SCO 2014/15 Season Brochure - St Andrews

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ST ANDREWS 2014/15

YOUNGER HALL OCTOBER 2014 to MAY 2015 Tickets: 0131 668 2019 www.thequeenshall.net and Music Centre, Younger Hall www.sco.org.uk

LOVE DRAMA SACRIFICE SERENITY PAIN LAUGHTER TEARS PASSION DEVOTION FREEDOM POWER JOY ELEGANCE EXCITEMENT TURMOIL BLISS BEAUTY SILENCE ROMANCE PEACE COMPLEXITY PLEASURE CALM DEATH INTENSITY ENERGY INTRIGUE LIFE

––––– 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.

Throughout the winter and spring months, the SCO tours to Dumfries, Ayr, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen and Edinburgh in addition to this St Andrews series.

In March 2015 the Orchestra embarks on a major tour of Europe with Robin Ticciati and Renaud Capuçon.

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ORCHESTRA IN RESIDENCE As well as Season concerts and player recitals at the Younger Hall, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is Orchestra in Residence at the University of St Andrews. Initiatives through this partnership help to inspire people of all ages, and to develop and nurture talent in school pupils, university students and staff. It also includes the St Andrews & Fife Community Orchestra which gives people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to participate in making music.

––––– Supported by The Cookie Matheson Charitable Trust –––––

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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

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LOVE DRAMA SACRIFICE SERENITY PAIN LAUGHTER TEARS PASSION DEVOTION FREEDOM POWER JOY ELEGANCE EXCITEMENT TURMOIL BLISS BEAUTY SILENCE ROMANCE PEACE COMPLEXITY PLEASURE CALM DEATH INTENSITY ENERGY INTRIGUE LIFE

YOUR ORCHESTRA For many years, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra has brought music to the people of St Andrews and beyond.

They have produced remarkable performances packed with passion and power that have radiated energy and connected with audiences in countless different ways.

There have been lots of momentous evenings at the Younger Hall performing with the world’s most miraculous soloists and conductors, as well as inspiring social change and improving the health and well-being in people of all ages in the St Andrews community.

The SCO is a truly important part of the life of St Andrews, and it belongs to you...

HAYDN & MAHLER

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO No 1

Wednesday 15 October 7.30pm

Wednesday 5 November 7.30pm

––––– HOSOKAWA Meditation (14’)

––––– STRAVINSKY Concertino for 12 instruments (06’)

MAHLER Kindertotenlieder (26’) Blumine (08’)

MOZART Violin Concerto No 3 (24’)

HAYDN Symphony No 104 ‘London’ (29’) ––––– ROBIN TICCIATI – Conductor KAREN CARGILL – Mezzo Soprano

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

––––– 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.

––––– 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. 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.

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.

Llŷr Williams Piano ––

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MY ROLE IS TO GUIDE THE PLAYERS TO GIVE AN INTERPRETATION THAT WILL HOPEFULLY, FOR HOWEVER LONG, IN HOWEVER SMALL A WAY, CHANGE THE LIVES OF THOSE LISTENING Robin Ticciati Principal Conductor

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NEW YEAR CONCERT

Collection in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care

Monday 5 January 7.30pm

NEW YEAR ON THE

DANUBE SOPRANO LUCY CROWE JOINS IN WITH A FEAST OF FAVOURITE OPERETTA BY LEHÁR AND A SPECIAL ARIA FROM DIE FLEDERMAUS

J STRAUSS Overture, Die Fledermaus Adele’s Audition Aria (Die Fledermaus) Waltzes, marches and dances BRAHMS A Selection of Hungarian Dances LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 LEHÁR Vilja (The Merry Widow) Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss (Guiditta) KODÁLY Dances of Galánta ––––– GERGELY MADARAS – Conductor LUCY CROWE – Soprano ––––– Welcome 2015 in sizzling style with this selection of lively rhapsodies, dances and waltzes from Budapest and Vienna! The programme includes colourful, gypsy-inspired dances by Kodály and Brahms, alongside all your favourite Viennese marches, waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss. Fans of cartoons will love the frequently used Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 by Liszt as heard in Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny and many more.

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BRAHMS SERENADE

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.

Wednesday 25 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.

