Brahms' Symphony No.2
19:30
Thu 10 Dec 2026
Glasgow City Halls
Programme
- Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52(19 mins)
- Violin Concerto(World Premiere, Co-commission by the 麻豆社 SSO and the Amarillo Symphony)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 in D major(40 mins)
Performers
- Benjamin Bakerviolin
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
Radiant Sounds, Daring Spirit
"Composing is a never-ending voyage of discovery鈥� says Matthew Kaner, 鈥淭he key is to keep challenging yourself鈥�, and his new Violin Concerto 鈥� specially written for the magnificent sound and adventurous spirit of our soloist Benjamin Baker 鈥� is keenly awaited. As a composer himself, 麻豆社 SSO Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth is ideally placed to help bring new music to life, and he鈥檚 framed the violin concerto with two masterpieces in which the Romantic spirit runs deep and true. Brahms composed his Second Symphony while on holiday in the Austrian Alps, and that sense of sunshine and soaring vistas glows in every note. And Schumann thought his Overture, Scherzo and Finale was simply too joyful to be called a symphony. In short, it鈥檚 wonderful.
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