Wick musician’s work set for Eden Court world premiere
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A NEW work by a Wick musician gets its world premiere next week.
The Boy and the Bunnet, written by James Ross and James Robertson, will get its first public performance at the Blas Festival at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness on Tuesday.
It has been described as traditional music’s answer to Peter and the Wolf with the producers hoping it could become a standard in the classroom as well as the concert hall.
The music has been written by local composer and musician Ross with words by Booker-prize-nominated author Robertson. The performance uses traditional Scottish instruments and musical styles with a narrator to tell the story of a brave boy who gets into danger when he goes out on an adventure.
“It’s a fantastic piece of music and a wonderful new story, and it will appeal to all ages,” said the producer, Bryan Beattie.
“The Eden Court performance will include a question-and-answer session with the writer and composer as well as a full additional programme of music from the musicians. But we’re hoping it will make it easier to get traditional music into the classroom as well – we’re preparing resource packs for teachers so they can feel comfortable using The Boy and the Bunnet to explain about music, Scots and Gaelic language.”
The first performance will have a Gaelic translation by Aonghas MacNeacail and subtitles in English.
The Scots version will be premiered at Celtic Connections in February. The project is produced by Big Sky and is supported by Creative Scotland.
