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Beethoven with a twist from Benedetti and the SCO
Nicola Benedetti plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in an ensemble partnership with SCO led by Benjamin Marquise Gilmore.
Viennese contrasts from Nicola Benedetti and the SCO in Perth
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform an evening of luminous early Mozart, lively Johann Strauss II and vivid Schoenberg.
Goodbye, Esa-Pekka: the Philharmonia celebrates in style
A concert with a considerable sense of occasion, as the orchestra bids the Finn farewell from his Philharmonia post.
Exciting departure from the mainstream by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Maxim Emelyanychev gave individual string players from the SCO more airtime and more of a “chamber” feel to an intriguing programme of Baroque, Classical and Romantic works.
Playful, creative and joyous: Pekka Kuusisto directs the SCO
Pekka Kuusisto’s direction of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is playful, creative and joyous in a mixed programme from Biber to Bartók, Haydn to Messiaen wrapped round with Ravel.
McFall’s Chamber: Warsaw’s Tango and Afterwards
McFall’s Chamber’s bittersweet programme of Polish music referenced Tango in Warsaw, exploring the avant-garde of Grażyna Bacewicz and early and late Penderecki