United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (3) – The Opening Concert, Brahms and Strauss: Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Usher Hall, 08.08.2015 (SRT)
Simon Thompson
Nash Show Responsiveness and Integration in Vaughan Williams and Schubert
Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (2) – Vaughan Williams, Schubert, The Nash Ensemble, Queen’s Hall, 08.08.2015 (SRT)
Edinburgh Festival Opens with Powerful Music and Eye-Popping Effects
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (1) – Adams, The Harmonium Project: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Festival Square (exterior of the Usher Hall), 08.08.2015 (SRT)
Sensuality and Promiscuity in Matthew Bourne’s Reimagining of Carmen
United Kingdom Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man: New Adventures, Matthew Bourne (director/choreographer) Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 10.6.2015. (SRT)
Profoundly Moving Performance of Gerontius in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Toby Spence (tenor), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Alan Opie (baritone), Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus / Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29.5.2015 (SRT)
Charismatic Ray Chen Focuses on the Big Picture in Lalo
United Kingdom Berlioz, Lalo, Brahms: Ray Chen (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.5.2015 (SRT)
Scottish Opera’s Il Trovatore Takes Audience by Surprise
United Kingdom Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of Il Trovatore / Tobias Ringborg (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 21.5.2015 (SRT)
Muscular and Large Scale Beethoven Ninth from Kaspszyk
Schubert, Beethoven: Wioletta Chodowicz (soprano), Hannah Pedley (mezzo), Andrew Rees (tenor), Paul Carey Jones (baritone), Edinburgh Royal Choral Union, Warsaw Philharmonic, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.5.2015 (SRT)