EDINBURGH
2015/16
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BRAHMS CALLS
UPON A UNIQUE
GRASP OF
HARMONY,
COUNTERPOINT
AND RHYTHM.
HIS INTIMATE
OCTOBER 2015 ORCHESTRATION
to MAY 2016 PRESENTS US WITH
A DISTINCTLY
AUTUMNAL
WORLD
Tickets: 0131 668 2019
OF
ORCHESTRAL
www.thequeenshall.net
COLOUR.
www.sco.org.uk
Robin Ticciati
CELEBRATING
BRAHMS
SCOTTISH
CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA
It gives me such joy to welcome you to the
Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 2015/16 Season!
In Brahms we have an inward and highly
intellectual composer. Never before had, or
possibly has, a composer been so acutely aware
of what had come before him. A learned figure
who risked a first symphony of precise classical
structure ten years after Wagner’s Tristan was
written. Yet, it was Schoenberg who labelled him
as a progressive, a revolutionary, and a composer
who changed music forever. Brahms brought
the classical symphony (with all its canons and
counterpoint) into the Romantic era and that is
precisely the reason why the SCO has an affinity
with these pieces – practical choices such as the
small string section (we know he argued against
supplementing the 48 players in the Meiningen
orchestra), natural brass and timpani, and a
knowledge of the composers that came before
him, are just some of the ingredients that go into
an interpretation for our ears of today.
In a season that is full of programmatic surprise
we also have evenings with a special sense of
homecoming: Richard Egarr conducts Handel’s
Theodora and Bach’s Magnificat. Fresh from his
Bach recordings, I am thrilled that the brilliant
John Butt teams up with our very own Principal
Bassoon Peter Whelan to give us an enchanted
evening of Baroque into Classical.
Highlights continue as members of the SCO
family – Joseph Swensen, Emmanuel Krivine,
Alexander Janiczek and Karen Cargill to mention
only a few – return to the Orchestra bringing a
concoction of repertoire that will thrill and take
you on many unexpected journeys.
As ever, there is something, I hope, for everyone.
Your support and your ears mean everything
to us as, without an audience, without you,
the music is silent.
I look forward to greeting you all, through the
music we play this season!
Robin Ticciati
Principal Conductor
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BRAHMS CALLS
UPON A UNIQUE
GRASP OF
HARMONY,
COUNTERPOINT
AND RHYTHM.
HIS INTIMATE
ORCHESTRATION
PRESENTS US WITH
A DISTINCTLY
AUTUMNAL WORLD
OF ORCHESTRAL
COLOUR.
Robin Ticciati
CELEBRATING
BRAHMS
We at the SCO invite you all to join us on a
journey through the music of Johannes Brahms –
his Symphonies and Ein deutsches Requiem,
the performance of which mark the 25th
Anniversary of the SCO Chorus. We hope this
in-depth journey into Brahms’ orchestral world
will inspire you to come with us, search, celebrate
and be moved by this extraordinary character.
There is a rich history of the symphonies being
performed by the Orchestra – most notably with
Sir Charles Mackerras and Paavo Berglund – and
whether you see this as a point of departure or
reference, come and hear the next chapter with us.
YOUR
ORCHESTRA
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has brought music
to the people of Edinburgh and beyond for over 40
years. The musicians have produced many remarkable
performances packed with passion and power that
radiate energy and connect with audiences in many
different ways – the exciting Virgin Money Fireworks
Concert marking the end of Edinburgh’s International
Festival; ravishing, momentous nights at the Usher
Hall with the world’s most talented soloists and
conductors; evenings of intense beauty at the Queen’s
Hall; and inspiring social change in people of all
ages in schools, hospitals, work places and other
community settings. The SCO is a truly important
part of the life of Edinburgh and it belongs to you.
As well as performances at Edinburgh’s International
Festival the SCO performs main season concerts at the
Usher and Queen’s Halls and at Greyfriars Kirk. Since
February 2015, the SCO is Orchestra in Association
with the University of Edinburgh. Initiatives through
this partnership help to engage research, and to develop
and nurture talent in university students and staff.
AT HOME AND ABROAD –
GIVING EVERYONE THE CHANCE
TO HEAR US PLAY
“It is always exciting to play to audiences in Edinburgh,
as well as other venues around the world. A different,
but equally rewarding experience is created when the
Orchestra tours the far corners of Scotland to play
in many different types of venue. There is often no
stage at these venues enabling the audience literally
to get closer to the Orchestra, creating a wonderfully
intimate connection.” Eric de Wit, Cello Player.
Throughout the winter and spring months, the
SCO complements this Edinburgh series with tours
to Dumfries, Ayr, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen and
St Andrews.
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THE ORCHESTRA
IS FEARLESS AND
THAT MEANS THAT
EVERY CONCERT
IS A UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE FOR
THE AUDIENCE.
MUSIC ALWAYS
COMES ALIVE
WITH THE SCO.
Robin Ticciati
HOW TO BOOK
Queen’s Hall Box Office
Clerk Street
Edinburgh EH8 9JG
0131 668 2019
www.thequeenshall.net
10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday
open until the end of the interval on
performance days.
All major credit cards except American Express
are accepted. Postage charge of 80p where applicable.
The box office will charge a £1 transaction fee on all
telephone, internet and postal bookings (including
subscriptions). The fee does not apply on counter
bookings. The Queen’s Hall Box Office sells tickets for
all SCO concerts in Edinburgh, including those at the
Usher Hall, Greyfriars Kirk and the Assembly Rooms.
Please note: telephone, internet and postal bookings carry
a £1 transaction fee (before postage charge of 80p).
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Tickets for Usher Hall concerts only
also available at:
Usher Hall Box Office
Lothian Road
Edinburgh EH1 2EA
0131 228 1155
www.usherhall.co.uk
10am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday.
and on concert evenings.
All major credit cards are accepted. Telephone and
online bookings carry a £1 transaction fee. Tickets for
collection are available from the box office from one
hour before the performance.
Giving everyone in Scotland
the chance to listen.
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In the end, making music
is all about the people,
whether performers and
creators or audiences and
participants. Everything the
SCO does is, above all, about
the joy and enrichment of
life through music.
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Please note: an allocation of tickets for SCO concerts at the
Usher Hall is available from the Usher Hall Box Office in
person, by phone and online from Monday 11 May 2015.
Tickets are also available from the Queen’s Hall Box Office.
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UNDER 26
TICKETS
COST £6
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The SCO aims to inspire and support creativity
throughout Scotland’s communities.
SCO Connect, the Orchestra’s creative learning team,
runs a wide-ranging, interactive programme for people
of all ages and abilities. There are opportunities for
families to engage with SCO musicians through
Big Ears, Little Ears concerts for babies and toddlers
and our unique SCO Family Days. Young people
compose and perform music through creative projects
in schools, community venues and our fusion orchestra
project, SCO VIBE. Music students develop their skills
by participating in SCO Masterclasses and Open
Rehearsals. Adult musicians enjoy music-making
through Scrapers and Tooters, Vocal Weekends
and Wind Farm. Patients, families and staff within
a dementia care community make and enjoy music
through SCO ReConnect and adults develop their love
and understanding of music and the arts through
Explore days and Pre-Concert Insights.
