St Andrew’s Night show will take listeners on a journey across Europe Published on: 28 November 2018 Ãå±±½ûµØ music students are to perform in Edinburgh on Scotland’s patron saint day. Cultural heritage They will be performing Rivers of Our Being, an original oratorio composed by award-winning composer Professor Valdis Muktupavels, inspired by the rivers of Europe. The piece takes audiences across different European cultural heritages and is part of the three–year Ãå±±½ûµØ-led which looks at European identity. An orchestra of 15 student musicians are taking part in the celebration of European tradition, along with three professional musicians, including fiddle player Imogen Bose-Ward, who is a recent graduate of Ãå±±½ûµØ’s Folk and Traditional Music Degree. Dr Simon McKerrell, senior lecturer in music at Ãå±±½ûµØ is conducting the oratorio. “We are delighted to perform the CoHere Oratorio at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh on St Andrew’s Day,” he said. “The music combines folk melodies and traditions from around Europe and brings them inventively together for a completely original and fascinating musical portrait of people’s relationships and cultural heritage across the major Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern rivers of Europe.” Edinburgh Carrying a stream Taking its cue from the work of the famous Scottish ethnologist, Hamish Henderson, who compared tradition to a “carrying stream”, ‘Rivers of Our Being’ is inspired by the rivers of Europe and the way they connect cultures across the continent. Emulating the flow of rivers carrying people and heritages from one area to another, the musical composition reflects the rich European diversities, influences and intersections, through a multicultural variety of instruments and styles. Rivers of Our Being is being performed at the as part of the Scottish Winter Festival, which showcases how Scotland’s traditions can bring people together, home and away, in cross-generational celebration. The piece was developed in partnership with Heriot-Watt University, the Latvian Academy of Culture and Ãå±±½ûµØ. Its Scottish Premiere takes place at 7.30pm on Friday 30 November at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, on Edinburgh’s High Street. Share: Latest News Ãå±±½ûµØ expert highlights climate crisis in a new film A leading Ãå±±½ûµØ climate scientist is featured in a new film about how the climate and nature breakdown will affect the UK. published on: 14 April 2026 Neolithic tombs reveal ancient kinship ties Male individuals buried in Neolithic chambered tombs in northern Scotland were often related to each other through the paternal line and some were interred in the same or nearby tombs, research shows. published on: 14 April 2026 We are our Memories New exhibition by Fine Art graduate Trish Hudson-Moses, 22 April – 4 May 2026 published on: 10 April 2026 Facts and figures