SCO 25/26: Beethoven, Pekka & the Dreamers’ Circus

Classical and folk join forces for a thrilling celebration of dance, in this joyfully unconventional programme masterminded and conducted by much-loved Finnish violin pioneer Pekka Kuusisto. 

Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony dances its way from start to blazing finish, propelled along by driving rhythms, and brimming over with energy, passion and bounding positivity. 

Kuusisto intersperses the Symphony’s four movements with a specially curated collection of folk tunes that he plays with his friends and colleagues in Danish/Swedish trio Dreamers’ Circus, injecting a distinctively 21st-century freshness into trad music from across Europe. 

Artists

Pekka Kuusisto director/violin 
Dreamers’ Circus: 
Ale Carr cittern 
Nikolaj Busk piano and accordion 
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen violin 

Programme

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7  
Interspersed with folk tunes played by Dreamers’ Circus and Pekka Kuusisto    

*Commissioned by Mozartwoche Salzburg, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra 

Presented by The Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Pekka Kuusisto Visiting Artist Chair kindly supported by The Honorary Consulate of Finland, Edinburgh and Glasgow