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Finland’s Einojuhani Rautavaara is no stranger to the SCO, who premièred his Autumn Gardens in 1999; nor to this concert’s conductor, fellow Finn John Storgårds, who recorded a disc of his works earlier this year. Although not a world première, this was a UK first performance of his Into the Heart of Light for string orchestra.

Nombreux sont les artistes qui minaudent, baratinent voire dissimulent dès lors qu’il est question de savoir-faire, moyen facile de se libérer de leur perplexité. Artur Pizarro, lui, est plutôt du genre à éclairer son auditeur.