Bringing music into
people’s lives.
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SCO Connect’s extensive and
imaginative education and
community programmes
engage with people of all
ages across Scotland, offering
people the chance to enhance
their lives through music.
For more information about all of SCO Connect’s
activities please visit www.sco.org.uk/connect.
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THERE IS NO
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HEARING A LIVE
ORCHESTRA.
MANY OF MY PUPILS
WOULD NOT DREAM
OF GOING TO
AN ORCHESTRAL
CONCERT OFF THEIR
OWN BACK. THEY
WERE ALL EXTREMELY
POSITIVE ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE.
Secondary teacher,
Masterworks
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SCO
INSIGHTS
SCO EXPLORE:
WAGNER
(beyond the Opera House)
SCO INSIGHTS provide fascinating glimpses into the
thinking of our internationally renowned performers,
composers and conductors.
Saturday 31 October 2015
10.30am – 4.30pm
Look out for Pre-Concert Insights – a great
opportunity to get to know the people behind the
music and to delve deeper into the music you are
about to experience. Pre-Concert Insights usually
begin one hour before the performance and there is
no need to book in advance.
For a more detailed look at selected SCO repertoire,
Explore days, featuring leading academics and
performers, offer in-depth explorations of music
being performed by the SCO.
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TO HAVE INSIGHTS
INTO THE PERSONAL
JOURNEY OF THE
SINGER KAREN
CARGILL, WITHIN
THE CONTEXT OF
MAHLER SONGS,
WAS A PRIVILEGE.
THAT EVERYONE
SHOULD TALK SO
OPENLY, SHARING
EXPERIENCES AND
DEEP FEELINGS WAS
EXCELLENT.
SCO Explore day
participant
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University of Edinburgh
Reid Concert Hall
Bristo Square
Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Join the SCO for a day exploring Wagner’s Wesendonck
Lieder and Siegfried Idyll, two of the composer’s most
performed non-operatic works. Over the course of
the day, we will examine how Wagner’s personal
relationships fed into his compositions; their most
striking musical features; their autobiographical
content; and their relationship to his operas. SCO
Associate Artist Karen Cargill will join us to discuss
the role of the singer in Wagner’s works.
Led by Dr Elaine Kelly from the University of
Edinburgh in partnership with the University of
Edinburgh Open Studies, this Explore day links to
the SCO performance of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder
and Siegfried Idyll with Principal Guest Conductor
Emmanuel Krivine and Karen Cargill on Thursday
5 November at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.
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Tickets £30 (includes tea and coffee)
Places are limited. Please fill in the booking form
on page 33 or contact the Queen’s Hall Box Office
on 0131 668 2019 or visit www.thequeenshall.net.
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In association with
SCO EXPLORE:
BRAHMS
SCO EXPLORE:
JS BACH
Saturday 12 March 2016
10.30am – 4.30pm
Saturday 23 April 2016
10.30am – 4.30pm
University of Glasgow
John McIntyre Building
University Avenue
Glasgow G12 8QQ
University of Edinburgh
Reid Concert Hall
Bristo Square
Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Director of Music at the University of St Andrews
and choral conductor Michael Downes leads us
through one of the most important choral works
of the nineteenth century, Brahms’ Ein deutsches
Requiem. Exploring the work in the context of Brahms’
musical development and of his troubled personal and
spiritual life, there will be particular discussion of the
significance – political and theological – of the unusual
decision to set texts that were non-liturgical and in his
own language, rather than the customary Latin.
JS Bach’s celebrated Magnificat was first heard on
Christmas Day 1723 in Leipzig’s Thomaskirche,
shortly after he took up the post of Kantor (Choir
Director). The revised version we usually hear today
is by Bach himself. How did he revise it? Given that it
was written for the Protestant Lutheran church, and
intended for the service of Vespers, why is it in Latin?
How does Bach respond to this traditional text, the
Song of Mary from the Gospel according to St Luke?
Which instrumental resources are involved, and how
many singers participated in the early performances?
Come along to this SCO Explore day with Dr John
Kitchen and hear this magnificent work discussed,
with excerpts performed by SCO musicians.
Guest speakers include SCO Principal Horn Alec
Frank-Gemmill, who will give a practical insight into
what makes Brahms’ instrumental writing so distinctive.
This Explore day links to the SCO performance of
Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem on Thursday 17 March
at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.
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Tickets £30 (includes tea and coffee)
Places are limited. Please fill in the booking form
on page 33 or contact the Queen’s Hall Box Office
on 0131 668 2019 or visit www.thequeenshall.net.
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Proudly sponsored by
Delivered in partnership with the University of
Edinburgh Open Studies, this Explore day links to the
SCO performance of Bach’s Magnificat on Thursday
28 April at Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall.
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Tickets £30 (includes tea and coffee)
Places are limited. Please fill in the booking form
on page 33 or contact the Queen’s Hall Box Office
on 0131 668 2019 or visit www.thequeenshall.net.
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In association with
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Thursday 8 October 2015
Usher Hall – 7.30pm
EXPLORE
BRAHMS
Thursday 15 October 2015
Usher Hall – 7.30pm
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THE BRAHMS SERIES
proudly sponsored by
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Brahms
SYMPHONY
No 1
EACH BRAHMS
SYMPHONY HAS
ITS DISTINCT VOICE
THAT ALLOWS ONE
TO COME FOR AN
EVENING AND BE
TOTALLY IMMERSED
IN THE ROMANCE
OF WHAT IT IS TO
LOVE, SUFFER AND
LOVE AGAIN.
Robin Ticciati
BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture (10’)
BERG Violin Concerto (23’)
BRAHMS
Symphony No 1 (45’)
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ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor
ISABELLE FAUST – Violin
Opening the Season and the SCO’s Brahms Series is
the ebullient Academic Festival Overture. Brahms
had felt so intimidated by Schumann’s prediction that
he was the man destined to “take over the mantle of
Beethoven” that he was 43 before going public with his
First Symphony, a masterwork of blazing intensity.
Alban Berg dedicated his violin concerto “To the
Memory of an Angel”, Manon Gropius, the daughter of
Alma Mahler, who died in the spring of 1935 at the age
of only 18. “I do not attempt… to find the words where
language fails” Berg wrote to Alma Mahler, “but yet:
one day… may you hear in the Violin Concerto that
which I feel today and cannot express”. This concerto
is becoming a favourite with audiences, with its strong
Romantic foundations and seductive blend of tonality
and modernity.
