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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert - Edinburgh International Festival 2009 - Scottish Ensemble and Tenebrae

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The Scottish Ensemble team up with the British chamber choir Tenebrae to perform James MacMillan's masterpiece, the Seven Last Words from the Cross which was originally commissioned by the BBC for holy week and written specially for the Scottish Ensemble. The programme also features an arrangement for string ensemble by Soviet viola player Rudolf Barshai of Ravel's String Quartet. Ravel: Petite Symphonie à Cordes MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross.