Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Richard Egarr: Baroque Greats

By Jeremy Morris, 13 April 2012

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Reviewed at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh on 12 April 2012

Telemann, Water Music in C major, "Hamburger Ebb and Fluth", TWV 55:C3

Heinichen, Concerto in F major, S 234

Bach, Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in D minor, BWV1052

Bach, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats - Cantata, BWV42 (Sinfonia)

Vivaldi, Concerto for violin, 2 oboes, 2 recorder and bassoon in G minor, RV 577

Bach, Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV1069

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Richard Egarr, Conductor, Harpsichord

Alec Frank-Gemmill, French horn

Harry Johnstone, French horn

Saxophone dreams with Jess Gillam and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

David Smythe, 11th March

Jess Gillom and Scottish Chamber Orchestra in St Andrews in a wide-ranging programme of contemporary music. Ben Glassberg conducts.

****1

Baroque inspirations from Emelyanychev and the SCO

David Smythe, 20th February

Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra offer a Baroque-inspired programme of Bach, Handel, Britten, a modern take on Scarlatti and wonderfully zany Schnittke.

****1

Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra reshape Mozart

David Smythe, 29th January

In Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, Mozart’s final three symphonies are given a vibrant interpretation by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by the effervescent Maxim Emelyanychev.

****1

Gnarly Buttons central to the SCO’s John Adams programme

David Smythe, 12th December

Andrew Manze conducts an all-Adams programme in Glasgow, Maximiliano Martín the fearless soloist in Gnarly Buttons, bookended by mesmerising Shaker Loops and exuberant Fearful Symmetries.

****1

Reich+ from Colin Currie and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

David Smythe, 6th November

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Colin Currie fizz with energy in Duddell, Grime and Steve Reich.

****1

A tale of two Glorias: Poulenc and Vivaldi with the SCO in Edinburgh

Simon Thompson, 9th October

Three sopranos, two Glorias and one French composer who isn’t great box office: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus sound great, but where is the audience?

****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.