SCO 2014/15 Season Brochure - Glasgow by Scottish Chamber Orchestra

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA GLASGOW 2014/15

GLASGOW CITY HALLS OCTOBER 2014 to MAY 2015 Tickets: 0141 353 8000 www.glasgowconcerthalls.com www.sco.org.uk 1

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––––– Mahler... with a chamber orchestra? Haydn... as a second-half and main dish of the evening? I hope that these are among some of the questions you will have while reading through the concerts for our new 2014/15 Season. This Season we will perform and explore some specific works of Mahler that will have an exciting home within the SCO. It was while previously performing Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde that I realised that Mahler would represent another expedition for the SCO, me, and I hope you. Hearing Maximiliano Martín revel in the wooded nature calls of his clarinet writing, Alec Frank-Gemmill produce the forest horn calls, and Nikita Naumov and Adrian Bornet dance to their own individual bass line, I experienced another part of this world-class chamber orchestra of soloists. Now that time has come! The other composer, I have been told on many occasions, is notoriously difficult to ‘sell’ – where is his glamour, his appeal? – and so it is our hope to dispel that absurd view by giving ‘Papa Haydn’ first place this Season with our Haydn Project. For the last five years I have enjoyed putting Haydn into concert programmes, but never once focused on him as the main course – the composer who looked after the young Mozart, and inspired Beethoven. This Season includes London symphonies and some lesser known earlier gems, that will be new not just for the audience, but for the Orchestra too. We will add a zest of lemon by putting wonderful pieces by contemporary composers – Widmann, Hosokawa, Boulez, Pärt, Martinsson – in and amongst his symphonies to thrill and excite, provoke and challenge. As with every Season it is a huge pleasure to welcome a stunning array of guest artists – to mention only a few, Christian Tetzlaff comes to play Schumann’s dark and complex Violin Concerto, Mitsuko Uchida brings Ravel’s exotic Piano Concerto, and Renaud Capuçon will perform Lindberg’s Violin Concerto both in Scotland and on tour. The brilliant SCO Chorus under the direction of Gregory Batsleer is joined by Phillipe Herreweghe and Christopher Hogwood in performances of two masterpieces: Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s Creation. The SCO is a group of musicians that pride themselves on a spirit of seeking – searching for the inner depths in music. Our challenge to you is to come along, support us AND most importantly search for yourselves and see what you find! I look forward to welcoming you all through the music we make. Robin Ticciati Principal Conductor 2

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ROBIN TICCIATI IS ONE OF THE FINEST YOUNG CONDUCTORS IN THE WORLD HE STRIVES TO DISCOVER THE DEEPER EMOTIONAL ESSENCE WITHIN A PIECE OF MUSIC AND BRINGS TO LIFE THIS EMOTION AND ENERGY FOR THE AUDIENCE

YOUR ORCHESTRA Since the inaugural concert at Glasgow City Hall on 27 January 1974, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra has brought music to the people of Glasgow and beyond. They have delivered remarkable performances packed with passion and power that have radiated and connected with the audiences not only on a Friday night at Glasgow’s City Halls, but in your schools, community centres, hospitals and universities across the city as they aim to bring their music to the heart of your community. The SCO performs with the world’s most extraordinary soloists and conductors, and have a global reputation for their specialism in the repertoire of Classical and Romantic composers and championing new music, including the work of some of Glasgow’s many talented composers, including James MacMillan and Martin Suckling. The SCO is an important part of the life of Glasgow, and it belongs to you... ––––– The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is currently orchestra-in-residence at Sunnyside Primary School, Craigend, bringing inspirational music opportunities to students, teachers and members of the local community, working in partnership with Platform, The Bridge.

AT HOME & ABROAD

GIVING EVERYONE THE CHANCE TO HEAR US PLAY It’s always an exciting experience for the SCO to play to audiences at Glasgow’s City Halls and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall and Queen’s Hall, as well as other concert venues around the world. These venues are designed to give the listener the very best experience; the purity of the music creates a direct emotional line to the audience.

The SCO is on a continual quest to play across the length and breadth of Scotland as well as taking their music around the world. The SCO is proudly Scottish and aims to provide as many opportunities as possible for the people of Scotland to hear them play – to inspire, excite, relax and fulfil inner desires to escape from the outside world. Outside Scotland, they are proud to be ambassadors for Scottish cultural excellence.

A different but equally rewarding experience is created when the Orchestra tours the far corners of Scotland where they play to varied audiences in many different venues. These venues allow the SCO to literally get closer to the audience, where the removal of the stage creates a wonderfully intimate connection. –––––

WHY WE ARE UNIQUE There is flexibility in how the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is used. It expands to include the major repertoire of the Romantics – Brahms, Berlioz, Schumann, Mahler – while bringing suppleness normally found in smaller ensembles.

Throughout the winter and spring months, the SCO tours to Dumfries, Ayr, Edinburgh, Inverness, Aberdeen and St Andrews in addition to this Glasgow concert series. In March 2015 the Orchestra embarks on a major tour of Europe with Robin Ticciati and Renaud Capuçon.