Brahms
SYMPHONY
No 2
THE ‘HOVERING
BLACK WINGS’ OF THE
SECOND SYMPHONY
ENDING IN THE
BLAZING HOPE OF
D MAJOR; THE FINAL
TRAGIC FAREWELL TO
CLARA IN THE THIRD;
AND THE SEEMINGLY
ABSTRACT SUMMATION
OF SYMPHONIC FORM
IN THE FOURTH.
Robin Ticciati
SCHUMANN
Manfred Overture (11’)
SCHOENBERG Piano Concerto (21’)
BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 (40’)
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ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor
LARS VOGT – Piano
The Brahms Series continues with the second
symphony. When working on the piece, Brahms
wrote contentedly to a friend, “The melodies flow so
freely that one must be careful not to tread on them.”
Opening the concert is the supreme and energetic
Manfred Overture by Brahms’ friend Schumann.
Arnold Schoenberg was a great admirer of Brahms,
but his music is often not given the same chance to
shine. Lars Vogt and Robin Ticciati will passionately
argue the Piano Concerto as a work of tremendous
rhythmic and textural variety.
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BRAHMS INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
Dr Martin Ennis of Girton College, Cambridge
in conversation with Robin Ticciati.
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HANDEL’S
THEODORA
Sibelius + Nielsen 150
Thursday 5 November 2015
Usher Hall – 7.30pm
with the
SCO CHORUS
THE MAIDEN
IN THE TOWER
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Thursday 22 October 2015
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 29 October 2015
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
HANDEL
Theodora (160’)
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RICHARD EGARR – Conductor
STEFANIE TRUE – Theodora
RENATA POKUPIC – Irene
IESTYN DAVIES – Didymus
NEAL DAVIES – Valens
SAMUEL BODEN – Septimius / Messenger
SCO CHORUS
GREGORY BATSLEER – Chorus Director
WENNÄKOSKI
New Work (c.12’)
SCO Commission: World Premiere
A passionate love story and a meditation on Christian
virtue, Handel’s dramatic oratorio Theodora is one
of the composer’s most direct and vivid works. Its
powerful music tells an ancient story of persecution
and unshakeable belief.
SCO Associate Artist and historical performance
expert Richard Egarr is famed for his lively, incisive
music-making. He directs a cast of renowned soloists
in this oratorio that Handel himself prized above
all others.
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HANDEL INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
Richard Egarr explores Theodora with
SCO Viola Player Steve King.
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HOW SPLENDIDLY
ALERT THE ORCHESTRAL
PLAYING IS: THE
SCOTTISH CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA MUST BE
ONE OF THE FINEST
ENSEMBLES OF ITS KIND
IN THE WORLD TODAY.
BBC Music Magazine
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EXPLORE
WAGNER
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THE QUILTER CHEVIOT
KRIVINE SERIES
See Page 10
NIELSEN Violin Concerto (34’)
SIBELIUS arr HANNIKAINEN The Maiden in the Tower:
Orchestral Suite UK Premiere (38’)
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TUOMAS HANNIKAINEN – Conductor
PEKKA KUUSISTO – Violin
Just as Brahms and Sibelius did in their concertos,
Danish composer Carl Nielsen combines genuine
gravitas with luminous virtuosity to present the violin
“in the best light, that is, rich in content, popular and
dazzling.” These gorgeous melodies are augmented
by a treasure from Sibelius’ only opera The Maiden
in the Tower, from which an orchestral suite has been
arranged by tonight’s conductor.
To complete this programme is the world premiere
performance of distinguished Finnish composer Lotta
Wennäkoski’s tribute to the work of Jean Sibelius,
which celebrates the 150th anniversary of his birth.
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SIBELIUS INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
Composer Lotta Wennäkoski discusses the influence
of Jean Sibelius on her new work.
Pekka Kuusisto
Violin
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An evening with
EMMANUEL
KRIVINE
THE FLAMBOYANT AND
ORIGINAL FRENCHMAN
EMMANUEL KRIVINE
IS ONE OF THE MOST
DISTINGUISHED
CONDUCTORS OF THE
DAY, WHOSE ELEGANT
AND COLOURFUL
INTERPRETATIONS MAKE
HIM A FAVOURITE WITH
AUDIENCES AROUND
THE WORLD.
BRAHMS
Variations on a theme of Joseph Haydn (17’)
WAGNER
Wesendonck Lieder (21’)
Siegfried Idyll (18’)
SCHUBERT
Symphony No 8 ‘Unfinished’ (25’)
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EMMANUEL KRIVINE – Conductor
KAREN CARGILL – Mezzo Soprano
Famed for the elegance and energy of his colourful
performances, Principal Guest Conductor Emmanuel
Krivine directs the SCO in a powerful programme of
richly Romantic music.
Wagner’s touchingly tuneful Siegfried Idyll was written
as a surprise birthday present for his wife Cosima, and
renowned Scottish Mezzo Soprano Karen Cargill joins
the SCO for the same composer’s intensely expressive
Wesendonck Lieder.
Krivine opens the programme with the infectious
jollity of Brahms’ gloriously melodious ‘St Anthony’
Variations, and closes with the high drama of
Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony.
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Sibelius + Nielsen 150
STEVEN ISSERLIS
plays
SIBELIUS
SYMPHONY No 3
SCHUMANN
CELLO CONCERTO
Thursday 12 November 2015
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 26 November 2015
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
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EXPLORE
JS BACH
Thursday 10 December 2015
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
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SIBELIUS
Pelléas et Mélisande (29’)
NIELSEN
Flute Concerto (19’)
SIBELIUS
Symphony No 3 (29’)
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JOSEPH SWENSEN – Conductor
ALISON MITCHELL – Flute
John Butt
conducts
Two contrasting but equally powerful works by Jean
Sibelius frame Conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen’s
all-Nordic concert, celebrating the 150th anniversaries
of both the great Finnish composer and his Danish
colleague Carl Nielsen.
The atmospheric Pelléas et Mélisande Suite recounts
a tale of doomed love through some of Sibelius’ most
expressive music, while his seldom-heard Third
Symphony, often overshadowed by its more assertive
cousins, is a study in wit, melodiousness and musical
economy. In between, SCO Principal Flute Alison
Mitchell is the soloist in the idyllic evocations of
Nielsen’s intimate Flute Concerto.
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Kindly supported by SCO PATRONS
Joseph Swensen
Conductor
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Joseph Swensen was
SCO Principal Conductor
from 1996-2005 and is
now Conductor Emeritus.
DVORÁK
Legends from Op 59 ​(17’)
SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto (25’)
KURTÁG
Movement for Viola and Orchestra (12’)
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’ (40’)
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ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor
STEVEN ISSERLIS – Cello
JANE ATKINS – Viola
Renowned British cellist Steven Isserlis has a
profound and enduring love for Schumann’s music,
and the hugely expressive Cello Concerto, by turns
poetic and stormy, is an ideal match for Isserlis’
sensitive yet powerful playing.
Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati shapes the
programme with the high emotions of two more
Romantic masterpieces. Mendelssohn’s evocative
‘Scottish’ Symphony was inspired by a visit to
Edinburgh’s Holyrood Abbey, while Dvořák’s
colourful Legends tell vivid stories in sound.
SCO Principal Viola Jane Atkins presents György
Kurtág’s brief, Bartók-inspired Movement for
Viola and Orchestra.
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SCHUMANN INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
Steven Isserlis and journalist Tom Service explore
Schumann’s Cello Concerto.
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GENERATIONS
of BACH
JOHN BUTT’S BACH IS
MUSCULAR, VISCERAL
STUFF. ALTHOUGH
A PRIZE-WINNING
BACH SCHOLAR
AND PROFESSOR AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF
GLASGOW, ONCE ON
THE PLATFORM, HE
“FORGETS HIS BOFFIN
DAY JOB AND DIRECTS
WITH HEAD-BANGING
FERAL MIGHT.”
The Guardian
JS BACH
Suite (Ouverture) No 4 in D, BWV 1069 (21’)
WF BACH Sinfonia in D minor ‘Adagio and Fugue’ (10’)
CPE BACH
Bassoon Concerto in A minor, Wq 170 (23’)
MOZART
Symphony No 40 in G minor (30’)
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JOHN BUTT – Conductor / Harpsichord
PETER WHELAN – Bassoon
Period performance expert John Butt is famed for the
brilliance and drama of his music-making. He explores
some of the earliest, most pioneering orchestral music,
from the fizzing fugues and stately court dances of
JS Bach’s great Orchestral Suite No 4, to music by
two of the composer’s sons: Wilhelm Friedemann’s
distinctive D minor Sinfonia and the stormy A minor
Bassoon Concerto by Carl Philipp Emanuel, with SCO
Principal Bassoon Peter Whelan as soloist.
Butt concludes his concert with one of the greatest
symphonies of them all: Mozart’s masterful,
unforgettable Fortieth.
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BACH INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
Conductor and Baroque specialist John Butt
examines the Bach family.
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LLYR WILLIAMS
plays
BEETHOVEN PIANO
CONCERTO No 3
Thursday 17 December 2015
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
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Kindly supported by
DUNARD FUND
NEW YEAR in VIENNA
Friday 1 January 2016
Usher Hall – 7.00pm
Programme includes:
EXPLORE
BRAHMS
Thursday 14 January 2016
Usher Hall – 7.30pm
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THE BRAHMS SERIES
proudly sponsored by
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J STRAUSS II
Overture, Die Fledermaus
Roses from the South
Polkas and Waltzes
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor
ROSSINI
Overture, The Thieving Magpie
MASSENET
Meditation from Thaïs
CLARA SCHUMANN arr SWENSEN
Three Romances for Violin and Orchestra, Op 22
GRIEG
Morning (from Peer Gynt Suite)​
DVORÁK
Slavonic Dance No 1
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JOSEPH SWENSEN – Director / Violin
CPE BACH
Symphony in E-flat, Wq183/2 (10’)
MOZART
Violin Concerto No 1 in B-flat, K207 (21’)
Rondo Concertante in B-flat, K269 (07’)
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor (34’)
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ALEXANDER JANICZEK – Director / Violin
LLYR WILLIAMS – Piano
Directing the Orchestra from the violin, SCO
Associate Artist Alexander Janiczek continues his
survey of concertos by Mozart and Beethoven.
Mozart’s youthful First Violin Concerto is full of
joyous high spirits, and his brief Rondo Concertante
gives the violin soloist plenty of memorable melodies.
Llŷr Williams joins Janiczek and the Orchestra for
the startling drama of Beethoven’s turbulent Third
Piano Concerto, and the concert opens with CPE
Bach’s equally stormy, exhilarating E-flat Symphony.
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There’s something magical about a New Year concert,
giving you a skip in your step to start the year
feeling upbeat.
New Year would simply not be complete without
your favourite Viennese waltzes and polkas. The
programme is enhanced by Joseph Swensen both
conducting and performing favourites on the violin,
including Massenet’s gorgeous Meditation and his own
arrangement of Three Romances by Clara Schumann.
She wrote these three lovely miniatures for violin and
piano as a gift for violinist Joseph Joachim. Brahms
hinted to his friend about the anticipated gift, “you
can certainly look forward with great pleasure to what
is coming.” The Romances are beautifully dreamy,
characteristically noble and passionate.
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Collection in aid of
MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE
Brahms
SYMPHONY
No 3
I HAVE SPENT SUCH
HAPPY HOURS WITH
YOUR WONDERFUL
CREATION. WHAT
A POEM! FROM
BEGINNING TO END
ONE IS WRAPPED ABOUT
WITH THE MYSTERIOUS
CHARM OF THE WOODS
AND FOREST. THE
SECOND MOVEMENT
IS PURE IDYLL: I CAN
SEE THE WORSHIPPERS
KNEELING ABOUT THE
LITTLE FOREST SHRINE.
I HEAR THE BABBLING
BROOK AND THE BUZZ
OF INSECTS.
Clara Schumann
in a letter to Brahms
BRAHMS
Tragic Overture (13’)
BERG Seven Early Songs (17’)
BRAHMS
Symphony No 3 (33’) –––––
ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor
DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN – Soprano
German soprano Dorothea Röschmann is described
as “a Schwarzkopf for our time,” “intelligent, elegant,
versatile,” “immaculate and soulful”. She delivers
the liltingly beautiful Seven Early Songs by Berg,
whose lush harmonies reveal influences of Wagner
and Debussy.
After the premiere of Brahms’ Third Symphony, the
leading music critic and friend of Brahms, Eduard
Hanslick, commented: “Many music lovers may prefer
the titanic force of the First, others the untroubled
charm of the Second. But the Third strikes me as
artistically the most perfect.” Opening the concert is
Brahms’ Tragic Overture, showing the composer at
his most turbulent and emotional.
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ANTONIO MÉNDEZ
conducts
BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY No 7
Thursday 4 February 2016
Usher Hall – 7.30pm
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HAYDN
Symphony No 99 in E-flat (25’)
MOZART
Basta, vincesti... Ah non lasciarmi, K486a/295a (7’)
Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio! K418 (7’)
Voi avete un cor fedele, K217 (7’)
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 7 (36’)
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ANTONIO MÉNDEZ – Conductor
REGULA MÜHLEMANN – Soprano
Young Spanish conductor Antonio Méndez is one of
the classical world’s fastest-rising stars, in demand
across Europe and the US by some of the world’s leading
orchestras. He makes his SCO Season debut with two
powerful symphonies: Haydn’s delightful and
entertaining 99th and Beethoven’s bracingly energetic
Seventh, described by Wagner as “the apotheosis of
the dance”.
Highly regarded Swiss-born opera soprano Regula
Mühlemann joins the Orchestra for a collection of vivid
concert arias by Mozart.
