United Kingdom Cinders!: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Wolfgang Heinz (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 5.1.2024. (SRT)
The gender mystery element makes Scottish Ballet’s Cinders! fresh and surprising
Simon Thompson
Schubert is a great success in an Edinburgh concert of two halves from the SCO Chorus
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Bach, Schumann, Schubert: Ruby Hughes (soprano), Idunnu Münch (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Walker (tenor), Callum Thorpe (bass-baritone), Stephanie Gonley (director/violin), Marcus Barcham Stevens (violin), SCO Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Gregory Batsleer (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 30.11.2023. (SRT)
Anja Bihlmaier seemed to strike up a pretty impressive rapport with the musicians in her RSNO debut
United Kingdom Clyne, Rachmaninov, Dvořák: Nelson Goerner (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.11.2023. (SRT)
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet stars young dancers and brings in young audiences
United Kingdom Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet: Dancers of New Adventures. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 19.9.2023. (SRT)
Marian Consort spun an enchanting web of sound during Lammermuir Festival 2023’s first weekend
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2023 [1] – Renaissance polyphony in celebration of the Virgin Mary: Dr Lizzie Swarbrick (speaker), Marian Consort / Rory McCleery (director). St Mary’s Church, Haddington, 9.9.2023. (SRT)
Haydn’s The Seven Last Words in Edinburgh proves unremitting once again
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [18]: Camerate Bern, Christian Tetzlaff (violin / director), René Liebert (video installation). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 26.8.2023. (SRT)
After masterful Sibelius, Oslo Phil’s Shostakovich and Yuja Wang’s Ravel in the best Usher Hall concert so far
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [16] – Gupta, Sibelius, Mahler: Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Oslo Philharmonic / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Usher Hall, 21.8.2023. (SRT)