This flexibility allows the audience to experience the best possible interpretation of a piece of music, and the best possible configuration of musicians to suit the performance space. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is fearless in the pursuit of bringing true meaning and emotional life to the score. Their technical perfection matched with energy and intensity creates a spark that travels from the stage to the audience. –––––

WHY YOU ARE SPECIAL SCO musicians describe one of their great loves as the interaction they get through their unique and intimate connection with the audience at every concert and event. SCO musicians love to talk to people before and after performances and hear from you how the music made you feel. The warmth that is created between you and the musicians produces a deeper interpretation of the music and keeps every performance fresh and full of life.

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HOW TO BOOK

PLAYING WITH THE SCO IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE AND AS A GROUP OF MUSICIANS WE LOVE THE INTERACTION THAT WE GET WITH OUR AUDIENCE

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office 2 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3NY 0141 353 8000 www.glasgowconcerthalls.com ––––– Phone: 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday; 10am to 6pm Saturday.

ALL THE DIFFERENT VENUES WE PLAY IN AND ALL THE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES WE PERFORM TO KEEP EVERYTHING FRESH FOR THE MUSICIANS AND KEEP THE MUSIC FEELING ALIVE

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SCO CONNECT

SCO VIBE WAS A REALLY AWESOME UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE

Working with the musicians of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, SCO Connect aims to inspire and engage with people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities across Scotland. Their wide-ranging creative programme includes opportunities for families to engage with the SCO through their Big Ears, Little Ears concerts; opportunities for young people to compose and perform music through both SCO VIBE and creative projects in schools; opportunities for music to have a positive impact on the lives of people in the community through initiatives such as the SCO ReConnect music and dementia project; and opportunities for people to develop their skills, love and understanding of music through educational events such as the ever-popular SCO Explore days.

IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY HOLIDAY BECAUSE I LOVED THE FEELING THAT I WAS IN A BAND I CAN’T STOP SINGING ALL THE SONGS AND I WILL DEFINITELY BE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR Duncan Miller Age 13

For more information about all of SCO Connect’s activities please visit www.sco.org.uk/connect

SCO EXPLORE: MAHLER

SCO EXPLORE: MOZART’S REQUIEM

Saturday 31 January 2015 10.30am – 4.30pm

Saturday 7 March 2015 10.30am – 4.30pm

Lecture Theatre, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW

University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow G3 6NH

––––– Join the SCO at the National Library of Scotland for a day exploring the endlessly fascinating life and music of Gustav Mahler. Themes to be explored will include his development of musical structure, his radical approach to orchestration, and the way in which he combined and fused the genres of symphony and song – nowhere more so than in his final masterpiece, Das Lied von der Erde. The world-renowned mezzo soprano Karen Cargill will join us on this exploration. This is a day which promises to offer new insights to both newcomers to Mahler’s music and to people who already know it well.

––––– Professor John Butt from the University of Glasgow leads us through an in-depth look at one of the most performed and studied pieces of music in history, Mozart’s Requiem. Written in 1791, the Requiem was the last composition Mozart worked on before his death and the mysteries surrounding this seminal work continue to fascinate and intrigue audiences today.

Delivered by Dr Michael Downes from the University of St Andrews in partnership with the National Library of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh Open Studies, this Explore day links to the SCO performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Robin Ticciati and Karen Cargill on 30 January at Glasgow’s City Halls.

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Delivered in partnership with the University of Glasgow Centre for Open Studies, this Explore day links to the SCO performance of Mozart’s Requiem on 13 March at Glasgow’s City Halls.

To book, fill out the booking form on page 29, or contact Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office on 0141 353 8000 or visit www.glasgowconcerthalls.com

To book, fill out the booking form on page 29, or contact Queen’s Hall Box Office on 0131 668 2019 or visit www.thequeenshall.net ––––– In association with

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INSPIRATIONAL, FASCINATING... AN EXCELLENT LEARNING AND INFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITY... CONGENIAL AND WELL-INFORMED!

PIANO CLASSICS

LLYR WILLIAMS Plays

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO No 1 Friday 7 November 7.30pm ––––– STRAVINSKY Concertino for 12 instruments (06’)

From rising stars to living legends, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is joined by some of the greatest piano soloists in the world today in this Season.There are real treats for anyone wishing to enjoy piano music from Beethoven’s dramatic and theatrical concertos to the colourful world of Maurice Ravel. We explore the world of Romantic Concertos with three great ladies of the piano. Elisabeth Leonskaja brings her Russian spirit to the powerhouse of both of Brahms’ Piano Concertos; Mitsuko Uchida adds a twist to one of the most glorious Romantic concertos written, Ravel’s jazzy Piano Concerto, and we welcome the awardwinning Argentine Ingrid Fliter with Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 1. The 2012 BBC Music Magazine Rising Star Award went to the Swissborn pianist Francesco Piemontesi. He delivers one of the central works of the piano concerto literature – Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 4. Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams is obsessed, even possessed, by Beethoven and performs his first two piano concertos.

