 | Press ReleasesYoungest BBC Young Musician Of The Year joins the BBC SSO |
 Glasgow City Halls, Thursday 25 October, 7.30pm
The youngest winner of the BBC Young Musician Of The Year, violinist Jennifer Pike, joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at City Halls on Thursday 25 October to perform Bruch's First Violin Concerto. Regarded as one of the quintessential romantic showpieces, Bruch's First Violin Concerto regularly tops classical popularity polls and is the only one of Bruch's works that could be described as an out-and-out masterpiece. In romantic concertos, the solo part takes on a heroic quality – the brave lone voice against the might of the full orchestra – and in this concert the solo heroine is violinist Jennifer Pike, who became the youngest winner of the BBC Young Musician Of The Year in 2002 at the age of 12. Since then, Jennifer has appeared across the world as a soloist with major international orchestras and she makes her BBC SSO debut at this concert. Russian conductor Alexander Titov returns to City Halls to conduct this concert which also includes Dvorák's Symphony No.7 and Edward McGuire's Source. Scotland's McGuire and Czech master Dvorák might not seem like obvious bedfellows, but this programme presents nationalistic works from both composers who weave elements of folk music into their symphonic writing. McGuire's Source, commissioned by the St Magnus Festival in 1979, is inspired by Neil Gunn's novel Highland River. As a post-concert coda, McGuire will be joined by two of his colleagues from the Whistlebinkies, Rhona MacKay (clarsach) and bassist Iain Crawford (BBC SSO), to perform four of his own pieces. Notes to Editors Thursday 25 October BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Thursday Night Series City Halls, Glasgow, 7.30pm Edward McGuire's Source: Reflections on Neil Gunn's novel 'Highland River' Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1 Dvorák's Symphony No.7 Jennifer Pike, violin Alexander Titov, conductor Pre-Concert Prelude (6.45pm in the Grand Hall): BBC Radio Scotland's Mary Ann Kennedy in conversation with Edward McGuire. Post-Concert Coda (approximately 10 minutes after main concert): Eddie McGuire (flute) is joined by two of his colleagues from the Whistlebinkies, Rhona MacKay (clarsach and renowned orchestral harpist) and Iain Crawford (bass). Eddie will introduce four of his own pieces in the folk-music style he employs when composing for the Whistlebinkies. | 
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