Work: Sonata for String Orchestra

Forget those po-faced tenors of yore; this is joyous music and Allan Clayton was just the man to deliver it.

The Scottish Ensemble playfully challenged the audience to decide game-show style, which country’s string music won the night: Germany or Britain? Indeed, the concert was a game of two halves with Britain being represented by William Walton and Martin Suckling in the first and Germany by Leopold Hurt and Brahms in the second.