Scottish Chamber Orchestra - CAPLET, CLYNE & DVOŘÁK

We might currently be somewhat restricted in our travels, but Caplet and Dvořák can nonetheless transport us to exotic foreign lands in these two evocative works for winds.

The luminous, fragrant Persian Suite by French composer André Caplet mixes the voluptuous luxuriance of Debussy with the heady perfumes of the Middle East, from the rapturous intensity of its opening love song to the extrovert drama of its finale. Nearer to home, Dvořák journeys through the Bohemian countryside in his charming Czech Suite, here given a more rustic flavour in an arrangement for winds.

In between, a brand new work by SCO Associate Composer Anna Clyne. Inspired by poet Emily Dickinson and Persian mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, Overflow summons the swelling power of the ocean, in which the tiniest motion by a pearl on the sea floor can conjure enormous waves above.

WHERE TO WATCH

Filmed at Perth Concert Hall, this Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert will be available on both our Facebook page and YouTube channel

PROGRAMME

• CAPLET

  Suite Persane (16)

• CLYNE

  Overflow (SCO commission, World Premiere) (10’)

• DVOŘÁK ARR. SHEEN

  Czech Suite (23’)