For the Love of Scotland

MEDIA RELEASE February 2012

Dust off your kilt and enjoy a night of Scottish classics for the ASO’s upcoming concert – For the Love of Scotland Star of the BBC “Last Night of the Proms”, Scottish Tenor Jamie MacDougall, makes his debut performance with the ASO on Saturday 18 February, 8pm at the Festival Theatre for a night which will feature some of the best-loved Scottish works of the repertoire. MacDougall, radio host and the voice of classical music for BBC Radio Scotland, has toured extensively with Caledon – Scotland's Three Tenors. He has appeared with many of the leading British opera companies as well as some of the world's top baroque, chamber and symphony orchestras, including the BBC SSO, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the St Louis and Houston Symphony Orchestras. “It's a night to celebrate Scotland, not just from a Scottish angle but a truly international one. The landscape, the history the music and the people have inspired so many writers and composers through the centuries and this program will give people an idea of just how inspirational Scotland has been to composers like Berlioz, Debussy and Mendelssohn,” said MacDougall. “If you've a spot of Scottish blood in you, or if you are simply a music lover then I know you'll love this night, when Adelaide will resemble the Highlands of Scotland!” Conducted by Graham Abbott, the concert features a superb program which includes Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Peter Maxwell Davies’ An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise as well as Arnold’s Tam O'Shanter Overture and traditional Scottish songs including Skye Boat Song, My Love is like a Red, Red Rose, Loch Lomond and more. Audiences are encouraged to get in the spirit of the evening and come dressed with a touch of Scottish flavour! For the love of Scotland Saturday 18 February, 8pm Festival Theatre Tickets through BASS www.bass.net.au or 131 246

PROGRAM MacCunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Op. 3 Roever Arr. Barnett: Highland Cathedral (Jamie MacDougall – Tenor) Traditional Arr. Barnett: Skye Boat Song (Jamie MacDougall – Tenor) Debussy: March écossaise sur un thème populaire Traditional Arr. Barnett: Loch Lomond (Jamie MacDougall – Tenor) Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise (Phil Wyld – Bagpipes) Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Op. 26 Traditional Arr. Barnett: My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose (Jamie MacDougall – Tenor) Arnold: Tam O'Shanter Overture Op. 51 Traditional Arr. Barnett: Tartan Medley

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MEDIA ENQUIRIES: Kate Sewell, Publicist Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 08 8233 6205/0431 228 859/[email protected]