Hebrides Ensemble: Eight Songs for a Mad King

By Alan Coady, 16 November 2012

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Reviewed at The Jam House, Edinburgh on 15 November 2012

Xenakis, Rebonds

Benjamin, Flight, for solo flute

Adès, Catch

Various, A Purcell Garland

Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King

Ben Twist, Director

Fiona Watt, Set Designer

Hebrides Ensemble

Marcus Farnsworth, King George III

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Alan Coady

Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.