Edinburgh International Festival: Peer Gynt & Glorious Percussion

8 Aug 2019, Usher Hall, Edinburgh

19:30 Thu 8 Aug 2019 Next Event

麻豆社 SSO 2019-20 Season Edinburgh International Festival: Peer Gynt & Glorious Percussion

19:30 Thu 8 Aug 2019 Usher Hall, Edinburgh

The 麻豆社 SSO's Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard explores Grieg鈥檚 exuberant music and Glorious Percussion, an astonishing concerto by composer Sofia Gubaidulina.

Programme

- - Sofia Gubaidulina
  - Glorious Percussion
- - Edvard Grieg
  - Peer Gynt(selections)

Performers

麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard
conductor
conductor
Malin Christensson
soprano
soprano
Colin Currie
percussion
percussion

Composers

Concert information

Gripping drama, high adventure, quirky Nordic enchantment: Grieg鈥檚 exuberant music for Ibsen鈥檚 play Peer Gynt charts the dreams, voyages and mischief of the Norwegian scoundrel.

The 麻豆社 SSO under conductor Thomas Dausgaard (together with soprano Malin Christensson who sings 'Solveig's Song'), explore this enthralling music, from the much-loved 鈥業n the Hall of the Mountain King鈥� to the tender 鈥楳orning鈥�, by way of selections rarely heard.

Beforehand, world-renowned Scottish percussionist Colin Currie and his ensemble join the orchestra for an exhilarating celebration of rhythm.' Glorious Percussion', here receiving its UK Premiere, is an astonishing concerto for percussion quintet and orchestra by Tatar/Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. Its spectral sounds and scintillating pulses conjure everything from spiritual reflection to raw, unrestrained energy.

The concert will be recorded, for broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 3 on Tuesday 17 September 2019 at 7.30pm.

Part of

麻豆社 SSO 2019-20 Season Edinburgh International Festival 2019

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