SCOTTISH FANTASY
09.12.23 at 19:00 - Estonia Concert Hall
Programme
The concert series Pure Gold is supported by Nordaid
6 p.m. – pre-concert event
Muksicologist Žanna Pärtlas speaks about Scottish traditional music and bagpipes.
7 p.m. – symphony concert
Malcolm Arnold
Overture Tam O’Shanter, Op. 51
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56
Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Listen to the programme:
The Pure Gold series, which debuted last year, is back again to bring us works from the treasures of classical music. The series will open with the concert Scottish Fantasy featuring the exciting soloist, bagpiper Robert Jordan. He will also perform An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise by Peter Maxwell Davies. Jordan is one of the most sought-after bagpipers in the UK, having performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and many other ensembles.
We will hear Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, known as the Scottish symphony. Malcolm Arnold’s Tam O’Shanter overture, a piece of programme music, is based on a poem of the same name by the Scottish writer Robert Burns and tells the story of an alcoholic farmer. In Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, we hear Scottish folk tunes featuring a solo by Canadian violinist Lara St. John.
Concert organiser ERSO