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The BBC SSO rewards another outing of the Scottish Symphony with a cracker performance

27/08/202314/05/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Saariaho, Ravel, Mendelssohn: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Simone Menezes (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.5.2023. (SRT)

Scottish Ballet’s Streetcar conveys narrative and emotion through nothing but movement and music

27/08/202304/05/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Robert Baxter (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.5.2023. (SRT)

Marge Hendrick as Blanche in Scottish Ballet’s *A Streetcar Named Desire* © Andy Ross

More memorable Shostakovich from Mark Wigglesworth and the SCO

28/04/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Britten, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Laura van der Heijden (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.4.2023. (SRT)

Once more, the RSNO celebrates the music of John Williams

25/03/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom John Williams at the Oscars: Tommy Pearson (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Robert Baxter (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.3.2023. (SRT)

Robert Baxter conducting the RSNO © Jess Cowley

Kuusisto’s virtuosity has a pleasure of its own in SCO’s concert linking Haydn, Britten and Muhly

05/06/202317/03/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Muhly, Haydn, Britten: Allan Clayton (tenor), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Pekka Kuusisto (violin / director). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.3.2023. (SRT)

As ever, fresh revelations and new ideas from Emelyanychev’s Mendelssohn with the SCO

05/06/202303/03/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Hilary Cronin and Jessica Cale (sopranos), sopranos and altos of the SCO Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 2.3.2023. (SRT)

Maxim Emelyanychev © Chris Christodoulou

Haydn’s musical pictures and jokes spark into life, thanks to Peter Whelan and Dunedin Consort

05/06/202313/02/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Haydn, CPE Bach: Jonathan Manson (cello), Dunedin Consort, Peter Whelan (director/harpsichord). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12.2.2023. (SRT)

Jonathan Manson plays the cello with the Dunedin Consort © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Scottish Opera’s dash through Verdi’s middle and late periods is a win due to the excellent orchestra

05/06/202312/02/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Scottish Opera’s The Verdi Collection: Eri Nakamura (soprano), Katherine Aitken (mezzo-soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Lester Lynch (baritone), Jihoon Kim (bass), The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Stuart Stratford (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.2.2023. (SRT)

Scottish Opera’s *The Verdi Collection*: Peter Auty (tenor) and Eri Nakamura (soprano) © Sally Jubb

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