Stuart MacRae, the composer, notes that all four pieces on this disc, written between 1999 and 2004, feel like 'journeys of a sort'.
Performer Biography
Christian Tetzlaff, the violinist on this recording, plays a violin made by German violinmaker Peter Greiner.
Composition History
Stuart MacRae's Two Scenes from the Death of Count Ugolino is based on a text from Dante Alighieri's Inferno, specifically Canto XXXII-XXXIII.
Performer Biography
Ilan Volkov, the conductor, became the youngest person to hold a Chief Conductor position with a BBC orchestra when he was appointed to the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 2003.
Compositional Technique
The Violin Concerto by Stuart MacRae subverts the traditional Romantic concerto form by placing the emotional and structural weight on the final movement, rather than the first.
Composer Biography
Stuart MacRae, the composer, was Composer-in-Association with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra between 1999 and 2003.
Composition History
The second movement of Stuart MacRae's Violin Concerto is a homage to the Greek composer Iannis Xenakis, who died while MacRae was writing the piece.
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