SCO x Brooklyn Rider BERG Lyric Suite NICO MUHLY Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (World Premiere)* JONNY GREENWOOD Water LIGETI Melodien MISSY MAZZOLI Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) Geoffrey Paterson conductor Brooklyn Rider: Jonny Gandelsman violin Colin Jacobsen violin Nicholas Cords viola Michael Nicolas cello This New Dimensions concert brings the SCO together with the genre defying quartet Brooklyn Rider for a bold and exploratory evening. The world premiere of Nico Muhly’s new concerto, written for the quartet, offers fresh textures and vivid interplay. The programme also features Berg’s Lyric Suite, Ligeti’s Melodien and Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres). Jonny Greenwood’s Water adds a hypnotic sound world that blends classical and contemporary elements. * Commissioned by Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Santa Fe Pro Musica, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and La Toscanini.

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