Regula Mühlemann
Soprano
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Francesco Piemontesi
plays
MOZART
WHEN PERFORMING
MOZART, FRANCESCO
PIEMONTESI THINKS
METICULOUSLY
ABOUT MATTERS
OF EXPRESSION
AND COLOUR. HE
POSSESSES THE
NATURAL ARTISTIC
STIMULUS TO BE
ABLE TO CONVEY HIS
INTERPRETATIVE IDEAS
WITH EAR-CATCHING
SPONTANEITY.
BEETHOVEN
Overture, Coriolan (08’)
MOZART
Piano Concerto No 25 in C, K503 (30’)
BEETHOVEN
Overture, Prometheus (05’)
MOZART
Piano Concerto No 26 in D ‘Coronation’, K537 (28’)
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ANDREW MANZE – Conductor
FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI – Piano
Refinement and poetry combine with incisive power
in the remarkable playing of young Swiss pianist
Francesco Piemontesi. He joins the SCO for two
contrasting piano concertos by Mozart: the grand,
songful No 25 in C Major and the brilliant, witty
‘Coronation’ Concerto, No 26 in D.
Conductor Andrew Manze, considered one of the
world’s leading specialists in historical performance,
prefaces the concertos with two of Beethoven’s
most powerful overtures: the dramatic Coriolan
and the arresting, energetic overture to The Creatures
of Prometheus.
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FAMILY CONCERT
Saturday 13 February 2016
Assembly Rooms – 12pm and 2.30pm
Running Time: approx. 50 mins
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JONATHAN DOVE’S
Story by
ANTHONY HOROWITZ
THEY SAY THAT THE CROCODIAMOND
BLINKED AND TWINKLED LIKE A
CROCODILE’S EYE, AND THAT, AS THE
SUN SET, IT WOULD REFLECT THE
COLOUR OF BLOOD!
DOVE
The Crocodiamond (Rita and The Wolf)
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The biggest diamond in the world, once lurking in the
stomach of a crocodile, is now on display in an amazing
museum – surrounded by infra-red rays, rotating
cameras and even lie-detectors. But a mysterious gang
of thieves get past the high-tech security and, with the
help of the beautiful Clara, distract the bird-watching
security guard from Paris (a French Hornithologist,
no less). Discover how our smart young heroine Rita
attempts to foil their plot and brings a car chase to a
rubbery end. And, if you listen really carefully, you
might just uncover the true identity of the invisible
gangmaster, The Wolf.
Join us before and after the performance for interactive
workshops and the chance to meet SCO players!
Recommended for children aged 4–10.
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JOHN STORGÅRDS
conducts
LLYR WILLIAMS
plays
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
SYMPHONY No 5
BEETHOVEN PIANO
CONCERTO No 4
Saturday 27 February 2016
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 3 March 2016
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
ELGAR
Introduction and Allegro (14’)
CPE BACH
Symphony in G, Wq183/4 (11’)
HALLGRÍMSSON
Song Cycle (c.30’)
SCO Commission: World Premiere
MOZART
Violin Concerto No 2 in D, K211 (21’)
Rondo in C, K373 (06’)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No 5 (39’)
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JOHN STORGÅRDS – Conductor
HELENA JUNTUNEN – Soprano
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No 4 in G (34’)
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ALEXANDER JANICZEK – Director / Violin
LLYR WILLIAMS – Piano
A new work by celebrated Icelandic composer
Hafliði Hallgrímsson takes English literature as its
foundation, forming a song cycle based on poetry by
E.E. Cummings, Christina Rosetti and William Blake.
The brilliant Finnish soprano Helena Juntunen delivers
the deeply emotional lyrics.
SCO Associate Artist Alexander Janiczek is widely
respected for his deeply felt musicianship and
intellectual insights, while Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams
has been acclaimed worldwide for his searching,
sometimes provocative performances of Beethoven.
One of Vaughan Williams’ most tranquil works,
his Symphony No 5, conjures tonal images of the
English countryside and often alludes to the sounds
of Elizabethan polyphony. The concert opens with
Elgar’s richly melodic Introduction and Allegro,
a heartfelt tribute to the ‘sweet borderland’ of
Herefordshire where the composer was living at the
time. The concert is conducted by the wonderfully
sympathetic John Storgårds.
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BRAHMS
SYMPHONY No 4
Thursday 10 March 2016
Usher Hall – 7.30pm
Janiczek opens the concert with a seldom heard but
sparkling early Symphony by CPE Bach, JS Bach’s
most pioneering son.
SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto (31’)
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Proudly sponsored by
Hafliði Hallgrímsson introduces his new song cycle.
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EVENING BECOMES NOT
ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL
IN FRONT OF THE
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MINDS STRIVING FOR
THE MEANING BEHIND
THESE WONDERFUL
CONCERTOS.
Robin Ticciati
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conducts
Together they continue their survey of Mozart and
Beethoven concertos with the SCO, performing
Mozart’s vivacious Second Violin Concerto and
Beethoven’s sublime Fourth Piano Concerto, the
most lyrical of his keyboard concertos.
COMPOSER INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
John Storgårds
Conductor
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Alina Ibragimova
Violin
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WIDMANN
Ikarische Klage Scottish Premiere (14’)
BRAHMS
Symphony No 4 (39’)
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ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA – Violin
Brahms was an utterly romantic, secretive, selfcritical and revolutionary composer, who inspired
many including Schoenberg and Stravinsky. He
was, however, fundamentally conservative, drawing
inspiration from Bach and Beethoven. Symphony
No 4 closes with a passacaglia directly modelled
on Bach. The back-story of criticism and suppression
of Schumann’s majestic Violin Concerto is at last
fading in the face of genuine fascination. Russianborn Alina Ibragimova is a persuasive advocate of
the work. The concert opens with Jörg Widmann’s
Ikarische Klage – Icarus’ Lament – the ultimate
cautionary tale of ambition outstripping ability.
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Thursday 17 March 2016
Usher Hall – 7.30pm
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BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY No 5
Alexandre Bloch
Conductor
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Thursday 7 April 2016
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
DEAN
Testament (14’)
MUSSORGSKY arr LEDGER
Songs and Dances of Death (19’)
Brahms
REQUIEM
with the
SCO Chorus
BRAHMS’ REQUIEM
OFFERS HOPE AND
ENCOURAGEMENT
FOR HUMANITY.
IT CONFIRMS THE
EXTRAORDINARY
POWER TO HEAL
AND COMFORT THAT
MUSIC PROVIDES.
HAYDN
Symphony No 102 (24’)
BRAHMS
Ein deutsches Requiem (68’)
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ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor
KATE ROYAL – Soprano
MATTHIAS GOERNE – Baritone
SCO CHORUS
GREGORY BATSLEER – Chorus Director
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Brahms Series
sponsored by Baillie Gifford climaxes in Ein deutsches
Requiem, completed in memory of the composer’s
mother and his most famous champion, Robert
Schumann. In this epic masterwork he pours his
heart out as never before.
