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Edinburgh International Festival 2008, 25/09/2008
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. A concert given at the Edinburgh Festival 2008, featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a work by Stravinsky paying tribute to Tchaikovsky, which cast the former in a new light at its premiere in the 1920s. The other pieces in the programme likewise reveal unfamiliar aspects of two of today's leading British composers. Scottish Chamber Orchestra Oliver Knussen (conductor) Scriabin, arr. Knussen: Scriabin Settings Janacek, arr. David Matthews: On the Overgrown Path (Book I) - Edinburgh Festival commission, world premiere Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss Followed by a look into the BBC Archives for highlights from past Edinburgh Festivals, including, from 1980: Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K421 Amadeus Quartet.