
Doreen Carwithen, James MacMillan and Ruth Gipps at Smith Square Hall
Smith Square Hall – 3.00pm
KSO brings an all-British programme of music from the 20th Century to Smith Square Hall
Conductor
Programme
Doreen Carwithen – Bishop Rock
James MacMillan – The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Ruth Gipps – Symphony No.4

© Guy Raybould
KSO also performs James MacMillan’s The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1990), a requiem for a woman burnt as a witch. Elegiac interludes are punctured by violent outbursts in the work, which incorporates Scottish folk tunes and Gregorian chant, and was rapturously received at its première at the BBC Proms in 1990.