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˿ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
27 Feb 2016, City Halls
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˿ SSO 2015-16 Season Hear and Now – Beamish/Payne/MacMillan/McCabe

˿ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Hear and Now – Beamish/Payne/MacMillan/McCabe
20:00 Sat 27 Feb 2016 Grand Hall
Martyn Brabbins conducts Hear and Now at City Halls
Martyn Brabbins conducts Hear and Now at City Halls

Programme

Concert information

Musical inspiration comes in many forms. The late John McCabe was transfixed by the pattern of sounds coming from a Japanese amusement arcade, which gave rise to his ‘musical entertainment’ Joybox. Sally Beamish’s Second Cello Concerto takes its cue from the wanderings of Robert Cohen’s grandfather and weaves together elements of Polish and South African folksongs with migratory birdcalls. Sir James MacMillan’s faith remains as central to his writing as ever; here his motet for ensemble and chorus is given its UK Premiere by the Glasgow Chamber Choir. Anthony Payne’s dynamic and monumental Time’s Arrow from 1990, meanwhile, is nothing less than an orchestral evocation of ‘The Big Bang’, acclaimed as “a work of stunning confidence with exceptional clarity of thought and argument.” Martyn Brabbins conducts the ˿ SSO in this concert for ˿ Radio 3’s Hear and Now, which brings together works by four of the leading British composers of our time.

Tickets: FREE* (unreserved seating) limited to 2 tickets per application (not recommended for young children) - available from Monday 16 November 2015.
*£1.00 online and £1.50 telephone venue booking fees apply.