Thu 24 Sept
|Eastgate Theatre
Music in Peebles: A Border Ballads Programme
Chamber music and art-song inspired by the rich Border Ballad and Poetry traditions.
Time & Location
24 Sept 2026, 19:30
Eastgate Theatre, Eastgate, Peebles EH45 8AD, UK
About the event
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Rieving, family feuds, unrequited love, and all in the setting of the Borders’ bonnie landscapes and towns. This programme explores how the rich tradition of Border Ballads has inspired Scottish classical composers - from orchestral tone-poems to art-song settings. The music and composers in this concert may be new to you, but the stories are as old as the hills, as they say.
In the tradition of the ballads, the Scottish Borders have continued to produce verse and rhyme over the centuries - from poets like Walter Scott, Lady John Scott, and Hugh MacDiarmid. These have, in turn, been set to music by 20th century Scottish composers Francis George Scott and Ronald Stevenson - both of whom spent the last part of their lives in the Borders.
Join The Bubblyjock Collective for an evening exploring the colourful music that conjures up these stories, old and new,…