Mendelssohn / MacMillan / Mozart

Mendelssohn / MacMillan / Mozart

Young Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti caused a sensation <P>in 2004 when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year <P>and wowed the audience and judges alike with her performance <P>of Szymanowski's Violin Concerto, which later became the <P>repertoire for her debut CD. <P>The repertoire for her follow-up album focuses on <P>Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and also includes a World <P>Premiere two-movement piece by fellow-Scot, James <P>MacMillan, composed especially for Benedetti. The title From <P>Ayrshire is a reference to the musicians' shared home country. <P>Both of these pieces and a new arrangement of Schubert's <P>Serenade (Leise flehen meine Lieder, D957) are conducted <P>by James MacMillan with the Academy of St. Martin-inthe- <P>Fields. Completing the disc is a harp and violin arrangement <P>of Schubert's Ave Maria and Mozart's Rondo K.373 <P>and Adagio K.261, directed by Benedetti from the violin.