Australian composer Brett Dean’s 2008 work Testament
reflects on the famous Heiligenstadt Testament of
1802, in which Beethoven described his ever-increasing
deafness in movingly desperate terms. Beethoven’s
return to Vienna from Heiligenstadt was marked by a
change in musical style, often referred to as his heroic
period, which included the famous Fifth Symphony.
Juxtaposed with these works is the seldom heard
Songs and Dances of Death. One of Mussorgsky’s most
powerful compositions, it sets the texts of his close friend
the Russian poet Arseni Gollenischtschew-Kutusow
to harrowingly evocative music. Each song deals with
death in a poetic manner, reflecting experiences not
uncommon in 19th century Russia: child death, death
in youth, drunken misadventure and war.
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COMPOSER INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
Dr Jane Stanley from the University of Glasgow provides
insights into Australian music and culture.
Olari Elts
Conductor
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Estonian conductor
Olari Elts’ eclectic
tastes are reflected in
his programme.
BIZET SYMPHONY in C
Thursday 14 April 2016
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
STRAVINSKY
Concerto in E-flat ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ (12’)
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No 2 (18’)
RAVEL
Pavane pour une infante défunte (6’)
BIZET Symphony in C (27’)
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ALEXANDRE BLOCH – Conductor
ANIKA VAVIC – Piano
Music to amuse, entertain and inspire: young French
conductor Alexandre Bloch’s sparkling concert shows
four composers at their most jovial in beautifully
crafted works full of wit and ingenuity.
BRAHMS INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
Bizet wrote his exuberant Symphony in C at the age
of just 17, and it clearly displays his youthful high
spirits. Serbian pianist Anika Vavić is the soloist in
Shostakovich’s warm-hearted Second Piano Concerto,
full of rich melody and even a joke at the expense of his
son, the Concerto’s first soloist. Bloch opens his concert
with the intimate invention of Stravinsky’s zesty,
Bach-inspired ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ Concerto.
Dr Martin Ennis of Girton College, Cambridge
explores new research on Ein Deutsches Requiem.
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A masterwork on a different scale opens the concert
– Haydn’s miniature musical roller-coaster Symphony
No 102, which is now believed by many scholars to be
‘The Miracle’ Symphony.
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 5 (31’)
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OLARI ELTS – Conductor
AIN ANGER – Bass
Proudly sponsored by
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Saturday 23 April 2016
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
with the
SCO CHORUS
Thursday 28 April 2016
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Kit Armstrong
Piano
––
Kit Armstrong’s
Mozart will exude a
relaxed and expressive
authority.
BACH
Overture from Suite No 3 (07’)
Oliver Knussen
conducts
Mendelssohn
SYMPHONY
No 1
THERE IS NO
CONDUCTOR WHO HAS
BEEN AS GENEROUS
TO A GENERATION
OF YOUNGER BRITISH
COMPOSERS AS KNUSSEN
HAS, AND NO-ONE
WHO UNDERSTANDS
THE REPERTOIRES OF
NEW MUSIC AS WELL
AS HE DOES. WHAT HE
HAS ALREADY GIVEN THE
WORLD IS AN OUTPUT OF
REMARKABLE, MOVING
REFINEMENT; WHAT’S
TO COME WILL ONLY BE
EVEN MORE SPECIAL.
The Guardian
HENZE
Symphony No 1 (17’)
SUCKLING
Six Speechless Songs (14’)
BRITTEN
Lachrymae (15’)
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No 1 in C minor (32’)
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OLIVER KNUSSEN – Conductor
JANE ATKINS – Viola
Two first symphonies frame renowned British
conductor Oliver Knussen’s provocative, wide-ranging
programme: the powerful, rapturous First Symphony
by German composer Hans Werner Henze and
Mendelssohn’s dramatic First, astonishingly written
when he was just 15.
SCO Principal Viola Jane Atkins is the soloist in
Britten’s moving Lachrymae, based on a melancholy
lute song by Dowland, and the concert is completed
with the rich lyricism of Six Speechless Songs by SCO
Associate Composer Martin Suckling, written to
celebrate the Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary.
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No 5 ‘Reformation’ (27’)
MENDELSSOHN
Verleih uns Frieden (06’)
BACH
Magnificat (30’)
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RICHARD EGARR – Conductor
MHAIRI LAWSON – Soprano
DANIELA LEHNER – Mezzo Soprano
ANDREW TORTISE – Tenor
PETER HARVEY – Baritone
SCO CHORUS
GREGORY BATSLEER – Chorus Director
A rousing concert to celebrate the 25th anniversary
of the SCO Chorus, brings together radiant music of
celebration and faith for chorus and orchestra, directed
by renowned historical performance expert and SCO
Associate Artist Richard Egarr.
There’s a sense of awe and exultation throughout Bach’s
magnificent Magnificat, for which the SCO and its
Chorus are joined by a fine line-up of international
soloists. Mendelssohn weaves hymn melodies into his
mighty ‘Reformation’ Symphony, and his Verleih uns
Frieden is a moving prayer for peace. Egarr begins the
concert with the resplendent Overture from Bach’s
Third Orchestral Suite.
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CHORUS INSIGHTS: 6.30pm
Gregory Batsleer and members of the SCO Chorus
celebrate the Chorus’ first 25 years.
EXPLORE BACH
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KIT ARMSTRONG
plays
MOZART PIANO
CONCERTO No 20
Saturday 7 May 2016
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
JM KRAUS
Overture ‘Olympie’ (07’)
MOZART Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 (30’)
STRAUSS Intermezzo from Capriccio (11’)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 1 (26’)
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CLEMENS SCHULDT – Conductor
KIT ARMSTRONG – Piano
Drama and darkness sit alongside lightness and
good humour in energetic young German conductor
Clemens Schuldt’s concert of contrasts.
Astonishing young British-Taiwanese pianist and
Alfred Brendel protégé Kit Armstrong is the soloist in
Mozart’s tempestuous D minor Piano Concerto, K466.
The concert begins with the wild, gripping emotions
of the Olympie Overture by Joseph Martin Kraus, a
contemporary of Haydn.
By way of complete contrast, Schuldt concludes his
programme with the warm-hearted Intermezzo
from Richard Strauss’s final opera, Capriccio, and
the graceful, sometimes mischievous playfulness of
Beethoven’s high-spirited First Symphony.
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LEIGHTON & POULENC
ORGAN CONCERTOS
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Greyfriars ‘Spark’ Festival 2015
Sunday 15 November 2015
Queen’s Hall – 3.00pm
Saturday 3 October 2015
Greyfriars Kirk – 7.30pm
MENDELSSOHN
Konzertstücke (18‘)
THE QUILTER CHEVIOT
KRIVINE SERIES
BARTÓK
Divertimento (24’)
LEIGHTON Organ Concerto (27’)
Organ Improvisation
Emmanuel Krivine
conducts
Beethoven’s
‘EROICA’
PRINCIPAL GUEST
CONDUCTOR
EMMANUEL KRIVINE
OPENS THE CONCERT
WITH MUSSORGSKY’S
ATMOSPHERIC
KHOVANTCHINA
PRELUDE AND CLOSES
WITH BEETHOVEN AT
HIS MOST HEROIC IN
THE NOBLE PASSIONS
OF THE GREAT
‘EROICA’ SYMPHONY.
