Simon Thompson

Audience and performers enjoy the SCO Chamber Ensemble on an Edinburgh Sunday afternoon

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Rossini, Schubert: SCO Chamber Ensemble (Maxim Emelyanychev [fortepiano], Stephanie Gonley [violin], Fiona Winning [viola], Philip Higham [cello], Nikita Naumov [double bass], Maximiliano Martín [clarinet]). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 20.2.2022. (SRT)

Maxim Emelyanychev in the Queen’s Hall (c) Ryan Buchanan

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Brilliant Lisztian contrasts are the highlight of SCO’s concert with Benjamin Grosvenor

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Liszt, Sweelinck/Emelyanychev, Mendelssohn: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.2.2022. (SRT)

Benjamin Grosvenor performs with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (c) Stuart Armitt

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After half a century Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker still has a lot to recommend it

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 10.12.2021. (SRT)

Andrew Peasgood (Nutcracker Prince) and Constance Devernay (Sugar Plum Fairy)

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‘Good evening Mr Bond, the RSNO have been expecting … your music’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Music of Bond – Film music from the James Bond series: Music from composers including John Barry and David Arnold, Lance Ellington and Emma Lindars (vocals), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Nicholas Dodd (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29.10.2021. (SRT)

The Music of Bond (musicians Dávur Juul Magnussen and Emily Nenniger) © Martin Shields

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