United Kingdom Grieg, Sibelius, Tarrodi: Eric Lu (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). City Halls Glasgow, 9.11.2024. (GT)
Eric Lu’s marvellous artistry was the high point in an evening of Nordic contrasts in Glasgow
Gregor Tassie
Scottish Opera’s revival of Don Pasquale is an extraordinary show of great bel canto singing and comic fun
United Kingdom Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Chorus of Don Pasquale and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 26.10.2024. (GT)
Scottish Opera’s refreshingly comic Albert Herring: magnificent singing and acting in a satire on village life
United Kingdom Britten, Albert Herring: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera / William Cole (conductor). Theatre Royal Glasgow, 22.10.2024. (GT)
Emelyanychev and Isserlis launch the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 51st season with Dvořák masterworks
United Kingdom Dvořák: Steven Isserlis (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 27.9.2024. (GT)
Modernist masters from the RSNO and the Latin American warmth of the São Paulo musicians in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [14]: Usher Hall, Edinburgh. 18 & 19.8.2024. (GT)
Serebrennikov’s ‘contemporary’ yet disturbing Marriage of Figaro offers fine musical performances
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [11] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra of Komische Oper Berlin / James Gaffigan (conductor). Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 17.8.2024. (GT)
Suk’s ‘Asrael’ symphony brings the Bamberger Symphoniker’s residency in Edinburgh to a spectacular close
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [6] – Dvořák, Suk: Kateřina Knĕžíkova (soprano), Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (director: James Grossmith), Bamberger Symphoniker /Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9.8.2024. (GT)
Sofia Opera’s spectacular staging of The Hermit of Rila is a spiritual and visual musical wonder
Bulgaria Fr Kiril Popov, The Hermit of Rila: Soloists, Children’s Vocal and Theatre Formation (Dimitar Kostantsaliev, director), Chorus and Orchestra of Sofia Opera / Metropolitan of Stara Zagora Kyprian (conductor). Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Sofia, 26.7.2024. (GT)
