Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Elim Chan
Three pioneering musical languages dramatically contrast in this exploration of the concerto form.
Guided by conductor Elim Chan, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra meets two dazzling soloists.
First, Alison Balsom – described as ‘simply divine’ by the Sunday Telegraph – performs the Scottish premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s playful Trumpet Concerto. Jazz, blues and classical music combine in this bold exploration of everything the instrument can do. The piece takes inspiration from the trumpeting call of an elephant to celebrated jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
Then, the ‘extraordinary visionary’ (Wall Street Journal) Pierre-Laurent Aimard turns to Arnold Schoenberg's inventive Piano Concerto, which the composer wrote while exiled in the United States during World War II. The concert closes with Witold Lutosławski’s folkloric Concerto for Orchestra, inspired by the music traditions of the Kurpie region in Poland.
Balsom, wielding two trumpets in succession, was resplendent every inch of the way ... Marsalis seems to have hit a magic jackpot here
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Elim Chan Conductor
Alison Balsom Trumpet
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Piano
Wynton Marsalis Trumpet Concerto
Schoenberg Piano Concerto
Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra
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