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The Concertgebouw and Daniele Gatti paint two very different pictures of Old Vienna: a maddeningly lifeless view of a Haydn symphony and a magical realisation of Mahler's shortest symphonic work.

A significantly smaller than usual audience was present for the SCO’s ‘Symphonic Opera’ concert, the finale of its St Andrews season. In the days leading up to thee concert, there was some disgruntlement from people about the programme – “Another Haydn symphony” was a common complaint, the Orchestra having put on several in St Andrews recently.