SCOTTISH Ensemble, the UK’s leading string orchestra, has launched the latest in its “musical book club” series with classical star Sally Beamish lined up to appear first. One of the country’s foremost living composers, she will be joined in conversation by Scottish Ensemble violinist Cheryl Crockett, with audiences tuning in at home via Zoom. Also a violist and pianist, Beamish is a regular collaborator with Scottish Ensemble, with the group having commissioned and premiered many significant works. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow, a Creative Scotland Award, a Paul Hamlyn Award, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2018 she was awarded the Inspiration Award at the British Composer Awards in recognition of a lifetime of achievement.
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Osborne, Aurora Orchestra, Kings Place review – live music that lives and breathes
Good-natured Mozart and stern Shostakovich make a successful partnership
by Bernard HughesSunday, 13 December 2020
The principal strings of Aurora Orchestra with pianist Steven Osborne at Kings PlaceAll images by Monika S Jakubowska
Like a hokey-cokey, we’re back to live music in London – but for how long? I overheard another audience member explaining it was her third time at Kings Place this week, as people cram in as many concerts as possible before a feared return to cultural lockdown.