Orchestral Works

Hansel and Gretel
CHILDREN'S CLASSIC CONCERT ****
USHER HALL, EDINBURGH by SUSAN NICKALLS

THE Children's Classic Concerts are a fantastic vehicle to introduce young people to the classical repertoire as well as delivering entertainment in large quantities. Christmas Magic was no exception, with an action-packed programme full of sparkle and festive cheer presented and conducted by the irrepressible Christopher Bell.

Hansel and Gretel may well be a familiar fairytale, but it was given a contemporary makeover in an imaginative new CCC commission by composer Savourna Stevenson to a text by Scottish playwright Stuart Paterson... [see full review]

 

Music • Children's Classics, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow • Michael Tumelty ****

The Herald Oct 6, 2003

SAVOURNA Stevenson should be feeling extremely pleased with herself as she emerges from a weekend that doubtless was tinged with nervousness. By any criteria, her first full exercise for symphony orchestra, Misterstourworm, a tale of myth and legend, of magic and monsters, woven around the creation of Scottish islands from the west coast to Orkney, can only be judged a resounding success... [see full review]

 

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