Scottish Chamber Orchestra

A majestic close to the acclaimed two-year journey Ll?r Williams and Alexander Janiczek have been taking with the SCO through the concertos of Mozart and Beethoven. ‘Emperor’ was never Beethoven’s title, but it well becomes such a grand, imposing work: tragically, it is the only one of his piano concertos that Beethoven never played.

His deafness made it impossible. In contrast, Mozart’s youthful Violin Concerto is pure sunshine. Between them lies ‘… a small monument to a great love.’ Berg’s hyper-Romantic Lyric Suite conceals in its notes the story of a passionate love affair.