United Kingdom ‘The Paris Concert’: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 9.3.2017. (SRT)
Simon Thompson
Idiosyncrasies and Ragged Edges from Sado and the Vienna Tonkünstler
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Mozart, Brahms: Emma Johnson (clarinet), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra / Yutaka Sado (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5.3.2017. (SRT)
Big-Boned Russian Beasts in Riveting Performances from the BBC SSO
United Kingdom Finnis, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov: Vadym Kholodenko (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.2.2017. (SRT)
Hollywood Film Scores Delivered with Aplomb by the RSNO
United Kingdom John Williams and Friends: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Richard Kaufmann (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.2.2017. (SRT)
Vigour and Zing: Egarr and the SCO bring New Life to Beethoven and Mozart
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart: Rowan Pierce (soprano), Daniela Lehner (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-bar), SCO Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Richard Egarr (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 23.2.2017. (SRT)
Risk-Taking Pays Dividends in Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
United Kingdom Smetana, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.2.2017. (SRT)
Laughter in the Dark: Scottish Opera Pass the Test of Glass’s The Trial
United Kingdom Philip Glass, The Trial: Soloists of Scottish Opera / Derek Clark (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 3.2.2017. (SRT)
A Great Piece of Theatre – Amadeus Stage Revival Impresses
United Kingdom Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus: National Theatre Live cinema screening, seen in Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 2.2.2017. (SRT)
