St John's Music Lunchtime Concert
St John's Kirk of Perth
St John's Kirk, St John's Place, Perth, PH1 5SZ
Date
St John’s Music
Sat 3 October 2026, 1.00 pm
Savourna Stevenson (harp)
Composer/harpist, Savourna Stevenson will present an exciting and innovative
recital of her own compositions for the Scottish Harp (Clarsach). Savourna is a harp
virtuoso. Her music crosses boundaries between classical, traditional, world music
and jazz. She has been called, “a composer who is a national treasure”, the Herald.
Savourna is also an acclaimed composer of orchestral, choral and chamber music.
Her setting of Psalm 121, commissioned by the Friends of Music at St Giles, was
chosen for the late Queen’s memorial in Edinburgh. Her latest work, “Song of Stars
Cantata” for children, based on Antoine de St-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince” will be performed as a “public dress rehearsal” at St John’s Kirk on Friday 16th October 2026 at 1pm. The new work has been subsidised by Creative Scotland.
St John's Kirk of Perth
St John's Kirk, St John's Place, Perth, PH1 5SZ
St John’s Music
Sat 3 October 2026, 1.00 pm
Savourna Stevenson (harp)
Composer/harpist, Savourna Stevenson will present an exciting and innovative
recital of her own compositions for the Scottish Harp (Clarsach). Savourna is a harp
virtuoso. Her music crosses boundaries between classical, traditional, world music
and jazz. She has been called, “a composer who is a national treasure”, the Herald.
Savourna is also an acclaimed composer of orchestral, choral and chamber music.
Her setting of Psalm 121, commissioned by the Friends of Music at St Giles, was
chosen for the late Queen’s memorial in Edinburgh. Her latest work, “Song of Stars
Cantata” for children, based on Antoine de St-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince” will be performed as a “public dress rehearsal” at St John’s Kirk on Friday 16th October 2026 at 1pm. The new work has been subsidised by Creative Scotland.