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Susanna Mälkki and the RSNO our gallery guides in Pictures at an Exhibition

By Alan Coady, 24 March 2014
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Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 21 March 2014
Programme
Saariaho, Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op.19
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
Performers
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor
Jack Liebeck, Violin
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Alan Coady
Alan Coady
Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.