SCO 23/24: Berlioz, Mozart and Ravel

François Leleux is one of the most passionate musicians performing today, and his much-loved concerts leading the SCO are sophisticated, intense and gloriously exuberant. 

He’s joined by celebrated British soprano Carolyn Sampson for Berlioz’s vivid but rarely heard Crusades cantata Herminie – in which the composer first tried out the Symphonie fantastique’s most famous melody. Leleux translates singing into playing in his own witty oboe arrangements of arias from Mozart’s best-loved comic opera, alongside the gripping drama of the same composer’s Symphony No. 25 and exquisite fairytale evocations from Ravel. 

François Leleux conductor / oboe 
Carolyn Sampson soprano 
 
MOZART Symphony No 25  
BERLIOZ Cantata: Herminie 
MOZART arr LELEUX Arias for oboe from The Magic Flute* 
RAVEL Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) 

Sponsored by Institut Francais Ecosse

Presented by The Scottish Chamber Orchestra