POULENC Organ Concerto (22’)
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DAVID BRIGGS – Organ
SCO STRINGS
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A BOY WAS BORN:
MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS
CHAMBER SUNDAYS
PONCHIELLI
Il convegno (10’)
BRAHMS
String Sextet No 1 in B-flat, Op 18 (36’)
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MAXIMILIANO MARTÍN – Clarinet
WILLIAM STAFFORD – Clarinet
SCOTT MITCHELL – Piano
SCO STRING ENSEMBLE
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Sunday 17 January 2016
Queen’s Hall – 3.00pm
BAX
Elegaic Trio (10’)
Greyfriars ‘Spark’ Festival 2015
TAKEMITSU
And Then I Knew ‘Twas Wind (13’)
MUSSORGSKY
Khovantchina Overture
‘Dawn on the Moskva River’ (10’)
Thursday 3 December 2015
Greyfriars Kirk – 7.30pm
DEBUSSY
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (16’)
Syrinx (02’)
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto (31’)
POSTON
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (03’)
DUBOIS
Terzettino (05’)
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’ (47’)
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EMMANUEL KRIVINE – Conductor
TEDI PAPAVRAMI – Violin
BRITTEN
A boy was born (32’)
RODNEY BENNETT
Sonata After Syrinx (15’)
BACH
Komm, Jesu, Komm (08’)
Chorale Prelude
Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (06’)
RAVEL (arr Salzedo)
Sonatine en Trio (12’)
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ALISON MITCHELL – Flute
JANE ATKINS – Viola​
ELEANOR JOHNSTON – Harp
Respected equally for the power and the poetry of
his searing performances, exceptional Albanian
violinist Tedi Papavrami joins the SCO for one of
the most evocative works in the violin repertoire,
Sibelius’ compelling Violin Concerto.
Principal Guest Conductor Emmanuel Krivine
opens the concert with Mussorgsky’s atmospheric
Khovantchina Prelude and closes with Beethoven
at his most heroic in the noble passions of the great
‘Eroica’ Symphony.
PRAETORIUS
Three Christmas Motets (10’)
M. HAYDN
Ave Regina Caelorum (11’)
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SCO CHORUS
GREGORY BATSLEER – Conductor
CHORISTERS OF ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL,
EDINBURGH
DUNCAN FERGUSON – Director / Organ
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Sunday 20 March 2016
Queen’s Hall – 3.00pm
SCHREKER
Der Wind (10’)
ZEMLINSKY
Trio (29’)
DOHNÁNYI
Sextet (31’)
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Players include:
JANE ATKINS – Viola​
MAXIMILIANO MARTÍN – Clarinet
ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL – Horn
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Tickets: £12.50
III II III II
III
U16s: £5
IV IV
U26s, students and unemployed
people: £6 IV
STAGE
STAGE£31
Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children):
I
III III
III
III
STALLS
II
V V
IV IV
I
I
STAGE
STALLS
Orchestra
IF YOU’RE
UNDER 26
TICKETS
COST £6
IV
£16
II II
II
I
I
II
II
III
IV
III
IV
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I
II
III
IV
Organ
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III
£21
II
III II
III
II
I
HOW TO BOOK
II
£27
III
III
III
IV
Guide dogs are welcome.
V fitted for people
An induction loop is
with hearing difficulties.
IV
Please notify the Box Office when booking.
V
Greyfriars Kirk
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There is level access for wheelchairs and
adapted toilet facilities.
Guide dogs are welcome, but prior
notification of attendance is appreciated
so that seating arrangements can be
adjusted.
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICES
Band
FULL PRICE TICKETS
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKING FORM
I
II
III
IV
V
£31.50
£27
£21
£16
£11
TitleForename
Surname
Address
STANDARD DISCOUNTS
Postcode
Saving off
full price
Number
of concerts
I
II
III
IV
15%
15%
15%
15%
20%
20%
20%
20%
25%
25%
25%
25%
30%
30%
30%
30%
35%
35%
40%
40%
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
£107.10
£133.88
£160.65
£187.43
£201.60
£226.80
£252.00
£277.20
£283.50
£307.13
£330.75
£354.38
£352.80
£374.85
£396.90
£418.95
£409.50
£429.98
£415.80
£434.70
£91.80
£114.75
£137.70
£160.65
£172.80
£194.40
£216.00
£237.60
£243.00
£263.25
£283.50
£303.75
£302.40
£321.30
£340.20
£359.10
£351.00
£368.55
£356.40
£372.60
£71.40
£89.25
£107.10
£124.95
£134.40
£151.20
£168.00
£184.80
£189.00
£204.75
£220.50
£236.25
£235.20
£249.90
£264.60
£279.30
£273.00
£286.65
£277.20
£289.80
£54.40
£68.00
£81.60
£95.20
£102.40
£115.20
£128.00
£140.80
£144.00
£156.00
£168.00
£180.00
£179.20
£190.40
£201.60
£212.80
£208.00
£218.40
£211.20
£220.80
Telephone (day)
Telephone (eve)
Email
1. Please choose your season concerts (tick boxes)
Thursday 8 Oct (UH)
Thursday 15 Oct (UH)
Thursday 22 Oct (QH)
Thursday 29 Oct (QH)
Thursday 5 Nov (UH)
Thursday 12 Nov (QH)
Tick for ALL 23 CONCERTS:
Thursday 26 Nov (QH)
Thursday 10 Dec (QH)
Thursday 17 Dec (QH)
Friday 1 Jan (UH)
Thursday 14 Jan (UH)
Thursday 21 Jan (QH)
Please write the total number of concerts selected
2. Your subscription type
Standard
Senior
Disabled
Under 26
Under 16
Please write in the box the number of subscriptions required for each category.
