The once-dry Glasgow suburb of Cathcart was the toast of one of the largest cities in China last night as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra took a very special Scottish Hogmanay to Shenzhen.
The once-dry Glasgow suburb of Cathcart was the toast of one of the largest cities in China last night as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra took a very special Scottish Hogmanay to Shenzhen.
PIPERS DELIGHT: The royal Scottish National Orchestra, featuring pipers from the National Youth Pipe Band, in Shenzen, with music director Peter Oundijan.
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Keith Bruce Arts editor in Shenzhen, China
The RSNO made its mark on Sino-Scottish relations with concerts greeted by whoops of delight, cheering and standing ovations at Shenzhen's palatial concert hall, which is just five years old.
The tune Cathcart, written by accordianist Phil Cunningham for the Scottish Power Pipe Band a decade ago and arranged for pipes and orchestra by the late Kevin McCrae, was one of the pieces that whipped the Chinese audience into a New Year's Eve frenzy.
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