The next Tune Up Tour of 2010 sees contemporary music ensemble, the Red Note Ensemble’s reinterpretation of the classic modernist poem, A Drunk Man Looks At The Thistle by Hugh MacDiarmid. The tour kicked off on Thursday 3 June at The Tolbooth in Stirling.
The Red Note Ensemble, directed by John Harris and Robert Irvine, is a newly-formed professional music ensemble, dedicated to contemporary music. In this podcast we chat to John Harris as well as the conductor Jessica Cottis and narrator, Crawford Logan about the music involved, the original poem and the forthcoming tour.
You can catch Red Note Ensemble performing A Drunk Man Looks At The Thistle on the following tour dates across Scotland:
- Thu 3rd June, The Tolbooth, Stirling
- Fri 4th June, RSAMD, Glasgow
- Sat 5th June, Woodend Barn, Banchory
- Sun 6th June, Island Community Hall, Easdale Island
- Tue 8th June, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye
- Wed 9th June, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
For more information and to buy tickets for all tour dates visit:
tuneup.org.uk
