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91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
8 Nov 2018, Glasgow City Halls
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91Èȱ¬ SSO 2018-19 Season Pintscher Conducts Pintscher

91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Pintscher Conducts Pintscher
19:30 Thu 8 Nov 2018 Glasgow City Halls
Matthias Pintscher conducts the UK Premiere of his recent Cello Concerto 'un despertar' performed by Bruno Delepelaire.
Matthias Pintscher conducts the UK Premiere of his recent Cello Concerto 'un despertar' performed by Bruno Delepelaire.

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An old man stands at the window, and looks out on falling snow. That haunting image was the imaginative starting point for 'un despertar', the beautiful new cello concerto by the 91Èȱ¬ SSO’s Artist-in-Association, Matthias Pintscher, and it’s taken from a poem by Octavio Paz. But its theme – of remembrance – is universal, just as the graceful Baroque-inspired dances of Ravel’s 'Le tombeau de Couperin' celebrate the lives (rather than the tragically early deaths) of friends lost in the Great War. Bruno Delepelaire, First Principal Cello of the Berlin Philharmonic, is the soloist, and Pintscher himself conducts the UK Premiere – before crowning the concert with the majesty, mystery and irrepressibly human warmth of Mozart’s 'Symphony No.39'.

Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
Matthias Pintscher introduces 'un despertar' in conversation with 91Èȱ¬ SSO violinist Alex Gascoine (free to ticket-holders, subject to seating availability).

The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3.