy 27th St Magnus Festival in OrkneyJune 2003 Feature: Glenys Hughes on St Magnus Festival
GLENYS HUGHES, the artistic director of ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL, describes her own vision of this acclaimed event.
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