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Edinburgh

Very Satisfying Start to Freddy Kempf’s Beethoven Piano Concerto Project

10/10/201108/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven:   Freddy Kempf (piano / conductor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.10.2011 (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Glyn Pursglove

Atmospheric Debussy and Lyrical Rachmaninov from Denève, Lugansky and RSNO

10/10/201108/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Rachmaninov : Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 07.10.2011 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Raw, Visceral Playing from the Moscow Philharmonic In Edinburgh

10/10/201106/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.10.2011 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Lammermuir Festival: Some of Scotland’s Brightest Young Wind Players Perform

10/10/201105/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lammermuir Festival: Mozart, Stravinsky, Weber, MacMillan, Beethoven: The Stevenson Winds of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, John Cushing (clarinet and director). Dunbar Parish Church (Scotland). 21.09.2011 (LV)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Laurence Vittes

RSNO Begins Exploration Of Scotland’s Links With France Aided By Nicola Benedetti

10/10/201101/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Debussy, Bruch, Waksman: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Members of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.09.2011 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Lammermuir Festival (4): Gala Concert for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

27/09/201126/09/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Lammermuir Festival (4): Rossini, Menotti, Dvořák: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Grams (conductor), Jennifer Koh (violin). St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington (Scotland). 22.09.2011 (LV)

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Lammermuir Festival (5): Alison Balsom performs and the Scots go wild

27/09/201126/09/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Lammermuir Festival (5): Handel, Vivaldi, MacMillan, Purcell, Albinoni: Alison Balsom (trumpet), The Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton (artistic director and leader). St Michael’s Kirk, Inveresk, Musselburgh (Scotland). 23.09.2011 (LV)

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Lammermuir Festival (3): Jennifer Koh Brings the House Down

10/03/202323/09/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Lammermuir Festival (3): Bach, Ysaÿe, Saariaho, Carter, Salonen: Jennifer Koh (violin). The Great Hall, Lennoxlove House, Haddington (Scotland). 20.9.2011 (LV)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Laurence Vittes
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