Simon Rattle

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 …

Betsy Jolas: Ces belles années... – programme note and profile (LSO)

Betsy Jolas: Ces belles années... – programme note and profile (LSO)

In 2014 Betsy Jolas met Sir Simon Rattle at a dinner in London. The encounter was auspicious. It led to a commission for the Berlin Philharmonic, A Little Summer Suite, and marked the beginning of what has been dubbed Jolas’ ‘Indian Summer’, a period of striking productivity and overdue celebrity …