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Kristiina Poska makes an exciting return to conduct the RSNO

Kristiina Poska rehearses the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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“as tight as a coiled spring”
Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 20 March 2026
Pärt, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Langer, The Lives of Birds
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36
Kristiina Poska, Conductor
Anna Dennis, Soprano
Felix Klieser plays Strauss with the RSNO, before Bruckner exodus
****1
Giedrė Šlekytė conducts the RSNO in passionate, exciting Mahler
****1
Mahler magic: RSNO opens season with the Seventh Symphony
****1
A dramatic, declamatory Elijah closes the 2025 Edinburgh Festival
****1
Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival
*****
Epic Shostakovich rounds off the Royal Scottish National season
*****
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