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Finnish Folksong

Pekka Kuusisto performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, preceded by Helen Grime's Two Eardley Pictures - I: Catterline in Winter and followed by Stravinsky's ballet score Petrushka.

Two Russian heavyweights and a living Scottish composer are the focus of tonight's prom, featuring the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the direction of chief conductor in waiting Thomas Dausgaard.

Finnish soloist Pekka Kuusisto performs Tchaikovsky's passionate and virtuosic Violin Concerto. It is followed by Petrushka, the first of a trio of landmark Stravinsky ballet scores for the Ballet Russes to be performed by Scottish orchestras.

The concert opens with a world premiere of the first part of a new 麻豆社 commission from Helen Grime. Two Eardley Pictures - I: Catterline in Winter was inspired by the landscape paintings of Joan Eardley and folk music of the far north east.

1 hour, 40 minutes

Music Played

  • Helen Grime

    Two Eardley Pictures (Catterline in Winter)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka (1947 version)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Petroc Trelawny
Director Matt Woodward
Producer Serena Cross
Conductor Thomas Dausgaard
Orchestra 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Performer Pekka Kuusisto

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