United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (3): Bach, Ysaÿe, Saariaho, Carter, Salonen: Jennifer Koh (violin). The Great Hall, Lennoxlove House, Haddington (Scotland). 20.09.2011 (LV)
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Lammermuir Festival (2): Stile Antico Perform Early Music both Radiant and Sober
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (2): Victoria, Morales, Janequin, Palestrina, Guerrero: Stile Antico (Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey, Clare Dawson, Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Carris Jone, Jim Clements, Matthew Howard, Benedict Hymas, James Arthur, Nicholas Ashby, Will Dawes). St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington (Scotland). 19.09.2011 (LV)
Lammermuir Festival’s Stunning Revival of Philip Glass’s 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof
United Kingdom Philip Glass, 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof: David McKay (actor), Judith Howarth (soprano), Red Note Ensemble, Jessica Cottis (conductor), James Brining (director), in association with the National Theatre of Scotland. Concorde Hangar, National Museum of Flight, East Fortune (Scotland). 18.09.2011 (LV)
Kaleidoscopic Ravel at Edinburgh played by an “orchestra of virtuosi”
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (16) – Ravel: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (conductor), Usher Hall, 3.9.2011 (SRT)
Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (15) – The ‘Philadelphia Sound’ is as good as ever
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Ravel, Rachmaninov : Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Usher Hall, 30.8.2011. (SRT)
Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (14) – Hillborg and Mozart from Zinman and the Tonhalle
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (14) – Hillborg, Mozart, Dvořák : Maria João Pires (piano) Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor). Usher Hall, 29.8.2011 (SRT)
Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (13) – Fantastic musical values but poor staging in Rossini’s Semiramide
United Kingdom Rossini, Semiramide: Vlaamse Opera, Alberto Zedda (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 27.8.2011. (SRT)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (8) – The Heath Quartet complete their refreshing approach to Beethoven
United Kingdom The Beethoven Concert Series at Greyfriars Kirk (8) :The Heath Quartet, Greyfriars Kirk, 24.8.2011 (SRT)