Edinburgh Quartet, Glasgow Chamber Choir and soprano Patricia Rozario will feature at a celebratory concert for composer Hans Gal in Edinburgh on Sunday at 3.30pm.
The programme features four works by Gal, plus other pieces by Schubert and Mendelssohn.
Earlier this year, in January, the BBC SSO performed two concerts showcasing music by Gal, who fled Vienna as a Jewish refugee before the Second World War, eventually settling in Edinburgh, where he died in 1987 at the age of 97.
This weekend's concert takes place at the Queen's Hall, and tickets priced £15, £12 and £5 are available from the box office.
www.thequeenshall.net
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is one of three poets who has been commissioned to write a poem in honour of the Magna Carta, which celebrates its 800th anniversary this year. Glasgow-born Duffy, the first Scot to hold the position, will be joined by Welsh National Poet Gillian Clarke and Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry holder Imtiaz Dharker.
The new works - written on themes of freedom of speech, human rights and democracy - will be performed for the first time on June 8 at Lincoln Castle, home to one of only four surviving copies of the historical document.
www.literature.britishcouncil.org/carol-ann-duffy
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