St Magnus Festival
st magnus international festival annual weeklong art festival take place midsummer island orkney north coast mainland scotland festival founded group including composer sir peter maxwell davy resident orkney orcadian poet george mackay brown artistic director alasdair nicolson succeeded glenys hughes artistic programme consists mainly music alongside drama dance literature visual art managed small staff many local volunteer also offer accommodation visiting artist artist appeared festival include vladimir ashkenazy nicola benedetti colin currie evelyn glennie john harle angela hewitt steven isserlis paul lewis john lill tasmin little joanna macgregor lisa milne steven osborne isaac stern many orchestra ensemble visited festival scotland england festival poet included carol ann duffy john gallas seamus heaney jackie kay gwyneth lewis liz lochhead andrew motion national theatre scotland also appeared festival st magnus festival commissioned music composer including james macmillan judith weir simon holt sir richard rodney bennett thea musgrave sally beamish edward mcguire william sweeney gordon mcpherson david horne premières work sir peter maxwell davy included work written collaboration inspired work orcadian writer george mackay brown visual art drama dance project also commissioned festival including trio original play alan plater education community project included many resident orkney st magnus festival chorus includes around singer part archipelago festival pride involvement local community support provided local resident festival tour project visited orkneys outer island give workshop performance school community beginning type fringe festival called magfest included latenight show circus cabaret comedy music childrens event orkney conducting course st magnus composer course writer course singer course also run alongside festival conductor composer course held th anniversary festival director alasdair nicolson attributed lack funding st magnus international festival st magnus international festival facebook