Simon Thompson – Seen and Heard International

Strong soloists, chorus, and orchestra are the pluses of Scottish Opera’s Nixon in China

23/05/202001/03/2020 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Adams, Nixon in China: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Joana Carneiro (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 29.2.2020. (SRT)

Hye-Youn Lee (Madame Mao Tse-tung) & Julia Sporsén (Pat Nixon) in *Nixon in China*
(c) James Glossop

Bezuidenhout and the SCO in Edinburgh was a completely exhilarating listen

23/05/202028/02/2020 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart: Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin), Philip Higham (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano / conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 27.2.2020. (SRT)

Kristian Bezuidenhout (c) Marco Borggreve

Accessible, popular classics with a romantic theme from the RSNO in Edinburgh

30/03/202015/02/2020 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Bizet, Khachaturian, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Ravel: Florian Mitrea (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Michael Seal (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.2.2020 (SRT)

Quite an Edinburgh treat to hear the Dunedin Consort do all the Brandenburgs like this

24/02/202019/01/2020 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Bach: Dunedin Consort / John Butt (director/harpsichord). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 18.1.2010. (SRT)

A truly magical Edinburgh concert of Christmas music from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus

24/02/202020/12/2019 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Christmas music from Thomas Tallis, Bruckner and various composers: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus / Ben Parry (conductor). Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 19.12.2019. (SRT)

Scottish Ballet’s new The Snow Queen is an eminently revivable festive classic

21/01/202018/12/2019 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen (choreography by Christopher Hampson and music by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov): Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 18.12.2019. (SRT)

Scottish Ballet’s *The Snow Queen*© Andy Ross

A predictably powerful Edinburgh Messiah from John Butt and the Dunedin Consort

24/02/202016/12/2019 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Handel: Rachel Redmond (soprano), Jess Dandy (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Dunedin Consort / John Butt (director/harpsichord). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.12.2019. (SRT)

Dunedin Consort’s beautiful singing and intelligent programming in Edinburgh

09/12/201917/11/2019 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Victoria, MacMillan, Williams, Lobo, McDowall, Gibbons, Bingham: Dunedin Consort / Nicholas Mulroy (director). Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, 16.11.2019. (SRT)

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