The Orillia Silver Band is taking an exciting trip to Scotland and invites the public to come along with its Highland Fling Concert. The concert takes place on Sunday, March 8, 2025, 2:00 pm at the Rene Caisse Theatre in Bracebridge. Concert tickets are available from the Box Office at https://www.theatremuskoka.ca/
Our Highland Fling Concert is concepted as a multimedia event, including wonderful music evocative of the Scottish Highlands along with simultaneously projected pictures and video clips of the places the audience will visit together on this musical journey.
The concert opens with The Swing ‘O The Kilt by composer Montague Ewing, a tune that will get everyone dancing Highland favourites right from the start.
The centrepiece of the concert is the towering Hymn of the Highlands by composer Philip Sparke. This seven-movement work is a tour-de-force for brass band and is a terrific soundscape of the sights of the Scottish Highlands. Our tour includes stops at Ardross Castle, The Summer Isles, the forest of Flowerdale, the village of Strathcarron for a traditional sword dance, the village of Lairg Muir, the river Alladale, and the charming village of Dundonnell. The full work provides opportunities for the entire band to show its musical skills as well as occasions for many of the band’s fine soloists to come to centre-stage.
The concert wraps up with the scintillating Gaelforce by Peter Graham, a work that employs three traditional Gaelic tunes to showcase both solo voices and the entire band.
Please put this exciting multi-media concert on your calendar. Your support and encouragement of the band is always greatly appreciated!
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