United Kingdom John Williams 90th Birthday Celebration: Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Anthony Weeden (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.2.2022. (SRT)
RSNO’s celebration of John Williams, the master manipulator of emotions, at 90
Simon Thompson
Brilliant Lisztian contrasts are the highlight of SCO’s concert with Benjamin Grosvenor
United Kingdom Beethoven, Liszt, Sweelinck/Emelyanychev, Mendelssohn: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.2.2022. (SRT)
After half a century Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker still has a lot to recommend it
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker: Dancers of Scottish Ballet, Scottish Ballet Orchestra / Jean-Claude Picard (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 10.12.2021. (SRT)
Jonathon Heyward debuts with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a Ravel and Mahler artistic synthesis
United Kingdom Ravel, Mahler: Ana Quintans (soprano), Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 9.12.2021. (SRT)
SCO’s exploration of Mahler and Berg as complementary Viennese composers
United Kingdom Mahler, Berg: Kolja Blacher (violin), Roman Rabinovich (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Joseph Swensen (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.11.2021. (SRT)
‘Good evening Mr Bond, the RSNO have been expecting … your music’
United Kingdom The Music of Bond – Film music from the James Bond series: Music from composers including John Barry and David Arnold, Lance Ellington and Emma Lindars (vocals), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Nicholas Dodd (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29.10.2021. (SRT)
Dunedin Consort’s season of in-person concerts restarts with a programme partly inspired by COP-26
United Kingdom Purcell, Johnson, Grieg, Hammond, Holten, MacMillan: Dunedin Consort / Grete Pedersen (conductor). Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 15.10.2021. (SRT)
