United Kingdom Various, East Neuk Festival 2024 [1]: Crail Parish Church, Fife. (SRT)
Pianist Kawamura and the Dorics prove Crail Parish Church the ‘perfect place for chamber music’
Simon Thompson
Something special again from the SCO and Andrew Manze, their new Principal Guest Conductor
United Kingdom Honegger, Ravel, Haydn: Steven Osborne (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Manze (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.4.2024. (SRT)
Heaven is stormed in an exciting Verdi Requiem from the Edinburgh Festival Chorus
United Kingdom Verdi: Miah Persson (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Antonio Poli (tenor), William Thomas (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (chorus director: James Grossmith), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.3.2024. (SRT)
The Auld Alliance: SCO’s music from Scotland and France at Usher Hall
United Kingdom Berlioz, MacMillan, Maxwell Davies – SCO’s The Auld Alliance: Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Robert Jordan (bagpipes), SCO Chorus (chorus director: Gregory Batsleer), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.3.2024. (SRT)
The Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra visits Usher Hall from Edinburgh’s sister city
United Kingdom Tan Dun, Chausson, Saint-Saëns, Respighi: Jaipeng Nie (cello), Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra / Daye Lin (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.3.2024. (SRT)
Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a RSNO musical treat
United Kingdom Hensel, Burton, Mendelssohn: Carine Tinney (soprano), Rosamond Thomas (mezzo-soprano), Christine Steel (narrator), RSNO Youth Chorus (Patrick Barrett, director), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 15.3.2024. (SRT)
Incredible to behold: Hamilton is not to be missed on its UK and Ireland tour
United Kingdom Hamilton (UK touring production): Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 5.3.2024. (SRT)
An exciting and energizing Beethoven Seven from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Maderna, Beethoven: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Lorenza Borrani (director/violin). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 29.2.2024. (SRT)
