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St Andrews Younger Hall Concert Season 10/11 www.byretheatre.com www.sco.org.uk Tickets 01334 475000

Welcome

to the 2010/11 Season with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra!

Melodies and Miracles

Wednesday 9 February 7.30pm

haydn stravinsky fauré (orch. c. matthews) haydn

Scena di Berenice (12’) Apollon Musagète (29’) Melodies (16’) world premiere SCO commission

Symphony No 96 ‘Miracle’ (20’)

robin ticciati Conductor sally matthews Soprano

A heart-warming richness gives Sally Matthews’ voice the special star quality that makes her the soprano of choice for maestros the world over. With Ticciati, she brings Haydn’s scena – a touch of operatic high drama to match Stravinsky’s dance – then follows it with Fauré’s heartbreaking, melancholy songs in new orchestrations from Colin Matthews commissioned by the SCO. As for the Haydn… the name says it all: truly, this symphony is a miracle – one of his very finest. pre-concert talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) robin ticciati in conversation with dr michael downes about the music in this evening’s concert.

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When I am asked what it is that makes the SCO such a special orchestra, one distinct thought comes to mind: the remarkable flexibility and commitment in transmitting the different emotional worlds of every composer that they, as a group of musicians, face.

We are servants to the composers and their scores. With that comes a huge responsibility to find, as much as we can, how the composer wanted his or her music to be played.

It is this chameleon-like quality the Orchestra brings to performance practice that allows us to explore, in a single season, the music of Haydn through to the most recently penned notes of Giorgio Battistelli.

We were thrilled to become the Orchestra in Residence at the University of St Andrews from 2009, and we are continually working to develop our links with the town and University. Collaborations with SCO Connect –

the Orchestra’s education and outreach department – are underway, involving children and adults alike, and two pre-concert talks provide a deeper insight into some of the music we’re performing. We are delighted that some familiar faces, including Louis Langrée, Karen Cargill and Piotr Anderszewski, will join us at the Younger Hall, and we’re proud to be part of StAnza 2011 with a programme which has a distinct literary slant.

With warm wishes,

Robin Ticciati

principal conductor scottish chamber orchestra

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Mozart at the Piano

Christmas in Paris

Wednesday 20 October 7.30pm

beethoven mozart

Scenes from Prometheus (20’) Piano Concerto No 27

in B-flat K595 (28’)* mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides

(Fingal’s Cave) (10’) mozart Piano Concerto No 20

in D minor K466 (30’)* piotr anderszewski Piano/Director* alexander janiczek Violin/Director

The Season is opened by the great Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski, who has established a wonderful rapport with the SCO over recent years.

Here they offer a chance to measure the sheer richness of Mozart’s musical imagination by performing two utterly different piano concertos, juxtaposing the stormy, operatic drama of K466 and the near Beethovenian breadth of K595 – Mozart’s last piano concerto.

Wednesday 15 December 7.30pm

haydn

saint-saëns fauré ravel

Symphony No 86 in D ‘Paris’ (26’) Cello Concerto No 1 (19’) Élégie (8’) Ma Mère L’Oye (Mother Goose) (29’)

louis langrée Conductor jian wang Cello

Ravel never lost touch with his inner child, and his music brings an appropriately magical and fantastical flavour to this December concert. Mother Goose, inspired by timeless fairy tales and originally written for some young friends to play at the piano, is recreated here in miraculous orchestral colour.

Langrée offers it in the company of the Grand Old Men of Ravel’s Paris: Saint-Saëns and Fauré in a lovely mixed programme that looks back as far as the 1780s when Haydn was all the rage in the French capital.

“Witnessing a partnership such as Piotr Anderszewski and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra makes one wonder why a conductor should ever be considered necessary for performing Mozart’s piano concertos…” – the guardian

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Words and Music

Wednesday 16 March 7.30pm

battistelli berio harper (ed./arr. cresswell) britten

photography courtesy of jane stockdale, paul hampton and chris christodoulou.

scottish chamber orchestra patron hrh The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay principal conductor Robin Ticciati conductor laureate Sir Charles Mackerras conductor emeritus Joseph Swensen composer laureate Sir Peter Maxwell Davies chairman Donald MacDonald cbe managing director Roy McEwan

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SCO commission

Suite on English Folk Tunes (A time there was) (15’)

garry walker Conductor karen cargill Mezzo Soprano

As part of StAnza 2011, this special concert celebrates verse in music. One of the hits of the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival, Battistelli’s is a corker of a piece vividly evoking the storm and supernatural terror of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Sorrow touches the premiere of Edward Harper’s Pastoral, which is a setting of Burns’ poetry. When he died in 2009, Harper was working on a new symphony for the SCO and his friend Lyell Cresswell has completed this single movement from his manuscript in tribute.

Mezzo Karen Cargill, one of Scotland’s brightest stars, also sings traditional folk songs arranged by Berio. pre-concert talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) lyell cresswell in conversation with dr michael downes, director of music at the university of st andrews.

0131 557 6800 0131 557 6933 info@sco.org.uk www.sco.org.uk

Wednesday 27 April 7.30pm

mozart mozart

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rossini

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Overture, Così fan tutte (5’) Voi che sapete (Le nozze di Figaro) (3’) Recit & Smanie implacabili (Così fan tutte) (3’) Symphony No 35 ‘Haffner’ (18’) Overture Il barbiere di Siviglia (8’) Cruda sorte (L’italiana in Algeri) (5’) Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia) (6’) Symphony No 82 ‘The Bear’ (27’)

jean-christophe spinosi Conductor renata pokupic Mezzo Soprano

Favourite arias by two of the greatest operatic composers of their respective ages sung by an acclaimed young mezzo of the moment.

This concert is a must for any opera lover – and it comes with the symphonic bonus of Haydn’s hugely entertaining ‘Bear’ symphony, full of rustic influences. Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ symphony, on the other hand, is a suitably grand work written for one of the grandest of the great Salzburg families.

“...what poured out from the SCO all evening was some of the most utterly exhilarating orchestral playing you will hear anywhere, from anyone…”

– the herald

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Please note that all timings (shown in brackets) are approximate and do not include intervals or platform changes.

Fair is foul, foul is fair (20’) Folk Songs (23’) Pastoral (12’) world premiere

Symphonic Opera

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Ticket Prices

01334 475000

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Online booking: www.byretheatre.com

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All single tickets, including ticket discounts listed below, are on sale from 1 June 2010.

Subscription bookings are taken from 7 April 2010.

Byre Theatre Box Office Abbey Street, St Andrews KY16 9LA 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday.

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Postage charge of 50p where applicable.

University of St Andrews Music Centre, Younger Hall, North Street, St Andrews KY16 9AJ 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

10am to 1pm Saturday (term-time only).

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Tickets also available at the Younger Hall from an hour before each concert (cash sales only), but you can avoid the queues by booking in advance – all discounts are available in advance.

ticket discounts Senior citizens – £2 off standard prices.

Students, children and unemployed people – £5 per ticket (stalls only).

People with a disability – 50% off standard ticket prices for people with a disability and a carer.

Group discounts – Groups of 6 or more save 20% off standard ticket prices.

School groups – Teachers and/or accompanying adults go free when bringing a school or school-age youth group. For more information, contact SCO Connect on 0131 478 8353 or kirsten.hunter@sco.org.uk.

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Guide dogs are welcome.

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