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After a turbulent year, Dunedin Consort perform Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion online from Perth

14/05/202128/03/2021 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom J. S. Bach: Anna Dennis, Jessica Leary (sopranos), Jess Dandy, Judy Brown (altos), Andrew Tortise, David Lee (tenors), Matthew Brook, Benedict Nelson (basses), Dunedin Consort / John Butt (conductor). From Perth Concert Hall and streamed online as part of Perth’s Easter Festival of Classical Music, 27.3.2021. (SRT)

Dunedin Consort and soloists in Bach’s *St Matthew Passion* (c) Tommy Slack

Scottish Chamber Orchestra announces six new concerts for Spring 2021, broadcast for free

12/05/202108/03/2021 by AUTHOR

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Spring 2021 online season

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) today announces six new online concerts for Spring 2021, broadcast for free. During March and April, concerts include the World Premiere of SCO Associate Composer Anna Clyne’s Overflow, guest artists such as baritone Marcus Farnsworth and oboist Nicholas Daniel, works by Vítězslava Kaprálová and Dani Howard, and a version of Prokofiev’s Sonata for Solo Violin in D major played by 8 violinists. Filmed at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh and Perth Concert Hall, the concerts will be broadcast via SCO’s YouTube and Facebook channels and available for catch up for 30 days.

Focusing on the positives: Benedetti, Emelyanychev and SCO do a great job with Bruch’s Violin Concerto

29/12/202025/09/2020 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Bruch: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). 24.9.2020 performance from Perth Concert Hall, streamed as live on the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s YouTube channel. (SRT)