Concerts & Tickets

Idomeneo

Fri 20th Aug

Idomeneo image
19:00, Edinburgh International Festival 2010
Tickets: £10 - £40
  • Mozart
    Idomeneo

Kurt Streit - Tenor Idomeneo
Joyce Didonato - Soprano - Idamante
Rosemary Joshua - Soprano - Ilia
Emma Bell - Soprano - Elettra
Rainer Trost - Tenor - Arbace
Keith Lewis - Tenor - Gran Sacerdote
Jan Martinik - Bass - La Voce
SCO Chorus

As part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2010, the SCO and Chorus are joined by a world-class line up of soloists for a performance of Mozart's Idomeneo.

***Following the death of Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Roger Norrington will now conduct this concert at the Edinburgh International Festival.***

SCO at the Edinburgh International Festival 2010

Fri 27th Aug

SCO at the Edinburgh International Festival 2010 image
19:30, Edinburgh International Festival 2010
Tickets: £10 - £40
  • Rebel
    Les Elémens, simphonie nouvelle
  • Volans
    Daar kom die Alibama (world premiere) EIF commission
  • Poulenc
    Concerto for two pianos
  • Bizet
    Symphony in C

Katia and Marielle Labèque - pianos

SCO Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati makes his Festival debut with this performance of work by Rebel, Poulenc, Bizet and Volans.

Irish-based South African Kevin Volans achieved wide recognition when the Kronos Quartet's recording of his White Man Sleeps became a bestseller. Volans has incorporated African folk song into his new work, Symphony: Daar Kom die Alibama, commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival and made possible by Donald MacDonald.

Virtuoso pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque bring their sharply contrasted yet highly communicative style to Poulenc's exciting Concerto for two pianos.

Bizet's Symphony in C was written by the composer at the tender age of 17. Brisk fanfares and rushing strings characterise this amazingly stylish work.