MOZART Violin Concerto No 3 (24’) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 1 (36’) ––––– ALEXANDER JANICZEK – Director / Violin LLYR WILLIAMS – Piano –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

ELISABETH LEONSKAJA Plays

BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTOS Nos 1 & 2 Friday 14 November 7.30pm ––––– BRAHMS Piano Concerto No 1 (44’) Piano Concerto No 2 (44’) ––––– OKKO KAMU – Conductor ELISABETH LEONSKAJA – Piano Elisabeth Leonskaja ––

Francesco Piemontesi –– ‘Best Newcomer’ at the 2012 BBC Music Magazine Awards.

MITSUKO UCHIDA Plays

RAVEL PIANO CONCERTO IN G Friday 6 February 7.30pm ––––– BOULEZ Mémoriale (07’) RAVEL Piano Concerto (23’) FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande (18’)

FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI Plays

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO No 4

HAYDN Symphony No 101 ‘Clock’ (29’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor MITSUKO UCHIDA – Piano ALISON MITCHELL – Flute –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Friday 5 December 7.30pm

INGRID FLITER Plays

––––– WEBERN Symphony Op 21 (10’)

CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTO No 1

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 4 (34’) Symphony No 4 (34’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI – Piano

Friday 24 April 7.30pm

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LLYR WILLIAMS Plays

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO No 2 Friday 16 January 7.30pm ––––– STRAVINSKY Concerto in Re (12’) MOZART Sinfonia Concertante K364 (30’) Symphony No 31 ‘Paris’ (17’) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 2 (28’) ––––– ALEXANDER JANICZEK – Director / Violin LLYR WILLIAMS – Piano JANE ATKINS – Viola

––––– CHOPIN orch STRAVINSKY Nocturne in A-flat Op 32 No 2 (08’) CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor (39’) MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’ (27’) ––––– JUN MÄRKL – Conductor INGRID FLITER – Piano –––––

TICKET DISCOUNTS Subscribe to 4 or more concerts and save 15% on full price tickets. Groups of 6 or more people save 20% on full price tickets. Under 26 – £5 for any ticket. See pages 26-29 for further details.

TICCIATI CONDUCTS MAHLER Friday 10 October 7.30pm

MAHLER SYMPHONY No 4 WE ENJOY THE HEAVENLY PLEASURES AND AVOID THE EARTHLY THINGS. NO WORLDLY TUMULT DOES ONE HEAR IN HEAVEN! EVERYTHING LIVES IN THE GENTLEST PEACE! WE LEAD AN ANGELIC LIFE! NEVERTHELESS WE ARE VERY MERRY: WE DANCE AND LEAP, HOP AND SING!

HOSOKAWA Harp Concerto World Premiere (c. 20’) MAHLER Symphony No 4 (54’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor NAOKO YOSHINO – Harp KAREN CARGILL – Mezzo Soprano ––––– Toshio Hosokawa and Gustav Mahler are linked through their deep connections with nature in this ‘East meets West’ concert. Hosokawa’s music is delicate and fragrant. The fascinating sonorities and the interaction of the SCO and Naoko Yoshino will bring you to undiscovered chambers of your imagination. Ditch your expectations and allow the music to be your guide. This is followed by the sweetest of all of Mahler’s symphonies, the radiant ‘Heavenly’ Symphony No 4. The unique sound of flutes and sleigh bells marking the beginning is absolutely unforgettable. In the exquisite final movement Karen Cargill joins in to describe a child’s naïve vision of heaven. –––––

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders Toshio Hosokawa and Naoko Yoshino in conversation with SCO violinist Rosenna East. 1 12

HAYDN & MAHLER Friday 17 October 7.30pm ––––– HOSOKAWA Meditation (14’) MAHLER Kindertotenlieder (26’) Blumine (08’) HAYDN Symphony No 104 ‘London’ (29’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor KAREN CARGILL – Mezzo Soprano

Gregory Batsleer SCO Chorusmaster –– Under Batsleer’s direction the SCO Chorus is lean, clean, buoyant and powerful. He mediates between the conductor and the chorus, judging the right balance of energy, banter, authority and compassion.

––––– There’s a meditative quality to the first half of this concert. Karen Cargill brings a full spectrum of vocal subtleties to Mahler’s heart-wrenching Kindertotenlieder song cycle, in which Mahler comes to terms with fatherhood. Hosokawa’s Meditation is dedicated to the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in East Japan.

HAYDN’S HARMONY MASS

The second half includes Haydn’s rich and majestic Symphony No 104 ‘London’. Its grandeur, vigour, argumentative power and visionary poetry make it a glorious final symphony. If there is one symphony that captures the essence of Haydn, then this is it.

Friday 24 October 7.30pm ––––– PÄRT Solfeggio (03’) Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten (06’)

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IF MAHLER IS AWE, HUMILITY AND PASSION, THEN HAYDN IS RISK-TAKING, CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS AND MAYBE EVEN HAVING MORE FUN...

HAYDN Symphony No 90 in C (24’) Harmoniemesse (48’) ––––– TÕNU KALJUSTE – Conductor ANDREA BROWN – Soprano HELEN LEPALAAN – Mezzo Soprano RUPERT CHARLESWORTH – Tenor ASHLEY RICHES – Bass Baritone SCO CHORUS GREGORY BATSLEER – Chorusmaster

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––––– Admired for passionate performances of his country’s music, Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste directs the SCO in two hauntingly beautiful works by his compatriot Arvo Pärt. The mesmeric Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten builds a hugely moving statement from the simplest of means, and the brief choral Solfeggio is uncannily atmospheric.

