Gabriel Prokofiev: Concerto for Turntable rocks the RSNO

The grandson of one of the 20th century’s eminent composers, Sergei Prokofiev, is due to take classical music into the next millenium. On June 19th, Gabriel Prokofiev will team up with DJ Beni G and Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) for an evening of classical music and hiphop: Gabriel Prokofiev has written the “Concerto for Turntables and orchestra+” especially for the occasion. The “Soloist” will be globetrotter Beni G. A founding member of the Mixologists DJ crew. Beni will enter a musical dialogue with the RSNO on the night, creating his scratches and breaks from prerecorded orchestral samples, with the full orchestra supporting him. Further highlights of the program are New York composer Todd Levin's “Blur”, which is said to be “an eight minute fusion of orchestral and techno influences” as well as the ominously titled “Iron Foundry”, a ballet score by Alexander Mossolov' dating back to 1928. The “Concerto for Turntables” is part of the RSNO’s “concerto+” special, which sees the classical orchestra dive headlong into contemporay repertoire and cross-genre experimentation.