United Kingdom Scriabin, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky: Sergej Krylov (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Nikolaj Znaider (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.4.2017. (SRT)
Simon Thompson
Nods to the Modern and Historical in Storgårds and the SCO’s Missa Solemnis
United Kingdom Beethoven, Missa Solemnis: Rachel Willis-Sørensen (sop), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Scottish Chamber Orchesta, SCO Chorus / John Storgårds (conductor), Usher Hall, 27.4.2017. (SRT)
Søndergård and RSNO impress in Night of Early and Late Romanticism
United Kingdom Sibelius, Mahler, Beethoven: Roderick Williams (baritone), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.4.2017. (SRT)
Queyras’s Period Cello Sings in Haydn but Bloch’s Beethoven is ‘Wearyingly Turbo-Charged’
United Kingdom Escaich, Haydn, Beethoven: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Alexandre Bloch (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 20.4.2017. (SRT)
‘A Sense of Participation in Something Greater’: Dunedin Consort’s Richly-Textured St Matthew Passion
United Kingdom Bach, St Matthew Passion: Soloists, Dunedin Consort / Kristian Bezuidenhout (director, organ & harpsichord), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 14.4.2017. (SRT)
More is Less: Balletic Realisation of Casanova’s Life Fails To Grip
United Kingdom Northern Ballet’s Casanova: Dancers of Northern Ballet, Northern Ballet Sinfonia / Nathan Fifield (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 25.3.2017. (SRT)
in Casanova (c) Caroline Holden
Scottish Opera are on their Finest Form for David McVicar’s Pelléas et Melisande
United Kingdom Debussy, Pelléas et Melisande: Soloists and Chorus of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 11.3.2017. (SRT)
Benedetti’s Bruch Concerto has Blissful Serenity and Great Peace
United Kingdom Debussy, Bruch, Beethoven: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.3.2017. (SRT)