Pekka Kuusisto directs Ravel and Haydn

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

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Programme

Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)	Soldier Song
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Sonata for Violin and Cello
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)	Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time): L'Abime des Oiseaux
Crumb, George (1929-2022)	Black Angels: God-Music
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704)	Battalia, for strings and continuo
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)	Symphony no. 45 in F sharp minor "Farewell”

Performers

Pekka Kuusisto	Violin, Conductor
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Marquise Gilmore	Violin
Maximiliano Martín	Clarinet
Philip Higham	Cello

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Playful, creative and joyous: Pekka Kuusisto directs the SCO

David Smythe, 21st March

Pekka Kuusisto’s direction of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is playful, creative and joyous in a mixed programme from Biber to Bartók, Haydn to Messiaen wrapped round with Ravel.

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