Lammermuir Festival unveils its 2025 season.

Mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean performs Stuart MacRae’s “Earth Thy Cold is Keen.” MacRae directs.

Performance Date: September 4, 2025

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Ravel’s “L’heure espagnole” and Walton’s “The Bear” are presented in a double bill. Performers include Lea Shaw, Luvo Maranti, Jamie MacDougall, Edward Jowle, Daniel Barrett, and Chloe Harris. Jacopo Spirei is the director and Kenneth Macleod serves as designer. Alexandra Cravero conducts.

Performance Date: September 4, 2025

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Sopranos Mhairi Lawson and Lorna Anderson with Jan Waterfield at the harpsichord perform “The Sounds and Songs of Auld Lang Syne.”

Performance Date: September 5, 2025

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Julia Doyle, Rowan Pierce, Frederick Long, Martha McLorinan, and Ciara Hendrick star in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” Robert Hollingworth conducts I Fagiolini.

Performance Date: September 6, 2025

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Monteverdi’s “Vespers of 1610” is performed by I Fagiolini and the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Robert Hollingworth conducts.

Performance Date: September 7, 2025

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Baritone Andrew Hamilton and pianist Iain Burnside perform works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Medtner, and Taneyev.

Performance Date: September 9, 2025

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I Fagiolini presents Monteverdi’s greatest madrigals with works by Joanna Marsh, Adrian Williams, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, and Beka Dhlamini. Robert Hollingworth directors.

Performance Date: September 9, 2025

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Ravel’s “5 Greek Folksongs,” along with songs by Duparc, Vaughan Williams, Gershwin, Debussy, and Fauré, among others are performed by tenor Joshua Ellicott and pianist Alisdair Hogarth.

Performance Date: September 10, 2025

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Mezzo-soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones performs songs by Ravel, Dommett, Berio, and Boulez with the Hebrides Ensemble. William Conway directs.

Performance Date: September 11, 2025

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Soprano Mhairi Lawson sings in “The Glory of Gosford.”

Performance Date: September 12, 2025

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“Carnival of the Animals” is presented by the NYCOS National Girls Choir with pianist Hebba Benyaghla. Christopher Bell conducts.

Performance Date: September 13, 2025

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Sopranos Monica Piccinini and Sonia Tedla perform with instrumentalists Francesco Tomasi, Concerto Italiano, and Rinaldo Alessandrini, who also directs. Together they present works by Monteverdi, Kapsberger, Steffani, Strozzi, and more.

Performance Date: September 14, 2025

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Bach’s “St Markus Passion” is presented by the Dunedin Consort and Concert Theatre Works. Anna Dennis, James Hall, Nicholas Mulroy, and Matthew Brook solo. Bill Barclay directs. John Butt conducts.

Performance Date: September 17, 2025