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2024-01-20 13:00:01
Royal Opera House; Barbican; Kings Place, LondonIn the hands of two great conductors, high drama and outstanding playing converge in Strauss’s unyielding tragedy and Janáček’s dark masterpieceEvery household has its routines, especially the accursed house of Atreus, nucleus of Greek tragedy. At sunset each day,
2023-11-17 10:15:00
Released today, the first of two specially-commissioned performance films from the Scottish Ensemble with Glasgow production company Forest of Black. The film features the Scottish Ensemble performing Anna Meredith's Tull. The film is on the Scottish Ensemble's YouTube channel, and can also be streamed.Tull was premiered by Scottish Ensemble in 2014. The three-minute piece is scored for 12 divided strings and presents a variation on the traditional Scots’ tune Tullochgorum. Meredith’s realisation is "fuzzy but energetic". Tullochgorum (also known as The Reel of Tullochgorum) is the title of a song, which carries the line 'For blithe and cheery we'll be a'. The words to the song were written by the Scottish poet, songwriter, minister and historian, the Rev. John Skinner in 1776 to the tune Tullochgorum, which is said to have been derived from an older Scottish song tune, printed in Craig's Collection in 1730 (information courtesy of the Scottish Country Dancing […]
2023-11-01 09:55:00
No ordinary concert: Scottish Ensemble reunites with MishMash productions for in Sync, a joyful, energetic event for all the family
Scottish Ensemble & Mish Mash Productions - in SyncFounded in 2015, MishMash Productions is a Nottingham-based company creating musical experiences designed to in introduce young audiences to classical music in welcoming ways. Scottish Ensemble first started working with MishMash in 2022, beginning with development sessions to design a show for younger audiences. The result was in Sync. No ordinary concert, audiences get to know the musicians when they introduce themselves, interact with audiences, perform from memory, move while they play and share insights into the music being performed, all on a vibrant stage set with colourful atmosphere, thus making in Sync a joyful, energetic event for all the family. Scottish Ensemble reunites with MishMash for performances of in Sync in Aberdeen Concert Hall (4 November 2023) and Glasgow's RSNO New Auditorium (9 November 2023), along with a tour to schools in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. Audiences will hear music from Radiohead’s […]
2023-09-29 08:28:00
From a 1000 year old Celtic lament to Judith Weir and a Jasdeep Singh Degun premiere with the Scottish Ensemble: Kings Place's 2024 Scotland Unwrapped
Kings Place has announced the next instalment of its Unwrapped series. 2024 is to be devoted to Scotland Unwrapped, a celebration of music and spoken-word from Scotland encompassing traditional and regional arts as well as the vibrant contemporary scene, with a wide range of musical genres from contemporary composers, folk musicians and Scottish classical ensembles.Things kick of on 13 January 2024 when sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun joins the Scottish Ensemble to present work from his Anomaly album as well as the London premiere of a new work [see my recent interview with Jasdeep]. Other premieres during the year include Anna Meredith, LVRA, Donald Grant, Aileen Sweeney, Ninfea Crutwell Reade and Helen Grime. The Colin Currie Quartet present the world premiere of a Kings Place commission, Anna Meredith’s Dodgem Studies arranged for percussion quartet, as well as the world premiere of a new work from Ben Nobuto and the London premiere of Aileen Sweeney’s new work for […]
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