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Glasgow Season 10/11 City Halls City Halls Glasgow Season 10/11 bbc.co.uk/bbcsso BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Glasgow Season 2010/11 75 years ago, on 3 December 1935, the BBC The rich variety on offer, which includes timeless Scottish Symphony Orchestra switched on classics alongside new BBC Commissions, is the red light for its inaugural broadcast and presented through four distinctive themes: so began the history of one of Europe’s finest Romantics Unbound; This Sceptred Isle; Sacred and orchestras. We welcome you to join our Profane and Flights of Inspiration. Such a choice birthday celebrations in what promises to be assortment makes it hard to single out any one a stunning concert season that any orchestra concert, but surely no-one will want to miss in the world would be proud to present. Our Donald Runnicles conducting the First Act of illustrious Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles, Wagner’s Die Walküre, the Brahms Deutsches in his second season with the BBC SSO, is Requiem, or music by Ravel and Debussy. joined by Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Symphonies by Elgar and Walton, conducted Volkov, recently appointed Associate Guest by Ilan Volkov and Martyn Brabbins, form the Conductor Andrew Manze and newest family backbone of our British music series. And with member Matthias Pintscher, to lead what is sure soloists including Janine Jansen, Nicola Benedetti, to be some wonderfully insightful and exciting Steven Osborne and Nelson Freire, each and performances in the acclaimed acoustics of every concert offers something special to look Glasgow’s City Halls. forward to. “...a stunning concert season that We very much hope you can join us! any orchestra in the world would be proud to present.” Gavin Reid Director Donald Runnicles Ilan Volkov Andrew Manze Matthias Pintscher Elizabeth Layton Chief Conductor Principal Guest Associate Guest Artist-in- Leader Conductor Conductor Association ROMANTics UNBOUND PRELUDES AND Codas Explores the unbridled passion of the great Take advantage of these popular pre- and 19th century composers, headed by Wagner, post-concert events which are completely Brahms and Beethoven, with the added spice of FREE OF CHARGE to ticket-holders. A great a pair of new pieces from Scottish composers opportunity to learn something about the that pay homage to Brahms. music and musicians, or to enjoy a little extra music from some of our soloists after the THIS SCEPTRED ISLE main programme. All are entirely optional, but Four superb programmes of British music a great way to make the most of your evening featuring both of Walton’s brilliant symphonies, at City Halls. Elgar’s magnificent Second, and Britten’s Pre-Concert Prelude: Prelude events run Piano Concerto in the hands of its finest living between 6.45pm and approximately 7.10pm, exponent, Steven Osborne. Nicola Benedetti except for This Sceptred Isle concerts when plays the Beethoven Violin Concerto for the first Preludes will start at 6.15pm. They are held in time in Scotland in our special 75th Birthday the Recital Room. Concert, and the exceptionally talented young Scots composer Helen Grime contributes a Post-Concert Coda: Coda events begin birthday commission. approximately 10 minutes after the end of the main concert and are held in the Grand Hall. Sacred AND ProFANE Please note there will be no Coda event after For several centuries, composers have the concerts on Thursdays: 30 September, 18 expressed some of their most profoundly November, 27 January and 10 February. spiritual thoughts through purely orchestral works. This series explores that concept DISCOVERING MUSIC through pieces like Elgar’s elegiac Cello In addition to the Thursday Night Series, we Concerto and Bruckner’s powerful Fifth have programmed four afternoon concerts Symphony - a monumental testimony both to to complement this season’s main themes. his deep faith and his personal life’s struggle. Discovering Music explores pieces of music in detail and, this season, provides a wonderful FLIGHTS OF INSPIRATION opportunity to sample works by Brahms, Elgar Great artists have always found inspiration in and Messiaen. These events are all free of many different ways - from religious faith or charge. Please see inside back cover for more literature to the financial support of a patron. information. This series includes music by composers as diverse as Tchaikovsky, Bartók, Debussy and Harrison Birtwistle, together with contributions from marvellous soloists like Håkan Hardenberger, Karen Cargill and Lynn Harrell. All concerts will be recorded for future transmission, or Denotes that concert will be bbc.co.uk/radio3 broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. broadcast live at 7.00pm. Elizabeth Layton - leader “I AM FOND OF THEM, OF THE inFEriOR BEings OF THE ABYss, OF THOSE WHO ARE FULL OF LOnging.” Richard Wagner Concert 1 Concert 2 THursdaY, 30 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM THursdaY, 7 OCTOBER, 7.30PM ROMANTics UNBOUND ROMANTics UNBOUND Sibelius Violin Concerto BerlioZ OvertUre: WagNer Act I: ‘Die WalkÜre’ BÉatrice et BÉNÉdict (concert performance, SUng in German) BraHms Violin Concerto BeeTHoveN SYmphonY NO.3 ‘Eroica’ JANINE JANseN violin Heidi MelTON