MOZART AND THE HORN Wednesday 15 April 7.30pm

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Pre-Concert Talk: 6.30pm Free to ticket holders

––––– WEBER Symphony No 1 in C (25’)

In conversation with Martin Suckling.

MOZART Horn Concerto No 2 in E-flat, K417 (16’) Rondo in E-flat (05’)

Pre-Concert Performance: 7pm Free to ticket holders A short performance of a new work composed and performed by local school pupils.

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 8 (26’) ––––– RICHARD EGARR – Conductor ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL – Horn

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

––––– 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.

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

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EARLY EVENING RECITALS SCO musicians perform in the University Music Centre’s series of early evening recitals at the Younger Hall.

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Wednesday 19 November 2014 5.30pm Rosie Staniforth – Oboe and Cor Anglais –––––

Wednesday 11 February 2015 5.30pm Su-a Lee – Cello ––––– Enjoy an hour of relaxing music towards the end of your day. These recitals are a rare opportunity to see SCO players Su-a Lee and Rosie Staniforth highlight their intricate skills. Su-a Lee has been a member of the SCO for over twenty years and is also well-known in the alternative music circuit, playing diverse repertoire from cartoon classics, through to progressive rock, jazz and tango. She is also a keen improviser and likes to test musical boundaries, sometimes also playing the musical saw.

Rosie Staniforth has been a member of the SCO for over fifteen years, and delighted many people with her beautiful oboe and cor anglais solos. She balances teaching at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a busy freelance career. She also has a passion for Argentine Tango dancing.

––––– Ticket prices: £9 / £7 concessions / £4 students Su-a Lee Cello ––

StAFCO –––––

Younger Hall, St Andrews Wednesday evenings during term time 7.15pm – 9.30pm The St Andrews and Fife Community Orchestra meets weekly to make music. There are no auditions and all players are welcome, from adult learners to advanced musicians and those who haven’t played for years.

The music includes works performed by the SCO in its concerts at the Younger Hall and there are informal concerts to show off everyone’s hard work, but the main idea is to meet up, play and have fun!

––––– For further details and to find out how to join the orchestra, contact the St Andrews Music Centre at the Younger Hall in person, phone 01334 462226, email music@st-andrews.ac.uk or visit www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music –––––

IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ENJOYING MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF AN AUDITION!

HOW TO BOOK

TICKET PRICES

Queen’s Hall Box Office Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG

All single tickets on sale from 19 May 2014.

Subscriptions are taken from 27 March 2014.

Priority booking closes 25 April 2014.

I £22

0131 668 2019 www.thequeenshall.net

II £19

III £15

IV £13

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EARLY EVENING RECITALS

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All major credit cards, except American Express, are accepted. Postage charge of 80p where applicable.

Tickets: £9, Concessions: £7, U26: £4 –––––

TICKET DISCOUNTS Senior Citizens – £2 off standard prices.

The Queen’s Hall Box Office sells tickets and processes subscriptions for all SCO concerts in St Andrews and Edinburgh.

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.

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People with a disability – 50% off full price tickets for people with a disability and, where one is required, 50% off for their carer.

University of St Andrews Music Centre Younger Hall, North Street, St Andrews KY16 9AJ

Group discounts – Groups of 6 or more save 20% off full price tickets.

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

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Credit and debit cards not accepted.

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WHY TAKE A SUBSCRIPTION?

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.

Save when you book for all five concerts!

Booking an SCO subscription entitles you to a range of great benefits:

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SEATING PLAN

Save money Save 20% (25% for seniors) on single ticket prices

Younger Hall, North Street St Andrews, KY16 9AJ

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Guide dogs are welcome.

An induction loop is fitted for people with hearing difficulties.

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SUBSCRIPTION PRICES For all five concerts and saving off full price ticket.

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STANDARD DISCOUNTS

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£82.50

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£48.75

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Please note: People with a disability, under 26 and school children can also take advantage of the subscription benefits when they purchase tickets for all five concerts. See p10 for pricing and subscription benefits.

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PLAY YOUR PART 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.

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 –––––

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay Patron Robin Ticciati Principal Conductor

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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 Donald MacDonald CBE Chairman Roy McEwan OBE Chief Executive

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The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is a charity registered in Scotland No. SC015039 Company registration No. SC75079

––––– The Scottish Chamber Orchestra gratefully acknowledges support from