'Ossianic Ballads', new commission for National Library of Scotland
12 August, 2023
On 23rd September there's a performance of a new work I have been commissioned to write at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. The 'Ossianic Ballads' are rhapsodies based on the heroic lays or laoidhean that came over from Ireland to the Highlands and Islands from the twelfth century onwards. The concert features the renowned Gaelic singer Màiri Macmillan and the Edinburgh Quartet, 'Scotland's string quartet'. For more info please paste this into your browser https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heroic-gaelic-tales-in-modern-music-ossianic-ballads-tickets-694840846677?aff=NedBigham