World Premiere of Judith Weir's Winter Song
October 2007
Winter Song, an extended work for chamber orchestra, is a Scottish-Finnish co-production. The first performances will be given in Glasgow and Edinburgh in December 2007. The Finnish co-commissioners, the Tapiola Sinfonietta, of Espoo, Finland, will perform Winter Song during their 2008-09 season.
The first UK performances of Winter Song are as follows:
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Oliver Knussen, City Halls, Glasgow, **14 December 2007, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 15 December 2007
- BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre de Ridder, 18 January 2008, Barbican Centre, London (London premiere, BBC Telling the Tale Festival)