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Festival Opening Concert - Scottish Ensemble
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Filmed at The Byre at Inchyra, this special opening concert by the pioneering string orchestra celebrates the arrival of summer with uplifting and joyful music. Be taken on a journey through the Balkans, Central Europe, the Americas, Scandanavia and back to Scotland.
Spanish saxophonist Manu Brazo is joined by violinist Claudia Uriarte and pianist Prajna Indrawati for REVIVE; a programme created last year when there was a world without music.
The Sixteen’s concert programmes tells stories of life and love, of tranquility and stillness. Featuring a stunning selection of music from exuberant early works to Whitacre’s Sleep and a new commission from Roderick Williams.
Join pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason for a special afternoon concert recorded in Perth Concert Hall. Isata performs sonatas by Mozart and Barber, alongside Chopin’s Ballade No. 2 and Gershwins’ Three Preludes.
The award-wining British vocal ensemble will perform from Perth Museum & Art Gallery, presenting a programme of works from Renaissance Italy and exploring how the madrigal came to be a powerful and popular form for communicating ardent emotions.
Russian soprano Ilona Domnich, pianist Sholto Kynoch and critic and broadcaster Michael White present this unique words-and-music concert exploring the life and songs of Rachmaninov.
Established as an exceptional piano trio of today, the Sikovetsky Trio will perform Schumann’s Fantasiestücke and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor.
Exceptional Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti returns to the Orchestra to reconsider one of the masterpieces she played a year ago: Mendelssohn’s dazzling Violin Concerto. Beforehand, SCO co-leader Benjamin Marquise Gilmore directs Mozart’s sunny, playful Symphony No. 33.
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