United Kingdom Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of Orfeo ed Euridice / Kenneth Montgomery (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 7.3.2015 (SRT)
Simon Thompson
Kriikku Plays Lindberg’s Clarinet Concerto with Panache
United Kingdom Sibelius, Lindberg, Tchaikovsky: Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 06.03.2015 (SRT)
Mark Stone Gives Fine Interpretation of Suckling’s Candlebird Song Cycle
United Kingdom Mahler, Suckling, Brahms: Mark Stone (baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 28.02.2015 (SRT)
Sensuality, Symmetry, but also Irritation in Northern Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Northern Ballet, Northern Ballet Sinfonia / John Pryce-Jones (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 26.3.2015 (SRT)
Runnicles’ Sculpted, Architectural Approach to Sibelius’ Seventh
United Kingdom Beethoven, Sibelius: Guy Braunstein (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.02.2015 (SRT)
Distinctive Sounds from Each of St Petersburg Symphony’s Sections
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky & Saint-Saëns: Natalie Clein (cello), St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Dmitriev (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 15.02.2015 (SRT)
Gleaming Violins and Risk Taking in Järvi ‘s All-Russian Concert
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Jean-Efflamt Bavouzet (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.2.2015 (SRT)
Picard and RSNO Offer a Splendid Valentine’s Night Out for Scottish Lovers
United Kingdom De Falla. Chabrier, Rodrigo, Bizet, Williams, Morricone, Barry, Ginastera: Romantic Valentine’s Concert: Xavier de Maistre (harp), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jean-Claude Picard (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 13.02.2015 (SRT)