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Gnarly Buttons central to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s John Adams programme

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“packed with joyous exuberance”
Reviewed at City Halls: Concert Hall, Glasgow on 12 December 2025
Adams, Shaker Loops
Adams, Gnarly Buttons for clarinet and orchestra
Adams, Fearful Symmetries
Andrew Manze, Conductor
Maximiliano Martín, Clarinet
Saxophone dreams with Jess Gillam and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
****1
Baroque inspirations from Emelyanychev and the SCO
****1
Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra reshape Mozart
****1
Reich+ from Colin Currie and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
****1
A tale of two Glorias: Poulenc and Vivaldi with the SCO in Edinburgh
****1
An acrobatic Orpheus and Eurydice in Edinburgh
***11
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