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Simon Thompson

SCO Make Mozart and Poulenc Sparkle

10/05/201804/05/2018 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart and Poulenc: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Piotr Anderszewski (director/piano), Stephanie Gonley (director/violin), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 3.5.2018. (SRT)

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Assertive Mahler ‘Resurrection’ from Bruckner Orchester Linz

10/05/201829/04/2018 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Brigitte Geller (soprano), Theresa Kronthaler (alto), Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Bruckner Orchester Linz / Markus Poschner (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29.4.2018. (SRT)

Markus Poschner (c) Reinhard Winkler

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Czech NSO Reach Scotland to Perform Schubert, Beethoven, and Dvořák

29/04/201823/04/2018 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven, Dvořák: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Czech National Symphony Orchestra / Ben Palmer (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.04.2018. (SRT)

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Elegant Performances of Haydn, Bach, and Mendelssohn from SCO

29/04/201820/04/2018 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, C P E Bach, Mendelssohn: Philip Higham (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Richard Egarr (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 19.4.2018. (SRT)

Philip Higham

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Initial Misses Give Way to Big Hit: Scottish Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos

19/04/201808/04/2018 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Brad Cohen (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 7.4.2018. (SRT)

Laura Zigmantaite, Mardi Byers, Elizabeth Cragg and Lucy Hall in Ariadne auf Naxos
(c) Richard Campbell

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Scottish Opera and Cast Triumph with Jonathan Dove’s Flight

09/03/201805/03/2018 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jonathan Dove, Flight: Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.3.2018. (SRT)

Cast of Flight (c) Scottish Opera
Cast of Flight (c) Scottish Opera

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BBCSSO Are Joined by Cellist Elschenbroich for a Programme of Elgar and Walton

24/02/201821/02/2018 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar, Walton: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18.2.2018. (SRT)

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Scottish Opera Thrills with Aggressive Greek from Turnage

09/02/201804/02/2018 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mark-Anthony Turnage, Greek: Scottish Opera / Finnegan Downie Dear (conductor), Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 3.2.2018. (SRT)

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Allison Cook (Wife) & Alex Otterburn (Eddy) in Scottish Opera’s Greek (c) Jane Hobson

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