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Saturday 7th 8pm
SCOTS FIDDLE OLD & NEW
Alastair Savage Trio
Alasdair is joined by guitarist/pianist Euan Drysdale and double bassist Iain Crawford to perform celebrated fiddle music from Scotland's past as well as the group's own original compositions.
Tickets £10/£6

Tuesday 10th 7pm
ALEXANDER'S FEAST
Ludus Baroque
Handel's setting of the astonishingly vivid Dryden poem, performed by an international cast including Sophie Bevan, Robin Blaze, Ed Lyon and William Berger, with a sensational hand picked chorus and the simply stunning Ludus Baroque chamber orchestra.
Tickets £15

Thursday 12th 7pm
B MINOR MASS
Ludus Baroque
‘Ludus Baroque's nights at the Canongate Kirk are the ones that matter, not least when the B Minor Mass is the work being presented' (Herald). With Sophie Bevan, Robin Blaze, Ed Lyon and William Berger.
Tickets £15

Saturday 14th 6pm
CONSORT OF VOICES
Aspects of Nature
The Consort of Voices return to the Canongate to present a programme of pieces inspired by nature; these include Britten: Flower Songs, Beva Baker: Dryads and Morten Laurisden: Nocturnes.
Tickets £10/£7.50

Thursday 19th & Friday 20th 5pm
AIRY DELIGHTS
St Clement's Wind Ensemble
St Clement's Wind Ensemble - ‘a must-see for any classical music fan' (ThreeWeeks) - will be back this year with music by Mozart, Brahms (Serenade Op. 16), Spohr and others.
Tickets £7/£5

Saturday 21st & 28th 12pm
BACH AT THE CANONGATE
David Hamilton
Strathclyde University organist David Hamilton returns to the Canongate to launch his latest CD, recorded here earlier this year. A programme of popular Bach works in the incomparable acoustic setting of this historic Edinburgh church.
Tickets £5

Saturday 21st 5pm
A CAPPELLA ALLSORTS
midge
Fringe regulars return to perform Byrd's Mass for five voices and other sacred and secular pieces from the 16th century including Janequin, Palestrina, Gibbons and Monteverdi. Great music in a wonderful acoustic setting.
Tickets £8/£7

Tuesday 24th 5pm
ORGAN RECITAL
Nicholas Wearne
Nicholas Wearne gives the last recital of a series launching 'Organs of Edinburgh', a joint venture by the Edinburgh Society of Organists and the Delphian record label comprising 4 CDs and a 100-page description of 22 important organs around Edinburgh.
Tickets £4

Friday 27th 7.30pm
WHISTLEBINKIES IN CONCERT
The Whistlebinkies
A special blend of small pipes, harp, flute, fiddle, concertina, bass, percussion and voice in the wonderful unamplified acoustics of Canongate Kirk, with guest Lindsay Porteous on Jew's harp.
Tickets £10/£6

Saturday 28th 7.30pm
CHINESE MUSIC - OLD & NEW
Harmony Ensemble
A display of Chinese music - traditional, new and improvised, with the fascinating voice of Fong Liu. Full array of percussion, bamboo flute, ruan (moon guitar), zheng (plucked zither), yangqin (hammered dulcimer) and fiddle.
Tickets £10/£6

Tickets available at the door or from Fringe Festival Box Office