SCO 2012/13 Season Brochure Aberdeen

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Aberdeen Concert Series 12/13

Experience the very best classical music in Scotland with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay PatronRobin Ticciati Principal Conductor 4 Royal Terrace Edinburgh eh7 5abTel: 0131 557 6800 Fax: 0131 557 6933 Email: [email protected] www.sco.org.uk

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra

HM The Queen Patron Peter Oundjian Music Director

73 Claremont StreetGlasgow g3 7jb Tel: 0141 226 3868Fax: 0141 221 4317Email: [email protected] www.rsno.org.uk

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Peter OundjianMusic Director Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Welcome to the 2012/13 Aberdeen Concert Series

Robin TicciatiPrincipal ConductorScottish Chamber Orchestra

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Everyone at both the RSNO and the SCO is delighted at the success of the Orchestras’ first joint Aberdeen Concert Series in 2011/12 — so much so that we’re going to do it again!

Once more, our two orchestras will offer Aberdeen audiences a concert series with a unique range and variety of classical music performances, with easy booking and superb subscription discounts.

We are joined by a wonderful line-up of guest conductors and soloists performing great music from Bach to Barber: pianists Piotr Anderszewski, Richard Egarr and Artur Pizarro; violinist Vadim Gluzman; cellist Ralph Kirshbaum; guitarist Miloš Karadaglić; the great lieder baritone Matthias Goerne and conductors Joseph Swensen, John Storgårds, Gilbert Varga and Philippe Bach.

We hope you can join us. Enjoy the music.

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Time to celebrate! Glinka’s Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla has been called a musical firecracker — so what better way to launch Peter Oundjian’s very first concert as RSNO Music Director? That’s just the start of this thrilling all-Russian programme, which sweeps from the heart-melting song of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto — played by the superb Vadim Gluzman — to the revolutionary fervour of Shostakovich’s mighty Eleventh Symphony. Be there, as we raise a glass to a very special night for Scottish music.

Pre-concert Talk: 6.45pm (free to ticket holders) RSNO Music Director Peter Oundjian in conversation with William Chandler (RSNO Associate Leader).

RSNOThursday 4 October 2012 • 7.30pm

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Glinka Overture to ‘Russlan and Ludmilla’Tchaikovsky Violin ConcertoShostakovich Symphony No 11 ‘The Year 1905’’

Peter Oundjian ConductorVadim Gluzman Violin

Oundjian conducts Shostakovich

Saturday 27 October 2012 • 7.30pm SCO


Walton Two Pieces from ‘Henry V’ Barber Cello Concerto Schumann Symphony No 3 ‘Rhenish’

Joseph Swensen ConductorRalph Kirshbaum Cello

Swensen and Kirshbaum — two long-time SCO favourites — return for a delightful evening of music-making. Kirshbaum first recorded the Barber concerto with the SCO back in the 1980s, and it is still one of the top recommended recordings. It has plenty of Barber’s warm mellow lyricism about it, but a good bit of spark and punch too. Schumann’s Rhenish was actually his last symphony. It is often mentioned in the same breath as Beethoven’s Fifth and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Come expecting heroics and full-blooded Romanticism, delivered with Swensen’s signature passion and sweep.

Swensen conducts the ‘Rhenish’

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Pizarro plays Beethoven Charismatic Finn John Storgårds returns to the SCO with a new work from his famous countryman, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Mendelssohn’s majestic Reformation Symphony. It was written to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession — the statement of Lutheran beliefs and practices presented to the Emperor Charles V in 1530; Mendelssohn captures the mystery and awe of the revelation, but also the fire and drama of Luther’s story. Pizarro’s performances of Beethoven have been described as an ‘unalloyed delight’. Not to be missed.

SCOSaturday 8 December 2012 • 7.30pm


Rautavaara Into the Heart of Light UK Premiere Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 ‘Reformation’

John Storgårds ConductorArtur Pizarro Piano

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Wednesday 19 December 2012 • 7.30pm

Christmas Concert: The Snowman

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Join the RSNO and RSNO Chorus for a family celebration this Christmas! Conducted and presented by the effervescent Christopher Bell, this concert is packed full of your favourite festive melodies and traditional singalong carols. Plus, don’t miss the magical film The Snowman shown on the big screen, accompanied by Howard Blake’s timeless music and narrated by a special star guest.


Christmas Concert featuringHoward Blake’s The Snowman

Christopher Bell ConductorRSNO Chorus

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Beethoven Overture, Prometheus Dussek Piano Concerto in G minor Op 49 Schubert Symphony No 6 'Little C major'

Richard Egarr Conductor/Fortepiano

SCOSaturday 19 January 2013 • 7.30pm

The Little C Major

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Between classics by Schubert and Beethoven, SCO Associate Artist Richard Egarr introduces one of their contemporaries who deserves to be far better known. Dussek certainly had a colourful life: his brilliance as pianist and composer won him the favour of Catherine the Great of Russia and Napoleon Bonaparte among others. It also won him favours of another kind, and he had to flee several countries with angry husbands on his heels. He left eighteen captivating and unusual piano concertos — hugely enjoyable to listen to, and fascinating for us looking back to that time because, in them, you can so clearly hear the future — the piano styles of Liszt, Chopin and Schumann.

Pre-concert Talk: 6.45pm (free to ticket holders) Richard Egarr talks about Jan Ladislav Dussek and his contemporaries.

Saturday 23 February 2013 • 7.30pm

Anderszewski plays Mozart

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Witness the ultimate in multi-tasking: playing the piano and directing an orchestra at the same time. Anderszewski manages it effortlessly and has given many wonderful Mozart performances with the SCO, both in Scotland and on their many international tours. It is really something special. Complementing these marvellous pieces, SCO Associate Artist Alexander Janiczek directs a youthful spree from Schubert and one of the most astonishing pieces in all music: Grosse Fuge is late Beethoven at its most visionary.


