John McLeod - Out of the Silence: Orchestral Music | Delphian DCD34196

John McLeod - Out of the Silence: Orchestral Music

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Label: Delphian

Cat No: DCD34196

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 22nd June 2018

Contents

Artists

Evelyn Glennie (percussion)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductors

John McLeod
Holly Mathieson

Works

McLeod, John

Hebridean Dances
Out of the Silence
Percussion Concerto
The Shostakovich Connection

Artists

Evelyn Glennie (percussion)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductors

John McLeod
Holly Mathieson

About

Energetic and active in his eighties, John McLeod continues to enjoy a resurgence heralded – among a flurry of commissions and premieres – by Red Note Ensemble’s 2015 Delphian album of his chamber music.

Its distinctive colour and drama are equally evident in the orchestral works brought together here, three of them under the composer’s own baton. Written forty years apart, The Shostakovich Connection and Out of the Silence pay homage to the Russian master’s Fifth Symphony and to the maverick yet impeccable craftmanship of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen.

The Percussion Concerto – a stupendous and substantial display piece – makes full use of the extraordinary talents of Evelyn Glennie, for whom it was written thirty years ago, while the Hebridean Dances, in lighter vein yet no less vivid, bring proceedings to a rousing finish.

‘Music with colour and energy, both imaginative & idiomatic’ – The Times

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