United Kingdom Bizet, Petitgirard, Beethoven: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / François Leleux (oboe, conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 4.3.2022. (GT)
Scotland and François Leleux give the world premiere of Laurent Petitgirard’s new oboe concerto
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Sharon Roffman directs the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a concert of revelatory music-making
United Kingdom Beethoven, Fennessy: Steven Osborne (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sharon Roffman (leader/director). Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 5.2.2022. (GT)
Nicola Benedetti stars in an evening of Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s old and new Viennese classics
United Kingdom Mozart, J. Strauss II, Schoenberg: Nicola Benedetti (director/violinist), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (director/violinist). City Halls, Glasgow, 17.12.2021. (GT)
Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen directs a gorgeous evening of music-making in Glasgow
United Kingdom Ravel, Tchaikovsky: Javier Perianes (pianist), RSNO Junior Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Eva Ollikainen (conductor). Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 4.12.2021. (GT)
Maxim Emelyanychev leads a brilliant SCO performance of music spanning three centuries
United Kingdom Adams, Bach, Mozart: Stephanie Gonley (violin), André Cebrián (flute), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 3.12.2021. (GT)
In an RSNO concert of fantasy and nature, a highlight was Sunwook Kim’s majestic playing
United Kingdom Brahms, Sibelius, Anna Thorvaldóttir, Wagner: Sunwook Kim (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jonathan Stockhammer (conductor). Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 27.11.2021. (GT)
Thomas Sondergard conducts an outstanding RSNO concert of Sibelius in Glasgow
United Kingdom Berlioz, Sibelius, Sørenson: Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 20.11.2021. (GT)
Michael Schønwandt conducts a superbly colourful Scheherazade in Glasgow
United Kingdom Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, R. Strauss: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Michael Schønwandt (conductor). Royal Concert Hall, 13.11.2021. (GT)
