Performances of Matthew Higham at BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Thu 30 Oct 2025

• 14:00

  Afternoon Performance: Fantasia: From Japan to Paris

  City Halls

  A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme featuring soprano Claire Booth and violist Lawrence Power

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  A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme featuring soprano Claire Booth and violist Lawrence Power

  Programme

  • • • Toru Takemitsu
      • Green(5 mins)
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • Shéhérazade(16 mins)
    • • Oliver Knussen
      • O Hototogisu! - fragment of a Japonisme(8 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Mark‐Anthony Turnage
      • On Opened Ground(25 mins)
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • La valse(12 mins)

  Performers

  • Lawrence Power

    viola
    viola
  • Claire Booth

    soprano
    soprano
  • Matthew Higham

    flute
    flute
  • Ben Glassberg
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Toru Takemitsu
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Oliver Knussen
  • Mark‐Anthony Turnage

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  Part of

  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2025/26 BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26