We were thrilled to be asked once again by St Andrew Fair Saturday to help launch the Scottish leg of the initiative. It is a global cultural movement with social impact that takes place every last Saturday of November, the day following Black Friday.
“Not the usual and something different: vibrant, engaging, fun and serious, taking you on a rollercoaster of emotions and thought. Makes you smile and will make you think and you’ll come away thinking more positively about orchestral music than before .”
Audience member, Glasgow Lodging House Mission
This short one-day tour saw the orchestra give seven performances in just one day in venues across Glasgow and Edinburgh. We revisited old friends at Social Bite Village and Glasgow Lodging House Mission, met new ones at Oakwood Primary School and finished with the concert at Summerhall alongside the Zea Mays.
Performances
| 28 October 2019 | 0930-1000 | Glasgow Lodging House Mission |
| 28 October 2019 | 1030-1115 | Oakwood Primary School |
| 28 October 2019 | 1200-1300 | Witherby Publishing Group |
| 28 October 2019 | 1400-1500 | HM Prison Edinburgh |
| 28 October 2019 | 1545-1630 | Edinburgh Erskine Care Home |
| 28 October 2019 | 1800-1830 | Social Bite Village |
| 28 October 2019 | 1900-2000 | Summerhall |
Repertoire
| Take on Me | A-ha arr. Joey O’Neill |
| By the Sleepy Lagoon | Eric Coates |
| Cathcart | Cunningham, Phil arr. Douwe Nauta |
| Soay | trad. arr. Rebecca Dale |
| Children’s Corner Suite | Claude Debussy (arr. Caplet) |
| GEILT (a number of ways) | Elliot, Rufus |
| Hirta | MacMillan, James |
| Symphony No. 41, Movement 4 ‘Jupiter’ | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
| 500 Miles (I’m Gonna Be) | The Proclaimers arr. Gordon Cree |
| Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine arr. Peter Keisjers |
| Danse Macabre | Saint-Saëns, Camille |
| Stormy Weather | arr. Raaf Hekkema |
| Scots Medley | trad. arr. Gordon Cree |
| Mairead nan Cuiread | trad. arr. Douwe Nauta |
| Superfly | Treacherous Orchestra arr. Hugo Bouma |
| Elektritatea | Zea Mays arr. F Velazquez |
| Negua Joan Da Ta | Zea Mays arr. F. Velazquez |