John Scofield

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Sco – programme note (LSO)

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Sco – programme note (LSO)

Sitting at the heart of tonight’s world premiere are two figures of huge importance to Mark-Anthony Turnage. The first, Sir Simon Rattle, for whose 70th birthday Sco was commissioned, is one of the composer’s longest-standing champions. The second is tonight’s soloist, the man who gives Sco its name, John Scofield …