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Ilan Volkov and the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform a work by Edmund Finnis, Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade.

Recorded at City Halls, Glasgow, February 2017.

Presented by Kate Molleson

Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2

8.20 Interval

8.40
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

Steven Osborne (piano)
Ilan Volkov (Conductor)
麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Another chance to hear a concert originally broadcast live in February 2017. From their home at the City Halls in Glasgow the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and their Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov, explored two familiar Russian works of ostentatious virtuosity, and a work by composer Edmund Finnis. His piece The Air, Turning received its world premiere performance at the concert.
Then Rachmaninov's oft-quoted Second Piano Concerto. One of the most commonly heard pieces on the concert platform, despite its ferocious technical difficulties: tackled by Steven Osborne.
And the evening concluded with Rimsky-Korsakov's opulent Sheherazade, a work which in 1888 pushed the very limits of creative orchestration. A tuneful masterclass in orchestral sound-painting and tale-telling, taking as it does inspiration from stories of One Thousand and One Nights.

Photo: Steven Osborne (credit, Ben Ealovega)