28. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Rihm
Saturday 24 November
Town Hall,
1PM
Tickets £15 (£13 concession)
Maja S K Ratkje Concerto for Voice and Orchestra UK premiere
Wolfgang Rihm Versuchung UK premiere
Matthias Pintscher Songs from Solomon's Garden
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Maja S K Ratkje voice
Leigh Melrose baritone
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
The only Scottish orchestra ever to have won a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Ensemble, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra returns to Huddersfield to perform three fresh and exciting works. New York based composer Matthias Pintscher leads the orchestra in a performance of his Songs from Solomon's Garden, whilst hcmf// Composer in Residence Maja S K Ratkje brings her extraordinary vocals to her signature concerto. Wolfgang Rihm's critically acclaimed cello concerto rounds off the programme in the composer's 60th birthday year.
Listen to Maja S K Ratkje's Concerto for Voice and Orchestra here:
http://soundcloud.com/majasolveig/concertoforvoice
Produced by hcmf// supported by Réseau Varèse; also supported by Music Information Centre Norway, The Norwegian Embassy and Goethe-Institut
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