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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Benedetti plays Sibelius
Thursday 25th February 2010, 7.30pm
City Halls : Grand Hall
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Popular violinist Nicola Benedetti makes a welcome return to City Halls with Sibelius’ passionate concerto. The concert begins with a short piece by the young Swedish composer Benjamin Staern, and his countryman Stefan Solyom closes this magnificent programme with Shostakovich’s epic Tenth Symphony, the first he had composed since he was denounced by Stalin’s regime in 1948. Completed soon after Stalin’s death in 1953, the brutally brilliant scherzo is said to be a musical portrait of the Soviet tyrant.
615pm Pre-Concert Prelude (in the Recital Room): Nicola Benedetti in conversation with Simon Lord, Music Producer BBC SSO.
Post-Concert Coda (approximately 10 minutes after the end of the main concert): Nicola Benedetti plays JS Bach’s Chaconne from the Partita No.2 in D minor for solo violin.
This concert is part of the BBC SSO’s North by North-East series.
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