3. Please choose your price band (tick one box)
I
II
III
IV
4. Please choose your additional concerts (tick boxes)
Family Concerts
Sat 13 Feb 12pm 2016
Sat 13 Feb 2.30pm 2016
Greyfriars Concerts
Saturday 3 Oct 2015
Thursday 3 Dec 2015
Chamber Sundays
Sunday 15 Nov 2015
Sunday 17 Jan 2016
Sunday 20 Mar 2016
SENIOR DISCOUNTS
Explore Days
Saturday 31 Oct 2015
Saturday 12 Mar 2016
Saturday 23 Apr 2016
5. Where applicable, do you have a preference on seating area
Saving off
full price
Number
of concerts
I
II
III
IV
Usher Hall:
20%
20%
20%
20%
25%
25%
25%
25%
30%
30%
30%
30%
35%
35%
35%
35%
40%
40%
45%
45%
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
£100.80
£126.00
£151.20
£176.40
£189.00
£212.63
£236.25
£259.88
£264.60
£286.65
£308.70
£330.75
£327.60
£348.08
£368.55
£389.03
£378.00
£396.90
£381.15
£398.48
£86.40
£108.00
£129.60
£151.20
£162.00
£182.25
£202.50
£222.75
£226.80
£245.70
£264.60
£283.50
£280.80
£298.35
£315.90
£333.45
£324.00
£340.20
£326.70
£341.55
£67.20
£84.00
£100.80
£117.60
£126.00
£141.75
£157.50
£173.25
£176.40
£191.10
£205.80
£220.50
£218.40
£232.05
£245.70
£259.35
£252.00
£264.60
£254.10
£265.65
£51.20
£64.00
£76.80
£89.60
£96.00
£108.00
£120.00
£132.00
£134.40
£145.60
£156.80
£168.00
£166.40
£176.80
£187.20
£197.60
£192.00
£201.60
£193.60
£202.40
Queen’s Hall:
Please note: disability subscription packages start from four concerts. The discount is 50% off full price tickets when
you purchase tickets for four or more concerts in one transaction. If you are under 26 you can also take advantage of
the subscription benefits outlined on page 20, when you purchase tickets for four or more concerts in one transaction.
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Thursday 14 Apr (QH)
Saturday 23 Apr (QH)
Thursday 28 Apr (QH)
Saturday 7 May (QH)
Thursday 12 May (UH)
Thursday 4 Feb (UH)
Saturday 27 Feb (QH)
Thursday 3 Mar (QH)
Thursday 10 Mar (UH)
Thursday 17 Mar (UH)
Thursday 7 Apr (QH)
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Stalls
Grand Circle (I and II only)
Stalls
Upper Circle
Nave
Greyfriars:
Aisles
Gallery
6. Your Payment (reference subscription prices opposite)
Total cost of
subscription
+
£
Additional
concerts
+
£
Box office
postage fee
£1.80
=
Total
£
to pay
7. How do you wish to pay?
I enclose a cheque payable to ‘Queen’s Hall Box Office’.
Please debit my Mastercard/Visa/debit card (delete as appropriate).
Card Number:
Expiry Date:
/
Start Date:
Issue Number (where applicable)
/
Security code (last three digits on signature strip)
I wish to spread the cost of subscription over four months by Direct Debit. Please send me a Direct Debit form.
Please return this form to: SCO Subscriptions, Queen’s Hall Box Office, Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG
Please note: postal transaction fee subject to change if postage costs rise.
Please tick this box if you do not wish to join the SCO’s e-news list to receive updates about concerts, events, offers and
news by email. (We will not give your details to any third parties.)
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THANK YOU
PLAY YOUR PART
Sincere thanks to everyone who supports the work
of the SCO. Your generosity significantly adds to the
considerable investment of the Scottish Government
and means the SCO can continue performing across
the world, making award-winning recordings and
delivering meaningful creative learning projects.
There are many ways in which you can support the
work of the SCO and help us bring live classical music
to people of all ages throughout Scotland. We invite
individuals to become SCO Patrons, join the SCO 250
Society, or to consider making a gift to the Orchestra in
their will. We offer companies a range of sponsorship
and in-kind support opportunities as well as bespoke
corporate hospitality packages.
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Principal Sponsor
Virgin Money
For further information on how you can support the
SCO, visit www.sco.org.uk or contact the Development
& Sponsorship Department on 0131 478 8344 or
[email protected].
Benefactor
Dunard Fund
Corporate Sponsors
Baillie Gifford
First State Investments
Quilter Cheviot
Turcan Connell
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SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay
Patron
Corporate Friends
Aberdeen Asset Management
Key Player
Robin Ticciati
Principal Conductor
Corporate Supporters
Balmoral Hotel
Capital Solutions
The Co-operative Membership
Corney & Barrow
David Macdonald Limited
John Lewis Partnership
Kinloch Anderson
Linn Records
The Miller Group
Pulsant
Radio Forth
Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh
Stac Polly Restaurants
Thom Micro Systems
Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian
Emmanuel Krivine
Principal Guest Conductor
Joseph Swensen
Conductor Emeritus
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Composer Laureate
Martin Suckling
Associate Composer
Karen Cargill
Associate Artist
Richard Egarr
Associate Artist
Alexander Janiczek
Associate Artist
Donald MacDonald CBE
Life President
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The SCO would also like to thank Local
Authorities, Corporate Partners, Patrons,
Subscribers, 250 Society Members and
many trusts and foundations.
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EDINBURGH
2015/16
Thursday 8 October Usher Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 15 October
Usher Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 22 October Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 29 October Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
BRAHMS
SYMPHONY No 1
BRAHMS
SYMPHONY No 2
HANDEL’S
THEODORA
Sibelius + Nielsen 150
Thursday 5 November Usher Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 12 November Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Sunday 15 November Queen’s Hall – 3pm
Thursday 26 November Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
An evening with
Sibelius + Nielsen 150
CHAMBER
SUNDAYS No 1
SCHUMANN
CELLO CONCERTO
Thursday 3 December Greyfriars – 7.30pm
Thursday 10 December Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 17 December Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Friday 1 January Usher Hall – 7pm
SCO CHORUS
at GREYFRIARS
John Butt conducts
BEETHOVEN PIANO
CONCERTO No 3
NEW YEAR
in VIENNA
Thursday 14 January Usher Hall – 7.30pm
Sunday 17 January Queen’s Hall – 3pm
Thursday 21 January Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 4 February Usher Hall – 7.30pm
BRAHMS
SYMPHONY No 3
CHAMBER
SUNDAYS No 2
BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY No 7
MOZART PIANO
CONCERTO No 25
Saturday 13 February
Assembly Rooms –
12pm and 2.30pm
Saturday 27 February Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 3 March Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 10 March Usher Hall – 7.30pm
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS BEETHOVEN PIANO
SYMPHONY No 5
CONCERTO No 4
BRAHMS
SYMPHONY No 4
Thursday 17 March Usher Hall – 7.30pm
Sunday 20 March
Queen’s Hall – 3pm
Thursday 7 April Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 14 April
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
BRAHMS
REQUIEM
CHAMBER
SUNDAYS No 3
BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY No 5
BIZET
SYMPHONY in C
Saturday 23 April Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 28 April Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Saturday 7 May
Queen’s Hall – 7.30pm
Thursday 12 May Usher Hall – 7.30pm
MENDELSSOHN
SYMPHONY No 1
BACH
MAGNIFICAT
MOZART PIANO
CONCERTO No 20
BEETHOVEN’S
‘EROICA’
EMMANUEL
KRIVINE
FAMILY CONCERT
The Crocodiamond
SIBELIUS
SYMPHONY No 3
GENERATIONS
of BACH
MAIDEN IN
THE TOWER