Event Details
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Season 11/12 New Babylon
City Halls : Grand Hall
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Shostakovich wrote his brilliantly witty and sophisticated film score to accompany New Babylon, a 1928 satire set in the Paris Commune in 1871. He relishes his pastiches of Parisian popular classics – especially Offenbach – treading a fine line between homage and parody. Opening the evening is a fascinating rarity: Saint-Saëns, composer of Carnival of the Animals, writing one of the first ever film scores! Gordon Kerry is a prestigious voice from Australia, where he was recently awarded the country’s top composition award, the Ian Potter Music Commissions. He used part of his prize to write this concerto for the SCO’s charismatic Principal Flute.
Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm
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Tickets: £26, £22, £17, £12
Fees:
A transaction charge of £1.50 applies to all phone bookings.
A transaction charge of £1 applies to all online bookings.
Concessions
OAP - £24, £20, £15 AND £10
Children, students and unemployed - £5
People a disability - 50% off standard ticket prices for people with a disability or in a wheelchair and, where one is required, their carer. For subscriptions, please see below.
Groups - Groups of 6 or more save 20% off standard ticket prices (does not apply to subscriptions).
School groups - Teachers and accompanying adults go free when bringing a class or school-age youth group. Please direct queries regarding school groups to Kirsten Hunter, SCO Connect - 0131 478 8353 or kirsten.hunter@sco.org.uk.
SCO Players - £5 tickets for any 11/12 Season concert.
SCO Chorus - 50% off standard prices for any 11/12 Season concert.
Featuring:
Works:
Saint-Saens - The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (film music)
Gordon Kerry - Flute Concerto, 'Captain Flinders' Musick' world premiere
