大象传媒

Recorded at City Halls, Glasgow, in October 2018.
Presented by Kate Molleson

Ilan Volkov and the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra play music by Frank Zappa; a concerto by Julian Anderson with pianist Steven Osborne; and 4 Ives Holidays.

Zappa: The Perfect Stranger

7.45 Interval

8.00 Part 2
Julian Anderson: The Imaginary Museum (Piano Concerto)

8.30 Interval

8.45 Part 3
Ives: 4 New England Holidays

Steven Osborne (piano)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Another chance to hear a recent highlight from the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra: a concert of eccentric musical imaginations.

The concert begins with orchestral music by Frank Zappa: the maverick experimenter. His uncharacterisable work The Perfect Stranger -commissioned by Pierre Boulez- gives us an insight into his unique brain.

This is followed by Julian Anderson's piano concerto 'The Imaginary Museum' - a concerto inspired, in part, by the improvisatory imagination of its dedicatee and tonight's solo performer, Steven Osborne.

And the concert concludes with a sequence of 4 symphonic works by that pioneer of American music, Charles Ives. A composer for whom nothing could stand in the way of his sonic and philosophical imagination.

Photo credit: Astrid Ackermann