soprano (Sieglinde) JANINE JANseN violin STuarT SKelTON tenor (Siegmund) DONald RUNNicles condUctor ReiNHard HageN bass (Hunding) Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony was conceived DONald RUNNicles condUctor on a truly ‘heroic’ scale - it’s by far the biggest The epic drama of love and power in Wagner’s symphony ever composed up to that time. Ring cycle is perhaps at its most movingly human Originally meant as a tribute to Napoleon, in the second instalment, The Valkyrie. The stormy Beethoven famously retracted the dedication, passion of Sieglinde and Siegmund’s love affair disillusioned by Napoleon’s megalomania. dominates Act 1 and here makes a wonderful start However the music endures as a universal to the BBC SSO’s season. In Donald Runnicles, the homage to the noblest aspirations of man, with orchestra is fortunate to have a world renowned the power to overawe the listener through the Wagnerian as its Chief Conductor and, aided by intensity of its drama. Donald Runnicles opens three fine singers, he will bring all his experience the concert with Berlioz’s sparkling overture and mastery to bear on this great work. As if to his opera Béatrice et Bénédict, based on that wasn’t enough, outstanding young violinist Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. And, Janine Jansen joins him for another tempestuous recently described as ‘sensationally good’ by The Romantic masterwork, Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. Sunday Times, the young Dutch violinist Janine Jansen joins the orchestra for Brahms’ great Violin 6.45pm in the Recital Room Concerto. James Naughtie, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme since 1994, and passionate opera- 6.45pm in the Recital Room lover, in conversation with Donald Runnicles, Professor Barry Cooper of the University of Chief Conductor BBC SSO. Manchester, and one of the world’s leading experts on the music of Beethoven, explores NB there will be no Coda after this concert the ‘Eroica’ Symphony. approx. 10 minutes after main concert Pianist Scott Mitchell plays the Fantasien, Op.116 by Brahms. 04&05 Yann Ghiro - principal clarinet “WiTHOUT crAFTSMAnsHip, inspirATION is A MERE REED SHAKEN in THE WinD.” Johannes Brahms Concert 3 Concert 4 THursdaY, 4 November, 7.30pm THursdaY, 18 November, 7.00PM* ROMANTics UNBOUND THIS SCEPTRED ISLE SallY BeamisH Homage À Brahms WalTON SYmphonY NO.2 (World Premiere) BriTTEN Les illUminations MOZarT Piano Concerto NO.17, K.453 Elgar IN the SOUth (Alassio) BraHms SYmphonY NO.4 BriTTEN/MATTHews THREE SONGS FROM Les illUminations RONald BrauTigam piano ANdrew MANZE condUctor SusaN GriTTON soprano MarTYN BrabbiNS condUctor Ronald Brautigam’s deserved reputation as an insightful, stylish interpreter of Mozart and Martyn Brabbins kicks off the BBC SSO’s British Beethoven promises an outstanding performance music series with a fine symphony that has been of Mozart’s beautiful G major Piano Concerto. Of unfairly neglected since its unsuccessful 1960 course he will be ably partnered by the BBC SSO’s premiere. However, Walton’s Second Symphony new Associate Guest Conductor Andrew Manze. has been making a comeback in recent years as His first concert in his new position climaxes an eloquent late flowering of the composer’s with a late-Romantic masterpiece in Brahms’ inspiration. Britten’s Les illuminations, settings of Fourth Symphony. To open it: a new piece by poems by Rimbaud, encompasses an enormous one of Scotland’s leading composers, which both dramatic range, from biting wit to deep pathos. celebrates the orchestra’s 75th Birthday and pays Elgar’s ‘concert overture’ In the South is actually tribute to Brahms. a big, dynamic symphonic movement, a fitting climax to the second part of this three-part programme. Susan Gritton ends with the first Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 concert performance of three extra songs 6.45pm in the Recital Room that Britten left out of the published score Andrew Manze and Sally Beamish of Les illuminations, which have recently been discuss tonight’s programme, as well as its orchestrated by Colin Matthews. new commission, with Gavin Reid, Director Please note early start time* BBC SSO. approx. 10 minutes after main concert 6.15pm in the Recital Room Ronald Brautigam gives a short solo recital. Composer Colin Matthews talks to Martyn Brabbins about his work on Benjamin Britten’s newly-orchestrated songs. NB there will be no Coda after this concert 06&07 Stella McCracken - principal oboe “IN THE NEXT WORLD I SHAN’T BE DOING MUSIC, WITH ALL THE STRIVINGS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS, I SHALL BE BEING IT.” VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Concert 5 Concert 6 THursdaY, 25 November, 7.00PM* THursdaY, 2 DECEMBER, 7.00PM* THIS SCEPTRED ISLE THIS SCEPTRED ISLE HolsT 75TH BIRTHdaY CONCERT THE Perfect Fool: ballet MUsic BriTTEN Piano Concerto HeleN Grime new work VaugHAN Williams SYmphonY NO.5 (World Premiere) BeeTHoveN Violin Concerto STeveN OsborNE piano WalTON SYmphonY NO.1 VassilY SINaisKY condUctor Nicola BENedeTTI violin Russian conductor Vassily Sinaisky, always a MarTYN BrabbiNS condUctor popular guest of the orchestra, has made some fascinating forays into British music in recent years.
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