David Murphy conductor
Amjad Ali Khansarod Matthew Barleycello/director*
Lab Music Group
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G *
Tippett
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in B minor RV 424 *
Amjad Ali Khan
realised D Murphy
Samagam (world première)
Bach‘s joyful concerto for strings launches the SCO's Festival residency. Samagam is a concerto for sarod, cello, concertante group and string orchestra - a unique collaboration between an Indian master musician, two of the UK 's most pioneering young classical artists and one of the world's leading chamber orchestras.
‘Amjad Ali Khan, one of the great names in Indian classical music … at the height of his inventive powers and currently unequalled'. BBC Music Magazine
