United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [15] – Schubert and Kurtág: Leif Ove Andsnes, Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 22.8.2023. (SRT)
Andsnes and Chamayou’s piano duos in Edinburgh expressed musical comradeship
Simon Thompson
Two internationally-renowned artists return home for the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [14] – Various: Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.8.2023. (SRT)
Rangwanasha’s singing and Davis’s conducting of Tippett’s music proves unforgettable in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [13] – Tippett: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Michael Mofidian (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.8.2023. (SRT)
Authentic but unengaging Threepenny Opera from Barrie Kosky and the Berliner Ensemble in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [12] – Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill, The Threepenny Opera: Soloists and Musicians of the Berliner Ensemble / Adam Benzwi (musical director). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 19.8.2023. (SRT)
Phaedra / Minotaur in Edinburgh tried to say some profound things but ended saying not very much at all
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [11] – Phaedra / Minotaur: Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Richard Hetherington (musical director and piano). Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 19.8.2023. (SRT)
It’s Sir Simon’s Edinburgh International Festival farewell or maybe it’s simply au revoir
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [10]: Cynthia Miller (ondes Martenot) Peter Donohoe (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Usher Hall, 6pm and 8pm, 18.8.2023. (SRT)
Pina Bausch’s breathtaking Rite of Spring is restaged at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [9] – Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring and Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo’s common ground[s]: Edinburgh Playhouse, 17.8.2023. (SRT)
Songs of passion and empathy from Julia Bullock at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [8] – Various: Julia Bullock (classical singer) and Bretton Brown (piano). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.8.2023. (SRT)