There was a bit of a shambles the Wednesday before last in Greyfriars Kirk at the first performance of James MacMillan's new commission, entitled Since It Was The Day Of Preparation.
There was a bit of a shambles the Wednesday before last in Greyfriars Kirk at the first performance of James MacMillan's new commission, entitled Since It Was The Day Of Preparation.
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Michael Tumelty
The issue was the timing of the show. All Greyfriars events were billed at a duration of "one hour approximately". On the train to Edinburgh that afternoon, I was phoned by the Festival office, alerting me to the fact that, after a dress rehearsal, the new piece had a running time of 80 minutes. My involuntary imprecation startled the old woman in front of me. The concert was starting at 5.45pm and I had an 8pm deadline.
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