SE INVERSION

Travelling against time

16 – 21 April 2012

Ligeti                Ramifications

Webern            Five Movements for String Orchestra op.5

Debussy            String Quartet in G minor op.10 (arr. Morton)

Bruckner          Adagio from String Qunitet in B minor

Mendelssohn    Sinfonia No. 10 in B minor

Bach                 Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042

The Scottish Ensemble is rounding off its £10:11/12 Season with concerts presenting a challenging and intriguing mix of music at venues in Perth, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow from Monday 16 – Saturday 21 April 2012. As part of the Ensemble’s £10:11/12 Season, all tickets for these concerts are £10.

Known for their innovative programming, the Ensemble will be presenting a trademark blend of works from across the history of the string repertoire that will offer audiences new perspectives and make some unexpected connections. These “back to front” concerts will begin in the ground-breaking experimentalism of the 1960s when Ligeti’s music was setting the mood for films for Stanley Kubrick and other science fiction filmmakers. The Ensemble’s musical journey will then pay a brief visit to the early days of the Viennese modernist movement, past Debussy’s exotic and sensuous fin de siècle Paris with a new arrangement be Jonathan Morton of his beautiful string quartet, to the German Romanticism of Bruckner and the work of Mendelssohn. The concert will be rounded off with a favourite violin concert performed by Morton: Bach’s Violin Concerto in E.

Scottish Ensemble Artistic Director Jonathan Morton says:

“I hope that our SE Inversion concerts this week might contribute to what I think is the fascinating debate about how we perceive whether music is ‘of its time’ or ‘timeless’. I’m interested in how our experience of a piece of music is influenced by our knowledge of its place in history and I think our selected history of music in reverse featured in these concerts will pose some interesting questions about how relevant labels such as ‘classical’, ‘modern’ or ‘romantic’ are to listeners today.”

The Scottish Ensemble’s £10:11/12 Season gives audiences the opportunity to experience first-class music making for the special flat-rate of £10. The Ensemble is committed to delivering first-class musical experiences to everyone, even in the current climate of economic uncertainty. Offering one of the best-value nights out available, audiences have the opportunity to try out for themselves the powerful and rewarding performances that this enterprising group is known for.

Visit scottishensemble.co.uk for details of how to book your tickets.

Source: Scottish Ensemble