Power, Faith & Defiance ⚡
Schnittke invented a new musical language mixing every style & emotion.
Concerto for Choir is monumental — moving from darkness & intensity to overwhelming light and reverence.
🎟️ Sat 13 June • 7:30pm
⏱️ One hour | No interval
🔗 Ticket Link in bio
First rehearsal back in Canongate Kirk next Tuesday — and we can’t wait to be back in that space.
It’s sounding beautiful again, and we’re getting ready for Saturday 13 June…
🗓️Save the date — even better, get your tickets now.
🎟️https://t.co/rALt4YXa0S
#RoyalMile#Edinburgh
Join Calton Consort for “Midwinter” at Canongate Kirk, 5pm on Saturday 6th December — perfectly timed to head straight to that party or head home to cosy up afterwards. ❄️🎶
Tickets are selling fast… don’t miss out!
🎟️ https://t.co/6q84I9pOmL
#Edinburgh#midwinter#calm
🎶 The beauty of the word, the power of choral sound. Calton Consort returns to #edfringe with music by Dove, Whitacre, MacMillan, Marsh + more.
📅 19 Aug | ⛪ Canongate Kirk | 8.30pm
🎟️ Tickets: https://t.co/faRkMM1ovp
#choir#fringe#edinburgh
🔦Programme Spotlight #4🔦
James MacMillan’s “The Gallant Weaver” weaves Burns’ poetry into a lyrical, haunting tribute to love & tradition.
Hear this Scottish gem live, this Sat 7:30pm 14th June @CanongateKirk
🎟️https://t.co/nl2z7G2sj0
#ChoralMusic#bees#weaverbird
Catch the buzz!
Tickets on sale now for our Midsummer Concert on 14th June, Canongate Kirk.
An hour of soaring choral music inspired by bees, nature, and the seasons.
Works by Dove, MacMillan, Whitacre & Marsh.
https://t.co/M5XJ9XKqi7
#MidsummerConcert#BeeInspired#Edinburgh
📣 Open call for early-career composers. 📣
The successful applicant will be invited to collaborate with the choir in a composition, and receive £1000 upon completion of the work.
🔹Deadline: 25th April 2025
🔹Details: https://t.co/2Sk56wBGXi
In July, 14 of our members head to Austria as part of the Midlothian group camp trip. Everyone will receive a drawstring bag sponsored by Belmont but as it stands the 41st are the only Company yet to secure sponsorship for our trip polo shirts.
The weather has been lamentable today here in Edinburgh thanks to #eowyn, but the good news is that tickets are now on sale for our next performance:
Lamentations - A choral programme of ancient and contemporary perspectives on love, loss, and faith.
https://t.co/hWo93SSgNI
If you are in P2 to S6 and your New Year Resolution is to try new things, make new friends and develop life skills; Fridays at Duddingston could be for you!
It’s not too late to join us for an hour of Christmas choral calm with candles in Canongate Kirk at 5pm tomorrow, Saturday 14th December.
🎟️Tickets available online in advance *until midday* on Saturday 14th then on the door.
Doors open 16:30.
https://t.co/M5XJ9XKY7F
Doesn’t the Canongate Kirk look amazing in this photo?
Come swap winter chill for choral chill there 5-6pm Saturday 14th December 🎄⛪️🎶
Booking link below
(Photo by Robin Benn)