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Edinburgh

Sensational Orchestral Playing in Così fan tutte

09/10/201206/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart: Così fan tutte (concert performance): Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 04.10.2012 (SRT)

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Regal Stemme Impresses in First Instalment of Runnicles’ Tristan

09/10/201201/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninov, Wagner: Soloists, RSNO Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.09.2012 (SRT)

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EIF 22:Festival 2012 Ends With a Bang

06/02/201403/09/2012 by Stan

 

 

 

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ives, Feldman, Walton: Neal Davies (baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor), Usher Hall, 01.09.2012 (SRT)

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EIF 21: Exhilaration and Darkness from Scottish Chamber Orchestra

06/02/201402/09/2012 by Stan







United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Alina Pogostkina (violin), Anja Kampe (soprano), Willard White (bass-baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 31.8.2012 (SRT)

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EIF 20: Purcell’s King Arthur in Concert

06/02/201428/08/2012 by Stan

 

 

 

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Purcell: King Arthur (concert performance): The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.8.2012. (SRT)

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EIF 19: Anguish and Intensity in Henschel’s Delivery of Jedermann Monologues

04/09/201227/08/2012 by Stan

 

 

 

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Korngold, Wolf, Martin, Mahler: Dietrich Henschel (baritone)), Steven Osborne (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 27.8.2012 (SRT)

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EIF 18: Rhythmic Bartók and Riskfree Mahler from Fischer

06/02/201427/08/2012 by Stan

 






United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók, Mahler: Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.8.2012 (SRT)

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EIF 17: Schwanewilms and Martineau Complement Each Other in Morning of Song

18/01/201426/08/2012 by Stan

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Wolf and Richard Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.8.2012 (SRT)

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