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Simon Thompson

Powerful, Intensely Focused Shostakovich from Brovtsyn

20/02/201615/02/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glinka, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky: Boris Brovtsyn (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.2.2016. (SRT)

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Giltburg Enchants Scottish Lovers with Rachmaninov’s Second

17/02/201613/02/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mahler, R Strauss – RSNO Valentine’s Concert: Boris Giltburg (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jean-Claude Picard (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 12.02.2016. (SRT)

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Exciting Piemontesi Plays a Brace of Mozart Concertos with SCO

28/02/201605/02/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 04.02.2016 (SRT)

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Scottish Opera’s Striking Re-imagining of Stevenson’s Bottle Imp

06/02/201631/01/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stuart MacRae and Louise Welsh, The Devil Inside: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Michael Rafferty (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 30.1.2016. (SRT)

The Devil Inside_SCOTTISH OPERA, Music; Stuart MacRae, Words; Louise Welsh,  Conductor; Michael Rafferty,  Director; Matthew Richardson,  Designer; Samal Blak,  Lighting; Ace McCarron,  Catherine; Rachel Kelly,  Richard; Nicholas Sharratt,  James; Ben McAteer,  Old Man_Vagrant; Steven Page,
The Devil Inside (c) Scottish Opera

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Visual Designs Tap Into Gothic Elements of Snow White in Edinburgh

29/01/201624/01/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Murray Gold, Snow White: balletLORENT, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 22.1.2016. (SRT)

SNOW WHITE_BalletLORENT, DANCERS; Gwen Berwick, Akeim Toussaint Buck, Gavin Coward, Toby Fitzgibbons, John Kendall, Caroline Reece, Ray Roa, Juliet Thompson, Natalie Trewinnard, Philippa White, Giulia Coti Zelati,
balletLORENT’s Snow White (c) Bill Cooper

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Röschmann Brings Berg’s Shimmering Fin-de-siècle Sound World to Edinburgh

28/02/201615/01/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Berg: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.01.2016. (SRT)

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Superstars Isserlis and Bell Join Forces in Bach Double Concerto

23/01/201612/01/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dvořák, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms: Stephen Isserlis (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell (violin/director), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.1.2016. (SRT)

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RSNO Christmas Concert Reaches Out to All Ages

04/01/201621/12/2015 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom RSNO Christmas Concert: Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus, Christopher Bell (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.12.2015. (SRT)

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