Simon Thompson

Wonderful music-making: Richard Egarr and Friends at Edinburgh was a joy

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [11] – Music for three violins with Richard Egarr and Friends: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord), Bojan Čičić, Rachell Ellen Wong, Ruiqi Ren (violins), Alex McCartney (theorbo), Jonathan Rees (viola da gamba). Queen’s Hall, 24.8.2022. (SRT)

Richard Egarr and Friends at Queen’s Hall © Ryan Buchanan

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Boesch and Martineau in Edinburgh make a case for Winterreise as the greatest work of art ever

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [7] – Schubert: Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Queen’s Hall, 19.8.2022. (SRT)

Malcolm Martineau accompanies baritone Florian Boesch in Granada in 2021 © Fermin Rodríguez

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Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Edinburgh International Festival debut with the Bergen Philharmonic

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [5] – Ravel, R. Schumann, Rachmaninov: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Usher Hall, 15.8.2022. (SRT)

Víkingur Ólafsson, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic © Ryan Buchanan

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Musical energy flowed out of the Takács Quartet who are a class act in Edinburgh

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [4] – Haydn, Coleridge-Taylor, Ravel: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], András Fejér [cello]). Queen’s Hall, 15.8.2022. (SRT)

Takács Quartet

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