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Simon Thompson

Grandeur and Bleakness in Mark Padmore’s Winterreise

10/02/201207/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Winterreise: Mark Padmore (tenor), Paul Lewis (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 6.2.2012 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Langrée Brings Drama, Strength & Beauty to Beethoven’s Mass in C

07/02/201203/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Gluck, Beethoven: Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus / Louis Langrée (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 2.2.2012 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Prokofiev Opera Offers Conservatoire Students a Chance to Shine

31/01/201230/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Betrothal in a Monastery: Soloists and Chorus of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Timothy Dean (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 28.01.2012 (SRT)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Voluptuous Roussel from Denève; Sensational Prokofiev from Hilary Hahn.

09/04/201428/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Debussy, Prokofiev, Roussel: Hilary Hahn (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.01.2012 (SRT)

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Rising Star Tom Poster Brings “Sunlit Delicacy” to Brahms’ Piano Concerto No 2

09/04/201428/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Haydn, Ligeti, Brahms: Tom Poster (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.1.2012 (SRT)

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Dazzling Horn Playing Characterises Ligeti Concerto in Scottish Chamber Orchestra Concert

31/01/201228/01/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Kodály, Ligeti, Dvořák: Alec Frank-Gemill (horn), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.1.2012 (SRT)

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Dazzling Horn Playing Characterises Ligeti Concerto in Scottish Chamber Orchestra Concert

24/01/201222/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Kodály, Ligeti, Dvořák: Alec Frank-Gemill (horn), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.1.2012 (SRT)

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Sceptic No More: Sir Roger Norrington Performs Rameau, Haydn and Brahms

04/02/201416/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rameau, Haydn, Brahms: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 13.1.2012 (SRT)

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