Event: 31st May, 7.30pm in Kirkcudbright Parish Church Hall

Since 2019, Dr John Burns has been investigating the changing language, voices and words of Galloway. From ‘blether’ to ‘wabbit’, and everything in between! At a public event on 31st May, John will give an overview of the project, talk about the initial findings and what the work has shown.

The world premiere of Geoff Davidson’s The Passion was performed at Dalry church on Easter Saturday. A capacity audience of over 150 people enjoyed a dramatic performance of the new choral work from the Glenkens Parish Choir with church members taking the spoken roles of Pontius Pilate, the high priest Caiaphas and choir members reading Peter, Judas and ‘Doubting’ Thomas.

An Easter Passion sung in the Scots language will receive its world premier in Galloway next month.
A Tale o’ Guid Friday an Ayont follows the classic format of an Easter Passion with soloists, speakers and choir, but uniquely all the participants will speak and sing in Scots, using words from William Lorimer’s translation of the New Testament published in 1983.