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From the darkness, Karine Polwart and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra seek the light

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“semi-narrated, the music sighed, breathing a mysterious magic”
Reviewed at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh on 10 March 2022
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy, Seek the Light (World premiere)
Beethoven, Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, Op.60 (Adagio)
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy, You Know Where You Are
Tarrodi, Paradisfåglar I (Birds of Paradise I)
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy, The Night Mare
Tüür, Insula deserta
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy, A Love Too Loud
Vasks, Concerto for violin and strings ''Tala Gaisma'' (Distant light)
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy, Sleep Now
Pippa Murphy, Sound Design
Hugo Ticciati, Violin, Director
Karine Polwart, Vocals
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
Gnarly Buttons central to the SCO’s John Adams programme
****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
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