EXPLORE: MAHLER

Join Karen Cargill for a day exploring the fascinating life and music of Gustav Mahler. See page 9 for further details.

Kaljuste contrasts Pärt’s evocative soundscapes with the wit and sparkle of Haydn, in the celebratory Symphony No 90 – which holds one of the composer’s most famous musical jokes – and the joyfully energetic Harmoniemesse. 13

BEETHOVEN’S EGMONT

PIANO CLASSICS Friday 7 November 7.30pm

Friday 31 October 7.30pm ––––– SCHUBERT Overture and Entr’actes from Rosamunde (24’) ZEMLINSKY Waldgespräch (07’)

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LLYR WILLIAMS Plays

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO No 1

BEETHOVEN Egmont (40’) ––––– JOHN STORGÅRDS – Conductor KATHERINE BRODERICK – Soprano ––––– Powerful Finnish conductor John Storgårds directs three works with theatrical connections in a concert combining dramatic intensity and rich lyricism. Schubert’s warm-hearted incidental music to the play Rosamunde is filled with glowing melody and sparkling colours. The celebrated British soprano Katherine Broderick is the soloist in the Wagner-influenced Waldgespräch (‘Forest Dialogue’) by Zemlinsky, a sinister tale told through dramatic music. The concert ends with a fight for freedom in Beethoven’s hugely powerful incidental music to Goethe’s Egmont, complete with a narrator. Katherine Broderick Soprano –– Winner of the 2007 Kathleen Ferrier Award and a member of the English National Opera Young Singers Programme.

––––– STRAVINSKY Concertino for 12 instruments (06’) MOZART Violin Concerto No 3 (24’) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 1 (36’) ––––– ALEXANDER JANICZEK – Director / Violin LLYR WILLIAMS – Piano ––––– Williams and Janiczek bring a wonderful spirit of camaraderie and chamber music to the SCO stage: no surprise as they have appeared as a duo for well over a decade now. They offer two programmes of Beethoven and Mozart this season (see also 15 January), both including music that the composers wrote for themselves to play. Both concertos are wondrous, youthful masterworks that set out to entertain, move, impress and engage: these were young people on the make! Stravinsky’s Concertino is actually a tiny violin concerto – intimate, detailed and perfectly formed.

GREAT CHORAL MASTERPIECES

Elisabeth Leonskaja Piano –– A true living legend of the piano, Elisabeth Leonskaja makes her SCO debut with an all-Brahms programme.

Friday 28 November 7.30pm

HANDEL’S MESSIAH ––––– HANDEL Messiah (140’) ––––– RICHARD EGARR – Conductor / Harpsichord ELIZABETH WATTS – Soprano CLAUDIA HUCKLE – Mezzo Soprano JAMES GILCHRIST – Tenor ASHLEY RICHES – Bass SCO CHORUS GREGORY BATSLEER – Chorusmaster ––––– Centuries of tradition dictate how this ever-popular work is performed. Yet with a chamber orchestra performance, Richard Egarr will find something new and fresh in the dynamics, tempo and phrasing to get your imagination working overtime.

PIANO CLASSICS

Join us together with the SCO Chorus and a brilliant team of soloists for this seasonal experience, and celebrate the start of Christmas with music of power, passion and expressive warmth.

Friday 14 November 7.30pm –––––

ELISABETH LEONSKAJA Plays

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BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTOS Nos 1 & 2

Richard Egarr provides insight into Messiah.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders

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FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN, AND THE GOVERNMENT SHALL BE UPON HIS SHOULDER: AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL, COUNSELLOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE

––––– BRAHMS Piano Concerto No 1 (44’) Piano Concerto No 2 (44’) ––––– OKKO KAMU – Conductor ELISABETH LEONSKAJA – Piano ––––– One of the most ingenious pianists of our time, Elisabeth Leonskaja takes on the gargantuan task of performing both Brahms piano concertos in one concert. Pinnacles of the piano repertoire both musically and expressively, this will be an evening of volcanic passion as Leonskaja draws out colours and emotions of titanic proportions. Both concertos also allow principal players to shine – the second concerto opens with a long, soulful horn solo and there’s also an extensive cello solo in the third movement.

PIANO CLASSICS Friday 5 December 7.30pm

SAINT-SAËNS CELLO CONCERTO

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Friday 12 December 7.30pm

FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI Plays

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO No 4

––––– RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin (17’) SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No 1 (19’)

––––– WEBERN Symphony Op 21 (10’)

FALLA El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat): Suite No 1 (11’)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 4 (34’) Symphony No 4 (34’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI – Piano

El Amor Brujo (Love the Magician): Ballet Suite (24’) ––––– JOSEP PONS – Conductor GAUTIER CAPUÇON – Cello MARÍA TOLEDO – Cantaora

––––– Young Swiss-Italian star pianist Francesco Piemontesi, noted for his fresh, poetic performances, is the soloist in the most lyrical of Beethoven’s piano concertos. The Fourth combines intimacy with energy, serenity with wit, and it is the ideal match for Piemontesi’s refined yet powerful pianism.

