United Kingdom Berlioz, Lalo, Brahms: Ray Chen (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.5.2015 (SRT)
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Scottish Opera’s Il Trovatore Takes Audience by Surprise
United Kingdom Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of Il Trovatore / Tobias Ringborg (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 21.5.2015 (SRT)
Muscular and Large Scale Beethoven Ninth from Kaspszyk
Schubert, Beethoven: Wioletta Chodowicz (soprano), Hannah Pedley (mezzo), Andrew Rees (tenor), Paul Carey Jones (baritone), Edinburgh Royal Choral Union, Warsaw Philharmonic, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.5.2015 (SRT)
Martinsson’s Attractive Garden of Devotion Receives UK Premiere
United Kingdom Sibelius, Martinsson, Haydn: Lisa Larsson (soprano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Olari Elts (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 9.5.2015 (SRT)
Davis Makes Mahler Fourth ‘a Living, Breathing Organism’
United Kingdom Delius, Berg, Mahler: Erin Wall (soprano), Royal Scottish National Party, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 08.05.2015 (SRT)
RSNO Brings Impressive Grandeur in Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony
United Kingdom Sibelius, Grieg, Nielsen: Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Storgårds (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 01.05.2015 (SRT)
Colourful Oklahoma Production Evokes the Outdoors
United Kingdom Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma!: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 25.4.2015. (SRT)
Ehnes Excels in Nielsen’s Violin Concerto
United Kingdom Sibelius, Nielsen, Beethoven: James Ehnes (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.4.2015 (SRT)