Schubert Overture in D ‘In the Italian Style’ Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 K488 Beethoven Grosse Fuge Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 K503

Piotr Anderszewski Piano/Director Alexander Janiczek Violin/Director

Saturday 9 March 2013 • 7.30pm

Goerne sings Schubert

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SCO Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati returns to Aberdeen bringing a programme with Vienna at its heart: the magnificent, musical city that was home to so many great composers. Mahler loved Schubert, and Ticciati pairs their Fifth Symphonies. Webern pays tribute to Bach and Matthias Goerne, one of today’s finest exponents of lieder, performs Schubert songs orchestrated by Webern, Brahms and Reger.


Bach (arr Webern) Ricercar from ‘The Musical Offering’ Schubert Songs with orchestra Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No 5 Schubert Symphony No 5

Robin Ticciati ConductorMatthias Goerne Baritone

It might not be summer just yet, but tonight the RSNO, guest conductor Gilbert Varga and Montenegrin guitar hero Miloš Karadaglić take you on a Mediterranean holiday with a difference! There’s Italian romance with Martucci’s dreamy Notturno and a guided tour of historic Italy with Ottorino Respighi — from the delightful Ancient Airs and Dances to the roof-raising hedonism of his sensational Roman Festivals. And, of course, there’s the Spanish tune the whole world loves, in Rodrigo’s chart-topping Concierto de Aranjuez.

Pre-concert Talk: 6.45pm (free to ticket holders) Dávur Juul Magnussen (RSNO Principal Trombone)

RSNOThursday 11 April 2013 • 7.30pm

Concierto de Aranjuez

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Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 1Rodrigo Concierto de AranjuezMartucci Notturno Op70 No 1Respighi Roman Festivals

Gilbert Varga ConductorMiloš Karadaglić Guitar

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Wagner’s epic Ring cycle is the kind of experience that changes lives. A tale of gods, lovers, tragedy and redemption that begins at the bottom of a river and ends with the destruction of a world, it’s quite simply overwhelming. But if you don’t happen to have four days to spare, here’s your chance to see what the fuss is about: an hour-long orchestral highlights package! Paul Rissmann tells the story: Richard Wagner and the RSNO do the rest.

Naked Classics is an exciting way to explore classical music. Presenter Paul Rissmann uses an innovative mix of projections, on-stage demonstrations and interviews with players to reveal the stories behind the music. Then, after the interval, sit back and enjoy the work being performed in all its glory by the RSNO.

Thursday 9 May 2013 • 7.30pm

Naked Classics: Wagner’s ‘The Ring’

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Wagner/de Vlieger The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure

Philippe Bach ConductorPaul Rissmann Presenter

Photos: Marco Borggreve, Andy Buchanan, Mark Hamilton

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No. of concerts I II III IV Discount

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Saturday 19 January 2013 The Little C Major

Saturday 23 February 2013 Anderszewski plays Mozart

Saturday 9 March 2013 Goerne sings Schubert

Thursday 11 April 2013 Concierto de Aranjuez

Thursday 9 May 2013 Naked Classics: Wagner’s ‘The Ring’

Thursday 4 October 2012 Oundjian conducts Shostakovich

Saturday 27 October 2012 Swensen conducts the ‘Rhenish’

Saturday 8 December 2012 Pizarro plays Beethoven

Wednesday 19 December 2012 Christmas Concert

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Thursday 4 October 2012 7.30pm

Oundjian conducts ShostakovichRSNO

Glinka Overture to ‘Russlan and Ludmilla’Tchaikovsky Violin ConcertoShostakovich Symphony No 11 ‘The Year 1905’

Peter Oundjian ConductorVadim Gluzman Violin

Saturday 27 October 20127.30pm

Swensen conducts the ‘Rhenish’SCO

Walton Two Pieces from ‘Henry V’ Barber Cello Concerto Schumann Symphony No 3 ‘Rhenish’

Joseph Swensen ConductorRalph Kirshbaum Cello

Saturday 8 December 20127.30pm

Pizarro plays Beethoven SCO

Rautavaara Into the Heart of Light UK Premiere Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 ‘Reformation’

John Storgårds ConductorArtur Pizarro Piano

Wednesday 19 December 20127.30pm

Christmas ConcertRSNO

Christmas Concert featuring Howard Blake’s The Snowman

Christopher Bell ConductorRSNO Chorus

Saturday 19 January 20137.30pm

The Little C MajorSCO

Beethoven Overture, Prometheus Dussek Piano Concerto in G minor Op 49 Schubert Symphony No 6 ‘Little C major’

Richard Egarr Conductor/Fortepiano

Saturday 23 February 20137.30pm

Anderszewski plays MozartSCO

Schubert Overture in D ‘In the Italian Style’ Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 K488 Beethoven Grosse Fuge Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 K503

Piotr Anderszewski Piano/Director Alexander Janiczek Violin/Director

Saturday 9 March 20137.30pm

Goerne sings SchubertSCO

Bach (arr Webern) Ricercar from ‘The Musical Offering’ Schubert Songs with orchestra Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No 5 Schubert Symphony No 5

Robin Ticciati ConductorMatthias Goerne Baritone

Thursday 11 April 20137.30pm

Concierto de AranjuezRSNO

Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 1Rodrigo Concierto de AranjuezMartucci Notturno Op70 No 1Respighi Roman Festivals

Gilbert Varga ConductorMiloš Karadaglić Guitar

Thursday 9 May 20137.30pm

Naked Classics: Wagner’s ‘The Ring’ RSNO

Wagner/de Vlieger The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure

Philippe Bach ConductorPaul Rissmann Presenter

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