A pair of satisfying voyages at Edinburgh International Festival

Par Simon Thompson, 10 août 2018

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“Musgrave has drawn on the heritage of the past to create a cycle of tone poems for our times”

Critique faite à Usher Hall, Edimbourg, le 9 août 2018

Musgrave, Turbulent Landscapes (Scottish première)

Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony"

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins, Direction

Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Elizabeth Watts, Soprano

Christopher Maltman, Baryton

Un match à domicile en déplacement : Martyn Brabbins à Bruges

Jan-Jakob Delanoye, 3rd June

Retour sur le concert du BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra au Concertgebouw de Bruges.

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Une grandiose neuvième symphonie de Bruckner par le BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Julie Jozwiak, 25th September

Après un concerto pour piano de Mozart un peu décevant malgré l'interprétation très juste d'Imogen Cooper, le BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra donne une lecture exaltante de la neuvième symphonie de Bruckner, sous la baguette de Thomas Dausgaard.

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Astonishing Mahler 2 from Runnicles and the BBC Scottish

David Smythe, 1st March

Sir Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish reunite for an astonishing Mahler 2 with Karen Cargill, Jennifer Davis and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.

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Sweeping Rachmaninov and scorching Barber from the BBC Scottish

Simon Thompson, 8th February

Despite the presence of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto on the bill, it is a gripping performance of Samuel Barber's First Symphony that steals this Usher Hall Sunday matinee.

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Meditative and powerful Górecki at Celtic Connections

David Smythe, 20th January

The Celtic Connections festival showcases Górecki’s Sorrowful Songs, the BBC Scottish with soprano Francesca Chiejina conducted by Pawel Kapula with a thoughtful introductory song set from Alice Zawadzki.

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Celebrating 90 years of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

David Smythe, 20th November

Martyn Brabbins conducts MacMillan’s Confession of Isobel Gowdie, BBCSSO founder Ian Whyte’s forgotten Violin Concerto with Stephanie Gonley, and a memorable Rachmaninov 2.

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Simon Thompson

Simon lives and works in Edinburgh, and teaches History and Modern Studies at a local high school when he is not writing about music. Born an Irishman, he is an enthusiastic adopted Scot, and has lived in the capital for fifteen years since university days, making the most of its many avenues for classical music. He spends his spare time enthusing about music, theatre, art and literature to anyone who will listen, including his long-suffering students, who have no choice.

Two contrasting seascapes make a pair of satisfying voyages at Edinburgh International Festival