BBC SSO 2015-16 Season Perth Concert Series: BBC SSO

James MacMillan dedicated his Violin Concerto to the memory of his mother and, as one critic put it, this is a work “so full of ideas that you might wonder if he couldn’t have written two concertos”. In the hands of its dedicatee, Vadim Repin, it’s an arresting companion-piece for Beethoven’s much-loved (and deceptively relaxed) ‘Pastoral’ Symphony, and the quiet revolution of Debussy’s sensuous Prélude; works chosen by Donald Runnicles both to complement, and to strike sparks off each other.

Pre-concert Talk: 6.45pm (The Gannochy Trust Auditorium)
Vadim Repin in conversation (free to ticket holders)