Weber, Widmann, Schumann

Conductor, composer, clarinettist Jörg Widmann joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow to direct and perform as soloist in Weber's First Clarinet Concerto.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Donald Macleod

Clarinettist, composer, and conductor Jörg Widmann is one of the most versatile and intriguing artists of his generation. Tonight he joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra from the stage of City Halls, Glasgow, exploring his multiple roles, in music by Weber and Schumann, and his own orchestral showpiece, Con Brio.

Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1
Jörg Widmann: Con Brio

8.15 Interval

8.25 Part 2
Schumann: Symphony No 2

Jörg Widmann (soloist and conductor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Photo: Jörg Widmann (credit, Marco Borggreve)