Peter Whelan, ConductorAndré Cebrián, FluteHAYDN Symphony No. 82 in
C Major ‘The Bear’ (27’)CPE BACH Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq.
22 (H.425) (25’)Interval (20’)BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F Major,
Op. 93 (25’)Formerly Principal Bassoonist with the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, Peter Whelan is also one of Europe’s most stylish,
charismatic conductors, and Artistic Director of the Irish Baroque
Orchestra. He makes a welcome return to his SCO friends for an evening
of musical exuberance and elegance, verve and vivacity.The SCO’s
passionate Principal Flautist André Cebrián is the soloist in the
stormy virtuosity of the D minor Flute Concerto by pioneering composer
CPE Bach, one of JS’s most gifted sons. Much revered by Mozart and
Beethoven, CPE Bach unveils deep dramas in his compelling Concerto,
which also shines and bright spotlight on Cebrián’s remarkable
musical prowess.Whelan opens his larger-than-life concert with the
first of Haydn’s ‘Paris’ symphonies, a lavish, brilliant piece
designed to delight discerning Parisian audiences. The witty bagpipe
evocations in its dazzling finale sounded to early listeners like
music to accompany dancing bears – hence the Symphony’s
nickname.The concert concludes with Beethoven’s shortest, sunniest
and most irrepressibly comic Symphony.
