Conductor | Peter Scholes

Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki, Three Pieces in Olden Style
Alberto Ginastera, Concerto for Strings op.33
Nikos Skalkottas, Five Greek Dances
Karl Jenkins, Palladio
Dag Wiren, Serenade, op.11

This is a concert of string orchestra music from five different countries. From Poland we have a work by Gorecki who had an extraordinary success with his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Ginastera was an Argentine composer who studied with Copland and who taught the famous composer of tangos, Astor Piazzola. Skalkottas come from Greece and these dance movements are inspired by Greek folk music. The Welsh Karl Jenkins is famous for his 'Armed Man - A Mass for Peace'. Palladio was inspired by the sixteenth-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio. The final nationality represented in this concert is Sweden. Wiren's Serenade is a lyrical and beautiful work.

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