––––– A glittering programme of colourful French and Spanish music to bring a sparkle to chilly December, directed by renowned Spanish conductor Josep Pons.

SCO Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati concludes his concert with Beethoven’s sunny Fourth Symphony, considered one of the composer’s most perfect creations, and opens with the evocative, colourful and astonishingly brief symphony by Webern. –––––

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BEETHOVEN’S SUNNY FOURTH SYMPHONY IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE COMPOSER’S MOST PERFECT CREATIONS

He opens with the exquisite melodies of Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, and passionate French cellist Gautier Capuçon joins the SCO as soloist in Saint-Saëns’s dramatic First Cello Concerto. The second half is a programme of vibrant, Spanish music by Falla. Celebrated flamenco singer María Toledo joins in for El Amor Brujo, in a story of passion and pride, with a touch of magic. Gautier Capuçon Cello –– One of the most admired cellists of his generation.

TICCIATI CONDUCTS SCHUMANN Friday 19 December 7.30pm

SCHUMANN VIOLIN CONCERTO MY COLLEAGUES TRASHED THEIR RECEIVED OPINIONS ABOUT SCHUMANN’S QUALITIES AS AN ORCHESTRATOR IN THE LIGHT OF TICCIATI’S PELLUCID AND TRANSPARENT TEXTURING OF THE MUSIC, AND THE SCO’S TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCES

WIDMANN Liebeslied for Eight Instruments (10’) SCHUMANN Violin Concerto (31’) HAYDN Symphony No 103 ‘Drum Roll’ (27’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF – Violin ––––– Robin Ticciati pairs up with top international violinist Christian Tetzlaff in his continued revival of Schumann’s orchestral works with what is quite possibly one of the loveliest and saddest pieces of music ever written – Schumann’s Violin Concerto. The concert opens with the well-respected German composer Jörg Widmann’s Love Song and Haydn’s dramatic ‘Drum Roll’ brings the concert to a supremely thrilling close.

Michael Tumelty The Herald

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Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders Robin Ticciati discusses Haydn’s symphonies.

PIANO CLASSICS

John McLeod Composer –– The SCO is dedicated to commissioning and performing new music; building the repertoire of 21st century classical music.

Friday 16 January 7.30pm –––––

LLYR WILLIAMS Plays

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO No 2 ––––– STRAVINSKY Concerto in Re (12’) MOZART Sinfonia Concertante K364 (30’) Symphony No 31 ‘Paris’ (17’) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 2 (28’) ––––– ALEXANDER JANICZEK – Director / Violin LLYR WILLIAMS – Piano JANE ATKINS – Viola

NIELSEN AND SIBELIUS 150

––––– A tale of four cities here: Paris, Salzburg, Vienna and Hollywood. Stravinsky’s infectiously dancy concerto was made in the USA but every single punchy, rhythmic bar is inspired by Bach.

Friday 23 January 7.30pm ––––– McLEOD Out of the Silence World Premiere (c. 18’)

A pair of sublime Mozart works from 1778-79 offers a snapshot of the young composer in Paris – where his symphony was an immediate hit – and Salzburg where he wrote the sublime Sinfonia Concertante. Mozart himself longed for Vienna, and so did Beethoven as he wrote his first concerto (called No 2 because it was published second). When he finally arrived, Mozart was both a prospective teacher and his biggest competitor.

NIELSEN Clarinet Concerto (24’) SIBELIUS Symphony No 4 (36’) ––––– JOSEPH SWENSEN – Conductor MAXIMILIANO MARTÍN – Clarinet

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––––– A 150th birthday celebration for composers Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius! SCO Principal Clarinet Maximiliano Martín is a hugely charismatic player and will embrace the vibrant yet devilish Clarinet Concerto by the Dane Carl Nielsen, who was one of the most original and brilliant musical minds of the 20th Century. John McLeod draws a flavour of this same work in Out of the Silence. Sibelius’ Fourth Symphony evokes the organic beauty of Finland.

THERE’S SOMETHING QUITE STRIKING ABOUT THE SCO’S SOUND WHEN ITS PLAYERS PERFORM WITHOUT A CONDUCTOR... VIVID, HIGHLY CHARACTERFUL ACCOUNTS THAT SPARKLE WITH FREEDOM AND CONFIDENCE

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Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders In conversation with John McLeod.

The Scotsman

SONG OF THE EARTH

PIANO CLASSICS

Friday 30 January 7.30pm

Friday 6 February 7.30pm

––––– HAYDN Symphony No 70 in D (18’)

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MAHLER arr CORTESE Das Lied von der Erde (65’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor KAREN CARGILL – Mezzo Soprano SIMON O’NEILL – Tenor

RAVEL PIANO CONCERTO IN G

MITSUKO UCHIDA Plays

––––– “The most personal utterance among Mahler’s creations and perhaps in all music”. The view of Mahler’s friend, the conductor Bruno Walter, who gave the premiere in 1911 and lived to conduct Das Lied at the very first Edinburgh Festival in 1947. Inspired by Chinese poetry, the music veers between earthly passions and eternal longings, ultimately dissolving into sublime nothingness. Preceding this is Haydn’s fire-filled 70th Symphony – an outstanding D major symphony premiered in 1779 at a ceremony to mark the rebuilding of the Eszterháza Palace. The finale has sputtering flame-like high repeated Ds that ignite a ferocious triple fugue. Karen Cargill Mezzo Soprano –– SCO Associate Artist Karen Cargill has a warm, vibrant and expressive voice, perfect for Mahler’s song cycles.

