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BBCSSO/Wigglesworth / Booth review – Brett Dean’s song cycle is rich and strange

Soprano Clare Booth, Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish gave the world premiere of Dean’s theatrical and engaging The World’s Wife. Elgar’s 1st didn’t quite achieve lift-off but Weir’s Moon and Star had sweep and shimmer

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Orchestral Works of Mel Bonis album review – full justice is done to her finely crafted and sensuous music

Orchestral Works of Mel Bonis album review – full justice is done to her finely crafted and sensuous music

The French composer – a contemporary of Debussy’s – wrote slender but perfectly-formed pieces of beguiling beauty

The Guardian - UK

Pelléas et Mélisande review – luminous semi-staging but Debussy’s elusive opera keeps its secrets

Pelléas et Mélisande review – luminous semi-staging but Debussy’s elusive opera keeps its secrets

This year’s Aldeburgh festival opened with a stripped-back concert staging by Rory Kinnear with Ryan Wigglesworth conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The Guardian - UK

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Israeli conductor for BBC Scottish Symphony arrested at protest near Gaza border

An Israeli conductor for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has been arrested at a protest near the border between Israel and Gaza ...

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BBCSSO/Wigglesworth/Batsashvili review – detailed and monumental Bruckner

The BBC Scottish chief conductor’s reading of Bruckner’s Seventh was thoughtful and balanced. Mariam Batsashvili was an enthralling soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 20.

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The Traitors Prom review – iconic show’s greatest hits turn the melodrama up to 11

Claudia Winkleman hosted while the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra expertly negotiated orchestrated covers including Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo alongside a smattering of Saint-Saëns and Puccini

The Guardian - UK

Big Bruckner Weekend review – there’s no escaping the challenges of his music, as well as its pleasures

Back-to-back performances of the Austrian composer’s last three symphonies plus his ‘Great’ Mass and String Quintet celebrated Bruckner’s 200th anniversary

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Prom 44: BBCSSO/Kolesnikov/New review – expressive debut an exercise in delayed gratification

Prom 44: BBCSSO/Kolesnikov/New review – expressive debut an exercise in delayed gratification

Samy Moussa’s second symphony was cinematic in sweep but lacked impact. Pavel Kolesnikov brought magic to Shostakovich and slow-burn Stravinsky was irresistible

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Prom 13: BBCSSO/Volkov review – Lamb’s absorbing triptych shimmers amid the silences

Prom 13: BBCSSO/Volkov review – Lamb’s absorbing triptych shimmers amid the silences

The challenges of Catherine Lamb’s new Portions Transparent/Opaque were expertly navigated by Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish; Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony was purposeful and focused

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Tectonics festival review – Glasgow festival boldly forges ahead

Tectonics festival review – Glasgow festival boldly forges ahead

World premieres of music by Rufus Isabel Elliot, Linda Buckley and Scott McLaughlin were played with pinpoint intonation by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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