MUSIC NEWS Scotland (Apr23-5)

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music news scotland
Listen to tomorrow's top musicians as National Youth
Orchestras of Scotland bring you three Spring concerts
The National Youth
Orchestras of Scotland
(NYOS) invite you to join
them this spring to hear
the classical music stars
of tomorrow, from all
across Scotland,
performing alongside
internationally renowned
soloists and conductors.
Delight in the sound of a full symphony
orchestra, brought to life by the energy and
passion of Scotland’s outstanding young
musicians!
This April, NYOS Symphony Orchestra welcomes
multi-award-winning Scottish guitar virtuoso
Sean Shibe, a celebrated and versatile soloist
with a critically acclaimed discography who is
building a reputation as one of the world’s
leading guitarists. Sean performs Lotta
Wennäkoski’s guitar concerto Susurrus with
NYOS Symphony Orchestra at our spring
concerts in Glasgow and Edinburgh, presented
as part of Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s
2022-23 season. The orchestra will also perform
Mahler’s Symphony No. 7, a boundary pushing
early 20th Century masterpiece.
NYOS Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by
the exceptional Catherine Larsen-Maguire.
Catherine has a deep insight into the life of an
orchestral musician, having spent ten years as
Principal Bassoonist for the Komische Opera
Berlin. She has since turned her focus to
conducting and become a sought-after conductor
in Europe and South America. She places great
emphasis on working with young musicians and
is in high demand as a conductor for youth
orchestras and in music colleges around the
world.
“I am so much looking forward to experiencing
the energy and enthusiasm of the NYOS young
musicians again. Mahler 7 is one of my absolute
favourite pieces and working on it and
performing it with this orchestra will be so
exciting. The combination of NYOS, Mahler and
our charismatic soloist should ensure that the
concerts will be unforgettable!” Catherine
Larsen-Maguire, Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Spring 2023
Also in April, NYOS Development Orchestra
perform Grieg’s much-loved Piano Concerto in A
Minor with the exceptional young Scottish pianist
Ethan Loch, a BBC Young Musician of the Year
2022 finalist. As well as rehearsing and
performing with our musicians, Ethan will lead a
workshop for the orchestra exploring his unique
approach to music and relationship with sound.
NYOS Development Orchestra also perform
Errollyn Wallen’s Mighty River. This powerful and
thought-provoking piece combines spirituals and
contemporary classical techniques to explore
themes of slavery and freedom.
"Composing for the orchestra is my favourite
challenge [and this] work is an especially
important one for me. It is an innate human
instinct to be free, just as it is a law of nature
that the river should rush headlong to the sea.
That is the concept behind Mighty River.”
Errollyn Wallen
NYOS Development Orchestra welcome Natalia
Luis-Bassa as conductor in residence in 2023.
Natalia is a dynamic conductor and passionate
advocate for young musicians. Her residency
across two seasons provides continuity and will
help to prepare many young musicians for a
successful future audition for NYOS Symphony
Orchestra. And just as importantly, the
Development Orchestra offers young musicians
an inspiring opportunity to become part of the
NYOS community and to enjoy playing
challenging orchestral repertoire with peers from
across Scotland.
We hope you will join us to witness the
exceptional musical promise that Scotland has to
offer and to support us in providing these worldclass
opportunities to young people nationwide.
Alongside our ambitious orchestral concert
season, our new national year-round
Engagement programme will offer inspirational
experiences for Scotland’s young people to take
part in musicmaking and to experience
outstanding live performances by their peers.
The programme aims to broaden and diversify
the NYOS community by making NYOS’ work
more accessible to a wider range of young
musicians, and to inspire young audiences to
realise their own potential.
SPRING CONCERTS: NYOS Development
Orchestra, Thursday 6 April, Perth Concert
Hall // NYOS Symphony Orchestra, Friday 14
April, Usher Hall, Edinburgh / Saturday 15 April,
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Visit
www.nyos.co.uk/performances/
for more information and to book tickets
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