United Kingdom Six (Lyrics, Music and Book by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss): Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 15.3.2022. (SRT)
Six was an Edinburgh Fringe show and returned now as a West End and international success
Simon Thompson
Audience and performers enjoy the SCO Chamber Ensemble on an Edinburgh Sunday afternoon
United 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)
RSNO’s celebration of John Williams, the master manipulator of emotions, at 90
United Kingdom John Williams 90th Birthday Celebration: Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Anthony Weeden (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.2.2022. (SRT)
Brilliant Lisztian contrasts are the highlight of SCO’s concert with Benjamin Grosvenor
United Kingdom Beethoven, Liszt, Sweelinck/Emelyanychev, Mendelssohn: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.2.2022. (SRT)
After half a century Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker still has a lot to recommend it
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 10.12.2021. (SRT)
Jonathon Heyward debuts with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a Ravel and Mahler artistic synthesis
United Kingdom Ravel, Mahler: Ana Quintans (soprano), Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 9.12.2021. (SRT)
SCO’s exploration of Mahler and Berg as complementary Viennese composers
United Kingdom Mahler, Berg: Kolja Blacher (violin), Roman Rabinovich (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Joseph Swensen (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.11.2021. (SRT)
‘Good evening Mr Bond, the RSNO have been expecting … your music’
United 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)
