Nevis Ensemble

Nevis Ensemble, Scotland’s Street Orchestra, takes its 40 musicians around the west of Scotland on one of its most ambitious tours to date. As well as visiting the Hebridean islands and St Kilda, Nevis Ensemble makes a welcome return to Craignish Village Hall.
The performance is free, donations on the night are very welcome and will go towards providing hospitality for the orchestra. The event is seated but unreserved so please come early!

Doors open at 6.30pm for the one-hour concert at 7.00pm.

Conducted by Holly Mathieson and Jon Hargreaves The ensemble will give the world premiere of a new work by Rufus Elliot, a Scottish premiere of a work based on a Hebridean folk song by Sir James MacMillan and new arrangements of Waulking Songs from the Isle of Lewis. Other repertoire includes works by Handel, Mozart, Debussy, Lutoslawski, Shiori Usui, as well as pop music by a-ha, Toto and arrangements of Scottish ceilidh tunes.

Nevis Ensemble Chief Executive, Jamie Munn said “ Our concert in Craignish Village Hall last August was a definite highlight of the tour, and remains one of the orchestra’s favourite performances to date. We got a really warm welcome from the community, and seeing an audience up singing and dancing during an orchestral concert was really wonderful. We can’t wait to be back!”