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‘To the Lighthouse’ Concert, 4 March 2016

‘Skye Boat Song’ Bagpipes Opening
Reading: from “The Window”, chapter 1 – first view of the lighthouse, & the opening of the novel
‘Man in the Mune’ – Thea Musgrave
‘Daffins’ – Thea Musgrave [clip]
‘Willie Wabster’ – Thea Musgrave [clip]
‘A Bairn’s Prayer at Nicht’ – Thea Musgrave
‘The Gean’ – Thea Musgrave [clip]
Reading: from “The Window”, chapter 12 – Mr and Mrs Ramsay
‘O That I’d Ne’er Been Married’ – Benjamin Britten [clip]
Reading: from “The Window”, chapter 9 – Lily Briscoe, the Painter
‘O Can Ye Sew Cushions’ – Benjamin Britten
Reading: from “Time Passes”, chapter 6 – First World War
‘Bonnie James Campbell’, from Scotch Minstrelsy – Judith Weir [clip]
Reading: from “Time Passes”, chapter 2 – The empty house
‘Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight’, from Scotch Minstrelsy – Judith Weir
Reading: from “Time Passes”, chapter 3 – Mrs Ramsay’s Death
‘Braes of Yarrow’, from Scotch Minstrelsy – Judith Weir [clip]
Reading: from “The Window”, chapter 4 – William Bankes and Lily Briscoe
Reading: from “The Lighthouse”, chapter 5 – Lily’s Grief
Reading: from “The Lighthouse”, chapter 8 – James Ramsay
‘Ca’ the Yowes’ – Benjamin Britten [clip]
Reading: from “Time Passes”, chapter 10 – The return to the house ten years’ on
Reading: from “The Lighthouse”, chapter 13 – End of the novel

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