http://northings.com/2012/02/18/the-scottish-ensemble-with-lawrence-power/ Cultural magazine for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://northings.com/2012/02/18/the-scottish-ensemble-with-lawrence-power/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:22:05 +0000 http://northings.com/?p=22523#comment-2172 You’ve said it all, Georgina, especially about the imaginative programming, compared to the ‘big boys’, and the sheer, mesmeric intensity and showmanship of the playing. There were two young children next to us who, I suspect, will be playing ‘air viola’ for some time to come!
And after that fine piece by the unjustly neglected William Alwyn, here’s hoping the Ensemble will give us his ‘Lyra Angelica’ for harp and strings, one of the loveliest of all British concertos.

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