World premieres at the Edinburgh International Festival
The following works received their world premieres at the Edinburgh International Festival:
List[]
Date of premiere | Work | Genre | Creator/composer | Presented/performed by |
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22 August 1949 | The Cocktail Party | Drama | T. S. Eliot | Sherek Players |
29 August 1949 | The Man in the Raincoat | Drama | Peter Ustinov | Sherek Players |
21 August 1950 | The Queen's Comedy | Drama | James Bridie | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
24 August 1950 | The Atom Doctor | Drama | Eric Linklater | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
19 August 1951 | Symphony No. 2 | Symphony | William Wordsworth | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
25 August 1953 | The Confidential Clerk | Drama | T. S. Eliot | Sherek Players |
26 August 1954 | Practical Cats | Entertainment for children | Alan Rawsthorne | BBC Scottish Orchestra |
3 September 1954 | Symphony No. 4 | Symphony | William Wordsworth | The Hallé Orchestra |
20 August 1957 | The Hidden King | Drama | Jonathan Griffin | Stephen Mitchell |
28 August 2003 | There Where She Loved
Rush |
Ballet | Christopher Wheeldon | San Francisco Ballet |
13 August 2010 | Caledonia | Musical | Alistair Beaton | National Theatre of Scotland |
02 September 2010 | Quimeras | Flamenco | Paco Peña | Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company |
26 August 2011 | Kings 2 Ends | Ballet | Jorma Elo | Scottish Ballet |
22 August 2012 | Since it was the day of Preparation... | Choral | Sir James MacMillan | William Conway, Brindley Sherratt, Hebrides Ensemble, Synergy Vocals |
27 August 2013 | Festival City | Orchestral and electronics | Tod Machover | Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian |
12 August 2016 | Hommage à Kurtág | Chamber music | Mark Simpson | Mark Simpson, Antoine Tamestit, Pierre-Laurent Aimard |
16 August 2016 | Anything That Gives Off Light | Musical | Jessica Almasy, Davey Anderson, Rachel Chavkin, Brian Ferguson, Sandy Grierson | The TEAM, National Theatre of Scotland |
27 August 2016 | Swans Kissing | Chamber music | Rolf Wallin | Danish String Quartet |
04 August 2017 | Meet Me at Dawn | Drama | Zinnie Harris | Traverse Theatre Company |
04 August 2017 | Flight | Drama | Oliver Emanuel based on the novel Hinterland by Caroline Brothers | Vox Motus |
08 August 2017 | The Divide Parts 1 & 2 | Drama | Alan Ayckbourn | The Old Vic |
17 August 2018 | Correspondences | Chamber music | Peder Barratt-Due | Eivind Ringstad, David Meier |
03 August 2019 | The Crucible | Ballet | Helen Pickett, Peter Salem | Scottish Ballet |
07 August 2019 | Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation | Drama | Tim Crouch | National Theatre of Scotland |
10 August 2019 | Quickening (2018 version) | Cantata | Sir James MacMillan | The King's Singers, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus, Ed Gardner |
14 August 2019 | Red Dust Road | Drama | Tanika Gupta based on the book by Jackie Kay | National Theatre of Scotland, HOME |
17 August 2019 | Symphony No. 5 Le grand Inconnu | Symphony | Sir James MacMillan | Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Genesis Sixteen, Harry Christophers |
See also[]
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1957
- Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1957
- Drama at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1957
- Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947 to 1957
References[]
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- Edinburgh Festival
- Annual events in Edinburgh
- Arts-related lists