Artists
- Amy Dicksonsaxophone
- Scottish Ensemble
- Jonathan Mortonleader
Archived Event
Glazunov, Shostakovich, Giya Kancheli and Tchaikovsky
Amy Dickson saxophone; Scottish Ensemble; Jonathan Morton leader
- Date
- Thu 26 Feb 2015, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Aleksandr Glazunov1865-1936
- Saxophone Concerto Op. 109
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- Chamber Symphony in C minor Op. 110a(transcribed by Rudolf Barshai)
Interval
- Giya Kanchelib. 1935
- Life Without Christmas:
- No. 4 Night Prayers
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840-1893
- Serenade in C major Op. 48
Overview
Amy Dickson, the young Classic BRIT Award-winning saxophonist, joins the Scottish Ensemble in two powerful pieces for classical saxophone – Glazunov’s lyrical yet scintillatingly virtuosic Saxophone Concerto, and the profound spirituality of Georgian composer Giya Kancheli’s captivating Night Prayers.
The programme’s transformative journey from darkness to light contrasts Shostakovich’s deeply personal Chamber Symphony, a transcription by Rudolf Barshai of the composer’s monument to ‘the victims of fascism and war’, his autobiographical String Quartet No. 8, with Tchaikovsky’s radiant Serenade for Strings.