––––– BOULEZ Mémoriale (07’) RAVEL Ravel Piano Concerto in G (23’) FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande (18’) HAYDN Symphony No 101 ‘Clock’ (29’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor MITSUKO UCHIDA – Piano ALISON MITCHELL – Flute ––––– Pianist Mitsuko Uchida has long been hailed for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert. The exquisite poetry and mercurial energy of her refined playing are the ideal vehicles for Ravel’s beautiful Piano Concerto, full of jazzy wit and poignant introspection. “The instrumentation [in Ravel’s Piano Concerto] reminds me of Mozart piano concertos, particularly the one in A major, K488. It has subtlety and depth. And the long, never-ending line in the slow movement is very Schubertesque.” – Mitsuko Uchida SCO Principal Flute Alison Mitchell is the soloist in Boulez’s playful, colourful Mémoriale, and Robin Ticciati concludes his concert with Fauré’s moving Pelléas et Mélisande suite and the witty tick-tocking of Haydn’s joyful ‘Clock’ Symphony. –––––

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Sunday 15 February 2.00pm Running time: approx 50 mins

KING COLIN WASN’T CLEVER AND KING COLIN WASN’T BOLD, BUT WHAT MADE KING COLIN SPECIAL WERE HIS UNDERPANTS OF GOLD!

RISSMANN Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants ––––– BEN GERNON – Conductor CHRIS JARVIS – Narrator ––––– When King Colin’s golden underpants go missing and the royal bottom is bared, it’s Sir Scallywag to the rescue! Brave and bold, courageous and true, he’s the perfect knight for the job… and what does it matter that he’s only six?! Alongside other pieces including Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, Sir Scallywag features lots of audience participation and illustrated projections (including a brief appearance of the King’s bare bottom!). This laugh-out-loud musical adventure is the new children’s concert by composer Paul Rissmann, and is based on the book by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Korky Paul and published by Puffin, Penguin Books Ltd. Recommended for children age 3+. –––––

Join us for Sir Scallywag-inspired events before the concert! More details from www.sco.org.uk/connect 20

BRAHMS SERENADE

Robin Ticciati Conductor ––

Friday 27 February 7.30pm ––––– MAHLER arr BRITTEN What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (10’) SUCKLING Candlebird (25’) Scottish Premiere BRAHMS Serenade No 1 (49’) ––––– NICHOLAS COLLON – Conductor MARK STONE – Baritone ––––– Composers dream of the kind of reviews SCO Associate Composer Martin Suckling had for Candlebird when it was premiered in 2011: “staggeringly assured…” (The Sunday Times); “superbly accomplished… utterly surefooted” (The Guardian). Suckling modestly says that he simply “set out to write songs, in a rather traditional sense” but his musical response to the words of Don Paterson is of a very high order indeed. He is surrounded by formidable masters, and this richly varied programme culminates in vintage Brahms.

TICCIATI CONDUCTS SCHUBERT’S ‘GREAT’ SYMPHONY

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Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders In conversation with Martin Suckling.

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Friday 6 March 7.30pm

NICHOLAS COLLON IS A COMMANDING, INSPIRATIONAL INTERPRETER WHO BRINGS IMAGINATIVE PROGRAMMING THAT DOVETAILS 21ST CENTURY WORKS WITH ROMANTIC MASTERPIECES

––––– BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture (08’) LINDBERG Violin Concerto (27’) SCHUBERT Symphony No 9 ‘Great C major’ (55’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor RENAUD CAPUÇON – Violin ––––– Heroism and drama bring together tonight’s three works under Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati. Schubert’s majestic Symphony No 9, which concludes the programme, matches boundless ambition with effortless melody, and Beethoven’s stormy Coriolan Overture is a gripping opener. Between them, renowned French violinist Renaud Capuçon joins the SCO for the virtuosic, colourful Violin Concerto by Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg. With echoes of Sibelius and Stravinsky, it pushes its soloist to the limit in a spectacular display of dexterity. 21

GREAT CHORAL MASTERPIECES

SCO CONNECT –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

EXPLORE: MOZART’S REQUIEM

Friday 13 March 7.30pm

See page 9 for further details.

