Archived Event

Sergey Akhunov, Schubert and Dobrinka Tabakova
Scottish Ensemble; Maxim Rysanov viola
Date
Sat 24 Oct 2015, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Scottish Ensemble
    • Jonathan Mortonleader, artistic director
    • Maxim Rysanovviola

    Programme

        • 6:36 in Schubert's company for viola and strings
        • Der Erlkönig for viola and piano
        • Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821
          :
        • for viola and strings (arranged by Dobrinka Tabakova)

    Interval

        • Death and the Maiden D810
          :
        • for string ensemble (arranged by Gustav Mahler)

    Overview

    Ukrainian violist Maxim Rysanov joins the ScottishEnsemble and Jonathan Morton for a programmeinformed by Schubert’s lasting influence oncomposers past and present.

    The sublime soundsof British-Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova’sFantasy Homage to Schubert and two strikinglyinventive pieces by Sergey Akhunov mark the wayto Mahler’s rich-toned arrangement of ‘Death andthe Maiden’.

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