麻豆社

A typically thought-provoking programme from Oliver Knussen, the 麻豆社 SO's Artist in Association, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside established 20th-century classics.

Arthur Honegger's depiction of a train and pastoral idyll are followed by Frank Bridge's quietly anguished Shakespearean scene of death by drowning and the splintered, wintry fluidity of Italian composer Niccol貌 Castiglioni.

Soprano Claire Booth (who made her professional debut in the music of Knussen) sings Berg's heady paean to the restorative powers of fermented grape juice. And the concert closes with Debussy's astonishing, inspirational evocation of shifting seas.