Scottish Ensemble Jonathan Morton violin, director Lawrence Power viola

Performers

Scottish Ensemble

Jonathan Morton

violin, director

Lawrence Power

viola

Programme

Haydn

Symphony No. 44 in E minor ‘Trauer‘

Bedford

Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale (London première)

Alwyn

Pastoral Fantasia

Mozart

Sinfonia concertante in E♭ K364

About this concert

A joyful celebration of works by two great musical revolutionaries, this concert connects Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the première of a new score from British composer Luke Bedford.

As part of the Scottish Ensemble’s ongoing creative dialogue between innovation and tradition, Bedford has created his own work for solo viola, violin and string orchestra, specifically intended to partner the Mozart. The solo lines will be taken up by Scottish Ensemble Artistic Director Jonathan Morton and distinguished viola player Lawrence Power, whose talents will also be featured in William Alwyn’s deliciously tuneful Pastoral Fantasia for viola and strings of 1939.