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Liza Lim - 'Sappho/ Bioluminescence (2019)'
(Â鶹Éç Co-Commission, UK Premiere)

Ilan Volkov - conductor
Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Liza Lim’s 'Sappho/ Bioluminescence' is the first part of her Annunciation Triptych celebrating icons of women’s spiritual traditions (in this case the Greek poet Sappho). Fond of fusing seemingly incompatible elements and stories together, Lim brings ‘the bioluminescence of creatures who produce light in their bodies next to Sappho in order to understand even more intensely the irradiated nature of her poetry.’