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A “post-season friendly” for the RSNO, this Usher Hall concert formed part of the Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture Musical Celebration. Knowing almost nothing of this former British protectorate, I was surprised to discover that the population is just under two million – approximately 40% of Scotland’s.

Handel’s Jephtha is an oratorio, rather than an opera. However, the story is one of high drama and emotion, and thus the work lends itself easily to operatic adaptation.

La OFGC comandada por Paul Goodwin ofreció un programa con varias obras religiosas, entre ellas, el Requiem de Mozart, y tanto la Orquesta como el Coro salieron airosos del reto planteado.

Eine Hommage an den einflussreichsten Geiger des 20. Jahrhunderts gab Charlie Siem in München mit einem vielseitigen und abwechslungsreichen Miniaturen-Programm.