MOZART’S REQUIEM POWERFUL, MOVING AND PROFOUND, MOZART’S REQUIEM AFFECTS EACH OF US IN A DIFFERENT, PERSONAL WAY

MOZART Kyrie K341 (06’) Requiem (55’) SCHUBERT Symphony No 8 (25’) ––––– PHILLIPE HERREWEGHE – Conductor JULIA KLEITER – Soprano DIANA HALLER – Mezzo Soprano BENJAMIN BRUNS – Tenor MICHAEL NAGY – Bass SCO CHORUS GREGORY BATSLEER – Chorusmaster ––––– Two of classical music’s most powerful, incomplete creations are brought together. Schubert’s famous ‘Unfinished’ Eighth Symphony speaks to eternal questions and intimate emotions. In a similar vein, Mozart’s stirring Requiem, finished by his pupil Süssmayr, offers both awe-inspiring majesty and tender consolation. Supported by Dunard Fund

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Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders Gregory Batsleer discusses his role as Chorusmaster with Kate Molleson. 22

PIANO CLASSICS

Alec Frank-Gemmill Principal Horn –– Considered internationally as one of the foremost exponents of the horn. Alec brings a keen sense of musicianship, enormous technical skill and emotional expressiveness to his performances.

Friday 24 April 7.30pm –––––

INGRID FLITER Plays

CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTO No 1 ––––– CHOPIN orch STRAVINSKY Nocturne in A-flat Op 32 No 2 (08’) CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor (39’) MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’ (27’) ––––– JUN MÄRKL – Conductor INGRID FLITER – Piano ––––– No composer captures the soul of the Romantic piano quite like Chopin; and few living pianists play Chopin with more eloquence and truth than Ingrid Fliter.

MOZART AND THE HORN Friday 17 April 7.30pm

Framing Chopin’s Piano Concerto are Stravinsky’s beautiful 1909 orchestration of Chopin’s Nocturne in A-flat major and Mendelssohn’s exhilarating Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’.

––––– WEBER Symphony No 1 in C (25’) MOZART Horn Concerto No 2 in E-flat, K417 (16’) Rondo in E-flat (05’) BEETHOVEN Symphony No 8 (26’) ––––– RICHARD EGARR – Conductor ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL – Horn ––––– An evening of Viennese warmth, humour and sheer virtuosity. “Wolfgang Amadé Mozart takes pity on Leutgeb, ass, ox, and simpleton, at Vienna…1783” – so reads the dedication of his second horn concerto to possibly the greatest horn player of his age, Joseph Leutgeb. Clearly they were firm friends (Mozart was seven when they first met) and perhaps this is what makes Mozart’s horn concertos so irresistible. The SCO’s own award-winning horn player, Alec Frank-Gemmill takes on Leutgeb’s mantle for this evening which climaxes in Beethoven’s thrilling Eighth Symphony.

–– The SCO has recorded Chopin’s Piano Concertos with Ingrid Fliter and conductor Jun Märkl. Available to buy in-store and online from www.sco.org.uk/shop

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Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders SCO violist Steve King in conversation with Richard Egarr. 23

Joseph Swensen Conductor / Violin –– Joseph Swensen was SCO Principal Conductor from 1996-2005 and is now Conductor Emeritus.

GARDEN OF DEVOTION Friday 8 May 7.30pm ––––– SIBELIUS Three Pieces from Kuolema (17’) MARTINSSON Garden of Devotion (c. 18’) UK Premiere (co-commission with Kammarorkester Musica Vitae, Sweden) HAYDN Scena di Berenice (12’) Symphony No 86 in D (26’) ––––– OLARI ELTS – Conductor LISA LARSSON – Soprano

––––– STRAVINSKY Concerto in E-flat ‘Dumbarton Oaks‘ (12‘)

––––– The sensational Swedish soprano Lisa Larsson is at the heart of this programme. Haydn’s operatic Scena di Berenice offers her a dramatic and virtuoso showpiece. Her voice has been called ‘silvery’, ‘seductively beautiful’ and her interpretations ‘full of life and emotion’. She has inspired Rolf Martinsson to create a new song cycle for her, based on a selection of poems called The Gardener by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore – if earlier performances of his works by Lisa Larsson are anything to go by, this will be superb. Haydn’s joyous and grand symphony closes the evening, which opens with what may be Sibelius’ most famous piece and his greatest regret: Valse Triste. His regret was that he sold his copyright for a few pennies, then had to stand by as it became a worldwide hit.

BRITTEN Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge (25’)

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BARBER VIOLIN CONCERTO Friday 1 May 7.30pm

PROKOFIEV arr SWENSEN Five Melodies (13’) BARBER Violin Concerto (25’) ––––– JOSEPH SWENSEN – Conductor / Violin ––––– The sheer loveliness and passionate lyricism of Barber’s Violin Concerto is superb. It has one of the most arresting openings of any concerto – a great finale to this concert of mid-20th century masterworks. Stravinsky and Britten wrote their works around the same time in the late 1930s, but otherwise they are chalk and cheese: Britten as flamboyant and extrovert as Stravinsky is concentrated in his jazzy baroque tribute to Bach. Swensen has a special affection for Prokofiev’s Five Melodies. They started life as songs, then became pieces for violin and piano – now Swensen has orchestrated them and given a whole extra dimension to these lovely miniatures.

Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders In conversation with Rolf Martinsson. Lisa Larsson Soprano ––

GREAT CHORAL MASTERPIECES Friday 15 May 7.30pm

THE CREATION HAYDN HAYDN The Creation (sung in English) (105’) ––––– CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD – Conductor SOPHIE BEVAN – Soprano ANDREW STAPLES – Tenor CHRISTOPHER PURVES – Baritone SCO CHORUS GREGORY BATSLEER – Chorusmaster

THE CREATION IS HAYDN’S TAKE ON THE MEANING OF LIFE AND THE PURPOSE OF HUMANKIND IT BOASTS EVERYTHING INCLUDING BAROQUE COUNTERPOINT; ELEGANT, CHARMING, ORNATE MOMENTS, AND A WORLD OF MYSTERY AND RAPTURE

––––– Inspired by Genesis, Psalms and Milton’s Paradise Lost, Haydn’s Creation is a cornerstone of western music. From the opening depiction of chaos to the joyous love-song of Adam and Eve, Haydn’s musical invention is truly breathtaking. A superb trio of soloists, including Sophie Bevan, winner of the Young Singer award at the 2013 International Opera Awards, joins us to bring this superb work to life. The Creation has been an international hit since its first performance in 1798. Directing this concert is Christopher Hogwood, one of the world’s most eloquent advocates of historically-informed performance.

BOOKING FOUR OR MORE CONCERTS?

HOW TO BOOK Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office 2 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3NY

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HOW TO BOOK A SUBSCRIPTION By post Send your completed Booking Form to SCO Subscription, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office, FREEPOST SCO 6477, Glasgow G2 3NY (no stamp required).

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In person Please take your completed Booking Form to Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office, 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY. Please note: We regret that subscription tickets are nonrefundable. As subscription bookings need to be processed carefully, it is not possible to process these while you wait at the box office or on the phone.

TICKET PRICES

SEATING PLAN

All single tickets, including discounts, are on sale from 19 May 2014. Subscriptions are taken from 27 March 2014. Priority booking closes 25 April 2014.

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FAMILY CONCERTS Tickets: £12 U16s, U26s, students and unemployed people: £5 Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children): £28 –––––

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TICKET DISCOUNTS

Guide dogs are welcome.

Senior Citizens – £2 off standard full price tickets (not including family concert).

A Sennheiser infrared assisted hearing system is available. Sennheiser is an infrared audio transmission system for the hearing aid user or for those with impaired hearing. It relays the performance sound, via transmitters, to customers using this equipment.

Under 26s, students and unemployed people – £5 for any ticket. Under 16s – Free if accompanied by a paying adult. Maximum of 2 free children’s tickets per adult ticket. Additional children £5 each.

Please note: You will require a ‘necklace type’ receiver in order to listen to the infrared system with your hearing aid switched to the ‘T’ setting as your hearing aid will not automatically work by itself with this system. Receivers are available from the cloakroom for a £5 refundable deposit and can be pre-booked via the Box Office.

People with a disability – 50% off full price tickets for people with a disability and, where one is required, 50% off for their carer. Group discounts – Groups of 6 or more save 20% off full price tickets.

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School groups – Teachers and/or accompanying adults go free when bringing a school group. For more information, contact SCO Marketing on 0131 557 6802 or info@sco.org.uk

Please note: All discounts are subject to availability. We regret that tickets are non-refundable. Every effort is made to ensure that all information is correct at time of going to press. The SCO does, however, reserve the right to change dates, artists or programmes if necessary.

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THANK YOU

PLAY YOUR PART

The SCO expresses its sincerest thanks for the support from the Scottish Government, Local Authorities, Corporate Sponsors, Patrons, Subscribers, 250 Society Members and many trusts and foundations.

There are many ways in which you can support the work of the SCO and help us bring live classical music to people of all ages throughout Scotland. We invite individuals to become a Patron, join the 250 Society, or to consider making a gift to the Orchestra in their will. We offer companies a range of sponsorship and in-kind support opportunities as well as bespoke corporate hospitality packages.

––––– Principal Sponsor Virgin Money Benefactor Dunard Fund

For further information on how you can support the SCO, visit www.sco.org.uk or contact the Sponsorship & Fundraising Department on 0131 478 8344 or sponsorship@sco.org.uk

Corporate Sponsors Baillie Gifford First State Investments

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Corporate Friends Aberdeen Asset Management Key Player

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay Patron

Corporate Supporters Arts & Business Scotland Balmoral Hotel Capital Solutions Corney & Barrow George Goldsmith Hamilton & Inches Isle of Eriska Hotel John Lewis Partnership Kinloch Anderson Lilly UK Linn Records The Miller Group Pulsant Radio Forth Scottish Council for Development & Industry VisitScotland

Robin Ticciati Principal Conductor Joseph Swensen Conductor Emeritus Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Composer Laureate Martin Suckling Associate Composer Karen Cargill Associate Artist Richard Egarr Associate Artist Alexander Janiczek Associate Artist

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Donald MacDonald CBE Chairman Roy McEwan OBE Chief Executive

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Photography Sussie Ahlburg Marco Borggreve Eoin Carey Chris Christodoulou Colin Dickson Jack Dine Merlijn Doonernik Ken Dundas

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Jen Owens Ugo Ponte Euan Robertson Michael Tammaro Cory Weaver/ Metropolitan Opera Julia Wesely Robert Workman

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