RARE material from the collections of the National Library of Scotland's will be on show to mark the anniversary of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
The exhibit will be shown on 8 and 9 February.
Mary, Queen of Scots died on 8 February, 1587.
It will explore depictions of Mary Stuart through the ages, from engravings of a Mary Queen of Scots themed masked ball in 1820s France to 20th and 21st-century film scripts.
There will also be Mary’s Great Seal, Mary Stuart's childhood correspondence with her mother, Mary of Guise, and a letter to the French ambassador in England written in the early days of her captivity.
Fiona Hyslop,culture secretary, said: "This exhibit – which brings together Mary Queen of Scots items that have never before been seen together – shows that she was as much a household name during her lifetime as she is now.
“Highlights will undoubtedly be Mary Stuart’s handwritten letters which are held in the Library’s collections – opportunities to see treasures like these are almost as rare as the items themselves.”
Other items on display will include a detailed series of engravings from 1791 depicting Mary, Queen of Scots’ execution, as well as a digitised presentation of her Last Letter complete with translation and interpretation.
www.nls.uk
A WRITING project about the Cairngorms is one of 31 projects backed by £440,000 of lottery funding from Creative Scotland.
Shared Stories: A Year in the Cairngorms will take place in the Cairngorms National Park throughout 2019.
The project will be run by a writer-in-residence, Merryn Glover.
Alan Smith, Outdoor Learning Officer at the Cairngorms National Park Authority, said: "The project has come about from the fact that we all know – that the well-being of the natural environment and the people of the Park is inter-dependent.
"This project aims to delve deeper into that relationship through creative writing and story-telling activities with participants creating pieces of writing that inspire and give insights into our relationship with the landscape and wildlife – along with outdoor experiences in the Park – to a wider audience.”
Other projects backed include Mark Vernon, who has received funding towards the continuation of Radiophrenia, a temporary art radio station exploring current trends in sound and transmission arts broadcasting from the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow.
Pianist Mhairi Hall receives support towards her new album, Airs.
The album will feature a combination of old Gaelic and Scots traditional songs, alongside newly composed pieces inspired by the older tunes.
Hall said: “My solo album Airs is due to be released in Autumn 2019.
"This is a hugely exciting collaborative project combining music, contemporary art and film, each inspiring the other to create something unique, beautiful and profoundly Scottish.”
www.creativescotland.com
THE Principal Trumpet of Scottish Opera is to join Scotland's national orchestra.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has announced that Jason Lewis has been appointed to the position of Associate Principal Trumpet.
Lewis will officially take up the post in May 2019.
The musician joins from the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, where he is currently Principal Trumpet.
He has been performing with the RSNO since May 2018 and joined the Orchestra on its most recent tour of China, with Music Director Thomas Søndergård and soloist Nicola Benedetti.
Born in Aberystwyth, mid-Wales in 1989, Lewis went on to study Trumpet at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama for four years with Principal Trumpet of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Mr Lewis said: “I’m delighted to be appointed to the RSNO, an orchestra I’ve admired for many years.
"I consider it to be an honour to join a brass section with such an incredible reputation and very much look forward to performing with my esteemed colleagues.”
Lewis officially joins the RSNO as Associate Principal Trumpet in May but will join the orchestra beforehand, in March and April for its first tour of the USA with recently appointed Music Director Thomas Søndergård.
Audiences in Edinburgh and Glasgow will be able hear one of the programmes due to be performed by the RSNO in the USA.
Sibelius’ Symphony No7, Prokofiev’s Symphony No5 and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with soloist Olga Kern appears at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 22 March and at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 23 March.
www.rsno.org.uk.
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