SCO 22-23: Les Illuminations

LES ILLUMINATIONS

Pekka Kuusisto Violin/Director 

Allan Clayton Tenor

MUHLY Three Songs for tenor, violin and drone

HAYDN   Symphony No 104 in D ‘London’ 

MUHLY Violin Concerto ‘Shrink’ (Scottish Premiere)* 

BRITTEN Les Illuminations

Hallucinations and wild imaginings: join Finnish musical pioneer Pekka Kuusisto on a journey into the strange and the wonderful in the second concert in his SCO residency. 

With adulation for his Peter Grimes last year at London’s Royal Opera House, Allan Clayton is the most exciting British tenor of the moment – and one of our most celebrated interpreters of Britten. He’s the soloist amid the fanfares, parades and sensual visions of Britten’s larger-than-life Les Illuminations, settings of phantasmagorical verse by French poet Arthur Rimbaud. 

There’s more Gallic surrealism in the witty Songs for tenor, violin and drone by New York-based Nico Muhly, and Kuusisto is the soloist in the long-awaited Scottish premiere of his friend and colleague’s dashing, exuberant violin concerto Shrink. In between, Haydn’s final, grandest and most joyful Symphony, written expressly to surprise and delight.

*Co-commissioned by Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, St Paul Chamber Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Subscription booking opens: 10am Wednesday 25 May

Single ticket booking opens: 10am Monday 27 June

HOW TO BOOK YOUR SUBSCRIPTION:

Book for a minimum of 4 concerts to be eligible for the Subscription discounts. If you were an SCO Subscriber in 2019/20, we have secured your seats and will hold them until Friday 24 June.

Subscribe online at www.sco.org.uk/subscriptions 

You will be able to renew your Subscription or book a new one online from 25 May. Online Subscriptions work best for customers who require the same seats for each performance. If your Subscription is likely to be more complicated and you would like varying numbers of seats and/or different seating locations, you are advised to fill out a booking form and return it by post.

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You will also be able to use the booking forms either within our 2022/23 Season brochure, or, for previous Subscribers, a pre-filled form that you'll receive at home. All booking forms should be returned to SCO Subscriptions, 4 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5AB by Friday 24 June.