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Karen Cargill and the Scottish Ensemble burst into Songs for Life

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“so vivid we were almost there in the room”
Reviewed at Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow on 13 November 2020
Walton, Sonata for String Orchestra
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht (arr. Farrington)
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen (arr. Farrington)
Britten, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op.10 (Funeral March)
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth"
Walker, Lyric for Strings
Kurtág, Signs, Games and Messages (excerpt)
Britten, A Charm of Lullabies, Op.41: Nurse's Song (arr. Colin Matthews)
Britten, A Charm of Lullabies, Op.41: The Highland Balou
Corea, Children's song no. 7 (arr. Manson)
Beethoven, String Quartet no. 13 in B flat major, Op.130 (Presto)
Janáček, On an Overgrown Path: The barn owl has not flown away (arr. Burghauser)
Dvořák, Písne Milostné (Love songs) revision of Cyprise poems by G. Pfleger-Moravsky, Op.83 (arr. David Matthews)
Shaw, Entr'acte
Traditional, Auld Lang Syne
Karen Cargill, Mezzo-soprano
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Pushing boundaries: Scottish Ensemble’s Shifting Patterns in Perth
****1
Scottish Ensemble at the QEH: hugely energetic, top-quality playing
*****
Scottish Ensemble’s adventures in music for a winter’s night
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Soulful Advent music from the Scottish Ensemble with Sean Shibe
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Utterly thrilling: Prelude – Skydiving from a Dream
*****
From Naxos to Carthage: Ancient Classical Tales from Karen Cargill and the Scottish Ensemble
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