Earth, thy cold is keen
Fri 20 Jun
|Old School Thornhill
Old and new meet in an intimate and evocative performance that brings together song, medieval lyric, Scottish folk, and contemporary instrumental sounds. Sequoia: Alice Rickards violin & Sonia Cromarty cello Lotte Betts-Dean: mezzo soprano Stuart MacRae: harmonium
Time & Location
20 Jun 2025, 19:30 – 20:30
Old School Thornhill, Station Rd, Thornhill DG3 5DF, UK
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Old School Thornhill & Chamber Music Scotland presents string duo Sequoia, who are joined by mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and composer and harmonium player Stuart MacRae for an intimate and evocative performance that brings together song, medieval lyric, Scottish folk, and contemporary instrumental sounds.
From the ethereal to the earthy, the music moves fluidly through time and tradition, drawing listeners into vivid, unexpected sound worlds where the old and new meet.
“…conjures an aural landscape steeped in folk music and medieval lyric, but the result is entirely distinctive and modern... This is music for slow, close listening, beautifully performed.”
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer
“There’s gripping unpredictability in a journey that courses through the mystical, largely unaccompanied simplicity of The Captive, a traditional Gaelic song playfully remodelled, and much more en route to the crushing density of O Earth, Lie Heavily and the earlier-composed The Lif of this World.”