Germany Mahler Festival [2]: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Gewandhaus Grosser Saal, Leipzig, 22.5.2023. (GT)
Memorable Mahler Seventh by Daniel Harding and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gregor Tassie
Mahler’s Tenth is given an outstanding performance by the CBSO in Leipzig
Germany Mahler Festival [1]: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Robert Trevino (conductor), Gewandhaus Grosser Saal, Leipzig, 21.5.2023. (GT)
The Iceland Symphony entertains Scotland in Russian romantics and Icelandic music
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Thorvaldsdottir: Sir Stephen Hough (pianist), Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Eva Ollikainen (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.4.2023. (GT)
A tremendous celebration of the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninov’s birth in Yekaterinburg
Russian Federation Rachmaninov. Visible Music Festival: Soloists, Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir /Andrei Petrenko (conductor), Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra / Andrei Petrenko (conductor). Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Hall, from Virtual Concert Hall relay, 30.3.2023. (GT)
Russian double bill enthrals Glasgow with RCS’s neglected opera based on Pushkin and a sensational satirical hit
United Kingdom Prokofiev, César Cui, Elena Langer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / Lada Valešová (conductor). New Atheneum Theatre, Glasgow, 20.3.2023. (GT)
On an afternoon of Scandinavian music, it is Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto which dazzles Edinburgh
United Kingdom Linde, Khachaturian, Sibelius: Nemanja Radulović (violinist), Swedish Philharmonia / Jaime Martín (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.3.2023. (GT)
Scottish Opera’s new Puccini triple bill is a triumph with an outstanding debut by soprano Sunyoung Seo
United Kingdom Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus (tenors and basses, Il trittico) and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor). Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 15.3.2023. (GT)
A great debut concert in Scotland’s capital by this young virtuoso orchestra from Armenia
United Kingdom Khachaturian, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Armenian State Symphony Orchestra / Sergey Smbatyan (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.2.2023. (GT)
