BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Lammermuir Festival
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm September 16, 2022
György Ligeti’s brilliantly original Piano Concerto encompasses influences as diverse as the music of the Pygmy peoples of Central Africa and the folk music of his native Hungary, a thrilling vehicle for Danny Driver’s virtuosity. Schoenberg’s chamber-sized challenge to the symphonic world of Mahler and Strauss is one of the earliest 20th century classics, still miraculously fresh.
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Fanfare chimérique
Chamber Concerto
Piano Concerto
Chamber Symphony No 1 (1906)
Piano
Conductor
Half price concessions for students in full time education
Driver’s recording of Ligeti’s virtuosity-testing Études is full of insight and exuberance.
The Guardian
‘Paterson conducted [the BBC SSO] with a winning combination of assuredness, agility and enthusiasm.’
The Telegraph
