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Bach, Piazzolla and more explored in Scottish Ensemble's South Atlantic crossings with added Venezuelan spice

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“The Scottish Ensemble has a knack of interpreting music as if it has just been discovered”
Reviewed at Caird Hall, Dundee on 11 March 2016
Mozart, Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K546
Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras: no. 5 for voice and 8 cellos
Bach, The Musical Offering, BWV1079: Ricercar a 6
Piazzolla, 3 pieces for piano and strings
Golijov, Last Round
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 14 in E flat major, K449
Gabriela Montero, Piano
Scottish Ensemble
Pushing boundaries: Scottish Ensemble’s Shifting Patterns in Perth
****1
Scottish Ensemble at the QEH: hugely energetic, top-quality playing
*****
Karen Cargill and the Scottish Ensemble burst into Songs for Life
*****
Scottish Ensemble’s adventures in music for a winter’s night
****1
Soulful Advent music from the Scottish Ensemble with Sean Shibe
****1
Utterly thrilling: Prelude – Skydiving from a Dream
*****
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