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Cerys Ambrose-Evans and Alison Green shown with their bassoons. They wear dark outfits.

Side by Side

Programme

  • GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON

    The Water Garden

  • FRANÇAIX

    Sept Danses from Les Malheurs de Sophie

  • IBERT

    Trois pièces brèves

  • GIPPS

    Seascape

  • FRANÇAIX

    Neuf Pièces caractéristiques

Please note: this concert is a matinee performance, with different start times in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

SCO Wind Soloists
RCS Winds

Celebrate the vibrant colours and character of wind music as SCO Wind Soloists join forces with outstanding players from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in this special side by side performance.

The programme opens with Grace Evangeline Mason’s The Water Garden, its shimmering textures evoking quiet beauty and reflection. French wit and elegance shine in Françaix’s Sept Danses from Les Malheurs de Sophie, before Ruth Gipps’ Seascape captures the shifting moods of the natural world.

The concert concludes with two sparkling showcases: Ibert’s Trois pièces brèves, full of vitality and humour and Françaix’s Neuf Pièces caractéristiques, a kaleidoscope of characterful miniatures.

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