SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2021 [1] – Beethoven, Leokadiya Kashperova: Gould Piano Trio, Old College Quad, Edinburgh, 7.8.2021. (SRT)
United Kingdom East Neuk Festival 2021 – Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Castalian Quartet (Sini Simonen, Daniel Roberts [violin], Charlotte Bonneton [viola], Christopher Graves [cello]). The Bowhouse, St Monans, Fife, 4.7.2021. (SRT)
Live performance is back with a bang – Simon Thompson on the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival
Anyone reading this south of Hadrian’s Wall might wonder why we Scots are so especially excited about the return of the Edinburgh International Festival. After all, hasn’t the national lockdown been over for several months now, and haven’t we had plenty of opportunities for live music since the pandemic?
United Kingdom J. S. Bach: Anna Dennis, Jessica Leary (sopranos), Jess Dandy, Judy Brown (altos), Andrew Tortise, David Lee (tenors), Matthew Brook, Benedict Nelson (basses), Dunedin Consort / John Butt (conductor). From Perth Concert Hall and streamed online as part of Perth’s Easter Festival of Classical Music, 27.3.2021. (SRT)
Germany Mozart, Schoenberg: Soloists of the Berlin Staatskapelle / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Streamed from the Berlin Staatsoper on the Staatsoper’s YouTube channel, 14.3.2021. (SRT)
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven: Francesca Dego (violin/director), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Streamed from the RSNO Centre Glasgow, 18.12.2020. (SRT)
United Kingdom Haydn, Saint-Georges, Beethoven: Maya Iwabuchi (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Live-streamed from the RSNO Centre Glasgow, 9.10.2020. (SRT)
United Kingdom Bruch: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). 24.9.2020 performance from Perth Concert Hall, streamed as live on the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s YouTube channel. (SRT)
