United Kingdom St Magnus Festival 2023 [1]: (ST)
The sense of place hits you and makes the St Magnus Festival feel really unique as the music begins.
Simon Thompson
The BBC SSO rewards another outing of the Scottish Symphony with a cracker performance
United Kingdom Saariaho, Ravel, Mendelssohn: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Simone Menezes (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.5.2023. (SRT)
Scottish Ballet’s Streetcar conveys narrative and emotion through nothing but movement and music
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Robert Baxter (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.5.2023. (SRT)
More memorable Shostakovich from Mark Wigglesworth and the SCO
United Kingdom Britten, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Laura van der Heijden (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.4.2023. (SRT)
Once more, the RSNO celebrates the music of John Williams
United Kingdom John Williams at the Oscars: Tommy Pearson (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Robert Baxter (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.3.2023. (SRT)
Kuusisto’s virtuosity has a pleasure of its own in SCO’s concert linking Haydn, Britten and Muhly
United Kingdom Muhly, Haydn, Britten: Allan Clayton (tenor), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Pekka Kuusisto (violin / director). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.3.2023. (SRT)
As ever, fresh revelations and new ideas from Emelyanychev’s Mendelssohn with the SCO
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Hilary Cronin and Jessica Cale (sopranos), sopranos and altos of the SCO Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 2.3.2023. (SRT)
Haydn’s musical pictures and jokes spark into life, thanks to Peter Whelan and Dunedin Consort
United Kingdom Haydn, CPE Bach: Jonathan Manson (cello), Dunedin Consort, Peter Whelan (director/harpsichord). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12.2.2023. (SRT)
