RSNO chamber musicians play Bartók, Beethoven and Brahms

In one of Europe’s hottest capitals (that day), a sizeable Edinburgh crowd gathered in the shade of the Dovecot Studios for this season’s final RSNO chamber concert.

It was the first time I'd been fully clothed in this venue. Prior to its 2008 reinvention, Dovecot Studios was the oldest of Edinburgh's six Victorian swimming pools. Now a tapestry studio and exhibition space, it doubles as a resonant chamber music venue. The musicians occupied the shallow end, amply lit by bright Edinburgh skies through the lengthy cupola.

Raphaël Pichon al frente del Ensemble Pygmalion ofreció una versión profunda, cálida y detallista de la magnífica obra de Johann Sebastian Bach.

Con Martha Argerich como figura de excepción, la Orchestra della Svizzera italiana ofreció un programa que sacó lo mejor del conjunto.

Programa dedicado a los padres de la música sacra del Renacimiento y al romanticismo de Anton Bruckner, junto a uno de los conjuntos más emblemáticos de la interpretación historicista actual.