Benedetti Baroque at the Edinburgh International Festival

By David Smythe, 15 August 2021

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“Liz Kenny’s guitar thrummed percussively but emerged with a tender beauty in the slower moments”

Reviewed at Edinburgh Academy Junior School, Edinburgh on 14 August 2021

Programme to include:

Geminiani, Concerto Grosso in D minor "La Follia", Op.5 no.12

Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in D major, RV 211

Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in B minor, RV 386

Vivaldi, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.8 no. 2, RV 315 "L'estate" (Summer)

Tartini, Violin Concerto in A major, D96

Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

Nicola Benedetti, Violin

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

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.

*****

Benedetti shines in Marsalis concerto with Robertson and the NY Phil

David Wolfson, 13th November

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

LSO launches Edinburgh International Festival residency

Simon Thompson, 12th August

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.

****1

Yehudi Menuhin celebrated at the Edinburgh International Festival

David Smythe, 11th August

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.

****1

Convincing MacMillan and full-on Shostakovich with the LSO

Nick Boston, 3rd April

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

Beethoven with a twist from Benedetti and the SCO

David Smythe, 13th December

Nicola Benedetti plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in an ensemble partnership with SCO led by Benjamin Marquise Gilmore.

****1

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David Smythe

David the farmer was drawn into music through choirs, orchestras, taking part in and directing 'serious' opera as a student. Passionate about live classical music, particularly chamber opera, unusual pieces and events and giving the next generation the tools to engage with the classical world.

A thrilling, emotional ride: Benedetti Baroque at the Edinburgh International Festival