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Concert 5: Goerne Sings Schubert - T1350278003To get the utmost out of Robin Ticciati's concerts this week and next, try to come to them both. As ever he is thoughtful and deep, taking the SCO into new realms. Across both concerts there is a sense of continuity and tradition with Vienna at its heart: the magnificent, musical city that was home to so many of these composers. Mahler loved Schubert, and Ticciati pairs their Fifth Symphonies. Webern pays tribute to Bach and Matthias Goerne, one of today's finest exponents of lieder, performs Schubert songs orchestrated by Webern, Brahms, Spindler and Reger.Conductor Robin Ticciati. Performer Matthias Goerne (baritone). | |
| 9 Mar 13 | Music Hall, Aberdeen :: V02053675466 listing details L483512954 |
Concert 4: Anderszewski Plays Mozart - T01638082964Witness the ultimate in multi-tasking: playing the piano and directing an orchestra at the same time. Anderszewski manages it effortlessly and has given many wonderful Mozart performances with the SCO, both in Scotland and on their many international tours. It is really something special. Complementing these marvelous pieces, a youthful spree from Schubert, and one of the most astonishing pieces in all music: Grosse Fuge is late Beethoven at its most visionary.Director Piotr Anderszewski (piano). Director Alexander Janiczek (violin). | |
| 23 Feb 13 | Music Hall, Aberdeen :: V02053675466 listing details L01005885961 |
Concert 3: The Little C Major - T548333189Between classics by Schubert and Beethoven, SCO Associate Artist Richard Egarr introduces one of their contemporaries who deserves to be far better known. Dussek certainly had a colourful life: his brilliance as pianist and composer won him the favour of Catherine the Great of Russia and Napoleon Bonaparte among others. It also won him favours of another kind, and he had to flee several countries with angry husbands on his heels. He left eighteen captivating and unusual piano concertos - hugely enjoyable to listen to, and fascinating for us looking back to that time because, in them, you can so clearly hear the future ? the piano styles of Liszt, Chopin and Schumann.Conductor Richard Egarr (Fortepiano). | |
| 19 Jan 13 | Music Hall, Aberdeen :: V02053675466 listing details L2010543892 |
2: Pizarro Plays Beethoven - T01443581237Charismatic Finn John Storgards returns to the SCO with a new work from his famous countryman, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Mendelssohn's majestic ?Reformation' Symphony. It was written to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession - the statement of Lutheran beliefs and practices presented to the Emperor Charles V in 1530; Mendelssohn captures the mystery and awe of the revelation, but also the fire and drama of Luther's story. Pizarro's performances of Beethoven have been described as an ?unalloyed delight'. Not to be missed.Conductor John Storgards. Performer Artur Pizarro (piano). | |
| 8 Dec 12 | Music Hall, Aberdeen :: V02053675466 listing details L1984656946 |
1: Swensen Conducts The Rhenish - T0982539611Swensen and Kirshbaum - two long-time SCO favourites - return for a delightful evening of music-making. Kirshbaum first recorded the Barber concerto with the SCO back in the 1980s, and it is still one of the top recommended recordings. It has plenty of Barber's warm mellow lyricism about it, but a good bit of spark and punch too. Schumann's ?Rhenish' was actually his last symphony. It is often mentioned in the same breath as Beethoven's Fifth, and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Come expecting heroics and full-blooded Romanticism, delivered with Swensen's signature passion and sweep.Conductor Joseph Swensen. Performer Ralph Kirshbaum (cello). | |
| 27 Oct 12 | Music Hall, Aberdeen :: V02053675466 listing details L1315979615 |
