The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has announced a number of commissions as part of a new season inspired by Scotland.
Taking up his new role as BBC SSO Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard launched Scottish Inspirations, a 2016/17 commissions series championing Scotland and Scottish identity.
The season includes an edition of BBC Radio 3’s Hear And Now to include works by composers Helen Grime, Sally Beamish and Jay Capperauld. The works are rooted in Scottish connections, with Helen’s piece taking inspiration from two pictures by Scottish artist Joan Eardley.
Glasgow composer Jay Capperauld’s piece Fèin-Aithne means self-identity in Gaelic. Later in the season, there is a new work from Edmund Finnis, taking its name from a line in a poem by Scottish poet Robin Robertson.
As well as conducting these new works, Dausgaard will launch the season with Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, marking the first time the work will have been performed in Glasgow.
Thomas Dausgaard said: ‘I am extremely excited at the prospect of beginning my first season as chief conductor with such a wonderful orchestra and a wonderful range of programmes, paying tribute to some of the greatest classical music ever written and also taking fresh inspiration from Scotland - and sharing all of this with the BBC SSO’s wonderful audiences.’
One the most significant concerts in classical music history will also be recreated in Glasgow - Beethoven’s famous 1808 Academy Concert. The three-part, three-hour marathon concert is acclaimed as a defining moment both in Beethoven’s career and in musical history.
Visit bbc.co.uk/bbcsso to find out more.
Taking up his new role as BBC SSO Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard launched Scottish Inspirations, a 2016/17 commissions series championing Scotland and Scottish identity.
The season includes an edition of BBC Radio 3’s Hear And Now to include works by composers Helen Grime, Sally Beamish and Jay Capperauld. The works are rooted in Scottish connections, with Helen’s piece taking inspiration from two pictures by Scottish artist Joan Eardley.
Glasgow composer Jay Capperauld’s piece Fèin-Aithne means self-identity in Gaelic. Later in the season, there is a new work from Edmund Finnis, taking its name from a line in a poem by Scottish poet Robin Robertson.
As well as conducting these new works, Dausgaard will launch the season with Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, marking the first time the work will have been performed in Glasgow.
Thomas Dausgaard said: ‘I am extremely excited at the prospect of beginning my first season as chief conductor with such a wonderful orchestra and a wonderful range of programmes, paying tribute to some of the greatest classical music ever written and also taking fresh inspiration from Scotland - and sharing all of this with the BBC SSO’s wonderful audiences.’
One the most significant concerts in classical music history will also be recreated in Glasgow - Beethoven’s famous 1808 Academy Concert. The three-part, three-hour marathon concert is acclaimed as a defining moment both in Beethoven’s career and in musical history.
Visit bbc.co.uk/bbcsso to find out more.
