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19 Aug 2017, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú SSO 2017-18 Season Edinburgh International Festival: Festival Firsts

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Edinburgh International Festival: Festival Firsts
19:45 Sat 19 Aug 2017 Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Sir James MacMillan conducts three masterpieces of 20th-century music.
Sir James MacMillan conducts three masterpieces of 20th-century music.

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Sir James MacMillan has a long and fruitful relationship with both the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh International Festival. To celebrate the International Festival’s 70th anniversary, he conducts three masterpieces of 20th-century music – all of which received their premieres at the International Festival.

MacMillan and the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú SSO open with the lush invention of Tippett’s achingly beautiful tribute to Italian Baroque music, and they are joined by eminent Norwegian trumpeter Ole Edvard Antonsen for the glittering brilliance of MacMillan’s own trumpet concerto Epiclesis. They close with the wit and bright colours of Walton’s triumphant Second Symphony.

The concert will be recorded for broadcast on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3.

This concert is promoted by the Edinburgh International Festival.