NYOS Symphony Orchestra’s “Bon Voyage”

By David Smythe, 31 July 2015

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Reviewed at Perth Concert Hall, Perth on 29 July 2015

Shostakovich, Festive Overture in A major for orchestra, Op.96

Chisholm, Piano Concerto no. 1, "Píobaireachd"

Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27

National Youth Orchestras of Scotland Symphony Orchestra

Rory Macdonald, Conductor

Danny Driver, Piano

Heft and delicacy: Philharmonia makes Lammermuir Festival debut

Simon Thompson, 10th September

Bringing the Philharmonia is the most ambitious thing the Lammermuir Festival has ever done, yet it felt like a natural next step for a festival that's growing in stature.

****1

Glyndebourne’s season opens with Rossini’s Barber of Seville

David Karlin, 16th May

Annabel Arden’s production provides joyous comedy, with vocal and orchestral performances of the very finest.

*****

Death haunts Glyndebourne Tour's powerful Bohème

Nick Boston, 9th October

A strong cast led by Bekhzod Davronov and Gabriella Reyes plus an intense production helps Floris Visser unusual staging of La bohème stand out from the crowd.

****1

Sheku Kanneh-Mason moves out of the shadows in Liverpool

Zoltán Szabó, 1st June

Dvořák's Cello Concerto takes star billing after Rory Macdonald conducts the RLPO in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.

****1

Kolesnikov rediscovers Tchaikovsky's First with the Philharmonia

Simon Thompson, 1st April

Brilliant playing and thoughtful interpretations bring new life to familiar music. Every element of this concert was a triumph.

*****

Castellucci’s makeover of Mozart’s Requiem at the Adelaide Festival

Brian Angus, 28th February

A work designed to be performed in church has become a dramatic music theatre event that captured and held me enthralled throughout in a meditation on both death and life.

****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.

National Youth Orchestra of Scotland’s Symphony Orchestra “Bon Voyage”