BBCSSO/Matthais Pintscher – review

City Halls, GlasgowTaking on Matthias Pintscher as Artist-in-Association last year confirmed the BBCSSO's place among serious new music ensembles. The 40-year-old German composer-conductor has attracted attention since his early 20s for writing dense and detailed sound worlds, but he's at heart a romantic, fond of conducting Berlioz and Debussy and able to treat thornier stuff with the same broad expression.He has strong links with the European and American new music scenes, links that – judgi...

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