Thomas Adès Powder Her Face portrays the scandalous Duchess of Argyll in music that simply refuses to sit down and be polite. And who’d have guessed that one of the all-time great Scottish classics would be written by the German Max Bruch? A refreshingly different angle on British music from Thomas Søndergård and violinist Kyoko Takezawa.
Supported by Jennie S. Gordon Memorial Fund.