United Kingdom Schubert, Zemlinsky, Beethoven: Katherine Broderick (soprano), David Hayman (narrator), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 01.11.2014 (SRT)
Simon Thompson
Søndergård’s Metamorphosen Reduces Audience to Silence
United Kingdom Strauss, Beethoven, Bartók: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.10.2014 (SRT)
Runnicles Brings Out Details of Wozzeck’s Kaleidoscopic Score
United Kingdom Berg,:Wozzeck (semi-staged performance): Soloists, Choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh; BBC Singers, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Glasgow City Halls, 23.10.2014 (SRT)
Scottish Orchestra Creates Authentic Bruckner Sound
United Kingdom Mozart, Elgar, Bruckner: Aleksei Kiseliov (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.10.14 (SRT)
Powerful Sound from a Small Orchestra in Mahler
United Kingdom Hosokawa, Mahler: Naoko Yoshino (harp), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 09.10.2014 (SRT)
Appealing Irving Berlin Musical Evokes 1930s’ Nostalgia
United Kingdom Irving Berlin, Top Hat: Charlotte Gooch, Alan Burkitt & Company / Jae Alexander (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 7.10.2014 (SRT)
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Storming Start to RSNO Season with Flute Concerto Premiere
United Kingdom Wagner, Rouse, Rimsky-Korsakov: Katherine Bryan (flute), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 03.10.2014 (SRT)
Uplifting Russian Concert from Runnicles and BBC Scottish SO
Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Shostakovich: Barry Douglas (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.09.2014 (SRT) Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain Scriabin: Piano Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 I predictably begin every BBCSSO season by complaining about the lamentably small number of concerts they do in Edinburgh each year. … Read more