Ryan Wigglesworth and the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar鈥檚 sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir鈥檚 Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean鈥檚 The World鈥檚 Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duffy
Ryan Wigglesworth and the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar鈥檚 sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir鈥檚 Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean鈥檚 The World鈥檚 Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duffy
鈥楬uman life 鈥� and a massive hope in the future鈥�: this 鈥� no less 鈥� is Elgar鈥檚 sweeping subject for his First Symphony 鈥� a work once nicknamed 鈥楤rahms鈥檚 Fifth鈥� for its close relationship with the German tradition. Exuberant and filled with orchestral colour, an 鈥榠mmediate and phenomenal success鈥� at its premiere, it鈥檚 the work of a composer steeped in musical history but looking to the future. Two contemporary works open this concert by Ryan Wigglesworth and the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra: the world premiere of The World鈥檚 Wife by Brett Dean 鈥� setting words by Carol Ann Duffy 鈥� and Judith Weir鈥檚 Moon and Star 鈥� capturing the vastness and strangeness of space through the eyes of New England poet Emily Dickinson.
