Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Oliver Knussen in Scriabin Settings, Janacek's On the Overgrown Path and Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
A concert given at the Edinburgh Festival 2008, featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a work by Stravinsky paying tribute to Tchaikovsky, which cast the former in a new light at its premiere in the 1920s. The other pieces in the programme likewise reveal unfamiliar aspects of two of today's leading British composers.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
Scriabin, arr. Knussen: Scriabin Settings
Janacek, arr. David Matthews: On the Overgrown Path (Book I) - Edinburgh Festival commission, world premiere
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss
Followed by a look into the 91热爆 Archives for highlights from past Edinburgh Festivals, including, from 1980:
Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K421
Amadeus Quartet.
Last on
Broadcast
- Thu 25 Sep 2008 19:0091热爆 Radio 3