Benedetti and Gergiev thrill a packed Usher Hall

By Jeremy Morris, 18 August 2012

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Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 16 August 2012

Szymanowski, Symphony no. 1 in F minor, Op.15

Szymanowski, Violin Concerto no. 1, Op.35

Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op.68

London Symphony Orchestra

Nicola Benedetti, Violin

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

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Clare Varney, 1st May

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***11

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Roy Westbrook, 21st April

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****1

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Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

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****1

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Peter Quantrill, 5th March

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****1

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Mark Valencia, 26th February

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***11

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Mark Pullinger, 15th February

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****1

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Jeremy Morris

Former president of Keble College music society, tank commander and head of languages at Scotland's leading independent school, Jeremy lists violin, viola and motor cycles among his principal recreations. He is particularly interested in string chamber music of all periods.