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EdinburghVerdi Requiem

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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Jennifer Davis; Deniz Uzun; Mario Lerchenberger; Edwin Crossley-Mercer

GlasgowVerdi Requiem

© Mate Steirer
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Patrick Hahn; Jennifer Davis; Deniz Uzun; Mario Lerchenberger; Edwin Crossley-Mercer
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BBCSSO in Edinburgh: Mahlerian melodrama, Schubertian shadow

Donald Runnicles © Bettina Stoess
The Edinburgh International Festival roll out their A-team for Mahler's early Das Klagende Lied, with shadowy textures and quivering darkness in Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.
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Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha reappraised in Edinburgh

Nicky Spence © André Godinho

Rafael Payare conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with soloists Francesca Chiejina, Nicky Spence and Christopher Maltman at the Usher Hall.

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Edinburgh International Festival opens with monumental Marsalis work

Wynton Marsalis and James Gaffigan © Andrew Perry

James Gaffigan conducts the RSNO and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a swinging EIF opener: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise.

****1
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Astonishing Mahler 2 from Runnicles and the BBC Scottish

Jennifer Davis, Karen Cargill and Sir Donald Runnicles © BBC | Martin Shields

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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A dramatic, declamatory Elijah closes the 2025 Edinburgh Festival

Christopher Maltman © Andrew Perry
The festival’s closing concert brings drama from the RSNO and conductor Thomas Søndergård, but Christopher Maltman's Elijah brings the presence of greatness. 
****1
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Canellakis brings sparkle and shine to Stravinsky and Bernstein

Karina Canellakis and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © Jess Shurte
Karina Canellakis brings a riot of Technicolor to the Edinburgh International Festival, but countertenor Hugh Cutting threatens to steal the show in Chichester Psalms.
****1
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