Live, Video: Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance reviews | Maxim Emelyanychev

Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra offer a Baroque-inspired programme of Bach, Handel, Britten, a modern take on Scarlatti and wonderfully zany Schnittke.

In Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, Mozart’s final three symphonies are given a vibrant interpretation by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by the effervescent Maxim Emelyanychev.

Three sopranos, two Glorias and one French composer who isn’t great box office: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus sound great, but where is the audience?

An outstanding Elijah from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus with Maxim Emelyanychev, headed up by Roderick Williams, with Carolyn Sampson, Rowan Pierce, Anna Stéphany and Thomas Walker.

Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony and his incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream are performed at Perth Concert Hall. 

Lydia Teuscher, Andrew Staples and Hanno Müller-Brachmann prove a beautiful trio of angels and the SCO Chorus are on top form in Haydn's biblical oratorio.

It’s hard to imagine more glorious vocalism from such a starry cast, but this Theodora at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées falls short of the sublime.

Maxim Emelyanychev and violinist Dmitry Sinkovsky provided Russian thrills in a baroque programme with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra on top form.

SCO cellist Philip Higham plays memorable Rococo Variations, bookended by lively Schubert conducted by the dynamic Maxim Emelyanychev.

Colourful Hersant, virtuosic Prokofiev with Carolin Widmann and Mozart’s “Jupiter” packed with unpredictable excitement.