GalleryHope’s Beautiful Daughters
Festival Updates, Music Channel
A new CD bringing together Scottish and Slovenian musicians and storytellers is to be launched in Orkney on 3 September.
‘Hope’s Beautiful Daughters’, in both folk and rock mood, highlights stories of women who overcome […]
GalleryBrian Boru’s March
Music Channel
Brian Boru’s March, played on the harp by Lesley MacLeod, takes us back 1000 years to a battle which left its mark on northern history – and is featured in several ways in the […]
GalleryBack for the Saturday afternoon Singalong!
Music Channel
Mr Boom’s new CD is special in two ways. First of all, he’s brought it out especially for the Festival, and is indeed calls it ‘Come to the Festival’.
And secondly, he features a […]
GalleryBut Oh! the Stars in all their Beauty
Festival Archive, Music Channel
The Sunday evening concert featuring the Mayfield Singers and organist George McPhee with guests is always a highlight, and last year it included the premiere of a new piece of music and the first […]
GalleryKirkwall City Pipe Band
Music Channel
Kirkwall City Pipe Band hold their final parade of the season on Broad Street on the Saturday evening of the Festival, which this year will be 7 September.
The sight and sound of the band […]
GalleryThree in a Bar
Music Channel
Three in a Bar came together to play at Festival events and in addition provide music at special events such as the North Ronaldsay Harvest Home and Burns Supper.
Here they are with a track […]
GalleryNew dance honours great Scot
Festival Archive, Music Channel
A NEW DANCE WAS LAUNCHED at the Festival to honour one of the greatest Scots of all time – who has had all too little recognition in his own land.
James Clerk Maxwell is to […]
GalleryMaxwell’s Waves and Freeland’s tunes
Music Channel
The music for the new dance Maxwell’s Waves was composed by one of the great figures in Scottish traditional music, Freeland Barbour. The dance made its first public appearance at the Island Ceilidh in […]