United Kingdom Amadeus Live: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RSNO Chorus / Ludwig Wicki (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.5.2017. (SRT)
Simon Thompson
Tetzlaff Siblings bring Fiery Delights to Brahms’ Double Concerto
United Kingdom Widmann, Brahms, Beethoven: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.5.2017. (SRT)
Ott’s Refined Beethoven Holds Audience in the Palm of her Hand
United Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven, Barry: Alice Sara Ott (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra & RSNO Chorus / James Feddeck (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5.5.2017. (SRT)
Nikolaj Znaider Swaps Bow for Baton in an All-Russian Concert
United Kingdom Scriabin, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky: Sergej Krylov (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Nikolaj Znaider (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.4.2017. (SRT)
Nods to the Modern and Historical in Storgårds and the SCO’s Missa Solemnis
United Kingdom Beethoven, Missa Solemnis: Rachel Willis-Sørensen (sop), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Scottish Chamber Orchesta, SCO Chorus / John Storgårds (conductor), Usher Hall, 27.4.2017. (SRT)
Søndergård and RSNO impress in Night of Early and Late Romanticism
United Kingdom Sibelius, Mahler, Beethoven: Roderick Williams (baritone), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.4.2017. (SRT)
Queyras’s Period Cello Sings in Haydn but Bloch’s Beethoven is ‘Wearyingly Turbo-Charged’
United Kingdom Escaich, Haydn, Beethoven: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Alexandre Bloch (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 20.4.2017. (SRT)
‘A Sense of Participation in Something Greater’: Dunedin Consort’s Richly-Textured St Matthew Passion
United Kingdom Bach, St Matthew Passion: Soloists, Dunedin Consort / Kristian Bezuidenhout (director, organ & harpsichord), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 14.4.2017. (SRT)