Maestros' Choice 2, Thursday 15 October, 7.30 P.M.
This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
About This Concert
Hearing the complete Daphnis and Chloé with chorus is an overwhelming experience. Few scores have the opulent richness of sound that Ravel conjures up in this magical music, and Donald Runnicles and the orchestra will surely revel in its virtuosity. New York-based Israeli pianist Shai Wosner is a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist whose rising international reputation has already taken him to some of the world's greatest orchestras. The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, premiered by the BBC SSO in 1990, has become one of the most often played modern British compositions around the world. A long-established BBC SSO party piece, this performance will mark James MacMillan's 50th birthday year in truly dramatic style.
The Works
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
James MacMillan (born 1959)
James MacMillan CBE, is a Scottish classical composer and conductor.
Piano Concerto No.25, K.503
Mozart (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over six hundred works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music.
Daphnis et Chloé (complete)
Ravel (1875-1937)
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer of Impressionist music known especially for the subtlety, richness, and poignancy of his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects.
Venue & Ticket Information
Glasgow
Candleriggs
Glasgow
G1 1NQ
Tickets: £10.00-£23.00 (and concessions) and subscription packages
0141-353 8000
Prelude
Stephen Johnson
6.45pm in the Recital Room. Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson introduces James MacMillan’s The Confession of Isobel Gowdie. He’s joined by the historian Louise Yeoman to discuss witchcraft in 17th century Scotland.
Post-concert Coda
Shai Wosner
Approximately 10 minutes after the main concert. Shai Wosner plays Mozart’s Variations on a theme of Gluck, K.455.
The Artists
Shai Wosner
Shai Wosner continues to attract international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity and creative insight. With imaginative programming that communicates his intellectual curiosity, Wosner performs a wide-ranging repertoire from Mozart and Beethoven to Ligeti and composers of his own generation. Hailed by the Financial Times as "an artist to follow keenly", Wosner's virtuosity and perceptiveness have increasingly made him a favorite among audiences and critics alike.
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
The much acclaimed Edinburgh Festival Chorus is a group of talented amateur singers, established in 1965. Those who successfully audition join around 130 others in weekly rehearsals, led by Chorus Master Christopher Bell. This dedicated group prepare throughout the year for several concerts given during the Festival itself.
Donald Runnicles
Edinburgh-born Donald Runnicles is Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, having taken up the post on 20 September 2009. He began his career in Mannheim, before making his US debut in 1988 conducting Berg’s Lulu for the Metropolitan Opera New York, and becoming General Music Director of the City of Freiburg in 1989. After two Ring cycles at San Francisco Opera in 1990, he was invited to become Music Director. He is now Music Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming and Principal Guest Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and recently assumed the post of General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Formed in December 1935 by Scottish composer and conductor Ian Whyte, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is recognised as one of the UK’s leading orchestras. The winner of several awards, including a Royal Philharmonic Society Award (the only Scottish orchestra to do so) and four Gramophone Awards, its wide repertoire and flexible approach to format means it can perform a complex contemporary piece as a specialist ensemble alongside a major symphonic work. It has a busy broadcasting schedule on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Television and also records commercially.
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