Robin Ticciati/SCO: Daar Kom die Alibama | Edinburgh classical review

Usher HallThough he now lives in Ireland, Kevin Volans was born in South Africa, and first established himself internationally with a series of works – most famously the string quartet White Man Sleeps – that made use of the indigenous music of his homeland. For his new piece – composed for Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and that rare thing, an orchestral work commissioned by the Edinburgh international festival – Volans has invoked his African origins again, though ...

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