The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Writing in Glasgow's broadsheet The Herald, Michael Tumelty described Beamish's concerto as "louping with cultural influences — from Nordic horn calls and Christian chants to bluesy solos and a global feast of rhythms from jazz to dance to Latin Americas or Spain, all welded into a glorious carnival of colour and movement." We hear it tonight with Saxophone virtuoso John Harle and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra under Ola Rudner.

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