SCO 24/25 An afternoon with Pekka & friends

Get up close with Finnish violin superstar Pekka Kuusisto in this intimate chamber afternoon. He’s joined by regular collaborator Simon Crawford-Phillips on piano, plus some of the SCO’s brilliant principal players, in music to charm, excite and entertain.

There’s entrancing melody courtesy of Schubert’s elegant early Sonatina and Fauré’s exquisite Cello Sonata, plus passion from Clara Schumann’s adventurous Romances, and bustling Parisian energy in Martinů’s rarely-heard sonata. Kuusisto brings the concert to an exuberant conclusion with music from Stravinsky’s Faustian parable of a soldier’s struggles with the Devil for his very soul – and his beloved violin.

Pekka Kuusisto Visiting Artist Chair kindly supported by The Honorary Consulate of Finland, Edinburgh and Glasgow

Schubert: Sonatina in D major
Fauré: Cello Sonata in G minor
Clara Schumann: Three Romances
Martinů: Sonata for flute, violin and piano
Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale: Suite

Pekka Kuusisto: Violin
Simon Crawford-Phillips: Piano
André Cebrián: Flute
Maximilano Martín: Clarinet
Philip Higham: Cello