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LondonMendelssohn Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti

© Craig Gibson
Smetana, Mendelssohn, Schumann
Philharmonia Orchestra; Jakub Hrůša; Nicola Benedetti

EdinburghBrahms Double Concerto

© Christopher Bowen
Weber, Brahms, Schumann
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nicola Benedetti; Philip Higham

GlasgowBrahms Double Concerto

© Christopher Bowen
Weber, Brahms, Schumann
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nicola Benedetti; Philip Higham

PerthBrahms Double Concerto

© Christopher Bowen
Weber, Brahms, Schumann
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nicola Benedetti; Philip Higham

EdinburghBrahms Double Concerto

© Christopher Bowen
Weber, Brahms, Schumann
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nicola Benedetti; Philip Higham

GlasgowBrahms Double Concerto

© Christopher Bowen
Weber, Brahms, Schumann
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nicola Benedetti; Philip Higham
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Elgarian emotion from the Benedetti, Karabits and the RSNO

Nicola Benedetti and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra © Sally Jubb
Nicola Benedetti’s Elgar is a slow burn in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, but Kirill Karabits’ Firebird instantly ignites.
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Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Cristian Măcelaru, Nicola Benedetti and the Philharmonia © Philharmonia Orchestra | David McCaffrey
As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.
*****
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Benedetti shines in Marsalis concerto with Robertson and the NY Phil

Nicola Benedetti and David Robertson © Chris Lee
Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto in D is a sprawling smorgasbord of a piece, held together by Nicola Benedetti’s ferocious commitment and personality, along with a Mallonee premiere and perfect Petrushka.
****1
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LSO launches Edinburgh International Festival residency

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra © Andrew Perry
Sir Antonio Pappano's skills as a communicator are clear, whether he's speaking or conducting, but it's the depth of the LSO's sound that impresses most as it launches its EIF residency.
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Yehudi Menuhin celebrated at the Edinburgh International Festival

Alexander Sitkovetsky and Nicola Benedetti with the NFM Leopoldinum © Andrew Perry

Yehudi Menuhin’s former pupils, Nicola Benedetti and Alexander Sitkovetsky celebrate his musical legacy with the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra with Rising Stars side-by-side. 

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Convincing MacMillan and full-on Shostakovich with the LSO

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan
Sir James MacMillan's Second Violin Concerto receives a convincing reading from Nicola Benedetti, bookended by fine performances of celebratory Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO.
****1
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