Name: Edinburgh International Festival: Peer Gynt & Glorious Percussion
Start: 2019-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Usher Hall

Admin

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Edinburgh International Festival

Conductor

Thomas Dausgaard

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Colin Currie

Percussion

Singer

Malin Christensson

Soloist

Edinburgh International Festival: Peer Gynt & Glorious Percussion

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Usher Hall

Public

Concert

Glorious Percussion

Peer Gynt, op. 23

Jnanakumar P

Approved

Gripping drama, high adventure, quirky Nordic enchantment: Grieg’s exuberant music for Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt charts the dreams, voyages and mischief of the Norwegian scoundrel.

The BBC SSO under conductor Thomas Dausgaard (together with soprano Malin Christensson who sings 'Solveig's Song'), explore this enthralling music, from the much-loved ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ to the tender ‘Morning’, by way of selections rarely heard.

Beforehand, world-renowned Scottish percussionist Colin Currie and his ensemble join the orchestra for an exhilarating celebration of rhythm.' Glorious Percussion', here receiving its UK Premiere, is an astonishing concerto for percussion quintet and orchestra by Tatar/Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. Its spectral sounds and scintillating pulses conjure everything from spiritual reflection to raw, unrestrained energy.

The concert will be recorded, for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 17 September 2019 at 7.30pm.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble