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Helsinki

23 Dez 2023

David Bintleys Weihnachtsballett A Christmas Carol

Von Rainer Zerbst

Sheffield

Take Five: five viols and – almost – 500 years of music in Fretwork’s Sheffield programme

Von Phil Parker, 03 Februar 2026

Fretwork bring the expected and the startlingly unexpected to Sheffield in a revealing evening of music for viol consort.

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Sheffield

03 Feb 2026

Take Five: Fretwork in Sheffield

Von Phil Parker

Sally Beamish and the Belcea, Castalian, Elias and Pavel Haas quartets © Neil Hanna

Anstruther

A constellation of quartets and an ambitious end to the East Neuk Festival

Von Simon Thompson, 29 Juni 2025

Sixteen of the finest string players around join forces on one stage to end the East Neuk Festival in a grand finale.

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Anstruther

29 Jun 2025

A constellation of quartets end the East Neuk Festival

Von Simon Thompson

Pekka Kuusisto and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra © Christopher Bowen

Glasgow

Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips bring New Dimensions to SCO

Von David Smythe, 14 März 2025

Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips lead the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a musical arc featuring works by Britten, Adès, Andres, Beamish and Haydn.

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Glasgow

14 Mär 2025

Kuusisto and Crawford-Phillips bring New Dimensions to SCO

Von David Smythe

Sheffield

Wind masterpieces take centre stage in Sheffield concert by Ensemble 360

Von Phil Parker, 22 Januar 2025

In a programmed titled Birds and Bagatelles, Ensemble 360’s wind players offered vividly characterised music in this programme of 20th-century classics of the repertoire.

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Sheffield

22 Jan 2025

Wind masterpieces take centre stage in Ensemble 360 Sheffield concert

Von Phil Parker

Johan Pakkanen and Samuli Poutanen in David Bintley's A Christmas Carol © Roosa Oksaharju

Helsinki

Finnish National Ballet delight in David Bintley’s A Christmas Carol

Von Maggie Foyer, 30 November 2024

Skilfully drawn characters and excellent dancing make this a great alternative to the plethora of Nutcrackers during the festive season.

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Helsinki

30 Nov 2024

Finnish National Ballet delight in David Bintley’s A Christmas Carol

Von Maggie Foyer

Sally Beamish, Martin Fröst, Janine Jansen and Gianandrea Noseda © Mark Allan

Evocative Beamish and commanding Prokofiev from Noseda and the LSO

Von Nick Boston, 20 Juni 2024

Sally Beamish's Distans received its UK premiere, along with the Seventh Symphony in Noseda's ongoing Prokofiev cycle with the LSO.

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London

20 Jun 2024

Evocative Beamish and commanding Prokofiev from Noseda and the LSO

Von Nick Boston

Perth

Hebrides Ensemble brings ‘Auld Alliance’ to Perth Festival of the Arts

Von David Smythe, 23 Mai 2024

The Hebrides Ensemble make its first visit to Perth Festival of the Arts with an 'Auld Alliance' programme which mixes contemporary Scottish with 20th-century French works.

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Perth

23 Mai 2024

Hebrides Ensemble brings ‘Auld Alliance’ to Perth Festival of the Arts

Von David Smythe

The SCO Chorus and Gregory Batsleer © Christopher Bowen (2022)

Snow on Snow: SCO Chorus brightens the solstice darkness

Von David Smythe, 20 Dezember 2023

A delightful seasonal showcase from the SCO Chorus, directed and conducted by Gregory Batsleer, in a programme of ancient and modern music and texts in the historic setting of Greyfriars Kirk.

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Edinburgh

20 Dez 2023

Snow on Snow: SCO Chorus brightens the solstice darkness

Von David Smythe

Stunning Winter Tales from Voces8 at Wigmore Hall

Von David Truslove, 14 Dezember 2023

Once again Voces8 entertain a packed audience with an eclectic programme sung with thrilling precision and excellent presentation.

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London

14 Dez 2023

Stunning Winter Tales from Voces8 at Wigmore Hall

Von David Truslove

John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London © Britten Pears Arts

Snape

Sally Beamish song cycle lights up Sinfonia of London's Aldeburgh Festival debut

Von Roy Westbrook, 17 Juni 2023

A programme of orchestral showpieces are given the John Wilson treatment, although Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances disappoints.

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Snape

17 Jun 2023

Sally Beamish lights up Sinfonia of London's Aldeburgh Festival debut

Von Roy Westbrook

Ravel 1 – 0 Rimsky: Scheherazade showdown at the BBC Proms

Von Mark Pullinger, 21 Juli 2022

On her Proms debut, Ariane Matiakh spins tales from The Arabian Nights in two versions, along with the world premiere of a harp concerto inspired by the life of bees.

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London

21 Jul 2022

Ravel 1 – 0 Rimsky: Scheherazade showdown at the BBC Proms

Von Mark Pullinger

Echoes of Scotland: musical postcards from Chauhan and the BBCSO

Von Peter Connors, 25 April 2021

Alpesh Chauhan and the BBCSO give a finely judged “Scottish” Symphony, Timothy Ridout plays Sally Beamish's haunting Under the Wing of the Rock and a riotous Orkney Wedding with Sunrise concludes a celebration of Scotland.

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London

25 Apr 2021

Echoes of Scotland: musical postcards from Chauhan and the BBCSO

Von Peter Connors

Glasgow

Still fresh, the Romantic intensity of Steven Isserlis' Schumann with the BBC Scottish SO

Von Linda Holt, 10 Dezember 2020

Chloé van Soeterstède led the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a program of three light works clustered around the Schumann A minor Cello Concerto.

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Glasgow

10 Dez 2020

Still fresh, the Romantic intensity of Isserlis' Schumann

Von Linda Holt

Oxford

In the footsteps of Hafez: exploring Persian poetry at Oxford Lieder

Von Mark Pullinger, 11 Oktober 2020

A deep-dive into the world of 14th-century Persian poet, Hafez, and his influence on song across the centuries.

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Oxford

11 Okt 2020

In the footsteps of Hafez: exploring Persian poetry at Oxford Lieder

Von Mark Pullinger

Perth

Musica Adventus: soulful Advent from the Scottish Ensemble with Sean Shibe

Von David Smythe, 08 Dezember 2018

The Scottish Ensemble with guitarist Sean Shibe perform a thoughtful programme of ancient and modern Christmas-themed music in a candlelit St John’s Kirk.

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Perth

08 Dez 2018

Soulful Advent music from the Scottish Ensemble with Sean Shibe

Von David Smythe

David Nixon's The Little Mermaid is a Masterpiece

Von Kirsty Morgan, 22 März 2018

A fantastic score, wonderful costumes, brilliant dancing and stunning choreography coalesce beautifully in David Nixon’s magical The Little Mermaid for Northern Ballet.

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Edinburgh

22 Mär 2018

Nixon's Little Mermaid is a Masterpiece

Von Kirsty Morgan

To the field of blood: Sally Beamish's The Judas Passion

Von Benjamin Poore, 25 September 2017

Suffering, forgiveness, and natural brass in a brand new dramatic oratorio

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London

25 Sep 2017

To the field of blood: The Judas Passion

Von Benjamin Poore

Ernen

Chamber music in an incomparable setting: Musikdorf Ernen lights up the sky

Von Sarah Batschelet, 02 August 2017

Nestled in the alps, Musikdorf Ernen’s chamber music festival concerts recently began its annual Kammermusik Plus weeks with works that showcased some extraordinary young talents.

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Ernen

02 Aug 2017

Musikdorf Ernen lights up the sky

Von Sarah Batschelet

David Bintley's successful The Tempest

Von Rym Kechacha, 13 Oktober 2016

For the second time in a week, Birmingham Royal Ballet celebrate Shakespeare with a wonderful evening of dance.

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London

13 Okt 2016

Bintley's The Tempest for BRB

Von Rym Kechacha

PCM 7: a three-course lunch with the Armida Quartett and Lise Berthaud

Von Nahoko Gotoh, 29 August 2016

In the penultimate Proms Chamber Music lunchtime concert, the Armida Quartett and viola player Lise Berthaud packed a intense but well-balanced programme in an hour which was like having a perfect three-course lunch.

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London

29 Aug 2016

A three-course lunch with the Armida Quartett

Von Nahoko Gotoh

Amsterdam

A Scottish-Dutch affair: Brautigam premieres Beamish’s new Piano Concerto

Von David Pinedo, 11 März 2016

For the silver jubilee of Ronald Brautigam’s history with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Sally Beamish composed a new piano concerto. Haydn, Mozart, and Elgar complemented the programme.

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Amsterdam

11 Mär 2016

Brautigam premieres Beamish’s new Piano Concerto

Von David Pinedo

BBC Symphony Orchestra sail through unexpected changes

Von Penny Homer, 01 August 2014

Last-minute Beamish replacement is a treat alongside accomplished Gurney and Walton.

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London

01 Aug 2014

Beamish switch as the Proms

Von Penny Homer

Amsterdam

A vibrant new production of The Tempest by Dutch National Ballet

Von Isabella Zijp, 18 Juni 2014

The Dutch National Ballet impresses with the world première of a new and large-scale production of The Tempest by resident choreographer Krzysztof Pastor. At Het Musiektheater as part of the 2014 Holland Festival.

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Amsterdam

18 Jun 2014

Pastor's The Tempest by Dutch National Ballet

Von Isabella Zijp

Bristol

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: a sense of novel wonder

Von Edward Whitney, 23 Mai 2014

Can you imagine being a concertgoer in the early years of the 18th century, when Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel were all writing new music and performers were being pushed to find new ways of playing?

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Bristol

23 Mai 2014

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: a sense of novel wonder

Von Edward Whitney

Scottish Ensemble: A bracing Seavaigers in Glasgow

Von Alan Coady, 01 Mai 2014

Scottish Ensemble, Catriona McKay and Chris Stout in a programme mixing the classical and the Celtic; the composed and the improvised; the individually crafted and the collaboratively collaged.

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Edinburgh

01 Mai 2014

Scottish Ensemble: A bracing Seavaigers in Glasgow

Von Alan Coady

Britten Sinfonia enthral at Wigmore Hall

Von Penny Homer, 11 Dezember 2013

Britten Sinfonia provide a lunchtime chamber music treat at Wigmore Hall, with music by Sally Beamish, Witold Lutosławski, Mozart and Fauré.

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London

11 Dez 2013

Britten Sinfonia enthral at Wigmore Hall

Von Penny Homer

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Pity of War

Von Alan Coady, 24 Oktober 2013

Pre-concert talks need not brim with revelation to be rewarding. Another’s perspective can be enough to alter perception of a programme and resonance thereafter. Such was the case with Dr. Elaine Kelly's talk before this SCO concert entitled “The Pity of War”. Key to reflections on the relationship between war and music was diversity of approach.

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Edinburgh

24 Okt 2013

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Pity of War

Von Alan Coady

Presteigne

Britten's Curlew River opens Presteigne Festival

Von Peter Reynolds, 22 August 2013

The Presteigne Festival has carved out a niche amongst Welsh Festivals (or, indeed, British festivals as a whole) for its largely contemporary programme of work.

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Presteigne

22 Aug 2013

Britten's Curlew River opens Presteigne Festival

Von Peter Reynolds

Bridge, Britten and Beamish with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Cadogan Hall

Von Emily Owen, 23 Mai 2013

Tonight’s programme was a feast of British music, with a Britten flavour, played by the strings of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, joined by virtuosic viola player Lawrence Power, whose prowess is bringing this much-neglected solo instrument into its own.We started with the beautiful Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra, written by Edward Elgar in 1905.

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London

23 Mai 2013

Bridge, Britten and Beamish with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Cadogan Hall

Von Emily Owen

Red Note Ensemble: The Intoxicating Rose Garden

Von Alan Coady, 22 November 2012

In her short introductory remarks at the evening’s outset, Sally Beamish referenced Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose, wherein in the redness of a rose is secured by a nightingale’s pierced heart.

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Edinburgh

22 Nov 2012

Red Note Ensemble: The Intoxicating Rose Garden

Von Alan Coady

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Stravinsky, Beamish and Beethoven

Von Alan Coady, 17 März 2012

The seemingly endless variety of conducting styles in existence intrigues me. This is particularly striking when one conductor displays three styles, in as many pieces, in a single concert. Joseph Swenson (Conductor Emeritus of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra) began this programme by guiding the SCO through Stravinsky's Concerto in E flat, 'Dumbarton Oaks' (1937).

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