Chaos and Creation

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Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9JG, United Kingdom

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Programme

Rebel, Jean-Féry (1666-1747)	Les Élémens
Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)	Biblické písne (Biblical songs), Op.99
Martinů, Bohuslav (1890-1959)	Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra, H 337
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)	Symphony no. 96 in D major, "Miracle"

Performers

Jane Atkins	Viola
Karen Cargill	Mezzo-soprano
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Robin Ticciati	Conductor

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Ticciati revisits former glories with his SCO team

Simon Thompson, 11th January

Is there any instrument more bittersweet than the viola? The violin does the acrobatics, the cello is more conventionally beautiful, but the viola sits in the middle of the orchestral palette like no other instrument. Neither high nor low, it’s perfectly placed to embody the contradictory and the conflicted, ideal for a sense of desire denied or of fulfilment deferred.

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